Volusia / Daytona
Last week I got the opportunity to spend some quality time with some students and staff from the University of Northwestern Ohio in Florida watching them race and wrench at Volusia Speedway. It was a great experience and I had a wonderful time (in spite of the rainy / cold weather).
The University took 8 (yes 
race teams to Volusia for speedweek. 4 of the team were owned by UNOH and 4 of the team were privately owned and sponsored 100% by UNOH. All 8 teams had students working on the crew. 2 of the teams were complete student entries – drivers included. UNOH even got David Reutimann (of NASCAR fame) to drive one of the cars one night. I got the chance to spend some time with David and found him to be a very likeable guy. I hope he and UNOH do some more projects together. He spent a ton of time talking to and working with the students.
The team that I own was one of the privately owned teams there and although we did not perform as well as we had hoped, we had a good week and our 2 students, Jared and Freddy, were very professional and able to work on the car on their own. They are the type of guys that I would love to have on the team full-time – of course, that is why they are on the Motorsports Team at UNOH.
Because the racing was at night, I had some time to do a little shooting during the days. I got some cool shots!
I also got the chance to visit the pits for the ARCA race and the Bud Shootouts at Daytona. What a blast. It is amazing to see how much different everything is at that level compared to our relatively small budget operation.
All in all, I had a great time. If you get a chance, go to the UNOH website and have a look around. What a great school! It is truly unlike any other University in the country.
See you all later!