Charlie Kimball and Diabetes

Hey did you know Charlie Kimball has Type 1 Diabetes???   Neither did I...My sister has it...and I know maybe not first hand but second hand.......it's a tough thing to live with!!!  She has to check her blood sugar all day and our mom gets up twice in the night to check it.  She now has an insulin pump that makes things a little easier but she has to change her sight every 3 days and sometimes her sight really hurts. 

Check out his web page at Charlie Kimball

This year I plan on giving 10% of my winnings to JDRF for Diabetes research....
Find your place to make a difference!
Garret...3G Racing

Sunday in my City...Gettin ready for a New Season

Right now most every weekend is spent getting the new Midget ready for the 2011 season. We picked the used chassie up for a kid in California who has moved on to racing Sprint Cars...Sounds Like Fun!!!

Dad ordered a new Ford focus engine (That's why theses cars are often called the "Ford Focus Midgets") and we plan on dropping it in soon....There's a lot of work still to be done!!!

I plan on painting it flat black...but still haven't figured out what to do the decals in...kind of liking the idea of shinny black with a red and silver pin stripes around them....probably the same 3G design as my Micro Sprint....

I'm tiring to get a full sponsorship this year...but haven't figured out how to go about it...Would love some suggestions!!

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That's all for now ...Thanks for visiting!

Garret 3G Racing

Happy New Year!!!

Last year we started a brand new tradition with out good friends the Hansens...BLOWING UP our GINGERBREAD HOUSES at midnight......gingerbread has never been so fun!!!

SOOOO ...... HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE....I hope 2011 is good to all of you!!!

Racing at Skagit or Allison Flips Her Car...

Last weekend while my Cousin...Graduated...

And my sister had her last day of school ...

Party....

I went to Skagit Speedway for the Dirt Cup!

(Sorry guys, but it was my first opportunity to race Skagit)

The Dirt Cup was Crazy Wild, in every way possible!!!

From the fans to the drivers...We even had a team from Australia. :D

We raced both Friday and Saturday nights and on the last race of the last night Allison flipped her car. Check out the video:

http://www.nwracingvideos.com/aj/aj.html

I thought you might enjoy that...I'm in the Blue car...finished 4th.... Allison walked away and is just fine!

Flahback Friday - Dirt Grands 2006

For Flashback Friday were going back to the Summer of 2006 ... to The Dirt Grands, at Elma WA.

(My car, my A-Main trophy's and myself)

The Dirt Grands are a National event held once a year for Quarter Midgets...We had drivers from, as far away as Florida!

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I raced 4 different cars in 4 different classes (They were all Quarter Midgets) and I made it into the A-Main in all of them...looking back that was a pretty big deal in itself!

(Mom Dad and I after winning the "World Formal" race.)

BUT......
I won, I won the world formal race...the cool thing is...it was the fist year they had a World Formal class....It still kind of blows me away!!

(Me in my World Formal)

The truth is I had planned on...or should I say counted on winning the Half class (For those of you who don't know the different classes are the types of motors in the cars.)
Anyway I was moving up from the back ... passing cars one lap at a time ..when a car came down on me...hit me hard and that was the end...I was out of the race. ...... I don't think I have ever been so MAD!!!
I went back to my car trailer and sat inside, crying and hitting my elbow hard against the trailer wall.......That was all I could do...

(Introducing the driver before the race)

Mom found me there and insisted I go back out and race my last race....(Which of course was the World Formal)...I refused...I just wanted to give up and be left alone....My blood was boiling inside of me and my emotions were out of control!!
Why bother...I'll just get hit again!
Well you know how Moms are...I did go out and race that last race and as they say:

"THE REST IS HISTORY!"

That is how I became the first ever

"WORLD FORMAL DIRT GRANDS WINNER"



What's your Flashback?

Sunday in My City

Sundays in my city, really start out as "Saturday Night at the Race Track"!!!

This Saturday was "Fan appreciation Night"...We all parked our cars on the race track and the fans had an opportunity to come and meet us. It was lots of fun!

(That's my blue car up in front...where I like it!)

Then we got to race...Way More Fun!!! I won my heat race. But didn't quite hit the setup and ended up 7th in the Main Event...Don't Like That!

We get home about 1:30 Sunday morning, unload the car and go to bed.

What about your Sundays?

Flashback - When I First Started Driving

Many people ask me; "When did you first start driving?" So I thought for "FLASHBACK FRIDAY" I'd show you my first car...or jeep in this case!

I'm not really sure when I first started driving, but this was the first vehicle I owned...It was a hand me down from my Cousin Dillon (Who is now a member of my pit crew)...Before then, Gus and I would ride the baby jogger down the hill backwards and call it the "Bumble Bee" but that's a different story!

Anyway, even then I had fans to wave too..."Hi Mom!"



Of course I didn't have a pit crew so I had to do all the work myself.

Even worked on the engine!
So now ya know....This is where it all began.
Garret



So what's your Flashback?