Getting Ready to Win at Charlotte

Hey there everyone... Bubba here just trying to catch you up from the last couple weeks. My life has had a significant change in the last week. My second son, Tyson Riley Carr, was born Thursday evening. He was a whopping 10.2 pounds! Luckily his delivery went a whole lot better than his brother Zachary's... we had no complications this time. I had forgotten how much work taking care of a newborn is, not to mention keeping up with a 2 1/2 year old at the same time. Luckily for me and my family, we are racing in Charlotte this week and off the next.

Our team was chosen to do a tire test in Iowa this week. So, once again, my truck and trailer were in the dependable hands of Mike Goins, this time assisted by Mike Freeman. I can't begin to tell you how much their help has been a blessing to me. It’s nice to have friends who will change their schedules to accommodate you, just as I would for them. Since I have no truck and trailer to work on, this week I have been working hand in hand with Richie (Letendre, truck chief) on setting up our Charlotte truck. Once again we are going to run chassis #43. This is the same truck we just ran at Kansas with a sixth-place result. Unfortunately Mother Nature didn’t let us show our full potential in that truck at Kansas.

I have never really had a lot of good luck at Charlotte, no matter who was driving our truck. Although that may be true, I do feel that we are finally headed in the right direction and a win for Colin could be just around the next turn. One good thing I can say about Charlotte is that you get to sleep in your own bed at night. That in itself means a lot to most of the people on the team, especially me because any help I can give to my wife and my two kids right now is greatly appreciated! This is the track that we all want to win at because it’s like winning in your own backyard. Somebody has to win... may as well be us! I will catch up on questions and comments in my next blog, so keep `em coming.

Stay safe... Bubba