Yikes!! You scared the Hell out of us!

The day after the the trip to Monterey, Rick woke up not feeling good with a bad headache. As the week progressed it didn't get better, and on Friday his wife Claudia took him to the Emergency Room, where it was determined that he might have a brain aneurysm. Anyone who has looked into this condition knows that it's very serious with not many favorable outcomes. After tests at UCSF, it was most fortunately concluded that a blood vessel had broken and had healed itself, and that had caused the bleeding. Not that this cause for celebration, but the danger seems to have passed.


It's unfortunate, but our bid to run in the California Melee will not happen this year. At this point, Rick is feeling much better and will now be slowly making his way back into work, and with approximately 45 days until it's time to leave and meet the convoy, there's some major decisions to be made about the race. Does Rick carry on with "business as usual", and drive the Carrera with his son James? Does his other son Matthew take over driving duties, and Rick becomes the crew chief? With the entry fee paid, will the race organizers give a refund or roll it over onto next year? Does Frank, in the other car, take over Ricks spot? There are many scenario combinations possible, and we'll soon see which one emerges. At this point, we're just very happy to have choices.

There's also good news in that Gerie Bledsoe's engine has arrived and is ready to be installed,... almost. There is a few miscellaneous parts needed, like a transmission, to complete the job. This should be appearing any day, so a couple break-in laps around the track are still possible. The BMW still needs attention, with doors to be hung, a hood to be fitted, and road testing to be thought about. All in all, things are as they should be.

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