The ribbon cutting at NEW~MART on 04/29/05. Sarah and I held the ribbon and Melissa did the cutting. 

working and racing

Today was New-Mart's 2nd day in business. We did the whole ribbon cutting thing yesterday and all is going pretty smooth. Now that things are up and running I should be able to go out riding alot more! This weekend is the 12 Hours at Sugar Creek. Myself and Kraig are doing the 12 hour Solo SS and Scott may join us and do the 6 hour solo. I'm in terrible shape but still look forward to getting back to riding and racing. This race was rained out last year and I have never been to this venue. Kraig and I (and maybe Scott) are leaving friday at 11am for the 3.5 hour drive down to Ferryville, Wi. We plan to preride and set-up our pit Friday afternoon and then stay in a hotel in LaCrosse Friday and Saturday night. I need to be home at a reasonable time on Sunday since its Mother's Day.

NEW~MART

I'm back.... I've been working very hard that past month or so on the purchase of a convenience store in Eagan. Today at 1:30 we close on the sale of the store and Friday will be my first day in business. I will provided more details as we go along as well as some pictures. I signed a deal to sell Marathon gasoline so the store will be Marathon branded and be called NEW~MART. Look for Team NEW~MART in the near future..

Because of the purchase of the store my riding has been limited, thus I had to pull out of the Trans-Iowa race. After reading about the event I'm thinking missing the race was not a bad thing. Kudos to all who participated in such an epic event!