I had a fantastic 2016, probably my best year of racing so far. Started out by getting down to my old home track, Haubstadt, for the April USAC race. The month of May was awesome. I was at IMS for almost all of the Indycar practices in the morning while also getting to a couple Kokomo shows. The last week or so of May I hit USAC Terre Haute on Wednesday, Hoosier Hundred Thursday, partied with some friends at IMS Friday and Saturday, 500 on Sunday, and the WoO Lawrenceburg show on Monday, probably my favorite week of the year. Another highlight was early July, Lawrenceburg sprint week, all three nights of the King's Royal, and Terre Haue sprint week all in one week. Made it to all nights of Smackdown for the first time. Got to Four Crown. Capped the year with the sprintacular at Eldora. Had some other shows scattered throughout the year, too.

Of course, it's tough to discuss 2016 without mentioning the loss of BC. I've never been hit so hard by anything in my time following racing. I'd followed his career ever since moving to his hometown 11 years ago.

Excited to get 2017 going. I just graduated from college, so I decided to take a graduation vacation and get to my first chili bowl. These next couple days can't pass quickly enough, ready to be in Tulsa.