Mindy's First Minute of 2008
Press Information: For Immediate Release Contact Information Mindy Stephens Ringers Gloves Public Relations 317-858-9581 _mindys@ringersgloves.com_ (mailto:mindys@ringersgloves.com) MINDY’S FIRST MINUTE OF 2008 Brownsburg, Ind. - (January 8, 2008) Hello all! It has been a while since the last installment of my Minute, so I figured I better catch everyone up on the latter part of 2007 before we get racing again in less than a month! In early December, Josh Baltimore (Ringers automotive sales manager) and I met down in Orlando, Fla., for the annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show. What was cool about the show this year is it was a week earlier than normally and it coincided with the NASCAR Busch Series banquet held at the Portofino Hotel and Resort at Universal Studios. It’s always nice to run into friends you only get to see a couple times a year. I had the pleasure to see former ASA Racing Competition Director (now Nationwide Series director) Joe Balash, along with his wife Tammy and many of the officials from the series I used to work with, along with the Lefflers, David Stremme, Janna and Lisa from Richard Childress Racing and many others. After the PRI Show, I was sick for almost two weeks! Of course it couldn’t have come at a worse time with Christmas parties and festivities starting. The Friday after PRI was the David Powers Motorsports Christmas party at their new shop here in Brownsburg. It is an absolutely beautiful facility! It was good to see the Powers’ up from Texas; John Torok from Matco Tools along with his wife, Tammy; the folks from Caterpillar made the trip over from Illinois and even Hot Rod Fuller made the trip in from Las Vegas. The delicious food was prepared by new Powers’ chef Steve Elliott. Steve had us dining to the nines on crab legs, crab claws, beef wellington and so much more…my mouth waters just thinking about the spread of food. The following week was Christmas and I traveled home to my hometown of Bethalto (Ill.) to spend a week with family and friends. My break was very lazy and relaxing! I had to take advantage of it because I knew once 2008 hit, it would be go, go, go again! For New Year’s, I ventured up to Temperance, Mich., just outside of Toledo for Mark and Kay Gundrum’s third annual New Year’s Eve party. Again, it is sort of a mini-reunion of all us old ASA employees, as well as current ARCA employees, where Mark works at now. Kay always fixes us one last hearty meal of the year before we start celebrating the new year to come. Without getting into too much detail about the party, I can sum it up with this one phrase, “ a good time was had by all!�?? Then, it was back to work on January 2, continuing to prepare everything for this race season. The off-season is a popular time for racers from all different genres and parts of the country to seek out sponsorship. Since November, I have been compiling the sponsorship information I receive in the mail and via e-mail from everyone. Now the process of communicating with everyone has begun. So, if you sent me and e-mail or proposal through the website or in the mail, I will be in touch with you soon. This weekend is the 22nd annual Chili Bowl midget race in Tulsa, Okla. I am a little torn I decided not to travel down there, but am also looking forward to spending another quiet weekend at home. As I write this, according to NHRA.com, there are only 29 days, 19 hours and 53 minutes until the first NHRA race in Pomona, Calif. And once season starts, I rarely have a free weekend at home, so I am going to enjoy them while I can. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a safe New Year. Everyone at Ringers looks forward to seeing everyone again at a track near you sometime soon in ‘08! About Ringers Gloves Ringers Gloves, Official Gloves of NHRA and title sponsor for the Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle, is a full-line manufacturer of high-end, task specific gloves, SFI 3.3/1, 3.3/10, 3.3/20 racing gloves, UnderX protective undergarments, UnderX Performance gear, crew shoes, as well as a full line of accessories for every need. Keep up with your favorite Ringers racers in ‘08 by logging onto the newly redesigned _www.ringersgloves.com_ (http://www.ringersgloves.com/) for photos and highlights! Mindy Stephens Public Relations/Marketing Ringers Gloves 475 Northpoint Court Suite 300 Brownsburg, Ind. 46112 p: 317.858.9581 f: 317.858.9560 e: ringersindy@aol.com _www.ringersgloves.com_ (http://www.ringersgloves.com/) **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489