Yes, I know it has been quite a while and also quite a season. Several people have really gotten on me for not updating like I promised I would. This is not an excuse, but this season, especially the 9 races in 13 weeks has been a real grind for me.
All of you out there have made it easier nonetheless, and I have a few entertaining stories to tell and people to thank from Portland to Assen. My summer art rush is quite over but I am working hard securing holiday orders. I spent most of my evenings in my hotel rooms in Cleveland, Mt. Tremblant, Toronto and Edmonton trying to get my latest litho "Lights Out" to market by San Jose.
Those of you interested can find it at http://www.jimswintal.com/ and it features our first standing start earlier this year at Portland. (When I get to it, that will be my first essay recounting the summer.) My website will not allow coupons, but for all of you reading, if you type "Lights Out" in the "comments" box on the payment page, I can REFUND $5.00 back to you off the $25 purchas price... a deal for the holidays?
After the cancellation of PHX (which in the long run should be a good thing due to the circumstances we were up against,) CCWS finds itself in another gloom and doom period. Yes, been there and done that, quite understandably. But I will tell you that Tony Cotman is an extremely creative and resourceful guy and I will give him one off-season period to "reboot" the way our office does things. He has shared with me plenty of thoughts and ideas for the 2009 let alone 2008 seasons and I can say that most of them are astounding... so let the doom and gloomers "blow" as my Mother used to say...
Eric Gagnon and I shall be doing an other installment of the "Overheard at the Track " podcast next week where we will be discussing some of these things. If you have not been listening thruought the season, shame on you! But you should be able to find them all here: http://www.overheardatthetrack.mypodcast.com/
Have a listen sometime if you have not heard them and re-live all the controversy and Bulls**t of the colorful 2007 season.
TTFN...
jhs
