Sorry, Rick has been missing in action, brought down by technology. Less than a year ago he had a satellite dish installed on his motorhome so he could upload stories and pictures to our website from wherever he is. When he tried to use it yesterday, it didn't work. Turns out that upgraded software is required, so he had to drive home and wait until 10:00 a.m. this morning to get tech support to get the new software installed and the satellite dish working again. SOOO, he missed the start this morning, of course. But he is on his way to Jensen Beach. I hope everything works okay from now on.

To make matters worse, he has been really sick for the past week. I tried to talk him out of going at all. No luck.

Thank goodness for John Williams, who has been doing a great job of covering the race even though he is not there. And also thanks to everybody else who is contributing notes to this thread.

We'll try to get back on track after the finish today -- if Rick gets there in time.