2010

A new article about our family. This one is unusual because it is in a non traditional source.

This magazine is owned by EA arts .. the game people.. Its an international autosports publication with over a million readers a month.

we were interviewed on SKYPE from the writer who was in Japan.

A couple of errors, but who's complaining!

Jay

click the link below to see the article

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/10/31/all-in-the-family-the-prospector.aspx

Notice! We WILL not be hosting our famous MFR year end wrap up this fall. Do situations out of our control, we just don't have the time to pull it off this year. We are planning however, to have the best big wrap up ever in the fall of 2011.

Help! We need storage space for 2 funny car bodies from November through Jan or Feb. We don't need a heated shop, ( it would be nice!) even a barn is ok, as long as the bodies are out of the elements and safe. let us know jay@nitrofunnycar.ca

Amazing in-car video taken on crew guy Charlie Eden's Go-Pro mini cam of the Prospector '57

It's been a long time since I have done anything with our web site. Earlier this year, I decided to concentrate on maintaining a Facebook team page because as my kids told me - its the leading social network. I have had a few -- but not many - complaints the web site wasn't kept up- but I think were going to do both a brief Facebook thing for 2010, and use the teams web site for more in depth information . Dean over at Speedzone Magazine mentioned to me that there are still a whole bunch of people who are not up to speed with the Facebook thing, and I am going to heed his advice. So we are going to get this site up and running again. I am going to kill off the www.fuelaltered.ca site, as it seems redundant to have 2 sites. The fuel altered site for can still be accessed through this site in the future. As time goes on, we may change the format of this site to make it more modern, but it will stay as is for the time being. As always, your input is always welcomed.

Our crew chief and partner Bob Mageau (and Jays dad), has decided to retire. After 50 years as a player in our sport we think he certainly has earned the rite to step back and just try and enjoy life as it comes. Bob built and owned his own cars from the 60's to the 80's. Bob instilled the love for our sport in Jay at an early age and helped him get going in the early 80's as a driver .. some 30 years ago. Bob then retired around '83 but after many years away, came back to help get Jay started into pro racing and feature cars in the early 90's. Although I think he wanted to just come back for a just few years, he ended up unretired for another 15 years. He guided the team from super comp all the way to nitro funny car a few years back.

Jay has made a commitment to continue to run the team with the support and help of his wife Theresa for the next few years and then we will re-evaluate the situation. All of the teams sponsors and crew are aware of the changes and have pledged continued support into the future.

I'd like to personally thank my Pop's for teaching me the sport I love so much, and giving me the knowledge and drive to get where I am and where I am going to go. The same love of sport and racing has also been passed on to your grand daughter Courtney. I have been privileged to share some great times with my Pop's , and man we did some winning together. We are sad to see Pops go ( most of the crew guys called him Pop's ) but we all wish him happiness in retirement and remember our pit area will always be open to you. The cooler will be full of cold ones too.

For the last many years, besides sponsorship and winnings, one of our sources of revenue has been our fabled year end wrap up party. Due to several factors, we are unable to have a party this year. We will be working hard to try and replace the missing income over the winter, and will be hosting the wrap up party again in fall 2011.

The team as invested in a new ( to us) truck to haul the cars around. The new truck is called a "toterhome" Basically a big semi truck with a big camper grafted to it. It will allow us safer , more efficient travel , and serve as a headquarters for the team when we are on the road. The truck is a kenworth T600 and has a Cat engine with a 10 speed trans. The camper is a NRC and sleeps 6 while giving the ladies of the team a place to escape and have there own bathroom.

Some shop updates... Today we put the '57 back together for a show next weekend in Red Deer.