Career-best finish at AMS just part of very good week

The last few days I feel like I've been going in circles. No, I haven't lost my mind and I do remember that I still drive a race truck. It started back the weekend before last. I flew to North Carolina to meet with the team and have my seats refitted. The next day I drove to Atlanta with my crew chief for the AMA Monster Energy Supercross event at the Georgia Dome.

Being there was just like old times. I commentated the main events for SPEED that evening, but during the day I had a little fun. The Atlanta race has always been considered my home race because it is only a few hours from Tallahassee (Fla.) and I try to ride opening ceremonies to thank the fans for their support when I can. I think I shocked everyone when I rode the first practice earlier that afternoon.

It was great to hear the fans erupt into a roar when I walked out of the pits in my gear and ready to ride. I think a lot of fans thought I was making a comeback! After the SX event, I drove home and spent the afternoon with my kids before filming Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain later that night. I am a big fan of Wind Tunnel because it covers all forms of racing and Dave's always been real cool to me when we have done interviews in the past.

The next two days I spent riding at my farm for a Fox Racing photo shoot and putting the finishing touches on the Supercross track I designed for the Daytona race that weekend. I headed to Daytona on Thursday to walk the track and make any last-minute changes before flying back to Atlanta for the Truck race.

It was a great race for my Monster Energy Racing Team. We unloaded pretty quick and remained in the top 10 during both practice sessions. We qualified 12th and I'll admit that I was disappointed with that. I thought we would be a little faster, but it didn't hold us back. I love racing at Atlanta because you can run the high lane or the low lane. If your truck is not handling the way you would like you can move around the track to find another line. A lot of tracks you can't do that.

It proved to be my best track so far. I scored my career-best Truck finish with sixth place. It was great motivation for me and this team heading into Martinsville in a couple of weeks. It really shows how hard our new team is working and I can't say enough about the guys back at the shop making it happen. (Continued)