I have to admit I am getting hooked on all of the festivities leading up to the big race on Sunday. Last week, I had the pleasure of riding in a two-seater as we whipped around the track at 180 mph. Today, it was all about changing tires. A few of my RTV 6 coworkers and I (including 6 news sports anchor/reporter Brad Brown) participated in the Pit Stop Competition. Basically, it was a race with other media personalities from television, radio and print, to see who could change an Indy car tire the fastest. Everyone on our team was a rookie.

We took on the the “Smiley Morning Show on W-Z-P-L. And guess what? We won!!! Believe me when I say no one was more surprised than we were. But it’s funny what happens when you taste a little victory. By stage two, our confidence was soaring. And we won again!!!

Now this is getting serious. What started out as a simple and fun competition was really heating up. After all, we advacned to the semi-finals. And “Open -Wheel Wallace” was getting confident (ok, a little cocky) that we might just win the whole thing.

But alas, the breaks were slammed on our dreams. We fell to eventual champs from “hank-fm” none other than the ‘Wank & O’Brien show’. We came Oh so very close.

The real winner is Habitat for Humanity. $1000 was donated to that wonderful organization. But trust me when I say that “Open-Wheel Wallace” is determined to help RTV 6 be the team to present that check….. next year.