Off-season? Not really.

There technically is an "off-season" for racing, but not really. During the off-season, drivers get to do what they don't normally get to, such as hunting, fishing, ect. However, there have been many times when Stephen and I would be together doing something and he would say, "We have to go back to the house to prep tires." Tires are the biggest thing. I don't care if you claim to have the best motor in the world, or if you have a horrible motor, if you have good tires, you'll be set. If it's Monday, you need to be looking at every weather channel to see what Friday's weather is going to be like. If it's going to be wet, the track will have more bite, so you need to be on 11's. Semi-wet? 22's. Cloudy/humid? 33's. Dry? 44's. Super duper hot and dry? 55's. It's all about the tires. TIRES TIRES TIRES. The first time I ever slept-walked was about a year ago, and I woke up in the middle of it, and I was "washing and preping tires." It becomes a big part of your life, and a big hassle! After you prep tires, you leave them in a hot box, and you can't leave the tires in the hot box for more than an hour. What are you going to do? Sit there and watch them in the hot box, or go do something for an hour? If you're a devoted racer, you're going to sit there and watch them, because tires are so extremely super expensive. In the off-season, yeah, we have fun. Just not as much fun when racing is around!