TAN Driver Blog - Dave Hirata - TAD

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After a disappointing 2012 season, the team can only look upward for 2013.  We just could not find the sweet spot consistently last year.  We hired the best out there in Steve Boggs but the stars never lined up like we thought.  Steve is one of the best ever.  I learned tons from him.  But not every combination of parts, pieces, and personal always work.  I totally respect Steve and we still talk.  We now just have to move on and do what we think we know.

We just went back to a combo of the past that ran .30's.  We finished top 3 in our division.  We feel it is a baseline and hopefully improve from there.  We CAN NOT thank our partners enough who stuck with us last year and who are all back this year.  We owe them and will work to give them the support they deserve.  We got the best of everything to contend: parts and pieces, support and CREW.  THANK YOU ..........ALL OF YOU.

The team looks to bring it home from Gainesville in a few weeks.

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