Thank You

Well, here I go at my first ever attempt to write a blog. First I would like to thank everybody for visiting my new website. Now that Work 'N Woody has finally entered the 21st Century, hopefully during the year I will be able to give everyone a little insight on what it is like to own/operate Work 'N Woody. Secondly, I can't go any further without thanking my parents Art & Carol Malies, they were the original/creaters of Work 'N Woody, without them first I wouldn't be on this planet and second I would not have this opportunity to follow in their footsteps and to continue a Malies family tradition.

Third, I need to thank Tim Bonneville of Mesa, AZ for introducing me the wonderful world of VEMMA/VERVE. Tim is my latest advertiser to jump onboard Woody, and he has gotten me started as a distributer of VEMMA a great vitiamin/minerals and antioxident supplement and "The Insanely Healthy Energy Drink" (VERVE). Please click on the can of VERVE on my homepage and it will take you to the ordering page to purchase some VEMMA or VERVE, try it for 30 day's. I know you will feel better and have more energy throughout the day. You only need to drink one (1) VERVE a day to get you daily dose of 65 vitiamins/minerals & antioxidents and they taste great. I have been drinking VERVE for the past 30 days and within 5 days of drinking them, I have noticed that I sleep better at night and wake up fresh and ready to go. The last person I would like to thank is Scott Goldsmith, he is the one who created and is maintaining this great website, without these two individuals, there would not be a www.worknwoody.com and Woody would still be in the 20th Century making due without the internet.

Here is Woody's history in a quick nutshell. My dad came up with the idea of building a vehicle that wouldn't run over sprint cars when they pushed off. After sitting in the stands at West Capitial Speedway, in West Sacramento, CA and watching Rick Ferkle get runover by a push truck when coming out for wheel packing and damaging his car for the rest of the night, my dad made a comment later that evening (after many many beers) that he could build something that wouldn't run over a race car. Well, later that year at the 1977 Gold Cup Race of Champions, Doug Wolfgang and Rick Ferkle both came back to race in CA and during the evening again a push truck ran over Wolfgang and ruined his night of racing and a chance to race in the Gold Cup. Again, everyone in the stands that sat around my parents reminded my dad of his statement earlier in the year and egged him on to build something. Two years later Work 'N Woody was born and worked his first race in Dixon, CA and then was able to work at the final race ever at West Capital Speedway in 1979. After that, they traveled around Northern CA working all the NARC races and in 1982 started traveling up to Skagit, WA for the annual Dirt Cup. In 1987 at the Gold Cup in Chico, CA my parents asked Ted Johnson if they could travel with the WoO, Ted said sure come on out, and see ya in St. Petersburg, FL for the first race in 1988 (they were pretty sure Ted didn't believe them), but there they were in FL for the first race of 1988 and from then up to Charlotte, NC last year in October 2008, my parents only missed 12-14 races in 21 years with the World of Outlaws. Thats not bad since they only missed those races due to catostrophic motorhome failures and major medical issues. Now it is my turn to grab the reins from my parents and continue the tradition of Work 'N Woody at all the WoO races. If I can fill one of my mom & dad's shoes, I will be very happy and on my way to fullfilling my goals.

Now to learn a little bit about me. I graduated from Mira Loma High School in Sacramento, CA. In 1984 and in October 1984 I enlisted in the US Navy, and on the anniversary of Pearl Harbour Dec. 7, 1984 I graduated bootcamp in San Diego, CA and was on my way to Millington, TN for training to become a hydraulic mechanic on aircaft. In March 1985 I found myself in Pensacola, FL training to become a Naval Aircrewman & Aviaition Rescue Swimmer. After graduating Rescue Swimmer School (the Navy's 3rd hardest school to graduate from) I was back in San Diego, CA training to become a crewchief on Boeing HH-46D helicopters. After completing my training in San Diego, I was off to Guam for my first actual duty station at HC-5 on NAS Agana, Guam. My tour in Guam was 3 yrs long, during those 3 years I made many deployments to many countries and oceans. In July 1988, I met my wife (Donna) and immediately fell in love with her and on Dec. 30, 1988 we were married in her home town, Bronx, NY. From March 1989 to March 1992 I was stationed at VXE-6 in Pt. Mugu, CA, were I flew in UH-1N Huey's down in Antarctica from September to February each year. That was my favorite duty station of my 22 year career, flying scientists around Antarctica for the National Science Foundation was the coolist flying ever. When I say coolist, it is ment in both forms of the word, the average tempurature during our deployments was around 3 degrees above Zero, along with the sun never setting (try walking out of the club after way to many adult beverages at 3:00am and the sun as bright as it was at noon when you were at work, crazy stuff). At the end of that tour in on February 11, 1992, one of the happiest days of my life happened, my daughter Alisha was born in Camarrillo, CA. From 1992 - 1996 I was stationed in Pt. Mugu and Camp Pendleton, CA. From Jan. 1996 - July 2001 I was back in Guam again at HC-5 going back out to sea on many deployments. I wasn't home very much during this tour but I did make it home on Sept. 1, 1998 for the birth of my second daughter Selena. In July 2001, I transferred to Pensacola, FL for what I thought would be my last duty station. However in September 2001, I was lucky enough to get promoted to Chief Petty Officer and was awarded my most rewarding job I did in the Navy, I was the Chief-in-Charge of the Navy's single site Aviation Rescue Swimmer School. I graduated over 800 rescue swimmers during my tour in Pensacola, a lot of them are still out there today rescueing and saving the lives of other Sailors, Marines, Soldiers & Airman who are protecting our very freedom and way of life. My last duty in the Navy was in Lemoore, CA where I was a Division Chief for a F/A-18 Super Hornet squadron. In March 2006 I finally said goodbye to the Navy after 22 years of service to our country.

The next chapter in my life started as a part-time gig, in March 2004 while still in the Navy, I moonlighted on weekends working for AEROfx Productions filming the World of Outlaws Sprint Car races for the Outdoor Channel. I was hired with no experience as a cameraman, but I did have extensive knowledge of sprint car racing and the WoO (plus my ace in the hole was my connection to Work 'N Woody). I quickly became adapted to helping drag cable and set up camera locations and my expertise became setting up the speed shot camera's and mounting the in-car camera's. During the racing when I wasn't taking care of my camera's, I was also the off camera pit reporter, you never heard or saw me, but I was the one asking the questions and hold the mike (so you might have seen my hand a couple of times). In 2006, my boss bought a new production trailer and also comitted to filming the majority of the races for Dirtvision when we weren't filming for the Outdoor Channel. So, I committed along with another cameraman (Randy Frank) to traveling the entire WoO schedule in my motorhome pulling the production trailer. I hope everyone enjoyed the Outdoor Channel broadcasts and that first year of Dirtvision, because I enjoyed filming them. Also during that year, I helped my parents with Woody whenever I could. In 2007, the Outdoor Channel contract wasn't renewed and with the thought of having to get a 8-5 job in Pensacola, FL, I talked my parents into staying around for another year and teaching me the ropes of operating Woody on a full-time basis. The plan was for them to retire at the end of 2007, but I wasn't able to complete the whole year, so that is why they stuck around for one more year and retired at the end of 2008. The reason I had to go back home in 2007 was for a great cause. My loving wife Donna has been an active reservist in the US Navy since 1992 after completing 5 years on active duty, and was activated to go to Afghanistan for 6 months in support of the United Nations troops fighting there. I got to go home and play Mr. Mom for my daughters while they went to school. Unbelievably, me and my daughters survived those 6 months, but it was a great time for me to be able to support my wife during this time as she has always supported me during my Naval Career and now during my tour of duty as Work 'N Woody.

Well, it is past my bedtime and now you know a little bit more about me and Woody. So, until my next entry, please enjoy my website, browse my store for one of a kind items you can only find here on my website or live at a track where the WoO Sprint Cars are racing (you might run into me at your local WalMArt, since that is where my favorite campgrounds are at when I'm not at a race track).