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Sunday, October 24, 2004
1:10:00 AM EDT
We left our home in Arkansas at around 10AM for the short drive over to Memphis Motor Sports Park. The weather looked sort of iffy, low clouds and we'd had rain for most of the early morning hours. I kept telling Kevin that the NASCAR Gods would part the skies long enough for the race to be run. He wasn't as sure as I was. Where's that man's faith anyway?
We arrived at the track a bit after 10:30am. What's up with these people drinking beer at 10:30am? Makes my stomach queasy at the thought of it. I'd prefer to remember going to the race, thank you!
We parked Kevin's truck and EWWWWWW! I had on my brand new Reeboks and it is sooooo very muddy. What was "I" thinking? Anyway, we walked over to the track and shopped for a few minutes, OF COURSE! Then off to the cross over into the garage and pit area.
Not a lot was going on that early in the morning. Mostly teams in the garage were making last minute tweaks to their engines. Or at least that's all I saw them doing. Not too long after that the teams starting pushing cars around to technical inspection. That goes really quick. Those guys are amazing to watch with all the different templates they use to measure different areas of the car.
Off to walk around a bit more and I see Randy LaJoie talking to some folks from the press. He was here just in case we got rained out to take over for Greg Biffle. Oh and by the way, it's still not raining. hehehe Thanks NASCAR God! After snapping a few more photos we continue to walk around and we run into one of my online friends who works for McDonald Motorsports. HI JOHN! It was really nice to see him again.
Onward we go, and who do we see, AWESOME Bill Elliott doing an interview with some guy from SpeedTV. Another great photo opportunity! Kevin got one of his diecast cars autographed. Now that is priceless!
At this point we are getting hungry, so it's off to get some food. Man those were the biggest hamburgers I've ever seen at a race track. I'd be willing to bet they don't serve the same food near the grandstands. We took a pretty long break after that, my back was hurting a bit.
After a bit of a rest we walked around a bit more. Several more photos taken. I saw Kenny Wallace's wife. I recognized her part because of watching the show, NASCAR 360. It was so cute too, Kenny gave her a big kiss just before leaving to go to driver introductions.
We went up to the stage and got ready to watch introductions when we bumped into Mike Waltrip. He and several other drivers had visited St. Jude Children's Hospital and some of the kids were at the track. That was SO neat! I got a really cool photo with Mikey. Several more photos at driver introductions.
Ut oh! Rain drops, but they didn't last long. Thanks again NASCAR God!
We then went up to our seats, and I do mean UP. All the way at the top. My back got a real workout! The race was GREAT! What you would expect from any short track. Lots of passing and LOTS of cautions.
I noticed every time there was a caution the flag man was having a cigarette. LOL You would think they'd be told they can't smoke up there, but what do I know. We were sure Greg Biffle was going to win it when the last caution came out and froze the field. The race ended with a green, white, checker finish. Martin Truex Jr. wins and several fans around us were happy. Maybe it was all the beer they drank during the race? Well, either way, it was a GREAT day.
Did I mention the NASCAR Gods didn't let it rain? SEE I told you so Kevin!
That's all for this week. Stay tuned... More photos next weekend after we get home from Atlanta.
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1:10:00 AM EDT
Live From Memphis Motorsports Park
We left our home in Arkansas at around 10AM for the short drive over to Memphis Motor Sports Park. The weather looked sort of iffy, low clouds and we'd had rain for most of the early morning hours. I kept telling Kevin that the NASCAR Gods would part the skies long enough for the race to be run. He wasn't as sure as I was. Where's that man's faith anyway?
We arrived at the track a bit after 10:30am. What's up with these people drinking beer at 10:30am? Makes my stomach queasy at the thought of it. I'd prefer to remember going to the race, thank you!
We parked Kevin's truck and EWWWWWW! I had on my brand new Reeboks and it is sooooo very muddy. What was "I" thinking? Anyway, we walked over to the track and shopped for a few minutes, OF COURSE! Then off to the cross over into the garage and pit area.
Not a lot was going on that early in the morning. Mostly teams in the garage were making last minute tweaks to their engines. Or at least that's all I saw them doing. Not too long after that the teams starting pushing cars around to technical inspection. That goes really quick. Those guys are amazing to watch with all the different templates they use to measure different areas of the car.
Off to walk around a bit more and I see Randy LaJoie talking to some folks from the press. He was here just in case we got rained out to take over for Greg Biffle. Oh and by the way, it's still not raining. hehehe Thanks NASCAR God! After snapping a few more photos we continue to walk around and we run into one of my online friends who works for McDonald Motorsports. HI JOHN! It was really nice to see him again.
Onward we go, and who do we see, AWESOME Bill Elliott doing an interview with some guy from SpeedTV. Another great photo opportunity! Kevin got one of his diecast cars autographed. Now that is priceless!
At this point we are getting hungry, so it's off to get some food. Man those were the biggest hamburgers I've ever seen at a race track. I'd be willing to bet they don't serve the same food near the grandstands. We took a pretty long break after that, my back was hurting a bit.
After a bit of a rest we walked around a bit more. Several more photos taken. I saw Kenny Wallace's wife. I recognized her part because of watching the show, NASCAR 360. It was so cute too, Kenny gave her a big kiss just before leaving to go to driver introductions.
We went up to the stage and got ready to watch introductions when we bumped into Mike Waltrip. He and several other drivers had visited St. Jude Children's Hospital and some of the kids were at the track. That was SO neat! I got a really cool photo with Mikey. Several more photos at driver introductions.
Ut oh! Rain drops, but they didn't last long. Thanks again NASCAR God!
We then went up to our seats, and I do mean UP. All the way at the top. My back got a real workout! The race was GREAT! What you would expect from any short track. Lots of passing and LOTS of cautions.
I noticed every time there was a caution the flag man was having a cigarette. LOL You would think they'd be told they can't smoke up there, but what do I know. We were sure Greg Biffle was going to win it when the last caution came out and froze the field. The race ended with a green, white, checker finish. Martin Truex Jr. wins and several fans around us were happy. Maybe it was all the beer they drank during the race? Well, either way, it was a GREAT day.
Did I mention the NASCAR Gods didn't let it rain? SEE I told you so Kevin!
That's all for this week. Stay tuned... More photos next weekend after we get home from Atlanta.
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wow, Tia that is totally cool, just send me your cerdential for my Vegas race lol hint hint!!!!
10/24/04 5:41 PM
Awesome pictures, you must have one of those High dollar digital cameras. LOL
Rotney