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Here's a bunch of pics made by Butch 8908 Barnhart taken on Thursday:

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch484.jpg
Tim Lowe K/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch487.jpg
Owen Birkett L/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch490.jpg
Larry B/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch492.jpg
Country Puppy B/SA

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch497.jpg
Raymond Skipper B/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch500.jpg
Robbie Hudlow B/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch504.jpg
Irvin Johns and Dennis Breeden A/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch507.jpg
Mack Reeves A/SA

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch509.jpg
Jake Sealey D/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch512.jpg
Todd Ewing D/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch515.jpg
Jerry Stein D/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch519.jpg
Bryan Phillips E/SA

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch522.jpg
Bill Skillman BB/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch526.jpg
Amanda Matusek BB/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch527.jpg
Big Daddy BB/SA

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Thanks for the pictures Larry and Patsy It makes us feel like were there ! hope you go on more adventures and share with us. Glad they got Gainsville done today. Good luck in Belle Rose at the Cajins!

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Good luck at Bella Rose, and thank you for your reports and pictures.

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Thank you for all of the reports & excellent pictures that you have given us.

Good Luck in Belle Rose.

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Be real careful heading here real bad storms going on right now and heard problems flooding on i-10 in new orleans

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Thanks for the warnings, Joe. Jimmy Hidalgo called us a couple of hours ago and said the storms were really bad, so we stopped at Biloxi, MS at a Wal-mart and are going to spend the evening here. Dennis Breeden is also traveling with us. We all needed to do some shopping before we got to the track anyway, so we will do that in the morning, then come on in to the track. Hopefully all the storms will be gone by then. Looking at the forecast it looks like the weather is going to be great the rest of the week. Can't wait til we get there. I still have some of Butch's pictures that I will be posting.

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch531.jpg
Jim Boudreau B/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch533.jpg
Todd Ewing F/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch536.jpg
Jim Marshall F/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch540.jpg
Chad Rhodes and Mary Meints I/sa

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch541.jpg
Garry Glazener E/SA

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch544.jpg
Dustin Lowell E/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch547.jpg
Brenda Grubbs C/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch550.jpg
Anthony Bertozzi C/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch551.jpg
Again!!

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch555.jpg
Gary Russell E/S

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch559.jpg
Keith Bennett CC/S

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch561.jpg
Brett McFarland A/S

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch562.jpg
Wild Bill Feist A/S

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch563.jpg
Gary Summers O/S

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch567.jpg
Gary Richard SS/EA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch571.jpg
Kevin Cradduck SS/EA & Dave Thomas SS/AA

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch574.jpg
Merrill Schrimsher SS/HA

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Bob Bagley SS/IA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch579.jpg
Bill Howell SS/DA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch584.jpg
Bill Howell and Allan Wade SS/DA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch586.jpg
Joey Wilkes GT/AA

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch590.jpg
Mark Nowicki GT/EA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch596.jpg
Mike Saye GT/EA

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Kenny Schindler SS/BA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch602.jpg
Bob Marshall SS/BA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch608.jpg
Michael Meints SS/BA

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch615.jpg
Jerry Daily and Joe Teuton SS/AH

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch619.jpg
on down track

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch622.jpg
Dan Zrust and Wendell Howes SS/AH

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch628.jpg
on down track

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch630.jpg
Joe Tysinger GT/JA

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Great pics Patsy, thanks for all you do.

I really don't think Kevin looks at home at a MOPAR cookout.

Jeff must've got him to drink the Kool Aid

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We should be at Belle Rose in a couple of hours. We had to do Walmart shopping this morning. Dennis is probably regretting traveling with two old almost retired people that don't get in a hurry. LOL

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Thanks Patsy for posting some of my pictures and giving me credit. I enjoyed meeting you and Larry and best of luck this week-end and the rest of the year. I'll be in Charlotte in April and hope to see y'all there.
Thanks again.
Butch

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Hey Butch, the pics are great. I have more to post later. Thanks. We aren't planning on going to Charlotte until the fall race, but maybe we will see you then. Thanks again for the good luck wishes.

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Almost?!?!?! :)

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Great shots. Looking foward to some from the Hemi "Chootout" if you can. Thanks

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We are here and parked. We are down by the scales where stock usually parks. To have gotten 8 and a half inches of rain in the last 24 hours, the pits are amazingly good. There is rock down under the grass in here so we should be good and dry in a couple of days. More later. It's wine time. (and Jeff, I am using proper stemware)!

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Just got back from a good shrimp dinner at Landry's. They are stacking rigs in the staging lanes this evening. More tomorrow. Basketball is on now!

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A beautiful day here in Belle Rose. Woke up to lots of fog this morning, but it is partly sunny now. It is supposed to get 84 today, so bring your summer clothes! The water is slowly going down, but they are parking everyone. I will get some pics and post more of Butch's pics later today. Oh, BTW, if you are coming down, be sure and bring ant killer with you. There are huge hills in the grass and sometimes you don't notice them until they are climbing up your leg. Larry and Greg Hill are going out to the hardware store in a while and get some killer.

More later.

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Hi Patsy,

Tell Larry to save his money with insecticide. Go get your regular gas can, with regular gas.
Using the small breather spout make a large ring around the nest. This cuts off their escape route, then put some in the center of the nest, now they have nowhere to go and die off rather quickly. Do not light it on fire no matter how much you want to. This works and is less expensive, plus you get to see insects die a slow miserable death. Note: do not put your fingers in the center of the nest.

Another thing for all you enjoying Belle Rose. If you feel the ground underneath you and it's a little soft, it's an ant hill. I have encountered numerous ant hills both at the races and on sports fields.

You all have fun now.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA they communicate and sting all at once

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Ron's idea is a great one, except the don't light it on fire part. Lighting it on fire adds to the excitment!!! :D

I'm glad you and Larry are having a good trip. Looking forward to more reports and pictures.




Hey Dan Moore, you're #1. :D

RIP Mark Graham & WB Hutto

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It has been a very nice and relaxing day here at the track. I got the motorhome kinda cleaned up and my golf cart cleaned up, too. Larry worked on the grill and then cooked us some chicken for supper. I have seen lots of stockers and superstockers here already. The ground is still pretty soft, but I haven't seen anybody getting stuck. Thanks for the ideas on the ants. Larry had already bought some white stuff to sprinkle on them. If that doesn't work, we will try the gas tomorrow. The weather is still supposed to be sunny the rest of the week.
I will post some more pics later.

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Patsy,

This is a dumb question, but is Supper your 4th meal of the day? My Mother grew up in North Dakota, and Supper was always after Dinner-usually 2-3 hours later.

I never heard of this, as we always have breakfast, lunch and dinner. I thought this might be a regional thing. My family back East are farmers, so I thought that might be part of it.

Thanks for all of your posts! It makes me very happy to see someone racing!

Jeff Goss
SS/MA 6990:)

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Jeff,
Supper in the south is what most folks call dinner. We call dinner the noon meal or lunch. You hear of dinner theater, but not supper theater!

Hopefully you will be racing soon!

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More of Butch's pics from Gainesville:

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch671.jpg
Doug Engels SS/GM

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch674.jpg
Rich South GT/EA

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch678.jpg
Ronnie Courtney GT/A

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch682.jpg
Gary Summers SS/N

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch707.jpg
Nick Chiles CC/SA

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/Butch720.jpg
Irvin Johns & Robbie Hudlow A/SA

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It is another gorgeous day here in the south! A little overcast with a heavy dew. A little chance for a sprinkle in the afternoon. Looking forward to the swamp tour later today. I am going out and see who all is here. I think tech is later today.

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Larry & Patsy
I'm not sure who does the picture taking & reporting, but everything you guys do is Great.

I sure wish we had a SportsNationals here in the East. And don't say "The Dutch Classic"
is our SportsNationals.

Good Luck in Belle Rose.


Pistol Pete
1374
I/SA

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Thanks guys for taking the time to post the great pictures,almost like being there.

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Great swamp tour! Just got back from supper (dinner). Tell ya all about it tomorrow!

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What happened to the side of Irvin's Challenger.:eek:

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about a 200 foot wheel stand into the wall

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Yes,but you definately have to give him credit for having it at a race a week after that happened. IMHO thats dedication to the sport itself and going fast.

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having a little trouble with the internet. 106 stockers went down first run. A little slower than Gainesville. Fog and 90% humidity . Sun is out bright now. We have 2 runs, then class.

Great swamp tour yesterday. Will post more when I get time and better internet.

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no 1320go????? some of us would still like to see and hear what's going on....