"Live" from Bristol 2015
 

We are on our way! Should be there by 3 or so! Do we still come in the front gate for the National event?

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Well we arrived yesterday about 3:30, got parked with no waiting in line!


I tried to post a long post yesterday and then my Verizon hot spot went out so it didn't go thru, and I didn't want to type it all last night. Maybe today will be better on the AT&T hot spot~


First of all, it is HOT!! It is going up to 93 today! There is a chance of showers every day, but doesn't look like anything major.


And now for you coming in today--The signage sucks! Come in at the front of the track at the North entrance. We followed the green signs that said competitors that led to the back entrance, then had to turn around and go back to the front.


Last night I made some of my famous Sex at the Racetrack drinks for me and Pam Marshall. Boy were they good on a hot day!! But potent! Hopefully Pam doesn't have a headache today!


Today is tech day and getting caught up on all the gossip since the last race! Some more later!!

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Hey Ms Patsy, as usual I have too many irons in the fire! I will be in tonight, park in the morning, rush to tech and then hopefully make the first run! See you guys tomorrow hopefully. Save me a spot lol!

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Sorry Cooter! All the spots around us are taken! We are packed in here like sardines! See ya tomorrow !

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By the time I got my camera batteries charged and got out this afternoon, lots of people had already put up their cars for the night. But I got a few:


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Larry "Bunk" Miller SS/FA (Blue Boy to our Pinkie)


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John Leach C/SA


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Mickey Whaley's C/SA


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Brian "Quack" Oaks SS/CA


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Pretty little stream running thru the pits!


We just got a little shower of rain~ Just enough to have everyone scrabbling to get their stuff put up!

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Boy, the place is really filling up! If you get here tomorrow, you probably will be using your jacks to the max. Looks like what's left if going downhill!!


Here are a few more pics from today. It only rained that little shower, then the sun came back out hot and humid!


A few shots of the racetrack:


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The Round track in the background.


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View from the starting line


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Campers overlooking the track.
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Looking back up the track!


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Support equipment


This really is a beautiful track~


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My favorite pro stock driver==Drew Skillman!!


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Don Fezell and his friend Chuck's barracuda!!


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Petty's drag race car


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Dempsey Pendarvis's run around car!!


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Getting their credentials!!


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3 generations of Stokes's


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Another cool car seen in the pits!

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Bucky Hess II


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Stock racer Brent Robbins and family


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Thomas Losket D/SA


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Brian Rogers D/S


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Mike McDonald G/SA


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Mike McDonald and Jim Marshall


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Mickey Whaley giving me a hard way to go!!


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Greg Rowe SS/KA


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Fletcher's primo parking spot


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Paul Wong and Patrick Downing


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Tonya and Keith Lynch FS/D






Well it is about bedtime! We start out at 10 with 2 runs, then Class!

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Good morning Ms Patsy, I'm in line and there is probably around 30 maybe a little more of us that will be using full extension jacks this weekend! By the way I am dead last, the weather got really bad last night on the way here so I found a cozy little spot at the rest area between a hundred or so 18 wheelers and slept for awhile. Got up early this morning and finished the drive.
If you've never been here you should! Absolutely a beautiful place, I've never raced here but have been here a couple times for the Nascar race and love the place.
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