[Ed Fernandez]

Some observations from an old retired poop (retired from work and Stock). I did my service many moons ago (1963-65) and was really touched by the pre race invocation ( wished they would have included Lee Greenwood's song) As far as Saturday I was there from 10:30 AM till 9:00 Pm when the last pair went down. I made sure to eat lunch and dinner and drink water during the day (thanks to my friends for the bottles of water I was offered all day). If I could make it through the day It's no excuse for many others to have been there. The Stock 1st round was fantastic. I was at the finish line under the old tower and have never seen so many runs with cars less than a car length at the stripe. The place could use a bit of a sprucing up, but it's still a great facility. It was a kick to see my old race friends again. As far as the old man from the mountain goes he had the car for the occasion against David. Sometimes the little guy is given a little bit of help against the
big guns. Not that Billy needs help (racing that is). Both four remaining racers did a great job getting through a tough weekend weather wise.
I'm going to lay down and take a nappy.