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Congrats Ken on the win! I think we need to find someone with some photoshop skills and we need some MUPPETS in the winner circle pic with you.....lol.

The topic about being short-staffed came up a few times over the past week or so on Facebook and at Penny's memorial about how understaffed everyone is. The unfortunate thing is it's just like the world today (don't worry Ken, not making it political) but everyone wants to make $15-20 an hour to work, so finding someone who wants to stand on their feet for 12-15 hours for not much $$ is pretty much impossible. Most of these people who work at the track or for D1 do this as a PT job, are trying to maybe move up the ladder and basically do it for the love of the sport. Most of us who have friends that do this know what these guys are making per hour and it's sad, and for us in D1, the staff is not getting any younger so in about 3-5 years we really could be in trouble. All I can say is while we're all chilling in the motorhome with our feet up, making a cheeseburger or hot dog, throw a few extra on and bring them one and a bottle of water up to the starting line for them to grab a quick bite to eat can be a big thank you for their hard work on some hot and brutal days.