Live from Kansas City Nat'l Open

[Larry Hill]

Well we are on our way! If the racetrack got as much rain there as we have got in Kentucky today, I sure hope they have a lot of paved parking. We have not been to Kansas City since 1991 when we stopped by there on our way to Denver (the only time we have been to either). Sure hope they have scoreboards now. And maybe more than a single light bulb for the win light.

We plan on driving to the west side of St. Louis and finding a Wal-mart for the night and then driving the rest of the way hopefully not in the rain in the morning.

Talked to the cheese guy, Mr. Terry Grohz (sp?) and he is sending cheese by Steve Koppein, so come on by and try it out with us!

More later
Patsy

[Jack Matyas]

Patsy -- No paved parking here in Reynolds - good luck with the rain .Tomorrow it is supposed to hit here -- we'll see .All of us should gone to the Dutch Classic as they have extra fast record setting weather there -- spoke to some friends there a little while ago and its great this year -- figures ! ! ! Not sure if its a record but was told a Hemi car went into the 8.40's zone.............And don't forget the cheese............

[Andrew Hill]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Patsy -- No paved parking here in Reynolds - good luck with the rain .Tomorrow it is supposed to hit here -- we'll see .All of us should gone to the Dutch Classic as they have extra fast record setting weather there -- spoke to some friends there a little while ago and its great this year -- figures ! ! ! Not sure if its a record but was told a Hemi car went into the 8.40's zone.............And don't forget the cheese............

Wescott Jr went 8.38, and Sr. went 159.95 mph.

[Mike Voth]

Hi Larry and Patsy:

YES to the scoreboards,

YES to the light bulbs,

NO to the paved parking. At least not much. The rain has moved out (of south central Kansas), so hopefully you'll arrive to sunny skies! You'll be there early enough not to have to worry about parking down by the river. Wish I could say the same for us. Glad you're coming to Kansas City!

[Larry Hill]

Well, we got as far as Warrenton, MO last night. Construction around Mt. Vernon, IL cost us over an hour of stop and go traffic. But we are back on the road now. We should get to the track around 1 or so and it shows the gates open at 3. It is sprinkling rain on us now. Hopefully it will all be gone by the time we get there.

We didn't get away as early yesterday as we meant to so we didn't take the kind of out of the way direction as we wanted to. Our plan was to go to Sikeston and eat at Lambert's--the home of the throwed rolls. Really good food if you are ever in Sikeston.

Well we are back on the road again. Colors should be at peak.

More later.
Patsy

[Larry Hill]

. Well we are here! And for those of you who know my husband and how he has no concept of time, especially this year, We are actually #2 in line. We could of been #1 but we decided to follow a nice Super Comp racer in since we had not been here in 17 years. We just went up and walked around and yes there are scoreboards, but no tree, or at least lights on the tree. I guess they will assemble it all later. There is some paved parking which we should be able to get.

Rob Parks is here and said they would begin parking soon. The grass appears to be pretty wet, but at least it isn't raining. It is still really cloudy and probably about 50 degrees .

Supposed to have test n tune from 6-10.

Just finished a nice fried boloney sandwich! You haven't lived til you have had fried boloney!

More later!
Patsy

[Larry Hill]

Well it is 2:55 and they haven't started parking us yet. I guess they really meant gates open at 3.

Dave and Mrs. Dave Picht are next to us in line.
It rained pretty hard a little while ago, but now the sun is shining.
It's showtime. There are pulling us in.
More later.
Patsy

[hadtobethere]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Well we are on our way! If the racetrack got as much rain there as we have got in Kentucky today, I sure hope they have a lot of paved parking. We have not been to Kansas City since 1991 when we stopped by there on our way to Denver (the only time we have been to either). Sure hope they have scoreboards now. And maybe more than a single light bulb for the win light.

We plan on driving to the west side of St. Louis and finding a Wal-mart for the night and then driving the rest of the way hopefully not in the rain in the morning.

Talked to the cheese guy, Mr. Terry Grohz (sp?) and he is sending cheese by Steve Koppein, so come on by and try it out with us!

More later
Patsy

Larry & Patsy.....your 'cheese' is on the way, just got off the phone with Steve Koppien, he says he is about 1/2 way there....he thought you should have had some cheese on that boloney sandwich

[7820]

I love fried baloney sandwiches. White bread...mayo...onion..pickle...tomatoe....cold beer. Life is good.

Fried baloney and eggs is also good.

[Larry Hill]

Well test n tune got cancelled after it rained again and was pretty cold. Mid 40's.

So we are in watching Passtime on the Speed Channel.

Stock and superstockers who have pulled in this afternoon:
Dave and Bev Picht, Larry and Jason Deforrest, Don Duke and Jamie Kilgore and families, Troy Henderson, Danny Byrd.

Haven't seen the Koppein's yet, but I had to have some Wisconsin cheese with my wine since my South Dakota cheese isn't here yet.

We get started about 9 tomorrow. It is supposed to be about 40 in the morning, but then sunny and 62.

More later.
Patsy