tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177994887000079752011-09-02T02:23:03.124-07:00Attending NASCAR races can ALWAYS be an adventure!!Busch Babe 99noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317799488700007975.post-14897568581104658912011-09-01T22:40:00.001-07:002011-09-01T23:38:48.339-07:00

Shame shame, NASCAR and Sprint!! Didn't your Momma ever tell you not to tick off a nurse...she's the one who sticks things in you!! Let me preface by saying I am a happy AT&T customer. I've been with AT&T through Cingular and back, from my first bag phone back in the 90s (most kids nowadays wouldn't know what those looked like!) when I moved to the States from Canada, to my current Blackberry

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I've been lucky enough to attend many NASCAR races and I have put up with a lot when it comes to traffic. Nothing surprises me anymore. I routinely leave hours before most would just to avoid the traffic inbound to the track, and I don't expect to get rolling within an hour of the end of a race. If I'm there alone, and driving, and it becomes apparent Kyle Busch is about to win, and Carl Edwards

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Bristol Night race, 2010: Ponchos, (Driver) Pouting, and the Perfect National Anthem Well, as many of you know, I have finally settled down (for the time being) in Knoxville, Tennessee, giving up my (not so) glamorous life as a travel nurse. I just decided 10 years was enough, and although I may travel again someday, I was soundly sick and tired of the moving involved.Why Knoxville, you say?

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Friday April 9 2010: Nationwide Race Day Well, as I sit in LAX, awaiting my delayed connecting flight back from PHX to SFO (that would be Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco, for those not familiar with airport codes!), I figure now is as good a time as any to consolidate my notes, retained on my handy dandy Blackberry throughout the weekend (much easier than trusting my memory!!) and see if

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November 12-15 2009I know, I know, you’re thinking “What the heck kind of blog is this turning into??? Topless bars? What gratification??? And missing body parts??? WTH???” LOL The title is very self-explanatory, and will, as with my past blogs, become very clear as you read along.Nannette and I put our heads together when she recently showed back up on the Left coast, where I have been residing

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Gateway International Raceway, July 2009After a quick trip down I-680 through Dublin and Alamo (not “THE” Alamo, just Alamo!! LOL) to the airport in the wee hours of the morning Thursday, just prior to the Gateway weekend, I was happy to have an uneventful flight to St. Louis for this gathering of friends supporting Carl Edwards…Diehard Edheads. The majority gathering were of the most supportive

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AKA How bad have YOU got it???The week before the June 2009 Nascar Sprint Cup race at Infineon found me:1. flying to the Midwest to visit my boyfriend and his family, then2. moving closer geographically to Sears Point/Sonoma (No apologies: even though "Infineon" has become an interchangeable reference for me, it'll still always be Sears Point!!) than I lived before. AND further from the NorCal

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Thursday April 16 and Friday April 17: Practice, Qualifying and the Nationwide RaceMy Tony Stewart-loving Edhead NASCAR fan friend Nan (How’s THAT for a description?? Hey, I could have tossed RN in there, too. LOL) and I arrived in Phoenix from our separate coasts around the same time on Thursday night. We both had had uneventful flights, although, wearing my Aflac jacket, I did hear two “Aflac!”

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Saturday April 18, Cup Race dayAs the gates at Phoenix Interational Raceway didn’t open until Noon on this race day, we had a remarkably relaxed morning before heading out to the track.Or it SHOULD have been relaxed.Nan had realized through the night that without her cell phone, there would be people worrying about her, and we would have no way to communicate if separated at the track…heck, she

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I know, I know, it's been a long, race-attending dry spell for me. Believe me, I was not happy about it, either! First race weekend of the season!! WHOO HOOO!! I had a slighty hair-raising arrival in Vegas late Thursday, involving my plane coming in to the runway, only to pull up at the last second, just above roof level, and circle around for a second attempt at a landing, giving us a REALLY

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WEDNESDAY -- Arriving, Settling in, and the Truck Race.This is being written in an RV, en route back from Bristol to Iowa, 55 MPH “Bessie speed” to keep the fuel mileage as reasonable as possible (8 miles to the gallon versus 6 or 7 if we get to 65 MPG)…what better way to pass the time than to put my race weekend memories down, while they are still fresh.As many of you know, I’ve been to lots of

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Deflated dre...err, tires, Wandering Edheads, and Holy Hill!!Finally, one of the races I’d been really looking forward to all week. The LAST Nationwide race I had attended, coincidentally with Jeff, Carl had won the race…would our luck hold?After dropping the other 2 off at the seats, Jeff and I headed up to our seats in Earnhardt Terrace to watch Cup qualifying…nice seats, cupholder and all, and

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Track walk, Pit Road and CARL SPINS THE SHRUB!! (Oh yeah, and wins the race, too!!)Race day dawned, and although Bristol’s weather had been remarkably mild to this point (80s during the daytime, 60s at night) we knew right off this was going to be the hottest day yet.Jeff and I dressed and headed out, coffee in hand, while the other 2 were still dozing, down to the track for our track walk. I

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Thursday July 17, 2008 Hold on to your hats, kids, this one is a LITTLE more personal!! At least, to start…After a wonderful (but short) visit home to Canada to see my family, I arrived in St. Louis Thursday morning, July 17th, and Jeff met me at the airport. He has called this day “The first day of the rest of our lives” but I was a little more cautious, as I have been most of my life when it

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Friday July 18, 2008Friday morning dawned sunny and hot (funny how this weekend always seems to fall during a heat wave in MO!) and we headed out for Columbia. It’s a nice drive, and arriving at IB Nuts and Racing, we found Aimee, Jean Marie, Jan and Commodore awaiting us. Browsing through, I was disappointed to find that there was very little Kenny Edwards stuff on display…talking to the lady

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Saturday July 19, 2008Race day dawned sunny and, you guessed it…HOT!!! It was going to be a steamy scorcher, but I’ve come to expect nothing else when it comes to this race weekend.Loading up into the car, Jeff, Jamie Jo, Robin and I buzzed through McDonald’s for a more substantial breakfast than the hotel offered (there’s only so many muffins I can eat and I want something more, especially when

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Infineon Raceway, June 22, 2008Well, THIS race day was a new one for me. We chose, rather than driving to the track, paying the astronomical gas prices, and getting a hotel room for the night, to bus it…found a local tour group that had a deal for bus trip and tickets, all for about what I’ve paid in the past for tickets at other tracks!! It was AWESOME!!Well, the 6+ hours each way, making stops

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Atlanta Motor Speedway, March 2008Saturday March 8thFriday en route to Atlanta was an uneventful travel day from the Left coast for me, and after Jean Marie arrived, I finally ran out of steam and fell asleep before Tracy got there. At least I got my beauty sleep…for what would turn out to be a test of my Canadian blood, thinned from long time spent on the South side of North America.Saturday

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Sunday March 9thHoping for warmer weather, we awoke to a bright sunny day. But sadly, still cold, and the wind whipped up again later that morning. I guess I was doomed to the weirdest farmer’s tan I have ever had…just my face and hands.As Tracy and Jean-Marie were destined to leave the race early this day, Tracy to catch her flight and Jean-Marie to head back to the warmth of Florida, we took

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway Feb. 29-Mar. 2 2008Friday, Feb. 29 (LEAP DAY!)My first race weekend of the year WHOO HOO!!!This one would be a little different, as it would be en route moving between San Diego and Bakersfield, CA. I would be doing this race weekend with the truck loaded to the tip top with my (not so!) portable belongings, and the cats in tow. It would also be a good test run to see if

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Saturday, March 1Saturday LeadfootRN and I found our way through the tunnel to the Neon Garage, having encountered no problems getting to the track. Once in, we decided to head first down to pit lane to deliver the goodie basket I had brought for the 60 Nationwide crew from the Carl Edwards Diehards, as it was just hefty enough that I knew I didn’t want to be carrying it around all day. Besides,

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Sunday, March 2 - Cup raceBRRRR, the weather man was right!! If it weren’t for the sun shining, I’d say I was home in Canada!!!After another uneventful trip to the track, we bundled up in our layers, and headed to the Speedstage to see what time Raceday was going to be on. Those guys are a hoot to watch!!Getting there more than an hour before the show was to start, we got a spot right up beside

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Sunday November 11thThey say it's always fastest just before it blows...sadly, on this day, it was true.Sunday morning, in order to beat the worst of the traffic, we headed back to the track bright and early again.Pulling into the hospitality parking, Anne and her Mom chose to hang out at the truck while LeadfootRN and I decided to explore the souvenir haulers, which we had not explored in-depth

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Saturday, November 10thBright and early Saturday morning Anne picked us up and we headed in the VIP way to the track. PIR has this cool VIP parking for those who purchase Fan Hospitality, which Anne had, and as such we were back in that primo spot we parked in last spring, not nearly the hike of the day before when LeadfootRN and I arrived by ourselves.Now I had had some issues purchasing our Cup

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Nov. 9-11, 2007En route to PIR for the fall race weekend, I had driven up from San Diego to the Palm Springs home of my friend LeadfootRN, Thursday night…the trip up there was fine, although driving through mountains in the dark is not my favorite thing, especially in company of a bunch of big trucks, but it was otherwise uneventful, and Friday morning we headed out bright and early for

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Saturday, Anne’s flight arrived promptly by 10am, so I picked her up and we headed off to the track to get a decent parking spot. Another side trip to Subway and we had a nice lunch when we got there.After eating and resting a bit, we decided to head in to explore the souvenir area, spend some money, and sign in at the Official Nascar Members Club, verifying we were here and ready to join the

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Pit lane!!! AHHH!!! I love it!!! I arrived before noon, wanting to get as much time as possible down there…this was the day that was best to get on pit lane, as Richmond International Raceway allows fans to remain on pit lane during the practices and qualifying.I headed down after a quick lunch at my vehicle (O-kay, so Subway no longer sponsors a Roush Fenway vehicle, but it’s still my favorite

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My plane had arrived in Richmond late Wednesday night, I’d come early on the off chance that perhaps Carl would be doing a signing somewhere Thursday, as he had last year. Sadly, with his crazy schedule, there was none, although I can’t begrudge him a little down time, if he got any that day.After catching up on my sleep (working nights meant I had had to stay up all day Wednesday, when I should

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No offense to AllState, or any sponsor that puts in that kind of money to sponsor a race, but it will ALWAYS be the Brickyard 400 to me!!And I learned something new this weekend…it was Dale Jarrett who started the “kissing the bricks” when he won the race a few years back. I did not know that. I hope some other important piece of information doesn’t get shoved out of my head by that little bit of

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The Busch race on Saturday was a night race, but we had Turn 4 Club hospitality tickets, which meant we had a tent to relax under, and free pit tours to take. So we headed out early to get good parking near the gate, and were quite successful, as several trips to the car during the day to drop things off became necessary. The gals searching bags became quite familiar with us!Most of the day was

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My trip to Indianapolis for this year's Brickyard 400 (oops, sorry, ALLSTATE 400...geez!!) started out with getting from LA to San Diego in time for a 6am flight Thursday morning. I had found a flight for much cheaper than any out of LA, but it was a bit of a commute to the airport. Eschewing driving down, I chose to do the Amtrak train, Pacific Surfliner. It was reasonable, even if you add on a

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Raceday in Sonoma dawned sunny and calm. Stepping outside for my morning constitutional, I had a good feeling about the day. Whatever happened, even without the perk of pit passes, we were going to have a good day.Stopping for some breakfast, we then headed out for the track, bright and early, knowing, from Friday’s trip, that the main road to the track is 2 lanes…it was going to be slow

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O-kay, so we had a decision to make about Saturday...as there was only a couple of practises and NO Busch race in Sonoma, the choice was easy...time to go explore San Francisco!! Edheads on cable cars!! Eating seafood!!! Cruising the bay!!!My die-hard addiction to NASCAR made it a difficult decision...but the explorer in me won out...San Francisco, here we come!!Bright and early (but not TOO

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Oh, yeah, and over hill, and dale, and hill, and dale….Arriving at our hotel, we checked in, and joy of joy, our package was waiting for us!!Ripping it open, I gleefully reached inside….And pulled out 2 tickets for the family area in turn 9. NOT what I had ordered, or what I THOUGHT I had ordered. I KNEW I should have called for more information before ordering..A long phone call to the company

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When I moved to LA back in December, of course, one of the first things I did was sit down with the Nextel Cup schedule and plot what races were in driving distance of my new home. Having done Fontana, Las Vegas, Phoenix so far this season (along with a longer trip for the All Star race, of course) the next race on the agenda was Sears Point. Infineon, whatever, it’ll always be Sears Point to

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Our all too short of time on pit lane came to an end then, and we headed out to sit in the stands with Smitty and Jen for a while, watching the mini pre-races on the ¼ mile oval on the frontstretch…as they lined up the cars for the crew chief race, those of us joining the couple of hundred Nascar Member Club people going down for the All-Star Race driver intro Mosh pit headed out…it meant missing

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Dust Devils, Mosh Pits, Mad Edhead Disease, and Sweating for a BAD reason. (Due to the length, this is a 2-parter...too much happened on Race Day to squeeze it into one!!)And WELCOME BACK BOBBY!!!!! Saturday we didn’t crawl out of bed QUITE as early as Carrie Lynn and her Mom, but early enough that the hotel coffee was still fresh, so that’s something…we were meticulous, the meat products and

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Well, day 3 has come and gone...It started off rather roughly enough, at 4:30am, I woke up for a "Pit stop", and found that I had slept on my hand in such a way, that it hurt to turn in half the natural positions I generally can turn it in...OUCH!!! Made doing the hair later a chore, I tell you...so needless to say, I was awake from 4:30 on...UGH Fortunately, whatever was tightened up later

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Well, Day 2 found 5 gals in "Official Edhead" shirts bouncing back and forth between Concord Mills Mall, Walmart and Roush Racing...we garnered a few looks, I tell ya...And 2 of them, separate at the beginning of the day, having a "Close Encounter" of the NASCAR kind...peripherally involving Carl!! Imagine their enthusiam at running into Clint Bowyer at the Harley shop...and having Clint call

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Hello from a brisk and blustery NC!! It’s Thursday (May 17) prior to the All Star Race weekend, and the day after the Pit Crew Challenge. I stepped outside for my "morning constitutional" this morning, and was nearly blown away, and my little toesies curled up in the cold! Hopefully it will warm up.My trip back east tuesday night was uneventful, if tiring (the guy next to me and I basically took

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