Sunday, July 23, 2006
Charlotte Coca Cola 600
We swore we'd never go back to Charlotte, but here Cowboy Dan, Dutch and Kitty went and met up with Kim & Duane to hang out for the Memorial Day Weekend. After arriving at our campsite, we were greeted by a fellow "race fan" in his 1980 Buick Regal low on gas wanting a few bucks. 1) There are no gas stations around 2) There weren't many people around and 3) The fact that this low life said he had VIP tickets which is why he was supposedly there, really raised our suspicions. But, in order to not have cut tires in the morning, we gave the poor shlep $5 with his promise we'd have steaks over the weekend...huh, never did get those steaks.
So our fun consisted of the usual...the wagon. Strapped the sucker onto the back of E, threw it into the back of a rental car to bring it into the infield for the Wagon Races, only to find out they no longer exist. Which was a huge, huge let down as well as a loss for the infield fans. Instead, we rode around and found a mobile margarita bar manned by our neighbors a few doors down. Even found random race fan to cart us around so Dutch could have some time off.
Immensely enjoyed the elixors offered at the mobile margarita bar and even helped make a few:
We won't mention the pole dancing that was going on, or the fact that Cowboy and Kitty felt the need to share the pole with the rest of the infield.
Thanks to Race Jammer 2, the races were seen atop the Jammer in between Turns 3 and 4. The Race Jammer folks even got us out of the racetrack on Friday night to visit the great downtown of Charlotte, NC for the Race Street Party. Other than the $5 beers and clean port-o-potties, not sure what else was there.
Finally, per usual for Team E, we made
our way into the garage area for our ob
ligatory race pic:
No, no those are NOT Solo cups with Jim Beam and Coke in our hands! That would be wrong to bring into the garage area where it is all work! Hell, who are we kidding, if the security guards didn't throw us out for the smell on our breath, they surely wouldn't care if our cups were chock full of Beam. Nor did we give any of our spirits to the fellas working on the various cars here...we swear.
Enjoyed the hell out of the night race and didn't sweat nearly as much as last time we attended the Charlotte race. Congrats to Kasey for a great win. Next Venue...Bristol! Woohoo!
So our fun consisted of the usual...the wagon. Strapped the sucker onto the back of E, threw it into the back of a rental car to bring it into the infield for the Wagon Races, only to find out they no longer exist. Which was a huge, huge let down as well as a loss for the infield fans. Instead, we rode around and found a mobile margarita bar manned by our neighbors a few doors down. Even found random race fan to cart us around so Dutch could have some time off.Immensely enjoyed the elixors offered at the mobile margarita bar and even helped make a few:
We won't mention the pole dancing that was going on, or the fact that Cowboy and Kitty felt the need to share the pole with the rest of the infield.Thanks to Race Jammer 2, the races were seen atop the Jammer in between Turns 3 and 4. The Race Jammer folks even got us out of the racetrack on Friday night to visit the great downtown of Charlotte, NC for the Race Street Party. Other than the $5 beers and clean port-o-potties, not sure what else was there.
Finally, per usual for Team E, we made
our way into the garage area for our ob
ligatory race pic:No, no those are NOT Solo cups with Jim Beam and Coke in our hands! That would be wrong to bring into the garage area where it is all work! Hell, who are we kidding, if the security guards didn't throw us out for the smell on our breath, they surely wouldn't care if our cups were chock full of Beam. Nor did we give any of our spirits to the fellas working on the various cars here...we swear.
Enjoyed the hell out of the night race and didn't sweat nearly as much as last time we attended the Charlotte race. Congrats to Kasey for a great win. Next Venue...Bristol! Woohoo!
