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Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 12:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
Imbewitched, We found our 6x6x12 inch soft-sided bags(per their specs) at Wal-Mart. We can each take one in with food and drinks...something new added to Kansas this year. The seats there all have backs on them so I'm not sure if they'd let us take in stadium seats. I'm excited about going and we've already gotten the info about reserving NEXT years tickets! Just have to think about whether I want to give them another $600! (yikes)

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 1:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
I'm so envious of you getting to see a race "in person." Next year I'm getting my tickets early (like January!) so I can get good seats and get the discount they offer. Only problem is, I'd like to sit in two different areas. LOL Turn 1 at The Glen is definitely where all the action is, but my daughter said in the 3 or 4 yrs she went, she never saw a driver up close. So then I'm thinking I'd like to sit at the start/finish line so I can actually see them (and the pits on the other side) and get more of a view of everyone. I guess I have a bit of time to think about it. LOL :-)

Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
Watching....I just peeked back and you're a Gordon fan too! He's my favorite dude! 3 years ago at the race, saw a woman dragging a stuffed JG doll on a string...my DH had to DRAG me away since I was starting to take it personal, ya know? Still find it hard to deal with all the "haters"...I have drivers I dislike, but wouldn't let myself stoop as low as she. LOL

Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
Sooooooooooo once again I KILLED a thread! Dang the luck (hangs head and goes back to her corner)

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 5:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
You didn't kill it Alwayz, we are all out looking for our stuffed Jeffie dolls on a string to drag around this weekend!!

Just kidding!

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
Ha Ha Beach I'm with you! Roxip I love Rusty, he is my all time fav. Everytime I see you know who in the # 2 car I cringe. I am rooting for Jr, Jeff Burton, Carl and a load of others..I really like Robby Gordon too-he's fun!

Started out liking Denny but am changing my mind about him.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 12:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Hey Alwayz!! Great to see another Jeff fan in the fold! :-) Like I said above, I like a lot of other drivers, even the ones I'm not supposed to like cuz I'm a Gordon fan! LOL

How funny was it that Tony Raines pitched his helmet at, of all people, Robby Gordon! I was cracking up!!! :-)

Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 6:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
Hey everyone! The Busch race was good today, but totally looking forward to tomorrows (keeping fingers crossed that the rain holds off)race. Got an awesome JG polo shirt to wear since we met some fellow fans and I KNOW they'll be decked out in their JG duds.

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 6:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
What did you think of the story they did on Steven Wallace? Really tugged at my heartstrings! Watching Denny and Paul Menard was exciting! Woo boy! And Cousin Carl....testy testy

All in all a great race (except for the winner)

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
I'll be wearing my Dale shirt and sitting on the edge of my seat as always tomorrow!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
for my hubby & Watching2's hubby:

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feelin'
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin',
Singin' in the rain

Dancin' in the rain
Dee-ah dee-ah dee-ah
Dee-ah dee-ah dee-ah
I'm happy again!
I'm singin' and dancin' in the rain!
I'm dancin' and singin' in the rain...

Why am I smiling
And why do I sing?
Why does September 30
Seem sunny as spring?
Why do I get up
Each morning and start?
Happy and head up
With joy in my heart
Why is each new task
A trifle to do?

Because Tony's in the lead,
no lights in KC, & IT'S RAINING!
WOO HOO!


Serate
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08-21-2001

Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
OK due to computer problems I missed out on the JG love fest. Just wanted to share my favorite picture from the 2001 Cup Race in Kansas.

crybaby gordon

*runs and hides from Alwayzmovin*

Serate
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08-21-2001

Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
OK so not only do I need to hide from Alwayzmovin, I need to get off here and go upstairs to stay away from hubby. Track is almost dried, they are going to start the race. Poor Tony. *L*

As always, anybody but JJ.

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Monday, October 01, 2007 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
Wow that was quite the race, I feel bad for those that crashed out etc....but happy for the Bif!! He was due!
p.s see Denny is still losing it.

Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Monday, October 01, 2007 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
Had a great time all weekend but really don't want to walk in a HUGE rainstorm for 30 minutes again for the rest of my adult life! OH and sorry bout your little crash Tony! heeeeeeeeee!That's what happens when the TS fan sitting next to me(that was obnoxious)boos JG. Karma is a good thang...

Imbewitched
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03-08-2002

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Imbewitched a private message Print Post    
Hi Always, So glad to hear you had a good time. Wish the rain would have stayed away for you but it sounds like it was worth it. What a race!!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Imbewitched...wish I was going to be there with you! Other things not to forget....

Park near the street even if there is parking closer to the track. The further out you park (in the parking lots that are part of the racetrack -- not the mud fields) the easier it will be to get out at the end of the afternoon. Having said that, be sure and pack snacks and drinks in the car for after the race...you will be there a while! If it is even thinking about raining don't park in the mud. Don't even park near the mud!

Take some kind of portable headphone/radio thingies. The thing that I found most disconcerting was that you can't hear the track announcer. You will want to tune into the local news coverage (in Dallas it is 105.3) of the race. If you don't have this kind of radio you can usually buy one around the track.

Take LOTS of money. Souvenier shopping is one of the best parts of going to the race.

And if you think going to the race will maybe cool your NASCAR addiction you are very wrong. The experience of being at the race is so much more overwhelming in person...you can't prepare yourself for the intensity of the sound of the cars when they start up...the beauty of them lining the track...how close they are to you when they speed by the fence on the track below you...the smell of the rubber being thrown up by the tires and the smell of fuel...and the fact that you can't watch them pass directly in front of you because they are simply going so fast...it is kind of like watching a high speed tennis match...you watch them coming and you watch them going but you really can't seem them passing...LOL!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Friday, October 05, 2007 - 12:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Hey Alwayz! Glad you made it through the race w/o getting struck with lightening or anything!! I hope all the conspiracy theories are dying down now that Dega is upon us.

Serate... I know I asked to see that JG tease photo, but the one time in my folder was enough! LOL And yeah... Karma is not to be messed with!!!!! (Remember The Glen and Jeff spinning out w/2 laps to go? Remember feeling rather pleased when Tony did it earlier in the race? LOL) I sure didn't want to see Tony and all those other guys wreck, but I'm glad Jeff got a decent finish when it looked like he was going to be dropping hard and Tony was going to be flying high! At least Tony is still up in the Top 5, Serate. ;)

Imbewitched
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03-08-2002

Friday, October 05, 2007 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Imbewitched a private message Print Post    
Hi Roxip - Thank you so much for the wonderful tips! Now I'm kinda wishing that I hadn't spent that $75 on VIP parking. That is right up by the stands from what I can tell. While packing drinks and snacks (that's a great idea) for the "after the race wait", I might want to put my sleeping bag in the trunk. Sounds like we are going to be there a good long time. lol

Thanks for the radio suggestion. I was planning on renting a scanner but I would also like to be able to hear the race announcer.

I am so excited about going to this race. I can hardly wait to smell the rubber and fuel. And FEEL the roar of the engines!!

Woooooooooo hoooooooooooo!!! Go Tony!! Go Jr.!!

Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Way to go 24.

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
Waaaaah, those stupid engines! I wanted Jr to win. Snif

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 12:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Wooooooooo hooooooooooo!!!! Congratulations Jeff and Team 24!!! What a beautiful family in VL!!!!!!!!!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 7:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Bewitched, you definitely will FEEL the race.

Maybe the VIP parking has an easier time getting out. I just know it took us FOREVER to get out of the parking lot...it was 2-3 hours and I'm not kidding. Of course that was the year that the race rained out on Sunday and we had to go back on Monday. That's why I know about not parking in the dirt...LOL!

You will have a great time and the best part is getting to know the people sitting around you. You will have a blast!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
None of you should let Watching2 fool you about loving Jeff Gordon. She just likes his car colors because it reminds her of her box of crayons. She is strange to be so attached to her crayolas. Look what I caught her coloring a while back...




Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Good job JG! Of course with me it's anybody but Jimmie Johnson so I'm sure he'll win the championship. *L*

Not sure I by karma being the reason anybody wins or loses a race. I'm sure there were JG fans booing this past weekend, and Tony didn't wreck 2 weeks ago because his fans were booing. If so nobody would win because I've heard all different driver's fans booing at one time or another.

Thanks Huk'd I was going to get the above for Watching for Christmas, but now I know I need to find her something else.

Imbewitched we had preferred parking at Kansas one year and it is alot easier to get to the actual road than when you park in the grass. So it might be quicker than regular parking. Also the way it used to be at Kansas you didn't really have a choice where to park in regular parking. It was first come, first served but they had people directing you to parking spots. So if you wanted to park way out in the boonies, you needed to get there not too early. Scanners are a MUST and so funny to listen to at times. AND save your ears. Not a JR fan - or a JR hater for that matter - but I love listening to him. He's funny but has a potty mouth. Tho most do, just some are alot worse than others. I seem to remember the scanner we rented we could get a radio announcer, just not the track announcer. And they will program all the driver's in for you.


And if you think going to the race will maybe cool your NASCAR addiction you are very wrong.

This statement is SO true it's funny! We got season passes to Kansas Speedway it's first year. [and the next few years until my husband got a job in Kentucky.] I was thinking, ok we'll do it this year, then next year we'll come down just for Cub/Busch qualifying and watch the races relaxing in the hotel. We were halfway to the gate and I here this buzzing sound. Trucks were practicing. [Not sure how it is anymore but used to be Trucks/Indy racing in July, Busch/Cup in September, then October.] I was hooked before I had even gotten to the ticket gate. I was always glad that Kansas was towards the end of the season cuz it was so hard to watch Cup on TV after seeing them live. There's something about the noise, the smell of fuel and burning tires, the dirt. I wish they could bottle that for race day. Just spray a few sprays as the race starts.

I miss those days. Maybe now we are closer we'll get back into going again.