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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 10:23 am
Im I'll ask my hubby when he gets home. He was there 3 years ago. Not sure if he'll know or not as while he was in the pits he had actual race credentials not pit passes but he might. Hope you have fun fun fun! Ok change the hope you to know you will.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 1:15 pm
Imbewitched, I called the raceway (LOL...I really did) and they said you could be in the pits from the time the gates open (I forgot to clarify whether that was at 8:00 or 10:00 - 10:00 definitely I would think) and you can stay up until an hour before the race begins. I didn't ask but I don't think you can go after the race.
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 2:07 pm
Awwww, thank you so much Roxip. That was so sweet of you. My roommate just brought my race stuff by my office. Oh my goodness, we have "credentials", name tags, passes to the Caterpillar tent (guess I better not wear my Tony shirt in there ), 1 hr. guided tour of the pits and free lunch in the hospitality tent. I am so stoked! Are we there yet?!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 2:33 pm
Dang girl...we will expect pictures. You can always wear your #20 shirt UNDER a jacket until absolutely necessary.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 2:58 pm
Inbewitched if you are with a hospitality group, which it sounds like, you won't have free access to the pits but a set time to go and your tour will be even better!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 7:25 am
I'm just thinking that you are going to have the BEST time!
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 8:22 am
Yes Serate, that is right. Our tour is between 10 and 11. Ohhhhh, I can hardly wait to get that close to the cars! Not going to get my hopes up about getting close to our guys but........ Roxip, I was thinking about keeping my Tony shirt in my purse until race time. heee heee I'll take lots of pics. Thanks for all the info guys. Y'all are the greatest!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 9:13 am
Isn't this great that we all get to experience one another's adventures vicariously? I mean, we are people spread all over the United States and Canada, for the most part do not know one another, and yet we get to experience each other's lives...that is an awesome thing.
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:53 am
Im - have an absolute blast at the race and kiss Jeffy for me!
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 9:45 am
Yes it is Roxip. Thanks Happygal. I'll bundle your kiss in with Watching's.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, October 31, 2008 - 9:57 pm
Counting down the minutes yet Im? Meant to post these a while back. I as at my dad's for the towns Corn Carnival parade. There was an adult man and a small boy inside this car. It was so cool.

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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 12:19 am
Oh my goodness..that is the cutest thing ever!!! Well, I'm sure our lucky ImB is off to the track, but here's wishing you a wonderful time and wooo hooo.. my Jeffy got the pole!!! We were joking on a Gordon board that maybe Stevie would have to help him fire the gun. LOL He looked like he was having fun with it!! Heck, I know I looked like the biggest doofus walking around prerace at The Glen. It was cold in the morning and I had on a Jeffy t-shirt w/a Jeffy sweatshirt. It got warm and I tied the sweatshirt around my waist and then I got a 20 hate and was wearing that. LOL During the race, I switched to a Jeffy hat, but we took in a Tony cooler. Here's a link to a video where you will probably hear "someone" yelling, "Get him Tony!," referring to our Tony getting Kyle B. as he was running 2nd. Get 'em Tony!!
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 11:45 am
Lucky Imbewitched! Looking forward to the Pics. I'm sure he was not alone in yelling that Watching lol! I have gear from JR, Tony, Montoya, Burton, Bowyer and Mark Martin...I love Jr first but don't mind wearing stuff from the vast majority of drivers. being a typical woman I buy stuff if I like the colours or the Sponsor logo etc...
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 12:21 pm
Think maybe I'll need to call Imbewitched for a lunch date verrrrry soon, so I can see all her new pictures!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 3:42 am
LOL I was yelling "Get em Tony!" ::::::::my voice is getting deeper and deeper...... heh heh ::::::::::::
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 10:33 am
Hey there fellow race fan! I'm backkkkkkk. We had a total blast. The weather was fantastic. Our seats and all the perks that came with them were unbelievable. I'll try to post some pics if I can't figure it out. If not y'all can see them on my myspace. And all "kisses" were delivered as promised. ;-}
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 1:33 pm
We've been very patiently waiting.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 7:28 pm
Yay!! Glad you had a great time IB!! Thanks for delivering those kisses!! I'll have to look for your MySpace. My mind isn't what it used to be so if you're already on my "friends" I'm going to feel like a dummy. LOL OK, so I am ALL SET for next August for The Glen, except for a motel. I renewed my tickets and then called yesterday to change our seats to closer to the aisle - we're two in and two higher, and got pit passes. They let ticket holders renew up to a certain date, then they had a 4-day call-in for upgrades, changes, etc., and then they go on sale to the public on the 15th. I really, really debated going from right after turn 1 to the front stretch so I could see the pits and driver intros ... I debated until the last min. What made me finally just move in the same grandstand was that there is a road that you can walk across the track that's opened until 1hr before the race and it's a far shorter walk to the pits. It's a LONG walk from the frontstretch. Plus, I can sit around there for the Nationwide race and see how I like it for next year. I already warned my family no one is allowed to get sick, have a serious problem! DD joked and said she'd make sure she planned around it. LOL Now, if the same thing happens with other people as it has w/me the two times I called, they must not get much work done. LOL Both ladies asked me who my fav. driver was and then we started discussing all things racing, sharing experiences, etc., etc. By the time I got done with the 2nd lady, she told me she was going to keep track of where our seats were and try to come up to see us and told me she'd be wearing a pink hat(I forget what team) and a Jeff Gordon T. LOL I think I'm going to be asking for "Jane" whenever I see someone who works there and maybe she can get us in the garage or something special. LOL 
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 9:30 am
Do you have the same name on myspace? Watching, that's too funny! You've probably made a new friend.
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 11:28 am
Watching, way to go. Bet you have an inside track with your new friend. Roxip, yes ma'am, it's the same.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 11:36 am
You look very good in front of Tony's pit box!
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 12:36 pm
Awwww, thank you Serate. I just wish I could of gotten that close to Tony himself. hehehehe
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 12:48 pm
I have a picture somewhere of he and my hubby in 2002. That was the trip that really won me over to him. Stood in line forever so I could get a picture of him giving my hubby an autograph, and after I took the picture I went to move on so the next person who wanted an autograph could get one, he grabbed my hand to stop me and talked to me longer than he did my hubby. Shortly before that a little boy who had just won his first race gave Tony his trophy. Tony asked the boy for his autograph, and the little boy wrote "To Tony, I love you. I want to be just like you. From Jason" Tony was wiping tears from his eyes as he read it to those w/i hearing distance. So were alot of the rest of us. Glad you had fun! Pictures were awesome!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 6:17 pm
Awesome pictures, IB!! I got so excited when I saw the one with Tony actually standing by the car!! I'll always love hearing that story, Serate. The 2nd lady and I liked ALL the same drivers! It was crazy!! LOL We had a ball talking and just totally hit it off. She said she'd be working, but did have to buy her own tickets for the race (they better get a discount!) but if she has a Glen name tag, maybe we'll get some inside action. Jeff is her fav. and then I said I was yelling for Tony to win this last summer and I told her I liked him because he spoke his mind and she said, she did too! Then she told me all these cool stories about her past. She grew up in Germany (no trace of an accent) and they went to the F1 races like MONACO(!) and when she moved here, she was introduced to NASCAR. She said she picked Jeff before he ever moved up since she loved how he raced Sprints, etc. Then she was telling me how she just froze when she was 10 ft. from Jeff and ran the other way, right into Jimmie. LOL She said Jeff was looking at her like, "What did I do?!" LOL Then she told me how this guy kept smiling at her and her son was wondering who he was and finally went over and found out it was Helio's crew chief. She got introduced to Helio and her son taped her actually dancing in the garage with Helio!! She said she can now die a happy woman. LOL 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 8:33 pm
BTW - She was in Daytona when she ran away from Jeff and into JJ AND danced with Helio. Ahhhhh... lucky lady!! 
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