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Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 1:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Chinook yes that's it Roxip. Thanks!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Where are "WE" racing this week?

I find it very weird -- the useless knowledge that I have stored in my brain. I can't remember my daughter's name half the time, and it's like roll call between her and the pets when I'm trying to get them in the kitchen - but I can remember what kind of helicopter can lift a car.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Talladega I think.

Couchtomato
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09-09-2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 6:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Couchtomato a private message Print Post    
Yep, Dega. And for anyone coming to Charlotte (Concord) next week, please be sure to check out the gasoline availability. It's been sketchy at best.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 9:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Yep, it's definitely Talladega. I've read a lot of the drivers would just as soon skip it except for Jr since you never know when the "big one" might happen and ruin a lot of their races. I just love when they get hooked up together drafting - just like a train going by. Now if only Jeff could pull off what he did last year. That would make my year. At least he'd have one win!

I've heard about the gas problems in Charlotte and a friend just wrote me about having the same problems in Atlanta. Fortunately, it hasn't hit us up here ..yet. I sure hope they get the distribution problems solved. It's been a major problem in the south. I guess we'll have to wait until next year to see if we can crash at my DD's SIL's place in Moorseville.

Oh now that you say Chinook, of course I'm thinking, DUH!! It is weird how things stick in your head when common things just drift off into space.. LOL Don't feel bad Roxip. It happens to more of us than we can probably count. :-)

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 5:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
I love the Talledega race, keeps me glued to the TV screen, one second your up front....next your back twenty spots and I LOVE that anyone (with friends) can win!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Next to Bristol the Talledega race is the one I would like to see. There's something about that huge track and the cars going so fast on those banked turned that is just SEXY (LOL).

Imbewitched
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03-08-2002

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Imbewitched a private message Print Post    
Woo Serate, thanks for sharing. It sounds like y'all had a wonderful race weekend. I'm so jealous!

Do you happen to remember the name of the parachute demonstration team? A friend of mine jumps for the Black Daggers (army) and that looks like their shutes.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Imbewitched I'm sorry I can't remember but here's the info from the Kansas Speedway website. It was very awesome! How cool if it was a friend of yours!

ARMY SPECIAL FORCES UNITS TO STAGE DARING PRE-RACE TACTICAL DEMONSTRATION AT THE CAMPING WORLD RV 400 PRESENTED BY COLEMAN

Soldiers from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command will thrill race fans with a daring pre-race demonstration prior to the start of the Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman at Kansas Speedway on September 28, 2008.

NASCAR fans will get a first hand and up-close look at a Special Operations infiltration demonstration, including a high-altitude, low-opening (HALO) parachute jump by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s Black Daggers.

Also, the official Ford Fusion pace car is going on a special “ride” as part of the pre-race demonstration. It will be airlifted and then offloaded onto the track by an MH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne).

Following the pace car “delivery”, eight Special Forces Soldiers will fly into action on two MH-6 Little Bird helicopters for a simulated tactical infiltration.

“We are extremely proud to host members of our elite Special Forces units in this spectacular pre-race demonstration,” said Kansas Speedway President Jeff Boerger. “Our race fans will be thrilled as these soldiers perform some of the most daring and dangerous maneuvers in military combat. This should prove to be one of the most awe-inspiring pre-race shows in Kansas Speedway history!”

Units represented at the event are scheduled to include Soldiers from the 160th SOAR and the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) based at Fort Campbell, Ky., and Headquarters, USASOC from Fort Bragg, N.C.

Fans are also invited to view static displays of an MH-6 Little Bird with crew and a Special Forces Operation Detachment-Alpha modular demonstration during Kansas Speedway’s Speedfest Friday, Sept. 26. The event does not require a race ticket to attend.

Imbewitched
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03-08-2002

Thursday, October 02, 2008 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Imbewitched a private message Print Post    
" U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s Black Daggers"

Yep, that was him. Thanks Serate.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, October 02, 2008 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
That's cool Imbewitched!

If ya ever talk to him, tell him it was AWESOME and people around us were talking about it all during the race!

Imbewitched
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03-08-2002

Thursday, October 02, 2008 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Imbewitched a private message Print Post    
Serate, Yes it was my friend. He said he was the last one to jump that day. He's really glad that you folks enjoyed the demonstration so much. As always, he had a blast jumping.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, October 02, 2008 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Imbewitched, I don't know if the last to jump is the last to land, but this was the last jumper to land. Um, I think. *L* If it isn't we can just pretend it is ok?



Man oh man I almost posted the race weekend events. Had I done that and you told me it was your friend, I would have taken tons more pictures. They were all so awesome!

[Sorry about the editing, had to make the picture smaller so it would upload, my free version of Office expired yesterday, I'm too lazy to put it on a cd and take it downstairs so I can use Picture Manager, and I've never used Paint to resize pictures before. ]

Imbewitched
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03-08-2002

Thursday, October 02, 2008 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Imbewitched a private message Print Post    
Oh my goodness Serate!! That IS my friend, James!! How cool is that?!!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, October 02, 2008 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Woo hoo I'm good and I didn't even know it at the time!

WAY cool!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Thursday, October 02, 2008 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Wow! That's awesome Imbewitched!!! I would have been so psyched too had it been my friend when he was a paratrooper. That is so cool! Jumping is what he misses most about not being in the Army anymore. At least he gets to do some cool stunt work for TV shows and some movies these days. Maybe one of these days he'll get to do a jump for them. He loved it, broken ankles and all! LOL He also was at Ft. Bragg until he was transferred up to Alaska when he re-enlisted and spent 3 yrs up there jumping except for the time he spent in Afghanistan.

And why yes, you are good, Serate!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, October 06, 2008 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Okay, I have to say that I walked into my 5 p.m. choir practice last night and told my choir director that I didn't want to hear about people that didn't come because of the Cowboys game because I had just walked out of my house with the BEST NASCAR RACE EVER going on with 10 laps to go and MY GUY LEADING!

WAY TO GO SMOKE! (And THANK GOD FOR TIVO!)

Imbewitched
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03-08-2002

Monday, October 06, 2008 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Imbewitched a private message Print Post    
Roxip, you are sooooooooooo right. That was the best race EVER!! Wooooooooooo hooooooooooo Tony!!!

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, October 06, 2008 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Good for Tony! Roxip, you are a far more dedicated choirmember than I would be, thank goodness I can't carry a tune in a bucket!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, October 06, 2008 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
It was very hard to walk out and then I got really paranoid because I had only set my TIVO to record the next 30 minutes and the race ran over even that...but fortunately I was still on the same channel so it just kept playing (and my practice was short last night...LOL!

And it was ALL worth it.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, October 06, 2008 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Yay!! Glad you got to see it, Roxip!! Congratulations Smoke!!!! I'm so happy for you and Zippy and the team!! Zippy looked so emotional he had tears in his eyes and I was just so darn glad they got a win together. It's going to be tough for both of them next year. They've been like brothers for the last 10.

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Monday, October 06, 2008 - 1:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Who is Zippy?

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, October 06, 2008 - 2:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Tony's crew chief...Greg Zippadelli (might have spelled it wrong). They've been together ever since Tony started in NASCAR. Greg is staying and Tony is moving on.

Did anyone see the Home Depot commercial where Tony teaches Joey L the ropes? Kind of bittersweet.

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Monday, October 06, 2008 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Roxip!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Monday, October 06, 2008 - 4:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Zippy's my cat! That watches NASCAR. And bats at the screen when they say Zippy on TV. Zippy is sad that he who he was named after isn't going with Tony, and that Tony is changing colors and momma's hard work at painting the family room orange and black will covered up.

Zippy is also ORANGE.