The weatherman was right, the region around the Powerline Park track indeed would see rain and more rain. Everyone had been talking about a muddy race but when daylight broke, the bright sun and stiff wind would do its part to dry things fairly quickly.
The parking lot and pit area was of course mucky, but the woods would shape up quickly as the morning races were getting prepared to do battle on what ever course was laid out in front of them, mud or no mud!
We scurried around to capture some behind the scenes stuff for you all, and yes, I left with a handfull of bubble gum provided by the crew at GT Thunder:blah:
It was a cool morning, and Brandon Sommers was ready for an arctic blast by the looks of that jacket! Sommers handles one of his fans requests as the day gets started.
Always scoping out the ladies at the track....:D Even if I do have to sneak up on a few of them:blah:
Jarrod McCLure and his Pop get a laugh at me ...probably slipping in the mud:p
The work was well underway at the Warnert racing pit as the mechanics busily went about doing things that make it look like they are busy:eek: In all seriousness, them guys are always working hard and they have been having a pretty solid season as the class championships have been racking up!
Brian Buckhannon gives me a thumbs up as he heads off to the starting line. Buckhannon was looking forward to another solid race as he needed a win to get him the championship. After suffering a broken leg earlier in the season, a championship would be a stretch however Buckhannon just wont give up or quit and fought back hard at the past 2 rounds to keep him in the hunt.
Jeremi Dudding arrived at the race via helicopter. Now I am barely covering the rent and here a U2 class racer is getting ferried in rockstar style:mad:
Dudding has his employer to thank for the lift in and lift out of the track due to a scheduling issue. Not sure what you do at work Jeremi, but that is some serious effort on their part to get you back to work so keep doing what your doing:D
Clifton Beasley aka Mr. Numba One! 9 class wins and a 2nd on the season heading into this round....incredible effort!
I caught up with Rick Cecco on the line and decided to ask him how his sponsors product tasted...
Rick replied...."Mmmm mmm mmmm mMM mm"
I reckon its pretty good because he wouldnt stop chewing:blah: