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2 Sep 2011, 00:03 (Ref:2949701)
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NASCAR Cup Round 25: AdvoCare 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Jayski
Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of Summer, start of the college football season, opening weekend for shooting animals of some sort and (now) the only NASCAR race in my home state. Going to take my 5 year old son to his first NASCAR event, and my first NASCAR race at AMS, so it should be interesting. Hadn't rained at my house in months and looking like a chance of showers Sunday and Monday; that's the way she rolls these days. And yes, JHamilton, Geoffrey Bodine still holds the track record at 197.478. 
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2 Sep 2011, 01:46 (Ref:2949719)
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He was just Geoff back then.
Have fun man!! |
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2 Sep 2011, 13:23 (Ref:2949880)
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 Hope you and your son have a good time. See you at Petit! |
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2 Sep 2011, 14:37 (Ref:2949912)
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Also, if Brad Kyle Busch, Keselowski, Paul Menard or Marcos Ambrose win the race, they get US$ 1 million as part of the Sprint Summer Showdown.
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2 Sep 2011, 17:42 (Ref:2950002)
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Not only did I forget to mention the million dollar possibilities, I neglected to mention that Lynyrd Skynyrd is playing before the start of the race. With that and a Cup series crowd, my son may go into red neck shock.
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4 Sep 2011, 03:20 (Ref:2950562)
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Kasey Kahne grabs the pole, which is great because I've got pit passes courtesy of Red Bull racing. I hope to be able to stick around in the pits as long as I can with a five year old; wish me luck.
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4 Sep 2011, 13:01 (Ref:2950684)
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Outer bands of rain from TS Lee now reaching the Atlanta area, rain is 50% today. 90% tomorrow. Good luck!
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4 Sep 2011, 13:17 (Ref:2950688)
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   Oh well, there are worse things in life than spending the day in the paddock at the racetrack with your son, rain or shine. Just give the boy 10-15 minutes of Green Flag action before it gets too late, that's all I ask. |
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5 Sep 2011, 02:14 (Ref:2950932)
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Rain and more rain. Race postponed to Tuesday, at 11 am as the rain is supposed to hang out all day tomorrow. It's actually perfect as my son has that day off from school and would have only been able to watch a little of the race this evening anyways. This of course if it doesn't rain Tuesday as well.
Just got home and don't think it was a wasted trip at all; got to see the King and Skynyrd. 
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5 Sep 2011, 04:31 (Ref:2950946)
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if its on its going to be good.
a whole diff track than they setup for. |
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5 Sep 2011, 15:32 (Ref:2951247)
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  I have doubts about Tuesday. 60% chance. Wednesday looks good. I would hope Nascar would schedule a 30 minute warm-up session when they do go racing. |
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5 Sep 2011, 18:14 (Ref:2951293)
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7 Sep 2011, 05:52 (Ref:2952000)
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Pretty good race overall with an absolutely epic finish. Totally worth the wait
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7 Sep 2011, 13:34 (Ref:2952215)
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But even with, being at the track on the first cool day I've felt in 4 months with my son 20 rows up right at start/finish was enough to where I couldn't care less who won. It was an awesome experience that I will not soon forget, and hope it will be stuck in my son's memory for sometime.Sucks for folks that couldn't make it on Tuesday, but it could not have worked out better for me! I'll try and share some pictures at some point...my four day weekend has set me back a bit. |
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7 Sep 2011, 14:46 (Ref:2952246)
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That's awesome, glad everything worked out for you and the little guy. He will soon be the newest member of the Turn 4 Friends.
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7 Sep 2011, 21:48 (Ref:2952423)
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I didn't think Gordon stood a chance against Johnson in the last few laps there.
He won though! I underestimated the Gordon magic. Great finish to that race. |
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Great sideways action at the end - congrats Jeff Gorvette on the 85th career win
 Marcos Ambrose - that paint job was slow ... Be good if AJ won next up & snuck into the chase 
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9 Sep 2011, 02:53 (Ref:2953003)
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So, I finally got some videos uploaded; not the greatest quality but none the less, here they are are:
Random Restart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P-d9V-rnU8 Last 3 laps as me and the boy saw it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bB1lk6fnoc Gotta say that it was awesome! |
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