Perfect weather, great crowd, outstanding field of competitors, and, best of all, one more chance this season to exchange "howdys" with racing family. Section "A" (8 ?) was chock full of good friends. It was expecially nice to see old buddy Dave Foist (SprintManDave) who arrived along with Danny Burton and young Braxton. Also in the "A" mix were Ed Kempf, Gregg, Mike Padfield (Mud Packer) and Kelly (RacinBabe), another Mike (dirt330), Jerry Shaw (rolling in from Terre Haute), Dan Hetser (Dirtfan) and Nancy, Ben Andres, Chris Smith (smith19), plus Todd and Leann Clemons (who brought their new friend Ed from Smackdown and once more homemade cookies for all
). Hope I didn't miss anyone, but hey, I'm old and forgetful. Bob Gatten stopped by for a bit as did Jim and Karen Rudisell (on the mend from knee surgery). Good to see John Mugavin (wallbanger II). Had been concerned about him since his scooter mishap at Moler Raceway recently. He's doing fine says he. Also enjoyed brief exchanges with Jac Haudenschild who I hadn't seen in some time. Parked his motorhome and souvenir trailer in front of my truck in the parking area necessitating a Sierra move by me if I hoped to get out before daylight, but hey, he's Jac Haudenschild. Only too happy to accomodate his rig.
Couple of racing comments; I'm always amazed to see the work these guys can accomplish in the pits. This time it was Robert Ballou swapping engines after his heat and finishing in time to run top ten (8th) in the feature. My boy Landon Simon just edged another of my boys, KRod for the final transfer spot in the "B", then, as is often the case, had rotten luck in the feature. Yet another of our Section "A" favorites, Chad Boespflug won his heat and moved from the tail to 13th in the feature in the Baldwin Bros. #5 ride. This looks like a combination to keep our eyes on for the final 2014 meets as well as the coming 2015 season.
There I go again (like Jimmy Carter?) running off at the keyboard
. Y'all have a GREAT offseason. See you in 2015 if not at Eldora for the BOSS finale.
