Another Great Indiana Weekend
 

It was another great 3 day racing trip for us guys up here in cheeseland, a little on the warm side but i don't mind sweating for a few days as long as we are at the races. We didn't get to Bloomington as early as we were expecting so i didn't get to visit much. Saturday at the Burg it was great to wander over to the backstretch and see BIDBUDMAN'S party central headquarters along with Aero's gang in the afternoon. I finally got to meet Pine, cool guy with a great sense of humor, should be able to spend more time with him at Sprintweek. Then of course it was to the grandstand and our seats in the infamous section 8.....i mean section A, damn i always get that wrong! All the usual suspects were in the house so i had time to visit with all of them. I did bring in a carry in but i didn't see anything that said "no cheese" allowed so i wasn't stopped at the gate. Section A had some cheese to munch on for the evening. I finally caught up with Mowerman at Kokomo on Sunday and made a cheese delivery to him. Glad to see they are back up and running after the problems they had. It was a great 3 days of racing and it was also glad to have my Dad along with us cause he doesn't get the chance to travel much. It was great to see everybody and we will be back for 3 nights of Sprintweek. I did also visit with Dave Rudisell Sunday morning, what a guy, out picking up garbage Sunday morning all by himself. I Love Indiana! :32:

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Which Sprint Week races are you going to make it to?
I love Indiana too!!!!

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Tim,

Thanks for the cheese. It was great. Section "A" is always open for visitors and out of state dignitaries.:16 The Honorable Marvin Q. FishBurger is always presiding.:3: You may become the "cheeseman from cheeseland"!:9::5::10:

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Originally Posted by racegal:
Which Sprint Week races are you going to make it to?
I love Indiana too!!!!

July 9th at Lawrenceburg
July 10th at Gas City
July 11th at Kokomo

I know it's only 3 races but that's all we can do. Need to save a few vacation days to spend with the family.

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Sorry I missed you Tim, hopefully you had a Awesome time in Indiana:22:

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Originally Posted by Mud Packer:
Tim,

Thanks for the cheese. It was great. Section "A" is always open for visitors and out of state dignitaries.:16 The Honorable Marvin Q. FishBurger is always presiding.:3: You may become the "cheeseman from cheeseland"!:9::5::10:

You and the bunch in Section A are very welcome for the cheese. I'm glad to know i will always have a spot to sit at the Burg. I like the term "out of state dignitaries". Thanks again for the directions and the construction updates. For us any weekend ending at Kokomo works out great cause we gain the hour coming back home and traffic through Chicago is nothing. I walked into the Watson ranch at 4am so that's not bad. One thing i forgot to mention that was funny as hell was with all the water we seen in the fields on the way down there was a time we were on highway 37 we actually had to swerve cause close to the centerline of the road was a turtle who was in the process of crossing to the other side. Now that's something you don't see every day! :2:

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Originally Posted by Tim Watson:
You and the bunch in Section A are very welcome for the cheese. I'm glad to know i will always have a spot to sit at the Burg. I like the term "out of state dignitaries". Thanks again for the directions and the construction updates. For us any weekend ending at Kokomo works out great cause we gain the hour coming back home and traffic through Chicago is nothing. I walked into the Watson ranch at 4am so that's not bad. One thing i forgot to mention that was funny as hell was with all the water we seen in the fields on the way down there was a time we were on highway 37 we actually had to swerve cause close to the centerline of the road was a turtle who was in the process of crossing to the other side. Now that's something you don't see every day! :2:

Tim,

Was he swimming across or just walking?:3::31:

Coming back from Bloomington on Friday night, we saw two deer standing right next to State Road 37. As you mentioned, with all of the water, some of the wildlife is being pushed away and out on the roadways. Safe travels to all.

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Tim, the gates leading into Indiana are always open to you. Hurry back and thanks for the cheese.

People like you are a part of what makes sprint car racing in Indiana so unique.

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Tim, Thanks for visiting again, and thanks for the cheese. On sunday i was'nt picking up garbage, i was looking for lunch, and out of the blue there stands Mr. Watson, bag of cheese in hand!! Thanks for the cheese and it was very nice taking a break and talking with you.
See ya Sprint Week. Dave

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I have to second Tim's message. I made all 5 MidgetWeek shows. The racing was great, and the social life was fine, too. My only trouble is that my fair Irish complexion can't take the sun, and I'm getting too old for those midnight features. :-)

Nonetheless, I will be back for SprintWeek. I am doing the entire 10-day series this year for the first time. I can't wait. I'm not sure why I'm home for 2 1/2 weeks. Hardly seems worth the trip. However, we're dogsitting for our son in his house on the beach in Maine, so I guess it's a good deal.

BTW, my wildlife story is that, as I was walking into that Buffalo BBQ place next to L'burg, a deer was munching on the shrubbery. He wasn't bothered at all by various customers passing him. (her?)

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Mr Watson,

My name is Rod Keplinger. I have read many of your posts on this site. I often agree with your opinions and appreciate your ever present positive attitude. I have attended many of the same events as you in the past; however I have never had the pleasure of meeting you in person. I would love to meet you and maybe toss back a couple in honor of your love of Indiana dirt track racing. I'll be looking you up during Sprintweek!


Safe travels,

Rod Keplinger (aka Kojack)

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Originally Posted by Tim Watson:
July 9th at Lawrenceburg
July 10th at Gas City
July 11th at Kokomo

I know it's only 3 races but that's all we can do. Need to save a few vacation days to spend with the family.

See you then and there!! We'll be together on my birthday again!:8:

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Tim, glad you could make it down. I got to the burg just prior to Hot Laps and left after Sprint Feature so Me and the Girlfriend didn't visit much.

Im worried about you and Section A though, Dignitary's???? Beware of the Darkside. Marv Q. Fishburger is the leader dark and sinister cult, Fun, 50/50 and great racing. These are the path that leads to the Dark Side. Beware or forever will it seal your fate :14:

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Tim, it was nice to finally meet you too. If you deliver some good sharp (I'll make sure I have money on me this time;)), to Sprint Week, set aside a few seconds/hours and we'll have a few cold one's. Looking forward to it....:32:....

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Tim, glad you could make it down. I got to the burg just prior to Hot Laps and left after Sprint Feature so Me and the Girlfriend didn't visit much.

Im worried about you and Section A though, Dignitary's???? Beware of the Darkside. Marv Q. Fishburger is the leader dark and sinister cult, Fun, 50/50 and great racing. These are the path that leads to the Dark Side. Beware or forever will it seal your fate :14:

Easy there Chuck, you'll scare the poor guy and he'll never come back to the best section at the Burg!!:2:

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Glad you made it back safe, as always the cheese was great. We look forward to your return trip, be safe and keep us in tune with everything in the land of cheese.

Jerry,Sarah,Paul,Josh and Sonny Spencer #66j
stida.com

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Tim, always good to see you when you come down.

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Originally Posted by Mud Packer:
Tim,

Was he swimming across or just walking?:3::31:

Coming back from Bloomington on Friday night, we saw two deer standing right next to State Road 37. As you mentioned, with all of the water, some of the wildlife is being pushed away and out on the roadways. Safe travels to all.

The turtle was not doing the turtle paddle, he was just walking one leg at a time. :3:

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Originally Posted by Danny Burton:
Tim, the gates leading into Indiana are always open to you. Hurry back and thanks for the cheese.

People like you are a part of what makes sprint car racing in Indiana so unique.

Thanks for the kind words Danny. I love making the trips to Indiana and i always hate to come home. :13:

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Originally Posted by Dave Rudisell:
Tim, Thanks for visiting again, and thanks for the cheese. On sunday i was'nt picking up garbage, i was looking for lunch, and out of the blue there stands Mr. Watson, bag of cheese in hand!! Thanks for the cheese and it was very nice taking a break and talking with you.
See ya Sprint Week. Dave

Well hopefully i was able to give you some lunch, was it salvageable or was it water soaked? Always great talking with you to, you are a true race fan's promoter. :6:

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Originally Posted by Hot Rod K.:
Mr Watson,

My name is Rod Keplinger. I have read many of your posts on this site. I often agree with your opinions and appreciate your ever present positive attitude. I have attended many of the same events as you in the past; however I have never had the pleasure of meeting you in person. I would love to meet you and maybe toss back a couple in honor of your love of Indiana dirt track racing. I'll be looking you up during Sprintweek!


Safe travels,

Rod Keplinger (aka Kojack)

Thanks for the kind words Rod. I try to be positive and comical at the same time. We will make a point of meeting each other at Sprintweek for sure.

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Originally Posted by racegal:
See you then and there!! We'll be together on my birthday again!:8:

You know i wouldn't miss your birthday!

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Tim, glad you could make it down. I got to the burg just prior to Hot Laps and left after Sprint Feature so Me and the Girlfriend didn't visit much.

Im worried about you and Section A though, Dignitary's???? Beware of the Darkside. Marv Q. Fishburger is the leader dark and sinister cult, Fun, 50/50 and great racing. These are the path that leads to the Dark Side. Beware or forever will it seal your fate :14:

Holy Cow, your scaring me. :18:

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Originally Posted by Pine:
Tim, it was nice to finally meet you too. If you deliver some good sharp (I'll make sure I have money on me this time;)), to Sprint Week, set aside a few seconds/hours and we'll have a few cold one's. Looking forward to it....:32:....

See you for sure at Sprintweek for BEER and cheese. :32:

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Originally Posted by Jerry Spencer:
Glad you made it back safe, as always the cheese was great. We look forward to your return trip, be safe and keep us in tune with everything in the land of cheese.

Jerry,Sarah,Paul,Josh and Sonny Spencer #66j
stida.com

Great talking with you and Josh before the races. You are the kind of guys i wished i lived next door to.

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Originally Posted by BIGEBUDMAN:
Tim, always good to see you when you come down.

Same here BIGBUDMAN. Thanks for the invite on the back stretch at the Burg, come Sprintweek we might take you up on that.

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Sorry I missed you and all of the others ,but I was Ill last weekend and was unable to attend any races. Hope to see you sprintweek.Danny has said a lot of good things about you and Susan.

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Originally Posted by Dick Monahan:
I have to second Tim's message. I made all 5 MidgetWeek shows. The racing was great, and the social life was fine, too. My only trouble is that my fair Irish complexion can't take the sun, and I'm getting too old for those midnight features. :-)

Nonetheless, I will be back for SprintWeek. I am doing the entire 10-day series this year for the first time. I can't wait. I'm not sure why I'm home for 2 1/2 weeks. Hardly seems worth the trip. However, we're dogsitting for our son in his house on the beach in Maine, so I guess it's a good deal.

BTW, my wildlife story is that, as I was walking into that Buffalo BBQ place next to L'burg, a deer was munching on the shrubbery. He wasn't bothered at all by various customers passing him. (her?)

Call Tri-State Speedway and get your reserved seat (812) 768-6025 in the reserved section on the backstreach top 5 rows. You don't have to arrive early to get a seat, you will already have a seat. Lean back & and plenty of foot room & relax.

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Originally Posted by SprintManDave:
Sorry I missed you and all of the others ,but I was Ill last weekend and was unable to attend any races. Hope to see you sprintweek.Danny has said a lot of good things about you and Susan.

Oh no.....the word is out about Susan and i. ;)

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Originally Posted by Tim Watson:
Oh no.....the word is out about Susan and i. ;)

:3: Racepals 4-Ever!!:)