Originally Posted by Andrew S. Quinn:
Another great night of racing at Kokomo !
We had a lot of fun during the day with fellow fans from all over the place,then the racing,then going out to the pits,then back to hanging out with friends till all hours of the night.
One of my buddy's from Australia is visiting here,and I first spotted him on July 3rd at Kokomo after I had bought a ticket,and thrown my blanket down,and was walking out to go chat with friends,when I spotted him and his wife,and 2 kids standing in line to get in. We al sat together,and on that night his oldest daughter (she is 4) was picking cars to win the heats,usually it seemed by color. In a weeks time though,she decided she likes Shane Cottle,and announced this very loudly every time he was on the track.
After the races last night,they headed off to the pits,and I soon caught up with them all at Jon Stanbrough's trailer,where apparently she got a hug from Jon just prior to me getting there. Then it was off to see Shane Cottle,and despite being shy at first,ended up talking a mile a minute with her new hero.
Then on the way out of the pits we stopped in to see Robert Ballou. My buddy wanted to give his car a bit of the eagle eye after seeing it win the Sunday night before,and the fans were dwindling down as well,so it was a good time to stop in for a chat,and I took her up to chat with Robert. As I said,she is a bit shy,but soon Robert was sitting on the trailer door and they were talking about any number of things from drinking beer to not eating certain things as its not good for your teeth! I figure we were there for 45 mins to an hour easily,and even though Charlotte is a bit shy,she did end up eating a brownie for the first time,and having something to drink when it was offered to her. She even got invited to a birthday party next week at Haubstadt after the races.
Thanks for the above mentioned for taking time out to chat with my friends, and their family while they are here visiting our country.
.... but did she meet Merrillville Al?....
