Jeff & I left around 8am Saturday morning & headed for the 58th annual World Series of Drag Racing. Got there around 10:30am. I had a little lettering to do on Rapids NFC so we pulled in the pit side hoping to find a parking spot in the packed pit area, so we wouldn't have to lug all the sign stuff from the specataor side. Not only did we find a spot, but the pit staff moved caahs so we could park near Rapid's pit just south of the "WORLD SERIES OF DRAG RACING " sign. Unfortunately, Randy wounded the engine on the Friday pass, and wouldn't be making another lap, so we held off on the vinyl stuff until later in the day (cooler).
We walked down to Rocks pit, talked with him for awhile and looked over the Alky Indian Pro Mod. All Pontiac turbocharged. We found the Midwest Super Stock Mafia group & talked with Dennis a little, and we even FINALLY tracked down Erik Carlson and his Vulgar Display of Power bubble top Chevy and talked with him awhile. We've been at some of the same tracks in the past but never seemed to be in the same place at the same time.
One of the highlights of the weekend was sending our new GoPro camera down the track with none other than Animal Jim & the original ZEKE. Video coming with the upgrade.
For any of you that are familiar with Cordova, the stands, fence line and anyplace else you could stand was packed on both sides of the tack Saturday night. The pits were full all the way back to the tree line and all the way down to the sand trap. I've never seen it quite that full before, even though it is always a busy weekend.
The Cordova staff I think did an outstanding job keeping things orderly & the show moving along. Given the choice to revisit a national event again or this weekend I'd take this weekend without a doubt.
Oh, and we left about 11:30 or so, right when the last pair of jets were ready to head down the track. We were the first vehicle to be stopped by the police. (again for those unfamiliar with the track, the highway runs fairly close to the staging lanes & burnout box. When the jets run, they have to stop traffic). I stopped short, but the police waved us forward as far as he could so we could get a last video of the day. He even asked if we could see well enough or of we needed to move forward a little more to get a good shot. That was a cool perspective I have never witnessed before. Got it on video too, and I'll post in when I can.
It was an outstanding day.
I told Jeff, I think he still "has it". 