Wednesday May 17th 2006 - PRACTICE DAY
I haven't been to the track in over a week since its been rainy and cold.
The entire 1st weekend of Qualifying was rained out. They will try again
this weekend.
The weather improved and today we had temperatures around 70
degrees, lots of sun and a little breeze.
I came in off of 16th street and was able to park in turn one like I had
hoped. The old Snake Pit parking lot was very full.
I grabbed my camera and headed to the garages.
of getting around in
the garage area.
Gasoline across the street was $2.79 a gallon
I'm sure gas prices are high at this pump too.
Remember Airton? He is from Bauru Brazil. I haven't heard about him in a
long time. I had not heard he had a ride when I came upon him.
multi-media tool box. Cool, but where's the X-box
360?
Alley Cats present. I walked over to the F1 Garage stands to take a few pics.
(I see they got the fountain going at last)
and bought a $4 track burger. Ew. That was a poor choice. The Rally's
stand was closed.
4 p.m. I thought about beating rush-hour traffic. It looked like there might be
some rain coming, so I called it a day.
20 minutes later as I looked over my shoulder, I could see the rain dumping
on Speedway. The news later told me it hit at 4:23 p.m. closing practice an
hour and a half early. I had good timing!
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