Thursday May 26th 2006 - CARB DAY
A van full of my friends went with me to the track today.
We parked in Lot 2 and sat in Stand E in the first turn.
We arrived in time to watch the IRL practice which ran from 11
a.m. to noon. Soon after that, the Pro Series had their race,
the Freedom 100. Wade Cunningham won and led almost the
entire race, however he was under heavy pressure from Jay
Howard.
I only took my pocket party camera today as I didn't feel like
lugging around my good camera. It doesn't take far away
photos very well, consequently I only took this photo from
Stand E...
I think Sections 6-7 are the best.
The first row is A, seats 1-20 or something.
The next row is A, seats 20-40 or whatever.
The top row is R.
It is good to sit up high, but if you sit in the top 3 rows, you
stand a good chance of having a camera cage blocking
yourview down the front straight
which I will now post a few.]
seats for race day. We watched a little of the Pit Stop contest
and then headed over to the infield to grab a spot for the
concert.
The sun was shining hot and it would have been nice to have
some shade.
We picked a spot down close to the stage. Some guy was
giving away skimpy girl tees that had something like this:
Boob 1 Boob 2
Boob 3 ----------->
This couple sitting next to me had a little daughter that got
into the act of giving these shirts away.
gotten autographed by some models over in some tent.
playing and to my dismay, it turned out to be "Third Eye Blind".
None the less, they put on a good show AND they did it without
their bass player, who was sick.
skinny little guy decided he needed to hop up onto a girl's
shoulders right in front of me. A mean little redneck behind me
went ballistic. He told the guy to get down, and the guy twisted
around showing us his "3EB" tattoo, thereby indicating he was a
super fan and that he deserved to be seen by the band.
Redneck simply said he didn't care and that if he didn't get
down, he was going to get knocked down.
He got down.
concert as he had a bad knee. He looked like he was a
little drunk or had too much sun. The medical staff came
over and hauled him away.
year is the first time I've seen them do that. I'm not sure what
they're for.
(After the race Sunday, I heard there were 405 arrests and one
shooting in the city over the weekend. I imagine most were in
Speedway and alcohol related.
around selling beer were gone and I had to trek up to the
Plaza. 2 Fosters oil cans cost me $12.
I guess with a set like that, she's eager to
show them off.
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