Talladega Approaches

Tim and I woke early after our first night’s sleep in a bed in 28 days. We’re comfortably ensconced in Blackstone for the week while we catch up after month of a whirlwind travel schedule. We’d looked forward to getting comfortable and not driving to get our internet for the first time in weeks and couldn’t believe it when we discovered that Embarq, the DSL provider for the entire town, was down across the state. Ah well, some things are too good to be true so after breakfast, we packed up once more and drove 30 miles to the Petersburg Starbucks for some good old fashioned ATT Wireless.

Once we were back online, we each got back to business as usual. It was a rainy day in VA and reflective of our somber mood. Little by little though, the stream of humorous emails began to trickle. Slowly the trickle built to a flood and soon the Talledega Torrent was unstoppable.

In 3 days, Tim, Weiser, Chico, Frazier, Jimmy Hauschild, and Jimmy Shell will drive/fly/redeye their way to Alabama for the biggest Halloween party in America, Hallow-Dega… oh yeah, and there’s a race too. 250,000 people are expected to attend and Frank will be sitting in the infield for the festivities.  The guys have 6 Hot Passes which allows them open access to everywhere they want to be, from the pits to the peaks of the stadium.

This will be the ultimate guys weekend and they are planning to make the most of it.  I like Jimmy Shell’s quote best as he reflects on NASCAR’s bootlegging roots.

“Does it seem strange we are transporting large amounts of alcohol across several state lines to attend an event that essentially evolved from such?” – Jimmie Shell

If you had any doubt of the craziness that will be there, check this out from last year’s Infield Party.  There’s nothing sacred this Halloween….