While we were getting ready to be rednecks at the Phoenix NASCAR race, Brenty was enjoying himself in Sydney, Australia! I love this picture of him with the opera house in the background!
OK, now let's get back to NASCAR. The spring Phoenix race is usually in April but this year they moved it up to February, the second race after the Daytona opener. Don't really know why but they are going to repave the track, change the banking and make the front stretch wider so maybe they needed extra time to do that.
We went out on Thursday instead of our normal Wednesday, not knowing what our chances were to get our favorite camping spot. It ended up being nothing to worry about because the place was far from full. Never have we seen so few campers. Very strange. Maybe with the ridiculous price of gas, the poor weather forecast and moving the race from April to February all combined to equal poor attendance. Who knows? But we had plenty of room and no waiting to get on the trams.
Now for a little change in marketing strategy. With the wind and rain in the forecast, I decided to display my wares on the dash instead of on a table near the thorough fare of people. (Sales were a little slow!)
In preparation for Tony's anticipated win, I made sugar free brownies!
Dev bungee jumping...from the pickup bumper!
One of those cool Arizona sunsets!
Our Rapid City friends, Dan and Barb, joined us!
And our ex-neighbor, Bill, joined us in camp!
Thursday, Friday and Saturday were pretty nice days but Saturday night came with a winter storm blowing through. About 10:30 the winds picked up and the rain came. I thought we would be blown away. Sunday's high temp is to be only 54 degrees!
Before Toni, Beth and Dev left on Sunday, Toni was splattered with some blue bubble stuff. A little more and she would have been a smurf. Guess which 3 year old did this!
And now here is the other Tony with a Y. He is really the one I came to see. I wish he would find time to shave!
We bought season tickets this year which included tickets for the spring and fall races. Our seats changed somewhat BUT we were straight across from Tony's pit. How nice!
The FOX announcers were set up near pit road prior to the race starting. I think that was a first.
See that snow on that far mountain...
Snow came down to 2500 feet, which is quite unusual.
There goes Tony!
And there he is again.
And Jeff...the ultimate winner of the race....after a 66 race drought. He and Tony battled back and forth but in the end.....the best car won! (Unfortunately I have to admit it!)
And Denny (Brent's driver). Brent doesn't get the races on board the ship so I have to include this pic just for the heck of it.
The race was a very good race with lots of different leaders. The weather was mighty cold in the shade where we were. If Tony hadn't been up or near the front, I would have gone back to the RV. The race was announced as a sellout, a very big surprise! But that's good for the economy, with beer being $7.25 a can!
After dinner the boys wanted some jiffy pop. I thought this was rather an ingenious method...take hot coals out of the fire, put the container on a shovel and shake.
It's working!
Perfect!
Next post will be a report of our NASCAR experience in Vegas!
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