We'll start off with this picture!
It actually looked better in the Cunard blog but this pic is of the Queen Elizabeth with all kinds of lights on in Sydney, Australia. Today Brenty is in Hong Kong, looking to buy a tailored suit!
OK here we go.....Saturday we drove to Las Vegas and met up with several friends. We all stayed at the SouthPoint hotel, south of the airport. The sign welcomed NASCAR fans and the NASCAR teams. SouthPoint was one of the race sponsors and we learned that all of the pit crew and media guys were staying here.
We watched the last of the Nationwide race during a hotel happy hour. Mark Martin won but the great news was that Danica came in 4th! She broke a record that had been held since 1949. (I wonder who was born in that year!) Anyway the record was for a female finishing higher than fourteenth or something like that. Way to go, Danica!
Sunday, March 6th was race day. The weather in the morning was a little nippy. This is some of our crew...Tony, Audrey (birthday girl), Ty, Julie and Michelle. On the left...Greg and JB raiding the cooler!
Dan and Barb Duncan. They rode up to Vegas with us. Rapid City is their home and they winter in Mesa. Jim and Dan worked at Sears in Rapid City almost 40 years ago!
One of the surrounding snow packed mountains!
Time to go in and hit the crowds!
There were tons of people...150,000 to be exact. The vendors were set up differently than Phoenix but there also was entertainment. I was lucky to capture these extreme motocross guys jumping from area to another..doing stunts in the air.
Didn't see anyone crash!
This was at the Speed stage. Earlier in the morning Tony was interviewed...but of course, we weren't there to see it live. This is a replay of Tony talking about his experience driving a cab earlier in the week.
Some of the infield of this 1.5 mile track. We were near the end of pit road, straight across from Menards pit. Matt Kenseth was the pole sitter.
The FOX guys on air.
Close up of motorhome hill.
Jackets were off and the day warming nicely!
Elvie was there to announce the drivers!
I think Tony was in this truck!
One of the pre-race activities...a Red Bull helicopter doing aerial acrobatics! It was crazy!!!
And here come the Thunderbirds for the flyover. (I just held the camera up, couldn't see a thing and managed to catch them!)
I always hear the announcers talking about Hollywood Hotel
but I never knew what or where it was. Well, it's here!
A synopsis of the race: Tony led the majority of the race. Tony had the fastest car. Tony came in SECOND! (to Carl Edwards). Darn!
Waiting for some of the traffic to clear out!
Smile!
Waiting for some of the traffic to clear out!
Smile!
Great day, great track, great race, great friends, great time!
P.S. A rumor- Danica is going to drive for Tony next year in the Sprint Cup! Now wouldn't that be something?
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