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Saturday June 2, 2007

Busch Series

And guess who won? Of course, my #60 (Busch Series), Carl Edwards. Do I love Carl? Yes. Do I cheer for Carl? Yes. Do I love him more than any of the other "Edheads" out there? Quite possibly.

Carl's #60 Busch Series Ford Fusion

Carl after he won the 200 lap Busch series race on Saturday

Any idea why I love this man? Because he has the endurance of a camel in 150 degree heat in the middle of the desert. Who does a freaking back flip off of his car after running 400 laps at the Monster Mile in a 140 degree car? yeah....that would be Carl. :-)

Sunday June 3, 2007
Nextel Cup

Sunday morning, we wake up (knowing full well all day Saturday that we were probably going to have a rain delay) at 6 am as planned. We were staying in the Ocean City MD area. We watched the weather channel in hopes that the weather would break and we would get to see a race! It didn’t look good at all, but alas, we STILL went to the track 1.5 hours away in hopes that it would break enough to see some action. As we were walking in, the flyover came. YUM….I am IN LOVE with those beautiful jets...always have been. I said my normal “Seriously, I would give my right arm to fly in one of those and I would throw up all over myself and enjoy every single second of it!” We hung out at the track in the rain for hours and listened to the dryers on the track in hopes that the rain would stop long enough to get some laps underway. That, unfortunately, never happened. They called the race around 2:30 after the sky unleashed its fury. Green flag was rescheduled to drop at 12:00 on Monday. As we waited for the rain to let up under the bleachers, we ate a Grotto pizza. The rain never did let up, and we ended up walking to the cars in pouring down rain. Not too bad until I sat in my soaked clothes for 2 hours on the ride home. After we all got dried off, we went to Smitty McGee’s for dinner. I had hot tea and a French dip. It was excellent.

Monday June 4, 2007
Nextel Cup

As Monday morning quickly approached, we all woke up at 6 again (I know that 6 may sound incredibly early to a lot of you for a race, but I get up at 4 every single day for work, so sleeping until 6 was a treat!). It was a bit cloudy, but all looked good for a green flag at noon….I was so excited! Once again, we packed everything up and headed for Dover. We made it to the track with pretty good parking spaces. We made our way in to the track and sat there for about an hour. My Dad (an avid Kasey Kahne fan) and I were getting ready to have our first NASCAR That’s why I am such a Daddy’s girl….we can talk about this stuff while my Mom looks at us as if we have 2 heads.

Noon quickly approached and the driver introductions were announced followed by the prayer (which I love!) and the national anthem. I, of course, was decked out in my pink #99 hat. Hey, a girl has to have her pink! Then it came, “gentlemen, start your engines!” Then I got them…..the goose bumps I ALWAYS get when those beautiful engines start up. Oh, the things I would give up to ride in a stock car….with Carl of course because he is my driver and the only one I would trust with my life. As the green flag dropped, I proceeded to stare intently at the #99 Office Depot Ford Fusion for the next 400 laps. Cheering on Carl as he drove by me at 150 mph was a thrill to say the least….as it always is. Carl ended up finishing in 3rd, but I was pretty happy with that. He ran well all day!

The gang

My second love, Carl Edwards in his #99 Ford Fusion

Dover International Speedway

my Mom and I

my parents

Chris' parents

Chris and I

Yes, Carl is in there!

All in all, race weekend at Dover was excellent. Although, between the Grotto pizza and the tailgating food and the dinners out, I have some serious working out to do! I don’t normally eat like that…ugh!

Other than the race weekend, things have been pretty status quo around here. normal. getting up early, working, coming home, etc.