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The winner, Kurt Busch #39, just after
crossing the finish line |
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Kurt Busch parks his car in the grass, gets out, and
will do a snow angel (grass angel?). Not a popular win;
you could hear a lot of booing. Notice that you can
still see some smoke in the air from his post race burn
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Kurt Busch
in Victory Circle. Notice the new media building (“Time
Warner Cable”) that adjoins Victory Circle.
It’s my
understanding that the local stations are no longer
allowed down in the pits to film; they must shoot from
the media building. See the porch on the left side of
the building (red rail with stars).
Also notice
the new “Wall of Champions” below the red railing |
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The winning car leaving Victory Circle.
CTV’s Cliff Griffith is manning the gate |
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Kurt Busch’s crew pushing the car back to the garage for
post race tech inspection |
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Goodyear’s rig on lower pit road (in front of the
competitor RV lot & across from the Infield Security
trailer). This is Goodyear’s ‘office’ for the traveling
group. The teams come to the office to settle up their
tire usage (and bills?) for the weekend |
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Another Goodyear truck on lower pit road. This one
probably hauls tires. (There’s a bunch of unmarked
trucks that haul tires also). |
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The North
Pit Road Security crew got invited to one group of
firefighters’ campsites for supper and beverages on
Saturday night.
As always,
Scott does his best to comply with the beverage
hospitality.
Dinner was
brisket, fajitas and homemade Mexican rice.
And we had
bacon-wrapped jalapeņo poppers. Those fire fighters know
how to cook! |
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Notice that
this is no Coleman stove; they’ve got a portable outdoor
kitchen complete with a running water sink |
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Firefighters and part of the North Pit
Road Security crew.
CTV folk from the latter that are
pictured are Scott (still seated after much
hospitality), Cliff (with sunglasses to protect his hat)
and Sharon Zschirnt |
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Dennis Lugo (red shirt) is our new supervisor. (Scott’s
*still* seated.) |
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CTV folks there from the North Pit Road crew were
Sharon, Scott, Cliff and Carl Williams. |
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Dennis Lugo and Harvey Lewis, a
firefighter from Tulsa. |
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Some other firefighters invited us to
their tent where they were partying with live music and
even more food. |
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The tent had a resident dog (are those his smokes?). |
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