"Live" from Down South!!!

[Larry Hill]

Hey guys, Anybody reading this in Gainesville yet? We are still in Orlando, but all ready to pull out and head to Gainesville first thing in the morning. It looks like on the radar that Gainesville is getting rain now. It is supposed to start here around 5. We are pulled out onto the road so we don't have to worry about getting stuck trying to get out in the morning. Does anybody know when they are going to start parking us? The schedule looks like not until Thurs. Are there lots of rigs there yet? It is pretty empty here.


Sorry I haven't been posting, but we drove over to Seminole yesterday to visit with our friends from college that were up here watching on Sat. The traffic was autrocias getting down there. I got out of the car and told Dan that I don't see why anybody lives in Florida and fights that traffic all the time. Then we walked out in his back yard and down to the water and then I could see why. Here are a couple of pictures out in his yard:












And these are the azaelas in his brother Doug's back yard!

[sterling simmons jr]

Larry maybe 30 rigs or so and.lots of rain started 5:50 this morning and still coming down. Parking wed. At 4:00 pm

[Larry Hill]

Thanks, Sterling!


I think the rain is just about to us now!


See you tomorrow!


We are ready to watch Kentucky play Tennessee tonight at 7 on ESPN.
All set up with the satellite tuned in!

[MikeMoller]

Originally Posted by sterling simmons jr

Larry maybe 30 rigs or so and.lots of rain started 5:50 this morning and still coming down. Parking wed. At 4:00 pm

It's 29 here in Raleigh NC, won't be any higher than that till Saturday. I wish I was down there, I don't care if I can't run the index yet, I'd like to be WARM. LOL

[Keith Bennett]

Can anyone tell us how late they will be parking Wednesday night?

[Larry Hill]

Well we got up and left Orlando about 9 this morning. Then we stopped at a rest area to wait for the McMahans, Marshalls, and Don Himes to go and dump and fill with water so we could all drive up together. After an hour's wait, we were just about to go on and Mike pulled up. He had an antifreeze leak and wanted Larry to check it out. Evidently the bottom of the filter had rusted out on his Bluebird. So Larry ended up under his motorhome pulling the old one :








So now Pam and Barbara have gone to get a new filter. And Larry has to have another shower before we get on down the road! And we lost Don! He didn't stop at the rest area so I guess he will beat us there by a couple of hours!

[4543]

I wanted to thank Larry & Patsy for hanging around to make sure we got back on the road. It took a long ratchet and a cheater bar and the big guy to break that filter loose. Also thanks to Jim & Pam for taking Barbara to the parts store twice to get a new filter. Our first three race back have certainly been an adventure.

[Larry Hill]

We got here about 5 yesterday and got parked. We went to Cedar River Seafood for a great dinner compliments of Mike and Barbara McMahan. Thanks, guys, it was great.


Today the parking has gone well it seems. The place is really filling up. We are behind the last grandstand, so come on down to visit. It got down to about 30 last night and it's pretty cold if you are standing where the wind hits you today. It is suppose to get to 24 tonight, then keep warming up to 80 by Sunday! Tech and test and tune is happening today. It doesn't seem to be very many cars testing.


More later!!

[HR9121]

The schedule doesn't say anything about tech Saturday morning but assume they will have it, does anyone know if there will 2 time shots Saturday? Kind of thinking I might run down tomorrow afternoon, I'm needing my fix.

[Larry Hill]

Since it is going to be so cold in the morning, we are not starting until noon. Suppose to get 1 run tomorrow and 2 Sat