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Wow.. What a day. Thats all I can really say. What a weekend, I guess I could go in that route too. Shane and Shannon flew down for the race yesterday morning and hung out. I didn't get to meet them, because we weren't having the best weekend. I was busy running around, and I knew that Shane was going to be busy with Junior. I'm not sure what Shannon was doing, but I did send someone over to show her around if she wanted. She might have just gone out on her own, it's not too hard to find your way around, and for the most part the crew guys are pretty helpful if you do get lost.
I've heard through the grapevine, that lunch between Shane and Dale Jr went well. Thats good, to say the least. A thousand horror stories had crossed my mind, but ah well. It seems like they've got a good thing goin' there. Or at least thats what I heard last night when I finally did make it back to the garage, and collapsed at Kasey's. I slept on his couch, because I didnt make it much further then that. Dale was there and we spoke for a little while. I think he was the one who tucked the blanket around me.. again. It seems like he's been doin' that a lot latley. I did manage to call Shane before I crashed, and heard pretty much the same thing from him that I did from Junior. Seems that a certian boy was bein' pretty nosey and askin' a lot of questions about me. Oy.
Today was good, I met up with Shannon and Shane early, and we went and had some breakfast before I had Kasey take 'em around the track in the pace car. I had to kinda charm some of the officials, but hey, its all good. They seemed to enjoy it.. well, Shane might not have, because I did have Kasey get him kinda close to the wall. It was pretty funny to watch, but he went a lot easier with Shannon because of the babies. After that, I took them around the track, introduced them to a few drivers they hadn't met yet, as well as crew members and then after driver intro's, I took them to the sky box for them to watch the race in while I went back to the garage to do my thing. The skybox is a lot cooler then bein' down on the track, and at Talladega, being down there can be kinda dangerious.
So, the race was alright. It was Talladega. I spent half my day ontop Kasey's box next to Tommy, biting my nails and hte other half covering my eyes. It looked like we were going to have a decent day, and bring the car home in one piece until the end. I mean, yeah, we had those problems with Jimmie and all, but those weren't huge. The wreak though, jesus Christ. I could kick Jeff in the shin right now. And thats after having a few hours to calm down. Poor Elliott though. THat guy just can't catch a break here.. at least in the fall race. I bet he hates coming here. I did talk to him after the race though, he's okay, so thats good. I saw him on my way to see Kasey, before I headed over to Victory Lane. Kasey was okay, upset, but alright. I wanted to stay with him for longer then I did, but he kicked me out, and told me to go see my friends and Junior. Soo, I did.
Victory Lane was amazing. I really wish Kasey could get here. He desreves to be in Victory Lane more then a few people who has been there this season. His day is coming though, I know it. I can feel it. It'll happen soon enough, and it's just going to be a sweet day. But when I did finally make it there, it was crazy! Shannon and Shane seemed to be enjoying themselves, and so did Tony and all the guys from the 8 crew, as well as the DMP. It didn't take too long for me to find myself wrapped up in sticky beer covored arms and being pulled towards a private corner, where I was given a massive hug and dare I say it, a kiss from the man of the hour himself. He whispered something to me, that will remain between the two of us, before he went to do the hat dance and pose for the ten thousand pictures they have to pose for. While all that was going on, I went to Shane and Shannon and we talked for a little bit. It seemed like they had a good time. Or at least I hope you guys did. If you want to come back, let me know.. I think I can get some tickets to Miami, and ya'll can see the last race in the Chase.
Most people have left the track already. I should have left with Ray and the guys, but I opted to stay behind for a while and catch another flight home. The party in Victory Lane is probably still going on, but hopefully they're all out of beer to throw so I can go back and not have to come back here and take another shower. I think I'm gonna go check. Indeed.. It's going to be a fun night.