Barber Motorsports Park
Saturday, November 11, 2006:
This was the last hurrah for the season. and other than some less than ideal weather, it was a good end to the season.

We, (Diesel, Superchicken and I) arrived at Barber rather early on Friday and had a chance to see the wonderful museum. The staff was great, allowing us into their offices for a close up view of a wooden bike that was donated and even joined in our antics in the gift shop. After the  museum we started drinking the requisite beer while waiting to get into the track. Once the normal cluster-fuck smoothed out a bit, i got into the track and got a good pit right next to pit-in. Well, i thought it was right next to it, but a few cars squeezed into the small area between. luckily, the area wasnt that small and we harmoniously lived next to one another after the sudden jolt of their irrational spacial reasoning wore off.

We woke up on Saturday at our hotel, which was a mere 1 mile away, to some cool inclement weather. even though i was paying for the weekend, i really wanted to keep my "no crashing this year" streak going ... more>>