FenderBumper
The "good old days" ??
Sorry this is patched together, but I didn't want to drag Fury's server down with half a gig of pics and video.
First, apologies for the camera work on the videos. It's 15x zoom, and I kept taking my eyes off the screen to watch the race. Then my little pocket cam over heated from the 90 degree temps after I left it sitting on the bench. The auto focus took a hit and never really recovered. I missed some great side by side racing because of that.
Here are some pics and a video or 2 of the qualifying races, which tended to be run away affairs until the last one. You'll need to manually click the sound button the first time you view a video. Just click the first pic to start the slide show, which will take you thru the images and videos in the proper order.
4 Qualifying races.
Peyton Sellers had some trouble in his Q-heat and had to get in via the last chance race, which was damn wild.
Last Chance.
Sellers had more trouble and is out of the main, but it seems he jumps in the 7 car and has a decent run.
Take a break and visit Gregs corner for some Martinsville scenery. Start with the picture of Andy delivering some Martinsville hot dogs to his secret stash.
The main was insane. It had everything. Tremendous side by side, door slamming, bump and runs all over the place, and even a dive bombing bone head. I really paid the price for burning up the camera on a 70 to go restart and couldn't capture the 20 lap side by side battle between Pulliam leading in the #1 and Waltz in the #2. All that Hoosier rubber on the track made all the difference.
The camera wakes again and I get some decent shots of those 2 continuing the battle as the 44 of Bassett plows his way to the front. He was definitely fastest at the end, and had run out of patience.
Insane Main.
Damn, Bassett just goes nuts after he loses 2nd back to Pulliam and just wrecks him. It was too dark to get video of the 1st GWC where McCaskill in the 08 dive bombs Waltz and takes him out. The guy battled all night and drove a smart race. Sucks he got done that way, but word in the stands is he did much the same thing 2 years ago.
Lemons Jr blew right by the leader Bassett on the restart and beats him to the line by 3 car lengths. It seemed like Setzer had Bassett jacked up, and that got Tommy the win. It's a good thing there weren't any guns around after this wild race.
Johali, DPK, Groundpounder and all the rest who say there is no such thing as a bad race, I get it. It's a freaking spectacle with the sound and the ground shaking. Add in the smell of burnt rubber and the fans screaming and the experience was awesome. Now I MUST move to raceville.
First, apologies for the camera work on the videos. It's 15x zoom, and I kept taking my eyes off the screen to watch the race. Then my little pocket cam over heated from the 90 degree temps after I left it sitting on the bench. The auto focus took a hit and never really recovered. I missed some great side by side racing because of that.
Here are some pics and a video or 2 of the qualifying races, which tended to be run away affairs until the last one. You'll need to manually click the sound button the first time you view a video. Just click the first pic to start the slide show, which will take you thru the images and videos in the proper order.
4 Qualifying races.
Peyton Sellers had some trouble in his Q-heat and had to get in via the last chance race, which was damn wild.
Last Chance.
Sellers had more trouble and is out of the main, but it seems he jumps in the 7 car and has a decent run.
Take a break and visit Gregs corner for some Martinsville scenery. Start with the picture of Andy delivering some Martinsville hot dogs to his secret stash.
The main was insane. It had everything. Tremendous side by side, door slamming, bump and runs all over the place, and even a dive bombing bone head. I really paid the price for burning up the camera on a 70 to go restart and couldn't capture the 20 lap side by side battle between Pulliam leading in the #1 and Waltz in the #2. All that Hoosier rubber on the track made all the difference.
The camera wakes again and I get some decent shots of those 2 continuing the battle as the 44 of Bassett plows his way to the front. He was definitely fastest at the end, and had run out of patience.
Insane Main.
Damn, Bassett just goes nuts after he loses 2nd back to Pulliam and just wrecks him. It was too dark to get video of the 1st GWC where McCaskill in the 08 dive bombs Waltz and takes him out. The guy battled all night and drove a smart race. Sucks he got done that way, but word in the stands is he did much the same thing 2 years ago.
Lemons Jr blew right by the leader Bassett on the restart and beats him to the line by 3 car lengths. It seemed like Setzer had Bassett jacked up, and that got Tommy the win. It's a good thing there weren't any guns around after this wild race.
Johali, DPK, Groundpounder and all the rest who say there is no such thing as a bad race, I get it. It's a freaking spectacle with the sound and the ground shaking. Add in the smell of burnt rubber and the fans screaming and the experience was awesome. Now I MUST move to raceville.
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