About nine we'll go to power washing and spit shining the trams so the chemically enhanced NASCAR fans don't get their butts dusty as they move between the track and the campground.
Then tomorrow we start haulin' butts...
The last sunrise over the Carefree Highway camp was a lot quieter than PIR. You get used to it... sort of... but for somebody who's become attuned to quiet and open space...
The ruckus and commotion of a NASCAR track and campground is a slight mite of a culture shock.
My neighbors in that last camp are juuuuuuust a bit quieter than those here...
At PIR and I'd guess all the other tracks there is a constant drone 24/7. In the day it is rumbling motorcycles, trucks, generators... and a bit later into the weeks... race cars and hollering...
Sunday night the campground was still empty (they open the gate on Monday morning)... though a thousand or so rigs were parked in the "Staging" area a couple of hundred yards away with quite a few folks camped there in their rigs... when lil' Jr. run across the line late in Daytona the hollering echoed across the desert for quite some lil' while. First time that's happened that I recall...
Apparently Jr. has a few fans at Phoenix International Raceway...
Me? I'm sort of torn... The weeks are good... but by the end of 'em... I'm ready to get back to the lonesome far country...
This pic is a lil' deceptive...
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| *First 2014 PIR NASCAR Sunset* |
Looks pretty peaceful don't it? Turn 180 degrees from that view and you're lookin' out over the growing "City" at PIR... it's labeled as I believe the third largest city in Arizona during a lot of the race weeks, once the place fills up!
Peaceful? Not So Much. This is where you let your hair... and on occasion a few other things... down... or up, which ever the case may be and Cut 'er Loose!
This year is the 50th anniversary for PIR here in Avondale... they've got quite a few events planned I guess... though they're keeping me in the dark...
They're trying to get ever'body round here to drop their jeans... literally! ... ;) ... well... in collection bins or some such... some sort of charity where they grind up old blue jeans for insulation? Never heard of it before... but this race it's one of the sponsors... I haven't yet got the full run down on that...
Also supposed to be a concert or two... the Mexican Nascar Race is being run again.... if they get here...
The last one their transport trucks couldn't get across the border cuz they were in such poor shape so they had to send a convoy of trucks to Nogales to get 'em... and when they got here the drivers got in a brawl in the pits over "who hit Juan"... sooooo... it should be a curious week...
Time to go fast and turn left
Brian
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I've heard of the blue jean insulation. I thought it was considered quite effective and needless to say there are lots of dead bluejeans out there.
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