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2009 Season Opener for NASA MA at Virginia International Raceway

February 19-22, 2009

Four days at the track.  Can you think of anything better to do?  Not me.  Thursday was a travel day and set up and tech day.  Leaving home at 9 am and arriving at VIR at 2:30 after just one stop at our favorite place for food in Milton, NC.  Aunt Millies.  Great food at and affordable price.  Aunt Millies staff have always given us first class service and award winning smiles.  It is the favorite spot for many NASA drivers.

Welcome to Virginia International Raceway!!  The official NASA time is Bing Bong....3:15 and the gates have opened for all the drivers and crew to go through the gates and into the vast paddock area.  We were fortunate to be first in line this time and as we drove down the long road and reached the paddock area which would soon be filled with participants for the weekend, all to be seen was a sea of light green trash cans spaced out over the vast paddock area.  A sight the few get to see.  It was almost an unreal sight that would soon be flowing with activity and cars going in every direction. 

It was cool and windy as I staked out my claim on our teams favorite spot in the paddock.  Making sure I set up markers to save space for my team mate that was coming later that evening.  I look around and see much of the same thing.  I look to my right and see the CMC guys marking off ground for all the racers in that series.  I look up the hill and see the corvette guys staking there territory.  I look to my left and see yellow tape being run to section off an area for the staff and there race cars.  Everyone is busy doing something, but yet everyone takes time to talk if someone walks up and wants to chat.

The rest of the story can be found at www.tannerdog.com on the main page.  Time for some new pictures.

Saturday Last Session at VIR from Ronald Roderick on Vimeo .

In The Rain on the first session on Sunday.  Jason and I go out to check out the track.