two nights ago matt, brian, and i truck out to g-burg to the speedpark for food city race nite.  just as i do every bristol race i was going to work the MBNA booth helping Bobby Labonte sign autographs (looove Booby Labooty...).  it was so much fun, i finally convinced the people at harvick's busch car to let me get in and see if i could reach the pedals.  hehe!

around 5:30 we head back to johnson city for the other race nite festivities (state st. in bristol).  before that we decide to go eat at O'Charley's... we're seated and i glance over matthew's shoulder and there's CARL EDWARDS staring me down.  (granted from living in Mooresville running into drivers all the time is no big deal to me... however, it is to my two dork cousins.)  Carl speaks up, "hey!  don't I know you?"  yeahh.... oh boy.  remember i met him last august at the truck race before he won, telling him his backflips were sexy and he kissed me on the hand and said thanks and i smacked his little tush as he walked to his pit.  (haaahahaah!)  "Yeah!  Now I remember, you slapped my rear end!"  of course he has to be at dinner with matt kenseth, who knows my daddy and kenseths "oooh I'm tellin your dad".  fabulous.  i love bristol.

so every year during bristol race weekend i have my usual run in with Ricky Hendrick (heir to the Hendrick throne, former driver, and former owner)... we always seem to be on the elevator going up to the luxury suites (me) and him to spot.  he asks me how i am, why i haven't been by to see him lately, invites me to come race go karts with him and brian vickers... i get on his headset and radio down to brian (who went to trinity high in thomasville with friends of mine) and tell him good luck.  then we hug and he says his typical hendrick-drawl "byyyyyyye".  but i won't get to this year.  if you don't know, Ricky was in a plane crash Martinsville weekend last fall... I miss you Angel... you were the shining star of carolina boys.

so anyhow... we're off to the races... look for me in the infield (unless the cars are running then i'll be in suite #256)  GO CARL!!!  #99 baby wooooo!!!!