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Originally Posted by Mark Krogen
Most recent newbie story was this year at Houston. Kelly and I were walking the pits with her co-worker's wife (is that who she was Kelly?) and her kids and as we stood near Del Worsham's pit, they warmed up the car. With a glance and a nod to each other, we both looked at Kelly's friend, knowing what was inevitably about to happen when the clutch was seated. The friend and the kids nearly jumped outta their skin. When the car was shut off, words to the effect of "Holy s--t, what was that?" were heard. We basically explained it as a nitro bomb going off. Oh what fun it is to see a newbie experience their first dose of a nitro warm-up.
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Yes, Mark...that was priceless! She is actually my co-worker's wife. I have known her and her husband for over 13 years. Jeff and I have always been 'sports buddies' and he was working our company function that weekend. The Association of General Contractors is a HUGE customer of ours and we always do a BBQ cookoff tent at the AGC Fair. In fact, MOST of our customers are always there since we are a Reprographic company. Anyway, I declined to 'volunteer' (and I use the term lightly). He wanted something special for his 14 year old's birthday, so Laura had him ask me about the Drags. They KNOW how I live for it! He was ecstatic about how much fun they had....and we joked in length about the warmup. The kiddos went on and on about the whole day. I think the pit party at Vegas Fuel kinda spoiled them. LOL Thinking about the whole thing, Jeff has never experienced it himself. Hmmmm.....next year?
