Eventually I got the offer of going around the track with Rick in his track car - how could I say no? So I buckled in, fired up the camera and we took off! Here's Rick and a pic of a piece of the track where we were down to about 70mph!
And here are a couple videos I took while inside the car. The first one is in Rick's souped-up car, but it started to overheat, so the second video is inside one of Rick's backup cars.
VIDEO ONE
VIDEO TWO
Man, that was a blast! The videos really don't show it, but we were hauling tail! Of course, many of the usual suspects were there, like Dave, Kevin (about to get nipped by Frank's Devil Dogs) and his wife Lisa, Terry, Dave, and of course the neighbors.
In Rick's last outing of his backup car, he got a flat, so the track car rides were over, but it was getting dark anyways.
Then it was almost time for the fireworks display, but not before Rick did one last outing on the neighbor's quad.
Then it was time for the fireworks! Sorry, I had no tripod, so used the seat of my bike. They were great! And if you look close, you can see the neighboring town's fireworks display in the valley below.
Then Rick pulls out this cannon - yes, a miniature cannon! Holy crap was that loud, and look at the size of flame that came out of that bad boy! My ears are still ringing the next day!
Many thanks for Rick & Kim's housepitality - we all had a wonderful time! To view all the pictures I took, you can CLICK HERE.
-Tom
