Mark (l.) and Ormond at the cook table.
Date: 08/06/2006
Larry's wondering where his food is.
Date: 08/06/2006
Tailgate party.
Date: 08/06/2006
Another view of the tailgate setup.
Date: 08/06/2006
Everybody's waiting for Bonnie to buy her hat pin.
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More waiting.
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Michigan International Speedway.
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More of that.
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Here it comes!
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Evelyn, Bonnie and Larry. Bonnie's the pale one.
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Waiting out the storm under the grandstand.
Date: 08/06/2006
Some guy looking out a window at the storm clouds.
Date: 08/06/2006
Menacing, isn't it?
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Larry and Evelyn are having fun anyway.
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Mark thinks the whole thing's funny too.
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Ormond's not sure about the situation.
Date: 08/06/2006
Once the rain stopped it was time to start the track-drying process.
Date: 08/06/2006
Mark gets a kick out of watching tow trucks go real fast.
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Larry, Mark and Evelyn watching the dryers.
Date: 08/06/2006
Here they're driving very slowly between turn #3 and #4.
Date: 08/06/2006
Bonnie climbed to her seat so she could get a better perspective.
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They were going very fast!
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From the stands, a view of the lot we parked in.
Date: 08/06/2006
The wet, empty stands.
Date: 08/06/2006
One of those dryer trucks. This one has a brush to push excess water out of the pit lane.
Date: 08/06/2006
The race was being broadcast on TV, except there wasn't a race to broadcast. That's Tony Kanaan from Team 7-Eleven.
Date: 08/06/2006
Just some more dryer trucks as seen from the stands.
Date: 08/06/2006
The dryer trucks have a jet engine thing on them and are very loud. Look at the guys in the pit cover their ears.
Date: 08/06/2006
You'd think they'd carry ear plugs since they work in the pits.
Date: 08/06/2006
Here's a closer look at that dryer truck (and the Target guy with no earplugs).
Date: 08/06/2006
Mark's doing radio stuff but Larry's taking a nap.
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Here he's pretending that never happened.
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Ormond's talking with his Leader up on Planet X#^)J@F%.
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These guys are pushing out one of the Target Chip Ganassi cars.
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The sun's out and the pits are filling up.
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The guy in the white shirt on the left is Roger Penske himself!
Date: 08/06/2006
He's standing there by the Safety car being interviewed on TV.
Date: 08/06/2006
The press are all looking at Helio Castronevers looking at his car (Marlboro Team Penske #3).
Date: 08/06/2006
Now they're all watching Roger Penske check out the other car (#6).
Date: 08/06/2006
Indy 500 winner and Penske driver Sam Hornish shows up with wife Crystal.
Date: 08/06/2006
The press sees this and they all run over to get photos.
Date: 08/06/2006
Crystal goes into the pit but Sam's not ready to be there yet.
Date: 08/06/2006
Since Penske's pits were right in front of us, I got lots of photos of them doing stuff.
Date: 08/06/2006
That's Helio bent over looking at his car again, and Crystal Hornish on the right.
Date: 08/06/2006
Roger's talking to Sam. He called the shots from the pits for Sam's 2006 Indy 500 victory.
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Obviously the press likes this kind of photo op.
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They have some serious cameras.
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Everyone's hanging around Sam's car in it's starting slot.
Date: 08/06/2006
They're talking about him on TV now.
Date: 08/06/2006
Here are the two Penske crews standing up waiting for the official start and National Anthem to begin.
Date: 08/06/2006
Meanwhile there's Tony Kanaan and his wife Daniele hanging out around his Team 7-11 car.
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And now they're lined up and ready for the start.
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Sam's car kept having problems and he finally gave it up. He was hounded by the press on his way out of the pits.
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A view of the cars coming around turn #4.
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