This is me & my friend, Gene, at The 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 in Darlington, South Carolina.  One of us had a buzz.  Take a guess which it was.

We were guests of our buddy pictured here, center right , Michael Rompf.  He is the fuel mileage calculator & public relations guy for the #14 Team Harrahs Dodge driven by Larry Foyt.  We hung out with Larry, & talked about how your butt puckers when you're sliding up toward the wall in turn 4.

This is a member of the Harrahs Team.  He drives the transporter & he cooks for the crew.  His name is Sal Manila.

I  worked with Carrot Top a couple of times back when I was in my twenties.  We bumped into each other at the race & he asked me why I haven't kept in touch.  I said, "you know how much long distance is now a days."

Attaching the lug nuts to the rims is Michael's favorite chore on race day because he gets to sniff the glue.

Holy shit!  The tires aren't the only thing bald....

This is Jason Setzinger, shock specialist & pit support for Team DU PONT.  We've met & talked at every race that  I've been to in the past 2 years.  When he ain't working, he plays basketball for The L.A. Lakers.

This is a rare glimpse inside Jeff Gordon's #24 DU PONT Chevrolet Monte Carlo.  Somebody told me Flash might have to change his number to 12, because Brooke gets half in the divorce.

Gene is a die-hard wrestling fan.  He was excited when we bumped into Rick Flair.  "Wooooooooooooo!"  Afterward, Gene said, he thinks he could take him!

The damn car has 800 horsepower, but you gotta push the son of a bitch.  That ain't right!

Who wants to race the truck?  "I do, I do!!!"

I even helped out my friend Billy on the National Guard Ford Taurus Team.  Is it me or is that dude lookin' at my ass?

With only 40 laps to go, while leading the race, Jeff hit the wall, damaging the car, knocking him out of 1st place & eventually to the back of the field.  It was damn disappointing.

The Waltrips.

This is Larry Foyt's Dodge after he earned what they call a  Darlington stripe by hitting the wall in practice Saturday morning.

Junior.

"Hey Dale, can I make a beer run in yer car?"