More Black & White from Iowa.
A few shots from the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum, and one of The Track.
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From the Lost & Found File
I had forgotten about a roll of B&W that I was shooting through the Nikon. These go back to the ’08 Roadtrip in the Chevy, from Knoxville, Iowa to Fairbanks. That trip, actually, contained one of my better (B)Logs, back in the J/S days, before The Great Crash.
An old Iowa farm house that I believe sits along the route to Corydon, where I did a flooring job.
Back in K-ville
It was opening night at Knoxville Raceway last night. The first time I had viewed a race from the Second Floor of the Museum since the end of the ’07 Season.
It was a beautiful night for racing, which was a welcome surprise from the week-long call for rain. I wish I could say that it was a thrilling night of racing, but the track conditions called for a lot of “follow the leader”, which put at least two to sleep on the second floor. The Powers of the Second Floor have always kept a tight ship, which deterred the masses from throwing the evening into total Chaos. Those Volunteers really are a group of Unsung Heroes.
Prior to the race, there was a classic car show at The Raceway. The participants were allowed to drive around the track at “intermission”. Damn, I couldn’t help but wonder if they would have let me enter The Rover into the show, because I had this great desire to drive the truck around that oval.
Lost opportunities can haunt a man.
Danny Lasoski won his 94th race at Knoxville, taking the 410 Main. Robbie Wolfgang, who had a nice & vocal following on the Second Floor, ran a strong 6th. Davey Heskin, the St Michael, MN native who won the B Feature to get into the A, had a tough job due to starting back in the pack, and finished 11th.
Russ Hall and Carson McCarl both won their first race at Knoxville, taking the 360 and 305 respectively. I heard today that Carson may be the youngest winner at Knoxville; he’s only 16 years old.
It was definitely fun to be back in Knoxville, seeing both the racing and some old friends again.
Cheers
K-ville
After a couple of nights in Des Moines with friends, and a couple of days checking fluids and repacking the Rover, I will be hitting the road for Texas in the morning.
On to Iowa
A fairly uneventful drive to Iowa from the Twin Cities. Some minor salt and snow sloppy mix to drive through initially, but the rest of the way the roads were fine for traveling. As I approached the Iowa border, the wind picked up tremendously and pummeled us until it slacked off a bit near Ames.
I had a sheriff’s car follow me off the highway in northern Iowa when I stopped for gas. As I parked next to the pump, he pulled in front of me, then smiled, waved and drove off again.
Just south of Ames, I was in my RoverZone singing along to Howling Wolf, when I realized that a car had camped out just off of my front driver’s fender and four young guys were waving frantically trying to get my attention. The one riding shotgun then took a picture with his phone and they zoomed off. I’m assuming we made someone’s facebook page tonight under the heading “Guess what we saw today…”
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