2007 NHRA finals in Pomona

Our trip to Pomona
Sat rounds 2&3,

Everyday it is a little harder to get the wife out of bed, but hey it's race weekend! Put some drops in your eyes and let's go get at 'er!. i love to get to the track before the traffic gets busy and I think it drives the wife nuts, but she will be fine when we get to th track. In the hotel lobby for breakfast we met some "older race fans" who got it as bad as I do! They were going to be at the track before me! We got there about 7:45 and met up with Dean, our personal transport from the parking lot to the entrance to the track. Well not really our personal transport but might as well be cause he was always there, waiting for us in his 10 seater golf cart!
Hillary Will had some big speeds upwards of 330mph and a few people didn't qualify such as Tommy Johnson Jr. We heard the next day that he may have been fired or let go from Don Prodhumme racing but we don't know for sure. Just a rumor so far. But Skoal is leaving as a sponsor for Tommy's team so maybe a driver change was in the works already. After getting burnt in the hot sun at the track (still better than the snow in Calgary anyday) we went back to the hotel and took a dip in the pool and hot tub. We met some cool people in the hot tub and one couple we met, the husband, raced drag boats. Now that is the true meaning of insane! Anyway we were talking about moving to the States and this subject of the green card keeps coming up. He said he would sponsor me and knew a paving company where I could earn $120,000 year. How many beer did he drink at the track? Anyway sounds good to me I could drive a hot rod all year round down there.
Another cool thing they did at the track was have the Budweiser Clydesdales come walking by.





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