The afternoon in the pits starts
I arrived inside this hauler, so as soon as I escaped the air-conditioned Toter, I braved the heat out side. The team put together this sponsor billboard that is part of the protective fencing on top of the trailer where they watch the races from.
A closer view of the sponsor sign.
From here on this car will be known as the "little blue bugger" as Danny chases the little red sucker each week.
Here is the little red sucker. Note the license plate on the four wheeler.
The Moosemobile was back with Greg Bragg in it for the night. Tom and Laurie were searching for any problems with the car and Greg pput it in the main and ran 8th for the hard charger award.
Josh Ford crewman taking a walk after the car got unloaded.
Nic Faas car under the EZ-UP. He was 18th in the main as he took a break from his full time Midget ride.
I checked back in at the 18 car rig and they were ready!
Joe Gunderson was in the Persall red # 84 this week and ran 13th in the semi.
Now appearing in the Bromme trailer, looking for secrets (?) is...................... Randy????
For those of you asking for more doggy's, here's Eric Severson's pair in his trailer.
Here is Eric's white version of the # 48 car. With the 360 they got the bonus money for best finishing 360.
The Priestley crew pushes the new # 7 to inspection.
Mark Priestley watches them move off and looks proud of the new model.
Here it comes back. Must have passed as Garrett ran 4th in it later.
Speaking of Garrett, he's out on the quad as the crew pushes the car back to their pit.
Ronnie Case bright car sets in the sun. He made the main, but was out early.
Alan Ballard had a good run for third in the main.
Rip Williams and Mike English relax as Cody Williams is working with a shock. That is Austin standing on the right. He ran at Victorville the next night and came in 4th right behind his brother Cody.
Cody's number now is 44.
Bill Camarillo looks at son Brent's car.
Brother Brian's car. Neither had much luck this week
Josh Ford sits in his trailer as Ernie Ballard comes to visit.
Mike Spencer Sr works hard as Dillon does some work too.
I have no idea what Shelley Ostling is up to with Paul and Steve here, but earlier in the trailer .... I can't imagine what they were doing.
Mike Spencer arrives with his bag in tow.
Another rig arrives as we had 36 cars qualify this week.
The Gardner Motorsports rig is unloading 4 cars.
Here comes the pool man Jim Wells.
The pool man is lost!
The cars go out front for the fans!
J Hicks car out front. He dropped out quickly in the main with some unknown problem.
Alan Ballard's ride under a little shade.
Danny Sheridan's over under a little tree holding court. Later he would be crowned the fastest of them all.
The Black Widow Racing Rickie Gaunt car.
The cars lined up in the midway to greet the fans as they came in at 3 o'clock. It was a bit warm.
David Cardey drove this car hard in the main.
I couldn't get the brothers to smile, so I got Karen in front of the car. She always has a smile.
One of the Lightning Sprint ladies had a cute smile.
As the fans came in, they got an American flag!
Bruce Bromme Jr chats with some fans by the little red sucker.
His name is Alexander and he drives this little suspensionless monster at Victorville on the small track next to the big one. He is ready to move up.
Videoman Jeff K is doing his magic. Note the perfect body on Tony Jones Car. They took it off to race, but wasn't that nice making it pretty for the fans?
Tony Jones was out autographing for the crowd.
The car looked great and he's got a new t-shirt!
Always take care of your sponsors.
The signage for the new championship t-shirt of Tony Jones greeted the fans.
Henry Clarke signs for the fans. He and the rest of the Kruseman crew will head to Indiana this week.
Dan Hillberg and his wife were out front. He, his brother Darren and son drive lightning sprints now.
Hey, where's the party?
Back to the pits.
A good view of the pits.
Another good view, this one of Brandon Thomson's car.
Steve Howard's book emporium at the So Cal trailer.
Activity around Tyler Brown's ride.
A clearer shot of Thomson's car.
No nonsence Chet Gardner working on the # 96 car.
Head Mooseman, Tom Sertich, has a discussion with USAC officials?
Pit meeting going on here.
Mike Truex giving the signal.
Yes, that is 6, count em', six Gardner cars in red, white, blue and black colors, very patriotic.
But really, I didn't know the radio had to work.
The Crossno rig is being duplicated around the pits as there are now a bunch this size.
Who's that hiding in the trailer? Nice Seth Wilson shirt.
The Cardey crew discussing where is that boy?
The flags are on Brein Kinney's car.
Jeff Gardner smiles and Bruce Bromme Jr looks at the track.
Ronnie Case ready to rock n' roll.
You can almost see the whites of his eyes.
I think were ready!
Garrett Hansen and Try Rutherford before the mud flies.
Is that Mike Truex on the hill?
The crowd is small as the track packing begins, but it filled in as the sun went down.
Rip is about to blast off for the first time in months!
John Butler has a little scrape with the wall in hot laps.
Alan Ballard
Brian Venard
Tony Jones
Rickie Gaunt
Nadine Gardner
Henry Clarke
Brian Camarillo
Greg Bragg
Blake Miller
Garrett Hansen
Troy Rutherford
Rip Williams
Brent Camarillo
Eric Severson
Danny Sheridan
Ripper
Cody Williams
Kenny Perkins
Austin Mero
Tyler Brown
Seth Wilson
Mike Spencer
Ronnie Case
Nic Faas pulls into the fire up area.
Cody Williams has his own number. It's 44.
Good to see Rip back in his firesuit relaxing.
J Hicks gets ready to push off for his hot laps.
Kruser looking a little quiet.
Big smile from Cody before he starts his night on the track.
Looks like the famous pool man found his home.
Looks like the Hillberg racing family is busy.
David Cardey on the move in the pits.
J Hicks and Mark Spivey up to something.
They are still coming in as our National Anthem is about to happen.
Jeff K is up on top of the press box ready to record the night.
Here comes the chutist.
Another one from the pit side.
Tony Everhart's # 55.
Todd Hunsaker came to play. He was 15th in the main.
The concession stand gets lots of customers.
Love the hat. Love at first sight?
The wreckers ready!
The crowd is ready for some racing.
These three are ready, so let's go!
The first heat is lined up and ready to go wild.
Down the front stretch they roar in front of the main grandstands.
Danny Sheridan comes up on Brandon Thomson and Eric Severson on his way to win the first heat.
Danny's on the move.
Tony Jones on the bottom after Josh Ford.
Doug Allen searching for that perfect shot.
Tony Jones pulls the left front while smoking the right rear.
Seth Wilson's latest girl featured on his car.
The second heat is flying.
Lining back up can be a chore, even with the radio's.
Seth Wilson lifts the left front like J J Yeley once did.
Another lifter as Seth wins this one.
Doug Allen captures the start of the third heat race.
Josh Williams leads and wins this heat ahead of Greg Bragg.
Troy Rutherford is ready for the next heat.............
And there he goes pulling the left front wheel on the start.
And then this skirmish starts.
And ends, but ..........
There's more. Troy got over a wheel and went on his head and was done for the night.
Brent Camarillo climbs out of his car.
Rip's on the hook, but he still finished third.
Announcer Chris Holt checks it out.
Rip gets lots of help to get him back out there.
Rip chases Brian Venard.
David Cardey leads them on a restart and gets the win in the last heat.
Tony Jones relaxing before his next race.
Steve Alexander watches his race car.
Tilt up hood on Kruseman's # 21.
The Camarillo cars get attention.
The little red sucker gets attention.
Danny Sheridan and Blake Miller take time out.
Bruce Bromme Jr leans on the 50 car as they ready it for the main.
Mike Spencer heads into the trailer as many are busy around.
Brian Kittle lands on top of his trailer with his crew chief Randy Shiosaki. Paul Dean is to the left.
Josh Ford's # 73 in the twilight.
Is that a big fan pointed at Brent Camarillo's car?
Fireworks?
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Ralph and Rich get Danny settled for the main event.
And they are off!!!!!
Alan Ballard leads Rip Williams.
Garrett Hansen chases Tony Jones.
Cody Williams leads his dad early.
Mike Spencer at racing speed.
The little red sucker is chased by the little blue bugger!
More of the same.
Here goes the lap 19 restart.
Here comes the new leader, Danny in the little blue bugger on the high side.
And the winner is ----- Showtime Danny Sheridan.
Winner's circle.
Danny hugs Randy as Julie waters him down.
It's so nice to win!
Ronnie Everhart tries to interview Danny as he dries off.
