2008 Draft Party and Daytona Race Week Watch

Feb. 9, 2008 Bud Shootout Fantasy Draft Party
Change is good! Had to shake things up a little bit for our Fantasy Draft this year - our Race Fan Fan Club is full of Fanatics - lots of people want in on the fun! Judy Kay drew up a new list of rules - allowing us to involve more people in our Draft, without using up all the drivers... We met at one of our favorite Watering Holes, Freddy T's in Overland Park - it was an Afternoon Brunch Social Hour, we didn't do our "traditional" Race-Watch Draft, as there would be a KU basketball game showing at the same time as the Bud Shootout later in the evening. It's been our experience that the game would drown out the race - so we all went our separate ways after the draft. Which worked out rather well, still got in some visiting, reconnecting after the looooong (seems long!) race break! There are now 21 Race Fans in our All Night Long Fantasy League - ranging in age from 17 (Zach Cansler) to 80 (Pauline Walker). How cool is that?

Trying something a little different again this year, going to put all our pictures of our Race-Watch get-togethers on this one page, not so much surfing involved, it's like a little diary of our 2008 racing season, except for the races we get to watch at the track!

James is a man of many talents - 3 Sisters bodyguard, Bivins #53 Crew Chief, and Master Chef!

Cheryl Coons - first winner for our Daytona Race Watch - even when the party's small, a fan can win big!

"What did you say, NASCarla?"

"I said - don't lean so far back in that chair, James!!"" Hee Hee!!

Cutting grooves in the track - what's up with that???
Didn't work in Atlanta this day - too much rain...

Yo - Bentley!!
Cool Hot Dog!

Always awesome to watch a race with Dad, Nola Mae - and Jack!

One of the rare times I actually obtained control of the remote!

Curt Coons - #3 Fan waits to see what Jr. can do in his new ride...

For the Spring Texas race, James and I came home from our weekly shopping trip at Wal-Mart to find Shannon and Bentley sitting on our porch step, impatiently waiting for the start of the Texas race... or perhaps it was Chef/Bodyguard James' famous Shrimp Scampi? Looks like both Shannon and Carl Edwards won that day!

Mother/Daughter team Sharon and Kaitlyn - Mom looks pretty relaxed - amazing, considering that Kaitlyn drove (I mean Drafted) to the party - arriving in one piece!!

The 3 Sisters and Bodyguard James headed south when the Drafting was finished, to Dad and Nola Mae's farm - where the action continued well into the wee hours of the evening. Always great food - James always looks forward to Nola Mae's tasty pies - and Dad made biscuits, while we all wait impatiently!

It's hard to imagine, but there was a time when Shannon dissed our race-watching... Now we can't keep her away! It's true, the family that watches NASCAR together, stays together!