Hello everyone! On Saturday we went to Firebird International Raceway, the drag strip here in Phoenix. The occasion was the taping of the season final episode of the SPEED TV show "Pinks All Out". We were there as spectators, and to try and get noticed by the TV crew, and so maybe get a booking out of it in the future. To be visible we wore our newly embroidered team shirts.
Well, we don't know if we were seen by the cameras, but we met a couple of jet teams, and saw some interesting action. We were surprised to see a 2 car Alcohol Nostalgia Funny Car team from Edmonton. Sekura brothers racing made the 1800 mile trip down to be one of the halftime shows. They came with a convoy of vehicles, and a team of 16 family members, who were dancing to the beat music playing from huge speakers on their truck. They looked really professional, and were certainly up beat. Too bad BOTH their cars broke and could not run!
There was a competitor from Edmonton too. This guy brought his son's 91 Camaro to fulfill a bucket list wish to compete on Pinks. He got his wish and made it to the final 8 before being eliminated.
Also in attendance was another exhibition car, the Jelly Belly wheelstanding fire truck. This truck is run by a husband and wife team who are older than us! They've been running the exhibition circuit since 1986, and they are lucky to have Jelly Belly/ Jolly Rancher candy company for a sponsor.
Two jet cars were on hand, both from Phoenix. These are the big dragsters, powered by J-60 engines from 60's fighter aircraft. We talked to the owner of one, and he knew who we were, which was a surprise. Both jets ran well, but the show just isn't as spectacular as ours with our little jet!
The racing was close all day, and got closer and closer at the end. By the last round of eliminations there were only .07 seconds separating the cars. Unfortunately, the delays for TV related stuff slowed down the show, and it got boring waiting for the interviewing to end so they could race again. Can't wait to watch the episode on TV.
Sunday we had rain and wind all day, so we stayed in and watched a couple of old X-Files episodes on TV, then we prepared dinner.
We cooked a nice 3 pound pork shoulder roast, that we got at Safeway. As you can see in the picture above, the original price was only $3.04, then we got another 30% off. We roasted the pork slowly, with a nice sage seasoning and basted in pineapple juice. We added yams, onion, celery and garlic to the roaster and cooked it some more. What a delicious meal! Too bad we forgot to take pictures of the finished product, but we were too busy stuffing ourselves. We have enough leftovers for another meal. Total cost: around $6 including a bottle of wine.
Pictures above are the pork roast, wheelstander truck, jet car, Firebird control tower, the 2 Edmonton based funny car teams, and one of the great start line action.
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