Monday, February 11, 2013

2/2/2013–Parker 425

The Parker 425 race started at about 7:15am and the cars started passing our camp area about 15-20 minutes later.

Sunrise

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Robby Gordon’s car.  At the end of the race he finished about 15 minutes ahead of the next car in, but was penalized and ended up in 3rd place.

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This car was awarded 1st place.

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A helicopter overhead was usually an indication of a race leader approaching.

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This car was awarded a 2nd place finish.

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We met the parents of Pistol Pete at the Elks lodge dinner Friday night.

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I think Ken took well over 400 photos of the race, but I decided to pick out just a few for the blog update.

1 comment:

Betty Graffis said...

So that is what all the dust and dirt in the air is. When we were in the area a few years ago, we figured out it was some kind of a race just didn't know the details.