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It was a bigger but more laid back H20 for ’06. I’m still tired, so this is going to be short. T’was only a Friday to Monday trip this time around. Drove down with Kharissa sans any cruise, by choice, and saw very few dubs driving in Friday evening. Saw a bunch once we arrived. Got to the house had some burgers and adult beverages and that was about it. Other folks had already there for a while so they wanted to go out driving, we just stayed back and hung out. Four hours (traffic) in the car was plenty.

I was happy not to show and even though it was a long day in the sun, I didn’t spend half of it up to my elbows in car cleaning chemicals and it was cool to just relax, walk around with Kharissa and have a good time. Ran into lots and lots of people, some who I unfortunately did not remember from where the hell I knew them, others that I haven’t seen in a while. Ran into some people I’d met at CDC and National Road events as well as some of the old Krispy Kreme crew (the creator himself!). I have to say it was much more fun than worrying about how clean the car was. At the same time, it made me grin how many people walked by it and stopped and gawked at the display in the windshield. Apparently over a year later it hasn’t lost its luster. Excellent. It all but solidified my previous feelings on not showing the car anymore. It cleaned up well, but eh, like I’ve said, I just have a much more relaxed and fun time not worrying about it.

So, bottom line, good times, good people. Seems like everyone was scattered around all weekend long, but we had fun at all times and got a couple stories to tell for a while.

Here’s some pics:

It was cool to see one rolling around live, but upon closer inspection I still wasn’t that impressed. Will reserve final judgement until I can drive one.

The Schnell booth. What were we selling? Nothing! Just come by, BS, and have a good time in the “Schnell Motorsports Official Relaxation Station”. Also put us in close range to harass those good ol’ boys at Induktion.

No show is complete without something that is TWebb approved. So is a 2nd place, congrats man.

So. Very. Hot. Hopefully I’ll be able to get a ride along with Ed at either Summit or VIR. Amazingly clean and perfectly finished.

Show field. Apparently near or over 700 show cars.

The rest of the pictures I took from the weekend are here.