Rockingham Race Report
By Scott Davis, "Best in the West Contest" Winner
When I answered the
phone last fall, the female voice on the other end of the line began by
congratulating me on winning the contest. It
was just after dinner, the usual time for telemarketers to call with offers too
good to be true. I nearly hung up.
When
Tony Raines' name was mentioned, I decided to hear this one out.
And, yes, it was too good to be true.
My wife and I had won the "Best in the West" contest and were invited
to meet Tony at the Phoenix race in a month and be honorary pit crew members.
Unfortunately, some other commitments made that impossible, but after
talking with Celia and Sue from Tony's PR firm, we were able to postpone the
plan until Rockingham, February 24, 2001.
We
were looking forward to leaving winter in Pennsylvania and hopefully seeing some
warmer weather in North Carolina. Unfortunately,
we drove smack into a treacherous winter storm in Virginia, having to take an
unscheduled trek through the grass median in order to avoid a multi-vehicle
crash that blocked the highway and nearly collected us as well.
We were a bit shaken, but unscathed.
We
arrived at "The Rock" Friday afternoon and picked up our credentials.
We made our way to the infield, walked past the row of Cup Series
haulers, shining like new vehicles on a showroom floor.
We passed merchandise row, and entered the Busch Series parking area.
After walking the length of the haulers, we stopped at the Bayer Consumer
Care Racing hauler to inquire as to where we might find our contact, Sue
Santerre. Tony's wife, Sue, was
exiting the hauler and we introduced ourselves.
Sue
invited us to join her on top of the hauler and watch the Busch qualifying in
progress. What a great vantage
point, and with the computer, we were able to see the results instantaneously.
With qualifying over, we thanked Sue and headed for the trailers outside
turns 3 and 4 to leave a little contribution in exchange for some new shirts,
hats, diecast cars, etc....
The rest of Scott's story is available only to Fan Club Members and will be
printed in the next Fan Club Newsletter.
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