This past Saturday I was at Dover International Speedway as a guest/sponsor of Derrike Cope Racing. Here’s some pics!
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Kasey Kahne's (still) throwback scheme in the garage |
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15 Reasons Why Bubba Wallace is Racing This Car |
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Danica's car in the pits, going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness |
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Pretty cool pit-board for Ryan Reed, in the style of his "bullseye" patch on his firesuit where he is to be injected with insulin |
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Matt Kenseth in the garage |
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*SHUDDER* |
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Cale Conley's car, post-wreck |
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Pretty weird to see Jeff Gordon's car, knowing it's the last time it'll be in Dover with him in it |
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Yeesh |
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Stanton Barrett's car, pre-wreck |
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Fun fact: Nathan's has a qualifying event for their 4th of July Eating Contest at Dover the morning of the fall race |
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Pretty cool "vent cover" on Dakoda Armstrong's car |
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The biggest tangible issue the 54 team had that day--his pit board pole was bending over |
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Joey Gase's car, unharmed from his hauler's fire |
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The 70 car going through inspection |
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On the track! |
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In the pits (I was up on the "war wagon") |
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The legendary Timmy Hill |
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Dale Jr's car being worked-on in the garage |
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Rico Abreu getting ready for the K&N East Series race |
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A perma-tribute car in the K&N race |
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Paint on the back of Morgan Shepherd's car |
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Air Force pilots crossing the crossover bridge |
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Denny Hamlin testing the seat in his Xfinity car |
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Denny & Rico |
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"Look Smithers--Garbo is coming!" |
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Glenn Jarrett |
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HiSense (sponsor of the race) had a huge contingent there, almost all of them from China. Morgan Shepherd let a few of the ladies in the group sit in his car. |
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Kelli Stavast and Ty Dillon |
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Random guy with a REALLY random diecast car |
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Chase Elliott leaving the drivers' meeting |
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Eric McClure in the drivers' meeting, just days after being released from the hospital |
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Daniel Suarez & Chris Buescher leaving the drivers' meeting |
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Mike Harmon |
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Mike Massaro |
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The wall |
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Parade laps, part 1 |
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The ageless Morgan Shepherd clowning around on his bicycle |
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Parade laps, part 2 |
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My logo! |
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Where a chunk of seats have been removed |
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My logo! (Post-Race) |
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The 70 car post-race |
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Miles watches over the start-finish line |
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Victory Lane set up for the K&N East Series race |
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A wall post-scrape |
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The 88 Xfinity car wrecking in front of me |
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Stanton Barrett's car gets chopped-up |