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In 2010, the FFRL had its 7th Annual Pitstop at the home of Doc and
Pegleg and home of "NRT Racing" in Cleveland, Ohio. The Pitstop,
as we like to call it, is our way for the FFRL drivers to come together,
meet, eat, cover notes and suggestions for the up and coming year, and
have plenty of fun.
It's been planned for just under a year and we were quite pleased with
the turnout that made this Pitstop such a huge success. With over
20 attending, it is an absolute joy to actually meet those you have been
racing with for years.
The Pitstop began Friday night as those who have arrived early by car or
plane, met at a diner in North Olmstead named "Frankies Italian
Cuisine". We filled up the entire banquet room for the most part,
make jokes from table to table, ate the delicious food, and talked it up
for a couple hours. At the beginning, I was quite surprised to see
that Ruger made it in from Lousiana. But in a way, a little upset
as well. You see, Ruger made some post in our forums joking about
coming to the 7th annual Pitstop. We knew all year he wasn't.
So I naturally double-dogged-dared him. And then he made this bet
that if he came, I would have to buy him, and his date (who he thought
would be my Mom) dinner. So I agreed. And there he was and
my wallet felt empty. LOL. But glad he came. After
dinner some of us gathered our things together to head to our hotels
while a few of us went to the micro-brewery down the street called "Fat
Heads".
At "Fat Heads" we were there for a couple hours. Here we learned
of a few things. The blueberry beer (whatever it's called) smelled
like Hair Dye, the girls next to us were not single, and bat-wings.
I won't go further into detail. The atmosphere was pretty good.
At 10:00 am on Saturday morning, most of us were at Doc's house to get
ready for the Pitstop. Savina got to work pretty early along with
Angie, Rita, and Mitsy to get the coffee going, donuts and pastires
ready as well as yogurt and some other snacks for the morning.
Once we all got acquainted again, we sat in our seats and discussed the
future of the FFRL. All the notes that we covered can be found at
the bottom of this page. Yes, it's a lot but shorter than other
years. Just ask around =) Our meeting is pretty important
because we really take in what the members of the FFRL have to say.
It's always been that way. And probably why we've been around for
almost 10 years now.
During the meeting we had several breaks which included a light lunch
and then dinner at the end. Meatball subs and Taco's were the main
entrees and everyone was stuffed. The ladies did a great job
getting all the food together!!! Once the meeting was over, it was
time to head to the evening event at Lorain County Speedway. A 1/3
mile asphault track.
At the Speedway, the owner of Lorain County Speedway was impressed to
hear that we were coming. We had communicaitons with him weeks in
advance. So impressed by the way, that he gave us the VIP Center
to use which was enclosed with air coniditioning and most importantly,
our own bathroom. We treaded in and out of the building watching
the race with all of us, well.. about half of us, in our Pitstop
t-shirts. People asked what we were and we all got to talking.
Some of the races were pretty good, even the last one which was mostly
hillarious. As day turned into night, it was time to call it a
day. Some went back to the hotels while others went to some
turkish smoking room. No clue what it's called. But from
what I heard, it was an "experience" to say the least. LOL
The next morning the group had split up. While some went to have
breakfast as a group before they left, 9 of us headed to the golf
course. And there the fun continued. At first, we couldn't
understand why Chris (aka Baby Genius) could be late and lost with 2 gps
systems in his car, but he managed it somehow. The joke of the day
was pretty much all on Duck. Friday, before we all met for dinner,
a few of us went to play golf. And so.. while I was testing my
accuracy, I managed to hit a golf cart, a mobile home, and a house all
in one day. Pretty accurate if I say so myself. Thank you
very much =) But the joke was on me all day. However, they
seem to forget Bone-drivers long drive that went a total of 6 inches.
Sean's ability to end up in other fairways but the one we're using,
etc... But it was all fun. After the 18, we said our
goodbyes and packed things up to head back and prepare for the 8th
annual Pitstop.
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