Daytona SuperBird Clubs, 35 Anniversary Meet at Talladega Speedway October, 1 thru 3 2004. |
Saturday at 6AM, we met for a parade to the Talladega Motor Speedway. The speedway was over 60 miles away from Alexander City. Meet host Doug Schellinger mapped out a scenic drive for us. We had over 150 cars in our parade to the track. We arrived at the track around 9AM and lined up for a panoramic shot of all the cars in attendance. One car worth mentioning was my old 1967 Hemi GTX. You see the previous owners (Jim & JP) of my Bird are the present owners of my Hemi GTX. Jim and his son JP have become great friends of mine. Jim has taken very good care of the GTX and has given the Hemi GTX a new paint job. After the panoramic picture, we toured the Hall of Fame Museum. Here, we saw many vintage stock cars and even some of the great wrecked stock cars of years past. Next, it was time to go see the ARCA race. We were off to the Allison Grand Stands on the back stretch. Here we saw one great race for the finale of the ARCA season. ![]() J.P. & I |
![]() Micheal Waltrip's, Bristol, Busch Car
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We received our official Parade lap passes and were off. WOW! I have gone to a couple of Nascar track tours but actually driving my SuperBird on the Talladega Motor Speedway was awesome. We were asked to stay on the lower area of the track, so I kept a steady speed just below the Yellow out of bounds line.Due to the pitch of the track, Sharleen and my friend Rich had to brace themselves from falling out of their seats. Then we were staged on the front straight just before the pit entrance. |
![]() Troy & I |
![]() These next pictures say it all. Look to your Right, look to the Rear. It just doesn't get much better than this...... |
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Our seats were barely sat
in during the race as the action had us on our feet! The race was so exciting
to watch, we stayed to the end and cheered Dale Ernhardt Jr. to a victory.
I would like to have seen a Dodge Win the race, but I guess I could not
have everything.....
Sharleen kept on asking
me, "was it everything you thought it would be?"
I said, "YES", and I can't
wait till 2009 when I can do it again.