Day thirty nine - Thursday

We moved from Wal Mart to the KOA just south of Statesville on hwy 77. Due to the race being this weekend all we could get was a site with water and electric, no sewer. Even with that, it's still $32.50 a night which is a little high. However, with the race, we're lucky to have found a spot at all.

After getting set up we drove into Cornelius, NC, and visited Michael Waltrip's racing facility. He calls it Racing World USA. Inside we took a tour of the facility where we saw his race shops, toured his motor home, toured a hauler and got to check out where the crew practices pit stops. They had a car and jack in the pit. I got a chance to jack up the car. After a short tutorial I gave it a shot. I'll tell you, I found out it isn't as easy as it looks on TV.

The jack has to be placed under the side of the car in just the right spot and then locked in with a short push on the jack handle. Then, the jack handle has to be pulled upright and then pushed down, HARD, to get the car off the ground. It took me several tries just to get the left side wheels off the ground. I can see now why these guys have to be athletes and have to practice as much as they do.

Back at our coach, we had a game of Scrabble. I finally won, although it was close. After dinner we watched Gray's Anatomy and the baseball game. We have no plans for tomorrow so we'll see what happens.

G'night