It really makes me wonder....

In light of Carl's accident in Omaha... correction.. Greenwood :) (which btw-Carl's accident is big news in Omaha, it's crazy lol I'm just glad he's okay!)
It's made me wonder if owners are going to start saying okay you can't go race here or there. Last year Tony Stewart injured his shoulder in the Chili Bowl. Carl dislocated his thumb. Jimmie.. Okay Jimmie fell off the top of a golf cart so that's not the same but really it makes me wonder if owners are going to start not letting their drivers go off and do extra things.

I love Dirt racing!!

It was hotter than h*ll yesterday but it could have been worst I guess LOL. There was a breeze. SO the gates opened at 4:00 and by 4:45 I had Carl and Kenny Edwards autograph. I've always had mixed feelings about Carl. Is he really that oh gosh golly gee person. He is. He's super nice and I was surprised he wasn't as tall in person as I thought he was going to be. I mean I'm 5'3" so everyone is way taller
than me but he just seems so tall on TV and maybe he was slouching a little bit but he just didn't seem as tall to me. He shook all the guys hands and thanked everyone for coming out to the track despite the heat. He totally signed my ESPN magazine! WHOOT! His little brother Kenny is hysterical they are so funny together. He said he had put a sign on the back of his car that read, "Carl who?!?!" I've seen Kenny race a couple times at I-80 Speedway and he's really becoming one of my favorite dirt racers! I asked Carl about his bike ride. He was going to ride his bike from Columbia to St. Louis, he said it was a nice ride, it took him two days.
So after I get both Kenny and Carl's signature I move off to the side so I can take some more pictures. I'm standing next to their mom and it doesn't really connect thats who she is until I walk back to my seat. My mom goes, "So does she look as pretty and nice as she does on the tv?" I laughed and said, "Uh no it's hotter than h*ll and her make up is running down her face just like everyone else's."
Carl and Kenny were supposed to participate in this race at the very end of the night that would pit them against their dad *who hadn't raced in like 8 years* and two sets of Brothers from the Omaha Metro who have raced. The Kosiski brothers (the Kosisiki family owns and operates I-80 Speedway) and another set of brothers, but that race got canceled because of storms moving into the area (and the races were running long because one of the main features ended up taking 45 minutes or better due to all the cautions. They'd go like a lap or two then wreck.) SO finally it was Carl and Kenny's feature. Things are going great, I mean super great, Carl started mid pack in a 25 lap shoot out and in three laps had moved up to 7th spot. Then there was a caution. No biggie a guy got into the wall. Green flag drops again, and we're off racing, then on the backstretch there was this big wreck, like 5 or 6 cars were involved it was big. Kenny ended up getting front end damage and had to go into the pits for repairs. Carl's night was done, (sad I wanted live pictures of him doing his back flip.) Well he got out of the car and he was upset. He could have won, he's a racer period and wanted to win (and I wanted to see the damn back flip lol!) He gets out waves to the crowd and walks down to the pits. Well then the EMS guys rush his brother's trailor. (Carl didn't have one he was running one of Ed Kosisiki's cars so he was just using Kenny and Ed's trailors as his base. One of the fun parts of the night was to guess where that Office Depot fire suit was gonna pop up next lol) So the EMS guys go check him out, My mom and I were like well it's because he's "NASCAR GUY" and if he weren't he'd probably be okay. Turns out Carl may have broken his thumb in the accident. As a precaution they sent him out to Lincoln (which is 20 miles from the track. Carl keeps saying that I-80 is in Omaha but it's really not it's in Greenwood which is a tiny town about 30-35 miles outside of Omaha and about 20 or so from Lincoln lol They wanted him to have his hand looked at. I never heard how it came about if it was broke or not, but I'll let you know if I find out anything.) My mom and I were talking about how the whole conversation went: "Carl-I'm fine, it's cool. Geepers mom I'm fine. Nancy-Carl get in the rescue squad so we can have your hand checked out. Carl-I'm fine gosh. How many times do I have to say that. Various track workers- Mr. Edwards please get into the rescue squad and go have your hand checked out. We don't want Jack Roush to come down on us like the Wrath of God for letting one of his drivers get hurt at our track. Please. Carl-No, I'm fine, I'll call Jack tomorrow and let him know things are good. Track Workers: Carl get in the squad now or we won't invite you back and you won't get to take any more fans around the track in that two seater late model." We obviously don't know if that's how it went but it was almost 11pm when that happened, my mom and I were hot and tired so that's how we thought the conversation went in our mind Plus if he did break his hand at least it was in a legit racing incident not like Jimmie Johnson who was golf cart surfing
I'm just glad I took today off!! LOL It was a fun night even if I didn't get to see the back flip



Carl signed my ESPN Magazine cover!! :)

One of the really cool points of the day was meeting my "Line buddies" They were HMS fans (Jimmie fans!) and we talked about how cool it was going to be to have Jimmie and Junior one the same team and how innovative The Chad is and he just needs to stop getting caught being innovative :)


Edit... Carl is okay his hand is okay his thumb is dislocated, he was treated and released from an Omaha hospital (that two of my uncles are doctors at just a little side note. One delivers babies the other is a peds. doctor. but I just thought it was kind of a cool little side note.)