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When I arrived at Richmond Raceway on Thursday afternoon for the East Coast Sawmill and Logging Expo, I went into shock and had to change all of my plans for the weekend on the fly.  The entire RIR compound was filled with every kind of heavy equipment imaginable plus all of the logging and sawmill [...]

This week had so many highs and lows, I’m not sure I can relate them all.  But the old adage The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat forced itself into my thinking for this report.
The week started Monday with the first game of a 7 game home stand of the Potomac Nationals.  This [...]

Just when things looked like they were turning around for Big Red with the good race week at Richmond and a solid home stand of the Potomac National, all hell broke loose this week.
On Monday, Tank and I drove back to Woodbridge for a short 4 game stand of the PNats.  Last year, with the [...]

The past two weeks have been full for the Big Red Crew.  That period came to an end last night at Richmond Raceway with the end of our second race week of the year.
It all started last Monday with a long hame stand of the Potomac Nationals in Woodbridge.  Tank and I worked the first [...]

This post is cross posted from Falls, off the Rocker, Jason’s personal blog.
At some point tonight, St. Peter’s gonna have a mess on his hands. Elsie Falls, 91, passed away early this evening. She was a pistol right up to the end, and I’m pretty sure the angels up there are tidying up the place [...]

In my humble opinion, the Washington Nationals made a marketing blunder in the handling of phenom Stephen Strasburg surrounding his professional debut.  Strasburg started yesterday for the Harrisburg Senators in AA as they played at Altoona.  While roughed up a bit, Strasburg pitched well and eventually earned the win.
Oddly enough, the Nationals other first round [...]

Friday night and Saturday morning found Big Red at the ACS Washington and Lee Relay for Life. It is their second year of the event and as such is not as big as some of the other Relays we’ll be doing later in the year. However, Tank and I stayed busy until after midnight, then [...]

According to the legend, Clay Earle built the Martinsville Speedway a long time ago out in the middle of a cowpasture.  He became dissatisfied with his profits because he only had the two races each year.  To increase his cash flow, he opened a gambling parlor right on the property.  Remember, this was so long [...]

The first ever Firefly Funnel Cake Fandango ended in Austin, TX last Monday. A 31 hour drive to get Big Red back to Virginia followed and I assure you, it wasn’t much fun.  But the Fandango was a blast so I guess it was worth it.
There were some problems along the way and we learned [...]

Well, if our lapse in posting an update is any indication, the Firefly Funnel Cake Fandango Friday night was a huge success. Molotov was packed from 8:30 until after 2 a.m. and the buzz on the street in Austin was that Fandango was the party to be at on night one of South by Southwest.
Tom [...]