a weekend at Barber Motorsports

patrick — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:59:21 +0000

the weekend kicked off with a crawfish boil in gabe & rob’s backyard. our resident cajuns, derek & james did things right. we had some fresh crawfish fedexed in straight from louisiana. we did 2 boils, one crawfish, one shrimp. the boils contained a little of everything, corn, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, artichokes, onions, and lots of spicy seasoning. needless to say, we ate really well on a friday evening. the weather was perfect, but got a little chilly late. cue the bonfire.

saturday, the weather again was perfect. the beer was cold. a great day at the track. we ended the day with a bus ride back to the car. notice the mullet in front of us on the bus? sunday we got a later start, as we rounded up the crew to head back to the track. we managed to score a sponsor parking pass which really came in handy. after a long walk, and a short golf cart ride (thanks paul), we sat up with the APR Racing folks at their buses, and watched the first half of the Indy Grand Prix race. we finished the race in the shade near turns 1-3. another perfect day weather wise, and fun all around. helio castroneves won the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. looking forward to next year. whose got my tickets? also, if you have never checked out the museum, definitely something not to miss, especially if you like motorcycles.

thanks to gabe & jay for the additional photos.

Dinner

Vegetables

James & The Giant Vegetable Bag

Rolex Race Turn 8

Rolex Turn 8a

Rolex Turn 8b

Rolex Race Turn 1

Rolex Turn 1a

Rolex Turn 1b

Continental Turn 1c

Continental Turn 3

Barber Motorsports Continental Turn 3

Continental Tire Race Turn 3b

Above Turn 2

Continental Tire Race Pit 1

Continental Tire Race Pit 2

Finish Line

Leader Board

Accidents Happen

Infield Ants 01

Whats A Race Without A Mullet

Infield Ants 02

From The Buses

Fans

APR Racing

Museum

Indy Turn 1

Indy Grand Prix Turn 1

Indy Grand Prix Turn 1b

Helio Castroneves

a musical history lesson

patrick — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:05:05 +0000

backing up a few weeks, after several strange days of snowy weather, toubab krewe came through town on a cold friday night. african music & some deep south influenced jams aren’t your typical friday night offering in birmingham. it got off to a late start, and ended much later than expected. i don’t think anyone left disappointed. it was one of the best crowds i have seen at zydeco in a long time. maybe that says something about the bands i go see there, or maybe birmingham just hasn’t clued in yet. either way, it was fun to be at zydeco this particular evening. i managed to drag mike out, and we met up with the vegas crew. taylor was kind enough to tape, as usual. between myself & mike we ended up with quite a large amount of video. unfortunately i am still battling with the low light pictures & the settings on this camera. maybe i will figure it out sooner or later. anyway, check out the videos, and if you haven’t caught these guys, be sure to next time they are close by. definitely worth it. you can check out more of toubab videos here

Dead Front Center and Blurry

51 Foot Ladder into Lamine’s Tune

Mike

Beacon> Drums> Nirvana The Buffalo (Cut) – Shot by Mike

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a weekend at Barber Motorsports

a musical history lesson