Hi Ginger

Yeah its been a while since Ive seen Kenny items, in
2001 I found some bumper stickers,I should have bought
them all, found out later they were rare, I gave the
last one to Brett Bodine to put on the brick yard car.

Checkout the souviner cities outside the tracks, they
have old stuff.

Take Care
Eric
--- Ginger <gjl24@...> wrote:

> Hey Eric!
>
> I'm glad you're still around and still collecting
> Kenny memorabilia! I only go to the Bristol and
> Martinsville races now, but I always scour the
> souvenir tents for Kenny stuff. I haven't found
> anything new in a couple of years, but I'm not
> giving up.
>
> Have a good day!
>
> Ginger
>
> Arredondo <chitsee@...> wrote:
> I think about Alan at Bristol too,
>
> Im afraid to pick a new driver, I was a Blaine
> Johnson
> drag racer fan, he died at Indy, then I picked Kenny
> in the trucks after I met him after his first truck
> race in Phoenix 1996 and Adam Petty was my Bush
> driver, So after we lost all of them, I just dont
> want
> to, just incase.
>
> I still think about Kenny everyday, I think even if
> I
> didnt have all the memorbilia I would still think
> about him, if you ever met Kenny you would know what
> I
> mean there was something about him, that you dont
> see
> in most people.
>
> I just bought one of Kennys helmets from Nascar of
> all
> people, Nice helmet, someday I may give it to the
> Irwins along with the rookie firesuit and all the
> Kenny sheetmetal I have.
>
> Hope everyone is well.
>
> Take Care
> Eric
> --- gjl24 <gjl24@...> wrote:
>
> > Hey everyone! Since no one has posted in a while,
> I
> > thought I would
> > break the silence. As you know, Bristol race
> > weekend is here, an event
> > that brings back so many memories. Jerry, your
> blog
> > about Alan
> > Kulwicki has inspired me to tell my own Bristol
> > stories. I live in
> > Southwestern Virginia, approximately 12 miles from
> > Bristol and 24 miles
> > from the track. I remember Alan's death very well.
>
> > It was 1993, and I
> > was a very green, recent law school graduate who
> was
> > waiting on results
> > from the bar exam. Race weekend is a big event in
> > our area. In those
> > days, many of the local businesses would have
> > drivers signing
> > autographs the Thursday evening before the race.
> My
> > husband and I had
> > driven around to see if we could pick up any of
> the
> > driver handout
> > cards anywhere. On the 11 o'clock news that night,
> > the lead story was
> > about a plane crash in the Blountville area and
> > about area fire
> > fighters going to the scene. When we got up the
> > next morning, the
> > Bristol newspaper headlined Alan Kulwicki's death.
>
> > We were stunned. A
> > few short months earlier, Alan had dazzled the
> > racing world when he won
> > the championship in Atlanta. Now, he was gone. I
> > also remember the
> > image of Alan's hauler leaving the track with
> Doyle
> > Ford waving the
> > checkered flag in tribute. Alan's death cast a
> long
> > shadow over the
> > rest of the weekend. Somewhere at home I have a
> > picture of a wreath
> > placed at souvenir row where Alan's souvenir
> trailer
> > would have been
> > parked.
> >
> > The Saturday before that race, fourteen years ago
> > (yikes), some friends
> > from work and I got up very early to eat breakfast
> > at the Bonfire
> > Restaurant on Volunteer Parkway because we heard
> > that Davey Allison ate
> > there on race weekends. The server was just
> getting
> > ready to take our
> > order when we saw Davey heading toward the
> checkout
> > counter. As we
> > jumped up, one of the girls in my group told the
> > server, "Honey, you'll
> > have to come back." We were going to see Davey! We
> > didn't even get
> > his autograph, but we all got our picture made
> with
> > him, individually
> > and in a group. I have the picture sitting on my
> > desk today. Davey
> > acted like he had all the time in the world for
> us.
> > From that day, I
> > went from being a casual Nascar fan to a devoted
> > one. I bought my
> > first 1/64 diecast car (of Davey, of course) that
> > afternoon. Sadly, we
> > would lose Davey about 3 months later.
> >
> > Like Jerry, I picked Jeff Gordon as my favorite
> > driver after Davey's
> > death. He and I were "rookies" the same year and
> > I'm so happy about
> > all that he has accomplished. In 1997, Kenny Irwin
> > caught my eye when
> > he was racing in the truck series. I was thrilled
> > for him when Robert
> > Yates named him the driver of the 28. In 2000,
> > Kenny appeared at Race
> > Night, an event that the Food City stores in our
> > area host every
> > Bristol race weekend. I got Kenny's autograph that
> > evening and had a
> > chance to wish him good luck. I still miss seeing
> > him on the track.
> >
> > Nascar has changed so much since 1993. Some
> changes
> > have been good,
> > others not so good. I don't like the fact that the
> > Busch Series is
> > dominated by Cup drivers now. I don't like the
> fact
> > that the drivers
> > who post one of the top 43 qualifying speeds may
> not
> > make the race if
> > they're not in the top 35 point positions. I don't
> > like the fact that
> > the drivers are inaccessible now. In 1993, several
> > top name drivers,
> > including Davey, Dale Jarrett, Kyle Petty, and
> Jeff
> > Gordon, played in a
> > softball game before the Spring race in
> > Martinsville. What are the
> > chances of that happening now? I wonder what Alan,
> > Davey, and Kenny
> > would think of all the changes?
> >
> > I hope that all of you are doing well. I miss
> > reading your posts.
> > Have a great day! Ginger
> >
> >
>
>
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