NASCAR Race Day

Race day! Here’s another panorama I took during qualifying on Friday. Today is gonna be 3x as crowded

NASCAR Has Arrived

The apartment complex in Larkspur where I used to live has a Marriot Courtyard hotel attached to it. Usually they seem to attract business travellers and the odd tourist, but once every year they would arrive late one night: big colorful trucks with glowing endorsements, numbers and somebody’s signature. I think I always knew that they were NASCAR haulers, but didn’t pay them much mind until I started watching the races more closely two years ago. Well, NASCAR is here again, and the trucks arrived yesterday evening.

The numbers seem to increase with every race, this year there’s seven trucks parked around the hotel. All Roush Racing cars are there, as well as the two Petty Enterprises cars. I dunno why I get a kick out of this – maybe it’s the fact that you could drive through all of Sonoma today and not see a sign of NASCAR, but the little hotel right next to where I used to live has so many of the trucks lined up. And there’s something cool about knowing that the cars that will be racing this weekend are right in there. Here’s a few pictures:

By the way, the camping ground around Infineon Raceway is starting to fill up. One more day to go!

If You Are an AT&T customer

Now would be a good time to cancel your account and tell them why.

Siggraph 2006!

I’m going to be at Siggraph this year and do a presentation involving a certain game. More details as I can talk about it.

Tires Anybody?

SFPD car with no tires at a random body shop south of Mission. Did it have all its tires stolen right at that spot or what? This seemed marginally funnier Thursday night after a few beers, but it’s just as random and unexpected now.

More Finches

I busted my knee and couldn’t do much today. Except for stalking finches on the porch with my camera, it seems. More finches. They crack me up. I dunno why, but birds have always had that effect on me.