1989 New Gold Shirts & A Potty for the Camper!

"The Gang"... Me, Rick, Dennis, Tom, Brent, Darold, and 2 "rookies this year, Tony Gradecki & Tommy Kawcinski, 2 guys Darold & I work with.
"Vehicles"... My Chrysler NYer & Tony's Ford van that's pulling the camper. Note: We now have a porta- potty for the camper, and we even bought a small tent to put it in!
"Ensamble"... After wearing our black shirts to the race last year, we have come to the conclusion that sitting in the sun when it's 90F out, black is NOT a real good choice of colors. So we had new gold colored shirts made with black lettering......

Friday..."The Party"; Got to Boney's house and partied with the "River Rats". (Note: On a sad note, Boney's wife Cindy, died early this month. I had called Boney when we found out about Cindy and said we wouldn't bother him this year, but he said no, that he still wanted us to come, that he needed some company.) Darold got kidnapped AGAIN and went for his annual ride down the Walbash. This time he got his ass REAL wet. One of the "Rats" brought a jug full of homemade cherry brandy. The bottom of jug was full of cherries and if the liquid didn't kill you, the cherries DID! Tony got blasted and kept reaching into jug looking for numbers on the cherries? (I think he thought they were bingo balls?)

Saturday...Arrived in Indy and are now camping in Gary & Debbie Dickerson's yard. (Chet & Teresa have moved).... Their yard tho' is right behind Teresa's, so we didn't have to move the camp site too far. Gary & Debbie are BOTH county sheriff's, so at least we know we'll be safe...ha-ha. We were just pulling into camp when Tony informed us that his van's fuel pump took a puke. After camp was set up, Tony & I piled into the Chrysler and went to get a fuel pump. As Tony was installing pump, the rest of us got drunk. (hey, what are friends for?). Then we ate, took our walk (bought pins), and got to know the neighbors....ha-ha
Tommy K & Darold
Tom, Tommy K, and Darold looking for girls....

Sunday; "The Race"... Tommy K. & Tony didn't have tickets so they bought 2 cheap tickets from scalper in fourth turn bleachers. These 2 have never seen an Indy car race before, let alone the Indy Indy! Turns out when Kevin Cogan hit the wall and his car split in two, his accident happened right in front of our 2 "rookies"! I thought we all would die laughing at them when they were telling us about it.

This is the race that Al Unser Jr. was leading with Emerson Fittipaldi running a close second, when they touched wheels with "Little Al" hitting the 3rd turn wall and Fittipaldi going on to win his first 500 with the race finishing under the yellow flag.


Came home Sunday night after race...(After Tony changed his pants!....ha-ha)