Only two more get-ups til the Bomb Squad invaded the infield at MIS once again this year. We've spend a considerable number of hours this spring upgrading our bus so that we have places to sleep, storage, etc. We're really pumped to get it on the road to the Irish Hills and park it in the infield.
We will be in site 3-B-16 in June (same place as last year). We've got "Deep Fry" Don as our new neighbor in 3-B-15, so we'd like to welcome him and his crew to the neighborhood. They are movin-on-up from row "C" to row "B" this year. Now their in the high rent district :-)
We're really excited to get back to the track, spend time with all of our infield/Turn 3 neighbors and friends, and watch some racing! We should be at the track around 2:30-3:00pm on Thursday afternoon. For the June race our crew will consist of Marc, Darrin, Tom, Willy, and Al. Also, June marks Al's 20th Anniversary in the MIS infield!!! Make sure to congratulate him when you see him this weekend. And Willy is back with us after taking 2010 off, and we're very glad to have him back. He's one of the original Bomb Squad members, and awesome guy, and an integral part of the machine. Finally, Stacey will be in the infield and is bringing three rookies with her, so be careful. We'll make sure they are fully visible with yellow rookie tape, so there aren't any "incidents" that involve them. Gotta steer clear of those rooks.
There's some good on track action happening these days also. Jeff Gordon's coming off a win, his second of the season and 84th of his career (3rd most wins in history.) Kyle Busch is coming off a 3rd place finish, but also a penalty for illegal ride height and an ass whipping by Richard Childress. Jimmy Johnson is continuing to run Top 5's and stay in Championship contention, looking to make it six in a row. Carl Edwards and the Roush-Fenway crew is coming off a blown motor in Pocono, but they always run well at Michigan, so he and Matt Kenseth will likely be players this weekend. And dare I leave out Junior, who is third in the points and knocking on the door of victory lane just about every week. Don't forget...his last win was at MIS a couple years ago.
It's going to be a great weekend - both on the track and off. Looking forward to hanging out with you guys/gals this weekend! See you in a couple days.
Marc.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Saturday, August 21, 2010
APB on 6' Jager Bottle
Hey, I just thought that I'd mention that some asswipe STOLE our 6' inflatable Jager bottle over the race weekend at MIS. That thing was impossible to locate (it searched for months on eBay), expensive to purchase and has been our calling card for the past 5 years at the track. If anyone knows who took it, or if anyone sees it in the infield next year at someone else's campsite, PLEASE let us know. There is only ONE of those at MIS (and possibly in the entire state of Michigan) and it's easily identifiable as ours. I won't say how, but let's just say that we could pick it out of a line-up.
Please help us get our "mascot" back. If you have any information you can e-mail me at marc@jagerbombsquad.com or post something on our Facebook fan page.
Thanks.
Marc.
Please help us get our "mascot" back. If you have any information you can e-mail me at marc@jagerbombsquad.com or post something on our Facebook fan page.
Thanks.
Marc.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Awesome Weekend at MIS - Again!
I just want to say thanks to all of our friend and loyal fans that came out to hang with us this past weekend at MIS. We had a blast, and I hope that you did too. From where I was standing everyone looked like they had an AWESOME time!
We apologize for running out of Jager at 1:45am on Saturday night. We would have liked to have had more than enough for everyone, but unfortunately economics play a huge role in how much we bring to the track each weekend, and 30 liters was "all" that was in the budget this time around. Hopefully things will be a little better financially for all of us next summer and we'll be able to bring more (but at $30/liter it ain't cheap.) We'll see. We'll shoot for 36-40 liters in June see if we can come up with the cash.
On a similar note, we also sold out of all the 2010 t-shirts we brought to the track, so just like the Jagermeister, we're gonna have to figure out how to come up with more money for shirts so we can bring enough for everyone who wants one. As it was we spent almost $600 on t-shirts and koozies. Realistically we needed at least twice that many. I think I'm gonna have to work some more OT this year to I can save up for our 2011 t-shirt, koozie and Jagermeister tab!
Anyways, thanks again for all of your support last weekend. We enjoy seeing all of your every race weekend, and look forward to seeing you again next year!
And...in case you didn't know - the Bomb Squad has a Facebook Fan Page. So if you're not already a member, join the Bomb Squad. We post pictures from each race on the page, talk about the race weekends, and will be chronicling our new bus renovation during the next 9 months. Joins us and follow along with our successes (and failures.)
We also have a Twitter page (but to be honest, I don't post to it very often. Mostly just in the weeks leading up to a race that we're going to, and maybe some Tweets while I'm watching the races on Saturday Nights/Sundays during the season.) If you're interested and like to Tweet, check it out and "follow" us. If nothing else its another way to get in touch with us. I might not post to it often, but I do receive every tweet that someone sends which mentions us (@JagerBombSquad) in it.
Looking forward to the 2011 racing season!!! We'll see you at MIS in June!
Marc.
PS - We own two spots next to each other on Talladega Boulevard (201, 202) for the fall Talladega race, and will not be able to make it this year. The race is on Halloween weekend and is a BLAST if you haven't been. If anyone is interested in purchasing our sites for this years race, shoot me an e-mail at marc@jagerbombsquad.com and we can talk about it.
We apologize for running out of Jager at 1:45am on Saturday night. We would have liked to have had more than enough for everyone, but unfortunately economics play a huge role in how much we bring to the track each weekend, and 30 liters was "all" that was in the budget this time around. Hopefully things will be a little better financially for all of us next summer and we'll be able to bring more (but at $30/liter it ain't cheap.) We'll see. We'll shoot for 36-40 liters in June see if we can come up with the cash.
On a similar note, we also sold out of all the 2010 t-shirts we brought to the track, so just like the Jagermeister, we're gonna have to figure out how to come up with more money for shirts so we can bring enough for everyone who wants one. As it was we spent almost $600 on t-shirts and koozies. Realistically we needed at least twice that many. I think I'm gonna have to work some more OT this year to I can save up for our 2011 t-shirt, koozie and Jagermeister tab!
Anyways, thanks again for all of your support last weekend. We enjoy seeing all of your every race weekend, and look forward to seeing you again next year!
And...in case you didn't know - the Bomb Squad has a Facebook Fan Page. So if you're not already a member, join the Bomb Squad. We post pictures from each race on the page, talk about the race weekends, and will be chronicling our new bus renovation during the next 9 months. Joins us and follow along with our successes (and failures.)
We also have a Twitter page (but to be honest, I don't post to it very often. Mostly just in the weeks leading up to a race that we're going to, and maybe some Tweets while I'm watching the races on Saturday Nights/Sundays during the season.) If you're interested and like to Tweet, check it out and "follow" us. If nothing else its another way to get in touch with us. I might not post to it often, but I do receive every tweet that someone sends which mentions us (@JagerBombSquad) in it.
Looking forward to the 2011 racing season!!! We'll see you at MIS in June!
Marc.
PS - We own two spots next to each other on Talladega Boulevard (201, 202) for the fall Talladega race, and will not be able to make it this year. The race is on Halloween weekend and is a BLAST if you haven't been. If anyone is interested in purchasing our sites for this years race, shoot me an e-mail at marc@jagerbombsquad.com and we can talk about it.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
The Jager Bomb Squad has a new home
The Jager Bomb Squad has a new home! Darrin and I went on a road trip yesterday and bought a BUS for the Bomb Squad! It needs some work, and since we only have two weeks before the August MIS race I don't know how much we'll get done between now and then, but it will be in the infield for the race! I've posted some pictures on the Jager Bomb Squad Facebook page. The August MIS race will be its inaugural "shake down" trip. We'll make a list of things that we need to do to it (the list is already long, and will only get longer as the weeks progress.)
It will be ready to rock for June 2011! New paint/decals, deck on top, bunks/interior finished, engine overhauled and running like a swiss clock. I can't wait!
We look forward to seeing all of you at MIS in a couple weeks. We're in our usual site - 3-B-15.
See you there!
Marc.
It will be ready to rock for June 2011! New paint/decals, deck on top, bunks/interior finished, engine overhauled and running like a swiss clock. I can't wait!
We look forward to seeing all of you at MIS in a couple weeks. We're in our usual site - 3-B-15.
See you there!
Marc.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Goodbye Pocono, Hello MIS!
Sorry I haven't been blogging lately. Life has been pretty hectic and I just haven't made time to sit down and talk NASCAR smack as I had hoped to this season.
Today was a pretty good race at the Pocono Raceway - especially the last 20 laps! Harvick dumps Logano, Kasey flips his car in the grass on the final lap wiping out half the field, and Hamlin pulls out his 4th victory at Pocono. Lots to talk about following this one.
Personally, I think Harvick is a punk. He dumps Logano while they are fighting for position, then says in the post-race interview that Joey doesn't show respect on the track. Are you kidding me? That was as blatant as the Carl Edwards dumping of Brad Keselowski at Atlanta, except Joey didn't flip upside down. And he blames JOEY?? What a chump. I think Joey was right when he said that Delana is the one "wearing the fire suit" in that relationship. Hilarious.
And Kasey - well, what can you say. The #43 dropped down to block, Kasey put it in the grass and all hell broke loose afterwards. I'm just glad nobody was hurt. These cars seem to be bulletproof nowadays, which has to be a good feeling for a driver when you're flying through the air upside-down at 200 MPH!
So, now that Pocono is in the past, it's time to look forward to MICHIGAN!! Can't wait to leave for the track on Thursday afternoon. We have a lot to do in the next few days to prepare, but as usual it will all be worth it when we're sitting in front of the camper in the infield Thursday night drinking a Bud, watching the sun set. I'm really looking forward to the weekend. We hope to see you all out there this weekend! We're in 3-B-16. Stop on by and say hello!
Marc.
Today was a pretty good race at the Pocono Raceway - especially the last 20 laps! Harvick dumps Logano, Kasey flips his car in the grass on the final lap wiping out half the field, and Hamlin pulls out his 4th victory at Pocono. Lots to talk about following this one.
Personally, I think Harvick is a punk. He dumps Logano while they are fighting for position, then says in the post-race interview that Joey doesn't show respect on the track. Are you kidding me? That was as blatant as the Carl Edwards dumping of Brad Keselowski at Atlanta, except Joey didn't flip upside down. And he blames JOEY?? What a chump. I think Joey was right when he said that Delana is the one "wearing the fire suit" in that relationship. Hilarious.
And Kasey - well, what can you say. The #43 dropped down to block, Kasey put it in the grass and all hell broke loose afterwards. I'm just glad nobody was hurt. These cars seem to be bulletproof nowadays, which has to be a good feeling for a driver when you're flying through the air upside-down at 200 MPH!
So, now that Pocono is in the past, it's time to look forward to MICHIGAN!! Can't wait to leave for the track on Thursday afternoon. We have a lot to do in the next few days to prepare, but as usual it will all be worth it when we're sitting in front of the camper in the infield Thursday night drinking a Bud, watching the sun set. I'm really looking forward to the weekend. We hope to see you all out there this weekend! We're in 3-B-16. Stop on by and say hello!
Marc.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The Dominance Continues in Thunder Valley
It seems like Jimmy Johnson and Chad Knaus just can't be beat. Even at a track that they've NEVER won at, in a race that was dominated by other teams and that weather threatened to stop at any minute.
But, once again, the 48 crew ran just good enough to be there at the end, catch a break on the re-start and beat the Miller Lite Dodge for their first win in Thunder Valley. And they continue their dominance of the 2010 season. Even though they aren't leading in points (yet) due to a bad start at Daytona, they are on their way to the #1 spot, and heading into a weekend at Martinsville - a track that Johnson has DOMINATED over the past 7 years. In fact, I don't know if any other driver in NASCAR history has EVER dominated a track the way Jimmy has dominated Martinsville. He's definitely my pick for this weekend's race, and might just leave Martinsville with the points lead (sorry Harvick.)
In other NASCAR news, many teams were back on the track today at Charlotte Motor Speedway testing the new spoiler (aka. "the Blade") before it's re-introduction this weekend at Martinsville. They also did some spoiler testing last week at Talladega, so hopefully NASCAR and the teams have some answers regarding how the cars react with the blade as opposed to the current wing.
Many people are hoping that losing the wing and going to the wing will give the rest of the field a chance to catch the #48, thinking that the wing was somehow the reason for the #48's dominance. Hey...wait. Didn't Jimmy and Chad win a Championship BEFORE the wing went on the cars? Yep. Sorry other teams...it's gonna take more than a blade to cut the fifth straight Sprint Cup out of Jimmy's white knuckled clench. I'd recommend heavy artillery instead.
Marc.
But, once again, the 48 crew ran just good enough to be there at the end, catch a break on the re-start and beat the Miller Lite Dodge for their first win in Thunder Valley. And they continue their dominance of the 2010 season. Even though they aren't leading in points (yet) due to a bad start at Daytona, they are on their way to the #1 spot, and heading into a weekend at Martinsville - a track that Johnson has DOMINATED over the past 7 years. In fact, I don't know if any other driver in NASCAR history has EVER dominated a track the way Jimmy has dominated Martinsville. He's definitely my pick for this weekend's race, and might just leave Martinsville with the points lead (sorry Harvick.)
In other NASCAR news, many teams were back on the track today at Charlotte Motor Speedway testing the new spoiler (aka. "the Blade") before it's re-introduction this weekend at Martinsville. They also did some spoiler testing last week at Talladega, so hopefully NASCAR and the teams have some answers regarding how the cars react with the blade as opposed to the current wing.
Many people are hoping that losing the wing and going to the wing will give the rest of the field a chance to catch the #48, thinking that the wing was somehow the reason for the #48's dominance. Hey...wait. Didn't Jimmy and Chad win a Championship BEFORE the wing went on the cars? Yep. Sorry other teams...it's gonna take more than a blade to cut the fifth straight Sprint Cup out of Jimmy's white knuckled clench. I'd recommend heavy artillery instead.
Marc.
Monday, March 8, 2010
You Mess with the Bull...You Get the Horns
I have to comment on the incident at AMS yesterday between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski. The media is in a frenzy over the whole thing, so I thought I'd weigh in my two-cents.
Did Carl Edwards intentionally dump Brad on the front stretch - absolutely. Not only was it intentional (which is corroborated by the video showing Carl's white gloves steering his car to the right when the incident occurred) but one could argue that it was premeditated. Carl was 150 laps down, and had been in the garage for nearly two hours stewing over the previous contact with Keselowski before heading back out on the track and exacting his revenge. In fact, he tried it a lap earlier, but missed him and had to catch him again on the following lap. In fact, the ONLY reason Carl even went back out on the track Sunday was probably specifically to do what he did. It wasn't about saving points or anything like that. I'm sure that he told his team, "Just get me back out there before it's over. I want him!"
Now, all that said, do I think that what he did was uncalled for and deserves punishment from NASCAR? That's a tough call. NASCAR did just announce the "old school racin'" and "let 'em go at it" paradigm shift a few weeks ago. This is really the first time that the new mindset has been tested, so I guess we'll see if they were serious about letting the drivers police themselves on the track. I heard several driver's say that Brad had that coming, and if it hadn't been done by Carl then someone else would probably had done it. Maybe not at Atlanta on the front stretch when they were down 150 laps and Brad was in the Top 5, but eventually. Maybe at Bristol. Maybe Martinsville. But it was coming. If you watched that race, and from reports of friends that I had at the race, Brad was messing with Carl all day and eventually Carl just snapped (after being wrecked.) As far as his "Now that I've looked at the tape it looks like both Brad and I both had a part in the wreck and it wasn't as intentional as I first thought" - that was a stone cold LIE. He didn't believe that for one second, and the fact that he could say that with a straight face on national television is a bit shocking. I think he should have won an Oscar for that performance!
So, with all that said, do I think that Carl should be parked for a race or two, or have points taken from him because of the incident? No, I don't. NASCAR said that they were taking the gloves off, and all of their commercials before races on FOX show bumping, crashing, fighting, pushing, helmet throwing, etc. If anything, this is exactly what NASCAR was looking for - the drivers policing themselves and making their own justice. It was unfortunate that Brad ended up on his roof, and Carl probably could have found a better time and place to exact his revenge, but in the heat of the moment shit happens. You mess with the bull...you get the horns.
If NASCAR parks Carl, then the whole pre-season mantra was all just a bunch of B.S. and nothing has really changed at all.
Those are my thoughts on the issue.
Marc.
Did Carl Edwards intentionally dump Brad on the front stretch - absolutely. Not only was it intentional (which is corroborated by the video showing Carl's white gloves steering his car to the right when the incident occurred) but one could argue that it was premeditated. Carl was 150 laps down, and had been in the garage for nearly two hours stewing over the previous contact with Keselowski before heading back out on the track and exacting his revenge. In fact, he tried it a lap earlier, but missed him and had to catch him again on the following lap. In fact, the ONLY reason Carl even went back out on the track Sunday was probably specifically to do what he did. It wasn't about saving points or anything like that. I'm sure that he told his team, "Just get me back out there before it's over. I want him!"
Now, all that said, do I think that what he did was uncalled for and deserves punishment from NASCAR? That's a tough call. NASCAR did just announce the "old school racin'" and "let 'em go at it" paradigm shift a few weeks ago. This is really the first time that the new mindset has been tested, so I guess we'll see if they were serious about letting the drivers police themselves on the track. I heard several driver's say that Brad had that coming, and if it hadn't been done by Carl then someone else would probably had done it. Maybe not at Atlanta on the front stretch when they were down 150 laps and Brad was in the Top 5, but eventually. Maybe at Bristol. Maybe Martinsville. But it was coming. If you watched that race, and from reports of friends that I had at the race, Brad was messing with Carl all day and eventually Carl just snapped (after being wrecked.) As far as his "Now that I've looked at the tape it looks like both Brad and I both had a part in the wreck and it wasn't as intentional as I first thought" - that was a stone cold LIE. He didn't believe that for one second, and the fact that he could say that with a straight face on national television is a bit shocking. I think he should have won an Oscar for that performance!
So, with all that said, do I think that Carl should be parked for a race or two, or have points taken from him because of the incident? No, I don't. NASCAR said that they were taking the gloves off, and all of their commercials before races on FOX show bumping, crashing, fighting, pushing, helmet throwing, etc. If anything, this is exactly what NASCAR was looking for - the drivers policing themselves and making their own justice. It was unfortunate that Brad ended up on his roof, and Carl probably could have found a better time and place to exact his revenge, but in the heat of the moment shit happens. You mess with the bull...you get the horns.
If NASCAR parks Carl, then the whole pre-season mantra was all just a bunch of B.S. and nothing has really changed at all.
Those are my thoughts on the issue.
Marc.
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