Atlanta SX Friday Night in the pits
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This was our 6th trip to the Atlanta SX and we had a blast as usual.  We got there Friday evening, picked up our passes, then went into the pits.  We got to meet a lot of our favorites (Vuillemin, Preston, RC, Ramsey, Tortelli, Walker, Windham and Bentley)  My husband likes Reed a lot too and had his picture taken with him.  We stood around and talked to Bill Ferry, the Team Manager for Mach1.  He was so nice and took out a lot of time answering questions for us.  He told us Lusk was supposed to be there the next day, but he didn't show up (as far as I know)  We spent almost 15 hours at the Dome on Saturday.  We walked over early and went into the pits for a while, went back over to the CNN Center for lunch, then went back to the Dome at 1:00 p.m. to watch practice until 3:00 p.m.  We went back into the pits again, but by this time it was so crowded that you couldn't even get close to the different team pits.  We ate a quick supper in the pits (Pizza Hut) then went back to the Dome at 5:00 p.m. to see the last of the qualifiers. The main show started at 7:30 p.m.  This was really the only disappointment that we had the whole weekend.  The racing wasn't as exciting as usual.  The riders I rooted for did not win. The Bubba dance was fun to see.  He had just broke the record for all-time 125 wins.  After his podium interview, he walked over and handed his helmet to a young kid in the crowd!!  Reed was dominant in his win.  Windham got around everyone for second, but with his bad start he never had a chance to catch Reed.  We never saw what caused Langston to get so mad.  I saw him ride off the track, run into Wilson, then throw some punches, but nothing else.  This was another great year for us and we can't wait to go next year.  BTW - We were interviewed by Channel 11, Atlanta news Friday night.  We didn't get to see it, but our friend Kelly did.