Drag Illustrated Issue 137, October 2018 | Page 12

Dear Wes, Wow, I can’t say enough incred- ible things about this year’s WSOPM! I’ve been to 5-6 big events in four different states this year, but I don’t recall ever having such a fun time. The fact that I even got to attend was somewhat crazy. My wife and I had already planned a short get- away to Colorado last winter. When the WSOPM date was announced, I couldn’t believe it was the same weekend! Then I felt bummed be- cause I still wasn’t sure we’d be able to fit it in. But when I won tickets on the DI Live show, I knew we had to go! My wife, Kellie, isn’t a big drag racing fan, but seeing my excite- ment, she gladly went along with it. After a long drive across Kansas, we arrived at Bandimere Speedway just in time for the first shakedown session Friday evening. We park, and I’m running up to the main ticket window for will call. I tell the young woman I won tickets from DI. “Are they under Wes?” she asks. “I don’t know. Maybe,” I reply. She informs me that if they are, I have to go up the hill to another ticket building to get them. We get back in the van, park again. The other ticket building is closed. Where do 12 | D r a g we go? I’m about ready to call you, but figure I’ll first ask the folks at the racer entrance where I need to go. Holy crap, the lady there says she has them and to get my vehicle and pull on up. These aren’t just general admission tickets, they’re some sort of VIP passes. Kellie and I are giddy as we get to enter the pits through the racer en- trance! The lady warned me it was full, and I might have trouble park- ing – and she was right. B