These pictures were taken 09/03/05 and 09/04/05 at the California Speedway in Fontana, CA. The race is the Sony HD TV 500. Click on any thumbnail and a new window will open with a larger version so you can see the details. These pictures were taken with our Panasonic Lumix FZ20, 5 mega pixel, 12 power optical zoom camera.

	Saturday morning Travis Kvapil was signing autographs at his souvenir trailer - so we jumped in line! He was really cool and posed for pictures.		Then we went to a NASCAR Member's Club Bill Elliott Q&A in the hospitality area. Bill sure makes some funny faces when he talks.
	After that, I headed to the pits to peer into the garage at the drivers during qualifying. Jon Woods qualified the #21 for Ricky Rudd.		They hold the Top 5 qualifiers in a separate area. Sterling Marlin climbs out and puts his sunglasses on. He was a Top 5 qualifier for a while.
	Rusty was chatting with some visitors and crew members.		Bill Elliott just walked by on the way to his garage. He waved and kept walking.
	Jeremy Mayfield was in the Top 5 for a few cars.		Kasey Kahne took his place in the Top 5 area, climbed out, and turned to squint at the scoring pylon.
	Scott Riggs was in a big hurry to get somewhere!		Kenny Wallace was really hamming it up for the crowd. The more we called to him the sillier he got! He was doing driver interviews for the NASCAR This Morning show.
	Dave Blaney qualified mid pack.		Michael watched qualifying from up in our seats.
	Tony Stewart qualified 14th in his reverse white and orange car.		I nearly didn't recognize Bobby Labonte in his purple AsthmaControl.com car. He took a provisional to start a crappy 42nd.
	Kevin Harvick qualified 18th. Look at the crew getting Carl Edwards' pit ready for the Busch race.		Jeremy Mayfield is gonna start "lucky" 13th. Carl's guys are putting down tape so he knows where to stop in the pit.
	Ryan Newman is gonna start 28th in his ALLTEL/Sony HDTV car.		Bill Elliott will start 30th.
	He doesn't know it yet but Carl Edwards is gonna take his 1st Bud Pole!		Ken Schrader will start 31st in his Red Baron Frozen Pizza car.
	Sunday afternoon - Rusty Wallace waits for driver introductions. The woman to the right in the brown shirt and cap is LeeAnn Tweeden from NASCAR Nation		Here come Dale Earnhardt Jr and his girlfriend walking out to the stage.
	Looks like Ken Schrader was gonna stop and sign this guy's shirt - but security came and shoed him away.		Dave Blaney followed by Ricky Rudd and his wife.
	Kevin Harvick has his firesuit tied around his waist. Scott Riggs follows behind.		Casey Mears steps out on stage. At the head of the "meet and greet" line is Tommy Lasorda - he's gonna wave the green flag.
	Scott Wimmer gives the crowd a wave. The guy next to Tommy Lasorda is Josh Duhamel {he plays Danny McCoy in the TV show Las Vegas} He'll give the command to start engines in a little while.		Ryan Newman gets his chance to meet the celebrities. The Wayans Brothers are also on stage as greeters.
	Boris Said		Robby Gordon
	Matt Kenseth gets an award from last week's race.		Joe Nemechek is gonna get an award to.
	Jeff Burton		After being introduced and taking a lap around the track, Dale Jr leans against his car waiting for time to climb in.
	Ricky Rudd sits on pit wall talking to the guy in the red shirt with his back to us.		Bobby Labonte talks to one of his crewmen. Bobby is the one in the firesuit with purple on the legs to match the car.
	The scoring pylon shows the full starting grid.		Here comes the field behind the Pace Car to take the green flag.
	Lap 47: Leader Carl Edwards has a flat left rear tire and loops it in Turn 4 and somehow avoided slapping the wall as the caution comes out for the third time. Pit road is a very busy place!		Matt Kenseth has an extra long pit stop. Apparently he rubbed the wall earlier in the race. The crew takes time to fix all the fenders.
	Later in the race Ryan Newman's crew is ready to spring into action. With the lights on it looks like daytime but in the dark you can really see the computer and TV monitors on the war wagon.		The crew chief on top of the war wagon calls the pit stop.
	The NASCAR Official carefully watches to make sure Jimmie Johnson's crew get all the lug nuts on.		Lap 144: The caution comes out as Kurt Busch spins through the frontstretch grass, possibly because of another flat tire. The crew works on the front to make sure all is OK.
	Dale Jarrett had the biggest war wagon on our end of pit road. Look at all the monitors the crew chief has up top!		Jeff Green's war wagon looks pretty low tech compared to some of the others.
	Lap 247: Scott Riggs and Sterling Marlin touch, sending Riggs to the wall. Also involved, Robby Gordon and Scott Wimmer. And the yellow's out. And we're headed for another green-white-checkered finish. Robby Gordon heads to the garage in a shower of sparks.		After doing victory donuts and celebrating on the front stretch, Kyle Busch pulls his car into Victory Circle.
	Kyle climbs out to celebrate his 1st win some more.		It's a little blurry but you can see Kyle, his girlfriend, his little white dog and Rick Hendricks posing for pictures with the trophy.
	And the scoring pylon glows in the dark showing the finish order.