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I should talk about Advance Auto Parts a bit...I forgot all about this.

They are a new sponsor to the Optima Series...and frankly they do something so cool it needs to be talked about. They set up a little unassuming 10x10 pop up tent on site and have a couple people manning the tent. They give away some doo-dads thru raffle drawings and stuff out of the tent...but mainly...they help source needed parts so the participants can fix their junk and get it back out on the track.

Need some brake shoes? Tell the guys in the tent, they get on the horn find what you need and get it delivered to the track pronto like!! Need power steering fluid...they get it for you... At NCM they even sent an employee to a competitor's store to buy a part for a participant that they didn't have in stock at any of their locations... How freaking cool is that?!?!

I heard from several people over the weekend about how Advance saved their behinds and got them back out on the track ASAP. Had I had my wheel bearing failure earlier in the day, I'm certain I would have used them for the parts and got my junk back out on the track as well.