Here are a few more pictures from Charlotte last week. On Thursday we went on a garage tour. Chris is standing in front of Jr's. car as it goes through one of the NASCAR inspection points where they 
measure the car and check various settings. Roy is standing on the garage road next to the haulers. Jr's hauler had a frig full of AMP energy drink cans at the end of his hauler. I guess this is in case he or his pit crew need more caffeine??
measure the car and check various settings. Roy is standing on the garage road next to the haulers. Jr's hauler had a frig full of AMP energy drink cans at the end of his hauler. I guess this is in case he or his pit crew need more caffeine??We walked with about 15 other people up and down both sides of the Sprint Car cup garage as the cars were inspected and brought back to their garages. 
Three cars were painted pink for breast cancer awareness/cure (Kyle Busch, Sadler and LaBonte). AJ Almendinger and Skinner were being interviewed by TV as we walked by.
Three cars were painted pink for breast cancer awareness/cure (Kyle Busch, Sadler and LaBonte). AJ Almendinger and Skinner were being interviewed by TV as we walked by. After Russell and Rachael left, we headed to Memphis TN where we attended the National Association of Biology Teacher's Convention. We both went on a tour of St. Jude's Medical Research Center (started by Danny Thomas, the comedian). This 65-acres facility sees 5400 children contacts per week, mostly on an outpatient basis. Their main emphasis is pediatric cancer. All treatment is FREE, including your flight here, room and board, etc. They raise $1.4 million a day to run the research/hospital facility. The picture is of the main treatment hospital. Roy went to the techy sessions at the meetings and found out how biologists are using technology, wikis, etc. in the classroom.
I mostly attended workshops on classroom techniques. These sessions help keep me updated on things going on in biology so when McGraw-Hill wants us to write a new edition of the textbook I co-author, I have a clue what's "new and hot" in our nation's classrooms. It was fun to see my fellow co-authors also. We are resting in Memphis this Sat. and Sun and will then head out to Chatanooga, TN for two days, then on the Atlanta for the next NASCAR race. Tonight we hope to go to Rendevous, the very famous BBQ restaurant. Pres. Bush took the prime minister of Japan after he visited Graceland. We went last year and it is the best BBQ I've ever had in my life and definitely the best BBQ beans I've ever had.
I mostly attended workshops on classroom techniques. These sessions help keep me updated on things going on in biology so when McGraw-Hill wants us to write a new edition of the textbook I co-author, I have a clue what's "new and hot" in our nation's classrooms. It was fun to see my fellow co-authors also. We are resting in Memphis this Sat. and Sun and will then head out to Chatanooga, TN for two days, then on the Atlanta for the next NASCAR race. Tonight we hope to go to Rendevous, the very famous BBQ restaurant. Pres. Bush took the prime minister of Japan after he visited Graceland. We went last year and it is the best BBQ I've ever had in my life and definitely the best BBQ beans I've ever had.Let us know by commenting if there is a driver you want a picture of and we will get the car/driver if we can.
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