RaceBud

The Turn 3 Race Team just had another meeting at its home track, Texas Motor Speedway. The annual summer show features Craftsman Truck races on Friday night and Indy cars on Saturday night.

We were blessed with typical Texas summer heat, stout wind and good racing. The mainstream media sources did their typical job of reporting the racing news…but they completely overlooked the mouse in the house. I’ll explain.

One of the race team indulgences at the palatial Turn 3 campsites is the rental of the little blue building – the Porta-Potty. It’s always spotlessly clean and smells fresh as a summer rain. It does of a great job of lightening the load of the holding tanks, eliminating the need for a pump-out during the weekend.

After Friday’s long drive from Austin to Fort Worth, we greeted the other team members and Jeanette excused herself to the Porta-Potty.

We weren’t timing her, but somewhere around two minutes later, Jeanette was back in the motor home, where the air conditioner was waging a noble battle with the track heat. Jeanette wasn’t panicked, but her heart rate was definitely above the resting level.

“There’s an animal in that thing!” she let us know. As one, five surprised non-believers looked up from our beers and challenged, “where?”

“In the outhouse!” Continue Reading »