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NASCAR
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perfect - 90 percent of the
track in our view. It was
something I didn't expect and
certainly can't happen in In-
dianapolis, at a road course
or oval race.
The California sun was
deceiving; we had a slight
breeze and no idea how red
we were getting, but who is
complaining after six months
of rain and snow. Kahne ran
up front most of the race,
which added to the excite-
ment. The greatest part was
watching Kurt Busch wreck
right in front of us, but then
any time Kurt Busch crashes,
it the best part of any race.
With a few laps left dur-
ing a caution, we raced back
to the grandstand area, and I
used my Hot Pass to get into
the pits. Oddly, not many
people were at Kahne's pit.
Tony Stewart was starting
second, and I think most of
us didn't give Kmhne much of
a chance. It was then that I
saw the concern, then hope,
and finally joy on his crew's
faces. One of the Kahne crew-
members was standing next
to me and I thought she was
going to explode with antici-
pation. As the race came to
an end, I wasn't even paying
attention to the action, but
was focusing my camera on
the principals -- joy, pain, re-
lief. There was no doubt how
it finished; Kahne had won,
and I framed one great shot
after another.
It was then on to Victory
Lane where John, the track
media director, was keep-
ing chaos at bay. I told him
I was with a newspaper near
Kahne's hometown, and he
responded by directing me to
a comer of the victory lane. I
did as I was told. Amazing!
The feelings of Kahne, his
crew, his family and friends
were evident. Then the great-
est thing of all happened.
'ae King," Richard Petty,
stepped up as car owner and
I have the shots most photog-
raphers would kill for -- if
I only had their equipment
and talent.
In the end, it was money
well spent and maybe, just
maybe, a track could have
increased the horsepower of
Mason and Kitsap counties
as well.
Dan Mancuso is the pu-
bisher of the Shelton-Mason
County Journal and can be
reached at 426-4412 or at
dan@masoncounty.com.
Journal photo by Dan Mancuso
Enumclaw native Kasey Kahne celebrates at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., last month.
Kahne captured the victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350.
Dream
Continued from page C-1
The fun commenced on
an 18-foot Sea Dory fishing
machine owned by Reid's
pal Jon. Hopeful to hook
into some of the legendary
halibut and salmon of the
Cook Inlet waters the wait
was short.
The fish slayers started
tactics with the universally
known "trolling" for the
infamous king salmon of
Alaska. "Cut plug with no
flasher on the down-rigger,
pretty simple," Reid admit-
ted.
"Salmon fishing was
SLOW. The fact is, most
rivers were closed due to
low salmon returns," Reid
said. I couldn't believe what
he was telling me. Even in
the Great North, salmon
are struggling. But with
persistence Reid hooked
into one of the famous fish,
a whopper by Washington
standards. Twenty-five-plus
pounds of chinook nailed the
bait and a good fight ensued
with Reid landing the giant
after several minutes. "It
was just a little one by their
standards," he confessed.
Soon after salmon fish-
ing was done Reid and his
buddies were hauling in
50-pound halibut, one af-
ter the other. Catching was
not limited to the door-sized
fish. Sea bass were also on
the bite and several nice
bass were boated as bonus
fish.
Halibut were not the only
flatfish being caught. Sev-
eral skate (like a stingray)
were hauled up from the
depths as well, one even go-
ing into the 70-pound range,
but the fishing crew turned
them loose.
Were any of the "barn
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Photo courtesy of Reid Myers
Grizzly bears were not an uncommon sight
when Reid Myers took his Alaskan fishing trip.
door" sized halibut hauled
in by Reid and his pals? "No,
we were after the good eat-
ers, 50 pounds and under."
Reid said. "Once they get too
big they are less desirable,
more for the people who are
looking for a trophy fish. We
did hear some gunshots, so
sohae people were catching
them."
Gunshots? Yes, those
huge fish require a little
more than the usual donk
to euthanize them, so to
protect the people and the
boats from 200 pounds of
tail and muscle the Alaskan
Iton
stomaudio.€om
fishermen have their own
way to quickly dispatch the
big ones.
Each day the fishing was
completed after four short
hours and then the work
would begin. This was a "do-
it-yotirself' type trip so the
fish processing was done
completely by Reid and his
friexads. "We would go fish
for a few hours, then spend
the same amount or more of
time filleting our fish," Reid
said.
After eight hours of fish-
ing in Cook Inlet and pro-
cessing at Jon's cabin it was
time to head back and relax
with some sightseeing and
exploring. Moose and griz-
zly bears were the main fo-
cus. "On the way from the
fishing dock to the cabin we
saw moose every day," Reid
mentioned.
Asking zillions of ques-
tions, one stuck out in my
head: "How's the weather
up that way?" I asked. "It
was beautiful." What? It
wasn't 20 below with 10-
foot snowdrifts? "I would
Sunday, July 2645
compare it to Shelton's
weather - 50 to 60 degrees
and mostly overcast with
some rain. It only froze one
night," responded Reid.
With all this talk I had
forgotten that just a few
months ago Homer, Alas-
ka, had been witness to
an event that we can all
relate to here in Western
Washington, with Mount
Redoubt erupting and
sending a plume of ash
thousands of feet into the
atmosphere.
"Did you see any evi-
dence of the eruption?" I
questioned. "Well, not real-
ly. If you went off the beat-
en path (which is not dif-
ficult up there) and shook
some of the bushes, the ash
would fall off," Reid said.
"See any bears?" I asked.
"Yep, we were driving
around and right on the
side of the highway a 2- or
3-year-old grizzly was just
milling around not paying
any attention to the hun-
dreds of people stopping
and slowing down to see
it," Reid said.
"It's never long enough,"
Reid concluded. I would
agree. Counting the days, I
too hope to make the "land
of the midnight sun."
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SHELTON!
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Thank you to all our current
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