Truck Drivin' Man

Well it wasn't exactly a "trip" but the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series was in town last week and that meant I had the chance to meet up with driver Mike Skinner. Mike drove the BETonSPORTS Nextel Cup car for the last five races of the 2005 season last year and was a joy to work with from a sponsor's prospective.

It just so happened that the truck race was the same weekend of Mike's wife's b-day, so on Friday night Kelly and I treated them to dinner and then Saturday they hooked us up with pit passes for the day.

Below are the photos from the race. Mike was running great in the first 50-60 laps and was in contention to win until he blew a tire and hit the wall and was done for the day (you can see the extensive damage that was done to his truck in the photos as well.

To see the photos click here:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/celticcommunications/album?.dir=/ced2scd&.src=ph

Playboy Pics Posted

Finally got the CD in the mail containing the high quality digital pics from the Playboy party, thanks to our photographer Bo Bridges (yes that is his real name, or at least the "real" name he does business by), for sending me the CD.
To check out all the photos (there are tons of them, but many of you wanted more of the painted lady, and they are up now, so enjoy), go here:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/celticcommunications/slideshow?.dir=/241f&.src=ph

First Visit to "The Garden"

Well they call it the "world's most famous sports arena" and while I am not a big fan of any New York sports team I found myself back in the Big Apple for a day's worth of business meetings, and it just so happened that the Knicks were playing that night at Madison Square Garden against the Boston Celtics.
Another plus of working for an online sports betting company is that you can pretty much get tickets to any sporting event you want with 24 hours notice, so I was able to score two very good seats for the Knicks game (it probably had more to do with the fact both the Knicks and Celtics suck right now), but it was nice to get to sit in the Garden.
As both a sports fan and a sports history junkie, it was cool to sit in the garden and just think of all the historic moments and famous athletes that toiled in the old building. Louis, Ali, just to name a few. Probably would have rather seen a Rangers game there, but it was still cool to sit in the Garden and take it all in. To see a slideshow from my MSG visit click here (some of the photos are dark, but that was due to sucky lighting at MSG):
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/celticcommunications/slideshow2?.dir=fc90&.beg=3&.src=ph