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These are the pre-race festivities for the Daytona 500 2007.
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This is Celebration Fla. It is a planned community designed by
Disney.
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Celebrity.
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Dad and I.
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This is last years Daytona 500 winning car.
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My new truck out fishing on Plumb Island.
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Plumb Island
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Seals sunning themselves on the beach at Nauset beach.
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Seals checking us out from the water.
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My Buddy Jesse on his boat.
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8/19/06
This is my Stepfather Ed Reed. One of the most amazing people on
earth.
Wonderful man.
Please pray for him. He is in the hospital after triple
bypass surgery last week at 87 years old and he is struggling to stay
with us. Up until 2 weeks ago he was working 50 hours a
week. Up at 5 am and home at 5 pm.
3/15/07
Ed has been recouperating at home with my mothers constant care.
Slow progress but he gets stronger everyday.
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This is me driving a NASCAR Pro-stock 7/29/06
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Some pics from our trip to Puerto Rico
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Fort El Morro
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Fort El Morro
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Our trip to the rain forrest
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Rain forrest
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This beach was incredible!!
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Rain Forrest
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Kun Hee Shim was a student of mine when I taught High School
Ceramics. I helped him make this ceramic mural which still
stands at Chapel Hill Chauncy Hall school in Waltham MA. It was
made by acrylic painting around 750 4x4 inch tiles. Each tile
has some visual reference to the number 3.
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Me and my friend Johnny fishing for herring to use as bait on Martha's
Vineyard.
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I painted this on a friends jean jacket when I was about 22 years old.
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Doin business
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I loved this truck. This is my '76 Chevy stepside pickup on the
4th of July 1993. My friend Johnny and his girlfriend at the
time Julie are just hangin out.
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This is the same day. This is me at sunset out at Wasque point.
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October is usually a great month for striped bass fishing on Martha's
Vineyard. My buddy Johnny and I have been fishing Squibnocket
point for a little over 20 years. Here we are in the parking lot
gearing up.
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Ask any crunchy old Vineyard fisherman where the toughest spot on the
Island is to fish and he/or she will instantly say Squibby
point. The arrow that you see in this photo is about half way to
our spot.
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Many a turned ankle on this trek.
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This day was beautiful but at high tide on a windy rainy day the waves
break right up to where Johnny is walking in this picture. That
makes for a much tougher trek out to the point.
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Almost there.
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Almost there.
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Here is the edge of the earth. The water at Squibby point looks
like a washing machine. We actually have a couple of spots we
fish out here and we do call this one the washing machine. The
water just boils with clashing currents from the 2 sides of the Island
colliding. You can't really see it but Johnny is on with a fish
in this picture. Landing fish between the rocks while trying to
stand on a wet slippery rock as waves crash into your legs takes a
great deal of skill. Either that or we are nuts!!
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After 9 hours of fishing and catching a few fish that were not quite
the legal size to keep we make the long journey home.
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20 years ago we used to run all the way out to the point. Now we
walk and chat. In 20 years from now I hope to be crawling out
there with my buddy. Fish or no fish.
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This is the Edgartown great pond opening. We caught a bunch of
fish out here. Mostly blues but some stripers.
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This is our campsite for the 2006 World series of Racing at Thompson
speedway.
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Supermodifieds. These guys really fly. 180 mph.
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Here I am climbing into a Pro-stock at Thompson speedway October of
2006.
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THE FIRST 24 PICS ARE SOME PHOTOS OF MY VACATION
THIS YEAR AT THE DAYTONA 500 Feb 2006
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TONY STEWART IS THE MAN
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THE SUNSET ON OUR WAY TO VOLUSIA COUNTY SPEEDWAY PARK ABOUT 30 MILES
AWAY FROM DAYTONA.
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I WAS A BIT EARLY FOR THE BUSCH RACE ON SATURDAY.
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MY FATHER AND I TAKING A PHOTO FOR THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD TIMES.
THEY PUBLISH READERS PICS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE ARE
STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DALE EARNHARDT MEMORIAL STATUE IN FRONT OF
THE SPEEDWAY.
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THIS IS THE CONDO WE STAYED IN FOR THE WEEK. IT IS IN A
GOLF/AIRCRAFT COMMUNITY ABOUT 15 MINUTES FROM THE TRACK.
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THE CONDO
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ON THE THIRD LAP OF THE RACE THE FANS PUT UP 3 FINGERS IN MEMORY OF
EARNHARDT'S DEATH 5 YEARS AGO AT THIS RACE. I WAS THERE THAT DAY
AND IT WAS QUITE SAD.
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THIS IS THE HAULER FOR ONE OF THE DIRT CAR TEAMS AT VOLUSIA
COUNTY. THESE GUYS SPEND A FORTUNE TO GO RACIN.
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HERE I AM SIGNING THE START FINISH LINE
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TIMES PHOTO AGAIN. CHECK OUT HOW STEEP THE BANKING IS BEHIND US
AND REMEMBER THAT THIS IS IN THE TRI-OVAL SECTION OF THE TRACK.
1 HOUR AFTER THIS PIC WAS TAKEN 43 CARS PASSED THIS SPOT AT 197 MILES
PER HOUR INCHES APART.
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MY DAD IN JEFF GORDON'S PIT STALL
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JEFF GORDON'S TIRES FOR THE RACE
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I AM A CARL EDWARDS FAN. HE IS A CLASS ACT.
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ELLIOT SADLER'S PIT BOX. THIS IS THE COMMAND CENTER FOR THE RACE
FOR HIS TEAM.
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DIRT LATE MODELS ARE KOOL
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THE START OF THE 2006 DAYTONA 500!!!!
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DIRT CAR
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DIRT LATE MODEL SPINNING OUT. tHESE GUYS FLY THROUGH THE TURNS
AT 100 MPH IN A CONTROLED SLIDE.
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DIRT MODIFIED
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3rd lap
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DALE EARNHARDT'S DAYTONA 500 WINNING CAR.
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MY DAD WITH A DISPLAY TOP FUEL DRAGSTER. THESE CARS HAVE APPROX
8000 HORSEPOWER AND LAUNCH FROM 0 TO 100 MILES PER HOUR IN LESS THAN 1
SECOND AND 330 MPH IN A QUARTER MILE. THE 4 G'S THEY TAKE CAN
YANK YOUR FILLINGS OUT OF YOUR TEETH.
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SPEAKING OF HORSEPOWER
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SO MUCH FOR THE VACATION PICS. HERE ARE A
NUMBER OF OTHER VARIOUS PHOTOS
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11/26/05- I got a chance to drive a NASCAR Pro-stock at the
Waterford Speedbowl in Connecticut. What fun!!
I had driven before at our home track at Thompson Speedway in a
driving school.
This track is a little shorter and with less banking in the turns
than Thompson.
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Getting strapped in snug. |
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Our new car in the heat of battle at Thompson Speedway in
Connecticut. Our driver is going about 100 mph through the
turns in this photo and then about 140 mph down the
straightaway.
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On a hot Summer day the coolest place at the track is in the trailer.
We leave our new tires in there out of the sun so that we can get
accurate and predictable sizes and pressures. The tires are
filled with Nitrogen. |
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE DRAG CARS
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MY FATHER AND MY FRIEND EDDIE |
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THIS IS THE BIGGEST FISH I EVER CAUGHT. A 43 LB STRIPED
BASS ON SAKONNET POINT AT 3 IN THE MORNING. I AM 28 YEARS OLD
IN THIS PHOTO.
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MADE SOME FRIENDS AT THE TRACK |
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THIS IS IN MY STUDIO WHEN I TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL CERAMICS.
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MENEMSHA ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. |
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I USED TO DO POTTERY DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COPLEY MALL.
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HERE I AM DOING POTTERY DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE FIRST ANNUAL BOSTON
COLLEGE ARTS FAIR. |
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!!
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THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. VANESSA SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT
NEW ENGLAND DRAGWAY. SHE IS AN OPERA SINGER AND TEACHER. |
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My new Cadillac Escalade to take clients out in style. It has GPS so your
Realtor will never get lost and waste your time by driving around in
circles for hours looking for the next appointment.
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Below you will find a number of pics from my trip to the 2005
Daytona 500. This is me with my dad and a friend of mine Eddie
Clermont. We are standing in the winners circle with the
actual trophy given to the driver after the race and a couple of
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This is a pic from the new fan zone in the infield of the
track. Each garage stall for all the drivers has a window so
that fans can watch the pit crews work on the cars between practice
runs. This photo was taken when Dale Earnhardt Jr. came in
after practice. There were about 800 people trying to get a
glimpse of Junior through a 6X6 foot window. You would have
thought Elvis himself was in there.
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This is a pic of me standing on the banking at the start finish
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This is me standing in Michael Waltrip's pit stall about 1 hour
before the race starts.
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This is Dale Earnhardt Jr. during driver introductions. |
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Me in the infield.
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Jeff Gordon being introduced. |
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This is the banking in the turns. It does not look like it
here but it is about 3 stories high and almost impossible to climb
it is so steep.
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This is me with Ned Jarrett. He is a famous NASCAR old
timer. A real legend in the sport.
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Here I am listening to the communications between the crew chiefs
and the drivers during practice on Thursday. |
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My Father playing golf in St.
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This is me over the holidays with one of my
sisters puppies.
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Wasque point on Martha's Vineyard is one of my
favorite places in the world. I feel like I am standing on the
edge of the earth when I am out there fishing. |
| Striped Bass on the grill for about two
weeks. I got a daily prize in the Annual Martha's Vineyard
Striped bass and Bluefish Derby. |
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I love racing!! Here I am with my father
(Black
cap), the driver of the car Fibber Mcgee, and a few crewmembers and
our chassis builder Bergie. We race Race a NASCAR PRO-STOCK at Thompson Speedway on
Thursday nights all summer. This was our first win!
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Las Vegas with my buddy Fibber (that is his nickname). We went
to the NASCAR week with the Winston Cup race finale on Sunday.
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The mountains in Las Vegas are truly spectacular
especially when they are the backdrop for a NASCAR event. |
| Almost 200 thousand people showed up at the track
for the race. 180 thousand packed the stands!! Nascar
puts on the equivalent of the Superbowl every weekend!! |

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The start of the race! 180 thousand crazed
NASCAR fans yelling and screaming as 43 $130,000 cars fly by at 180
miles per hour inches apart with no brake lights and at the end of
the straightaway everyone hits the brakes and turns left. I
just got my heart-rate up just by typing this. |
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The Venetian!! This was one of the most
amazing things I saw in Vegas. |
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My Sister with Ripley on the left and Winter
Blue on the right. |

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The Luxor is a full sized pyramid with huge
sculptures like these throughout the hotel/casino. |
| One of the Luxor casinos. |

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Here I am at the front desk. |
| Handsome group if I do say so myself. |

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Here is my friend fibber checking tire
pressures on our old car. |
| Pit road. |

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In the heat of battle. |
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Me with one of my best friends Jim. |

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