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Thursday was the kickoff for Tyler's busy weekend! He had about 70 people in town for a promotion event and the Welcome Reception was Thursday night at the Marriott downtown. Most of the promotions Tyler does for work are out of town, so it was a treat to have one in Charlotte. I was able to spend time with him at the reception while taking some pictures and got to see him between and during events for the rest of the weekend.

Friday's activities would include ride along and driving experiences at the new drag strip in Concord with NHRA driver Ron Capps. Ron joined us at the Welcome Reception Thursday night to sign autographs and take pictures while getting to know the guests. He talked about his sport and was a pleasure to meet. He signed hats and shirts and photos and spent over an hour meeting everyone and taking picture after picture. We told him about our project and asked him if he would mind being in our picture of the day. He smiled as we set up the camera on top of an upside down bar glass placed strategically on top of a can of pineapple juice. We explained that we had to actually push the shutter ourselves and use the camera timer in order for the picture to count. After all that I decided to use a picture of him autographing a hat for our daily shot, but I included the picture of the three of us below because he was such a nice guy and a great sport!!