On another sad note, this was the first year that my unofficial tour guide, Eric Medlen, was not there to make sure I didn’t take any photos of any secret widgets or those top secret
parts that the Force Racing elves would be making. Any time I would take a photo that Eric did not want me to get he would say, “You did not take a picture of that!” and I would always say, “Hey, I am like Sgt. Schultz from Hogan's Heroes,” and he and I would laugh! In the lobby there is now an area in tribute to Eric, which has all kinds of his things and his race car.
So this year I was let alone in building and, of course, I walked by the machine shop. Hmm, no one was working this year…quiet as mouse, not one machine was making any noise. Well, I will go check the supercharger room. Damn, locked down tighter than a drum. Not even a light was on. How am I supposed get those spy photos? Eric, did you have something to do with this?
