Nascar Nextel Cup USG Sheetrock 400 , Sunday on NBC - Racetime ~~~ 3pm ET

Nascar.com ^ | 7/6/05 | NascaR and NR

[NormsRevenge]

Join us this weekend at tracks in the heartland of America.

God bless our troops and families and nation.

Keep your spirit up, young warriors, and Godspeed.

[SouthTexas]

$154 sounds a bit too rich for my blood too.

What kind of cameras were you working on in the park?

[AGreatPer]

Cameras in the Park. I switched this year from JVC's to all Kodak hand helds for stationary positions (4 different models) and situation photos. We use a Kodak docking station and take at least 6 photos of each session for focus. It has worked out just fine. Photos are done in less than 2 minutes and avilable for purchase.

That will be $10.55 with tax please.

Shhhhhhhh, We did over $10,000 yesterday.

Our secret for success is personality of the photographers and the printer that we use. I can't discuss that since it is priority.

See GTPCorp.com for info. Hershey makes great candy, but they know nothing about taking photos. We are a vendor that makes money for all.

[SouthTexas]

Thanks. Had me wondering there is you were part of a "surveillance" crew. ;)

[WestCoastGal]

I hope you at least get some candy samples out of them. :~)

[AGreatPer]

Candy samples. We get all the chocolate and candy that we want "for free". As long as you eat it in the Park or at Chocolate World. Don't get caught taking candy out of those areas or your gone.

Since we're on a race brake, I will tell you all that I am a taste tester for the last 15 years. I get about $25 every few weeks just to taste. Nice job and there are over a dozen of us. We keep our jobs by being right on future products. My claim to fame is the Jolly Rancher products. I figured, enough of the chocolate products already, time to hit the warmer climates with hard and soft candy. It has worked.

We get some wierd stuff as a taste tester. Try this and I'm not kidding:
Chocolate covered bacon. Was actually really good. But I didn't see how it could be marketed.
Chocolate covered dried mushrooms. That was easy for me. i hate mushrooms.
Chocolate in your Chili Con Carnie. Go ahead and laugh. It was great. But I figured another marketing problem. I was right.
Chocolate covered macadamian nuts. Heck, that was a no brainer. A real natural. I gave that a 100% go. Not only has that worked, they went out and bought out the Maui Lau macadiam nut company in Hawaii. Another winner.

A few years ago I told the new CEO (Mr. Leni), you have a problem. Little old me, yep. I said, when they leave chocolate world, everything melts by the time they get home. Why not concentrate on hard candy. It would be good for South America too. It worked. Thus, Jolly Rancher products that come in over 80 forms now.

Look, Im just a little flunky simi retired guy with ideas. Wish I could do as well with picking racers.

[WestCoastGal]

Oh what fun!!!!

If I worked there I'm afraid my 130 lbs would turn into 230, Yike!!

Tell the Reeses crew they have my favorite candy. I like the Take 5 candy as well.

I've always wanted to be the person testing ice cream.

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Truck race Rick Crawford hit the inside wall very hard in practice and was sent to hospital for more tests. He will break his consecutive record of starts.

BUT, Boris Said will fill in for him. He was scheduled to be in the booth tonight.

[tubebender]

That was terrible hit that Crawford took. Two years ago he would have been dead...

[WestCoastGal]

Looked like he almost saved it, avoided the outside wall but slid straight into the inside wall with the left backside of the truck.

I hope he will be ok.

[WestCoastGal]

Correction - That was qualifying

[AGreatPer]

One more thing on Hershey chocolate. A few well kept secrets.

Cadburry (UK) are joined at the neck. We make their products in US, they make ours in UK, etc.

There is a guaranteed 6.5% profit margin in everything that leaves the plant. Extremely high for the industry. Sorta like Kellogs, etc. in their business. Except for one product. The Hershey Symphony Bar. The chocolate content of that bar is so high there is only a 1.5% profit. So, if you truly like chocolate, that is what you should be eating. Go ahead, try and find it. It is on limited distribution.

Last subject on candy. Now this is an exclusive for FR. Jolly Rancher has been such a successful product, Hershey is thinking of dedicating a car next year to it on Nextel. I will continue to be a little mouse in rooms and keep listening.

[WestCoastGal]

Tell them Kenny Wallace is looking for a sponsor. :)

I will look for the Symphony bar, but I don't think I've seen it anywhere.

[SouthTexas]

I've seen that candy bar, but can't remember where. When I eat chocolate, it's usually semi sweet dark.

[tubebender]

Could you direct a boxcar load of Crunch Bars to a siding near me. I will gladly pay you Tuesday...

[glock rocks]

Cosmic. I steal all the Symphony bars when my wife buys the bags of little bars. They're wonderful!

[tubebender]

This chocolate talk cracked my defense mechanism. There is over 50 pounds of Guittard chips sitting in the closet not 6 feet from where I sit.

[glock rocks]

Chocolate in latin american food is a natural. Heck, that's where the beans came from

[WestCoastGal]

Are you saving them for a rainy day or lots of chocolate chip cookies?

:-)

[tubebender]

The Corporate Chef bakes 40 to 50 dozen various cookies per week for the customers at a local business...

[WestCoastGal]

Steve Park makes a pass for third!!

Ok then the big one!!

Hamilton
Gaughan
Boris oh no.. looked like a left front tire
Montgomery

[SouthTexas]

I have to go eat. I have candy on my desk, when I can keep the grandkids out of it, and it's just not making it. ;)