KJQF - Concord Regional 8/9/15

[moose135]

I took a ride over to Concord Airport Sunday evening to catch the NASCAR team traffic returning from the race in Watkins Glen.

Team owner Rick Hendrick's Challenger 300

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Driver Jamie McMurray's Citation X

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Owner Jack Roush's Beechcraft Premier. This is a replacement for the Premier he crashed at Oshkosh several years ago.

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Driver Denny Hamlin's Challenger 600

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Looks like Joe Gibbs spotted my big white lens...

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Southwest charter - multiple teams will send crew members on this or one of the Miami Air charters that operate most race weekends.

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Stewart-Haas Racing CRJ-200. This is an old Mesa / US Airways Express aircraft.

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Richard Childress Racing E-135

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Hendrick Motorsports has traded in their two Saab 2000s for a pair of E-145s

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Joe Gibbs Racing still uses three Saabs.

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And speaking of Miami Air...

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[Zee71]

Awesome catches and some wicked schemes.

[rmssch89]

Nice shots! Kind of a shame to hear that Hendrick got rid of the Saabs though.