After meeting up in Kershaw, South Carolina, with Mr. Arnold (who drove straight from Chicago, in a trip starting at 1:00 AM) and Herr Loverman, we're at the race track and pre-sweating the participants in preparation for our role as race judges. We're skeptical about some of these cheating bastids- well, tell ya true, we're skeptical about all of them- so miscreants and ne'er-do-wells beware! Here's a gallery of some of the early arrivals; make the jump to see the full gallery.

Send an email to Murilee Martin, the author of this post, at .