We had the fantastic opportunity to go to L.A. and visit the Crystal Cathedral with a NASCAR Camping World West race team! Needless to say, we Jeske's were in 7th heaven for that! Our friend, Keith Van Houten, who works for Golden Gate Racing, was able to get us invited to help out at this event.
One job of ours was to recon the church and the area where the hauler and car were to be setup for Keith, who was driving the hauler. The security staff was very friendly and helpful with information and suggestions.
(Mike, head of security at CC)
There were some tight areas for the hauler to snake through, both coming and going, but it made it!
Chris, Keith and Terry unloaded the car and pushed it into the grassy area before the services. No easy feat. Especially when I'm telling them where to put it; "There. No to the left some more. Make it diagonal with the building..."
Golden Gate Racing owns the #21 car sponsored by GodSpeaks.com and their driver is Blake Koch (pronounced Cook). This was a promo event at the church and Blake was interviewed by Rev. Schuller in both morning services. This service will be televised on Hour of Power's Independence Day broadcast.
We all attended the morning service and it was really great. The choir and organ music where fantastic!
After the service we all trekked over to the hauler where Blake signed autographs and took photos with members of the congregation. While the day started off overcast, the sun came out shining and everybody was in great spirits.
Terry served as Answer Man...it's a good thing we both are NASCAR nuts and stay up-t0-date with the latest info!
Me? Well, besides selling a few t-shirts, I made myself unofficial photographer of the Behind-The-Scenes Crew. It takes a lot of work to get things ready for any event and I wanted to make sure that these guys knew they were appreciated, especially Keith and Chris the official crew members of the #21 team.
(Keith and Chris)
From the early morning's light...
...till the end of the day, these guys give it their all!
Thank you Golden Gate Racing and Blake Koch for the great time and memories!
(Keith, Blake, Terry, Zach)
UNTIL NEXT TIME....
