Brett works for Airgas. They sell any kind of gasses, welding supplies and safety supplies that you can ever dream of. He is an amazing salesman. Always has been. He is a charmer and can pretty much talk anybody into anything. He has really been rocking it at work lately and it has not gone unnoticed. Several little things have been happening lately that his bosses have noticed and I think it is probably paving the way for bigger and better things. Certain vendors will step in and start contests for Airgas employees to encourage them to sell their stuff. Besides his paycheck, he gets little bonuses every now and then for selling certain things. A few months ago, Lincoln Electric announced a contest for Airgas employees called "Drive to Indy." (I might get the details wrong here, sorry Brett!) The top 10 sellers (I think) of a particular product would win a trip to the Indy 500. Of all of the millions of Airgas employees... BRETT WON!!!
This is what he got: A trip for two to the 2009 Indianapolis 500 which includes:
*Round trip airfare
*Ground transportation while in the Indianapolis area
*All meals (including a winners banquet the night before the race)
*Hotel
*Police escort on race day to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
*Pit/Garage tours
*Race tickets with full access to the Lincoln Electric suite located just above pit lane on the front straightaway
*A driver "meet and greet" appearance at the suite on race morning
HOW COOL IS THAT! And, yes. He is taking me! We don't know much about Indy racing, but we don't care. We are gonna learn it and LOVE IT!! We know one very important thing though. It is NOT NASCAR. And I do know a couple of racers.. one of them is Helio Castroneves.
He won Dancing with the Stars in 2007! The other one I know is cute little Danica Patrick. 
She is gorgeous and has been on lots of commercials and in many magazines. Both of them are scheduled to race. We are super excited. We are sad that we can't take Quayd, but Brett and I have not gone anywhere alone for over 4 years! It's our turn. Quayd will be fine.. I hope!Really, we don't win stuff, so this is a pretty big deal to us. We leave on Saturday, May 23rd and come home Monday the 25th. Short and sweet. (Obviously, these are not my pictures. I got them from photobucket.com. Mine will be much better and instead of Julianne Hough standing with Helio, it will be me! And I am sure Brett hopes that instead of Secret deodorant in Danica's underarms, it will be him!!!)
Way to go BRETT!!!! Isn't he awesome? Love that guy! :D
11 comments:
Way to go Brett... you freaking rock. Wish I could find a spot in your luggage and hitch a ride.... well then that would mean you would have to come to Ky then pack me in your suitcase and then go to Indiana... that wont work... or would it??? JK
Have fun.... how cool that you get a police escort to the race... awesome.. cheer loud for me.
Congrats!! That will be SO super fun for you guys!!
so darn cool!
WOW! Sounds like a wonderful trip. But in the meantime come on down. If I dont fix tacos we will go down to the cafe.
Way to go Brett! All your hard work payed off. That is awesome. Have fun!
You are going to have an incredible experience.
When those 33 cars come down the front stretch at 230mph to take the green flag, I guarantee that the hair on the back of your neck is going to stand up.
Have a wonderful time.
Oh my heck I am SO excited for you. Way to go Brett and Hooray for you two. You deserve a break and a vaca...how cool is that!!!!
What wonderful and exciting happenings. Way to go. Have a great time.
Way to go Bretty! That boy has got the gift to work people, I think it's hereditary. Have fun, even if it isn't NASCAR...Tony converted me to racing big time!
That's sounds like a lot of fun. Good work Brett!
Oh my little guy would be so jealous. Have fun. Races are fun.
Love your blog.
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