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[jerseycop]

Entire family to Daytona.

Still tradition.

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[shelbycobra]

You too, huh?

My family lives here so I have no excuse.

[jerseycop]

My husband is a crew chief.

Also no excuse.

[shelbycobra]

My dad was my spotter for a few years. It was fun. Also awkward.

[Offering a hand.]

I'm Shelby, it's lovely to meet you.

[jerseycop]

I can imagine.

[it's shaken, with a smile.]

Andy. The pleasure's all mine.

[shelbycobra]

So who does your husband work for? I'm still meeting all the NASCAR people, outside of my team and the Ganassi boys I really don't know a lot of them yet.

[Chuckles.]

I just come to hang out and spend time with the family before my season starts.

[jerseycop]

[she very nearly says 'himself', given the way tucker acts around people, but goes on to name the team owner.]

His driver's Jameson Potter. Tall, bald guy around here somewhere.

[along with his girl and daughter.]

You're a driver?

[shelbycobra]

IndyCar. I drive the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet.

[Which means, if Andy knows anything about IndyCar, that she's the reigning champion but Shelby never comes out and says that. It's just pompous and she doesn't expect that anyone knows her.]

But the rest of my family lives here, so it's a win-win. See the race and get to spend a few weeks at home. What about you, are you local?

[jerseycop]

[andy knows the difference between the two and that's about it. she doesn't follow the sport for obvious reasons.]

So, your big race is in May.

[and she knows that.]

No, we're based in Nashville and I'm from New Jersey.

[shelbycobra]

I'm in New York myself. Formerly Indianapolis, but my husband's business is in New York so I drew the short straw.

[There's no small part of her that's still sad about that. Her dream house in Indiana is now little more than a glorified storage closet.]

My teammate was born in Tennessee. Hendersonville. I've never been though.