It’s not rare when traveling with a touring series, be it regional or national, to make friends — the occasional enemy — and a slew of life-long acquaintances. The same can be said for those who race each and every Saturday night at the local dirt track.

I personally don’t have a lot of friends like my wife does. She has folks who can come over, grill out or have a beer or two every so often. And then there are those friends you may slip away to dinner with or even catch a movie if MORE