eating champion Chestnut

Will there be enough for us after Joey Chestnut gets through?

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:32:05 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Will there be enough for us after Joey Chestnut gets through?

Sports writer Jack flowers and Charlotte Observer sports guy Tom Sorenson

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:32:28 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Sports writer Jack flowers and Charlotte Observer sports guy Tom Sorenson

NASCAR announcer Hill Overton

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:32:39 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
NASCAR announcer Hill Overton

Scott Cooper with Lowes Speedway

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:33:01 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Scott Cooper with Lowes Speedway

Humpy has been demoted?

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:33:45 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Humpy has been demoted?

Humpy feeds the press. He's been doin' that for a long time.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:34:31 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Humpy feeds the press. He's been doin' that for a long time.

Chestnut looks like he could eat a horse....and he could!

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:35:14 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Chestnut looks like he could eat a horse....and he could!

Humpy says with tips this is almost as good as his other job.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:35:58 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Humpy says with tips this is almost as good as his other job.

Doug Rice doesn't think he could eat 10 hot dogs. But the Humpy Corn was good.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:36:40 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Doug Rice doesn't think he could eat 10 hot dogs. But the Humpy Corn was good.

PR guy Steve Post and the press

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:37:25 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
PR guy Steve Post and the press

Humpy Wheeler brings Chestnut 10 hotdogs.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:37:53 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Humpy Wheeler brings Chestnut 10 hotdogs.

The eating begins.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:38:19 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
The eating begins.

Humpy dips the dogs in water...they slide down better.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:38:45 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Humpy dips the dogs in water...they slide down better.

the dogs disapear

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:39:10 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
the dogs disapear

Humpy told Joey Chestnut not to come back in October for the all-you-can-eat race ticket

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:39:51 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Humpy told Joey Chestnut not to come back in October for the all-you-can-eat race ticket

This can't be fun.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:40:21 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
This can't be fun.

Humpy says, "I'm getting tired just handing them to him."

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:40:46 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Humpy says, "I'm getting tired just handing them to him."

Now you know why they call him Joey "Jaws" Chestnut.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:41:11 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Now you know why they call him Joey "Jaws" Chestnut.

All 10 in under a minute.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:41:37 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
All 10 in under a minute.

Race fans can buy a ticket and a wrist band for an all you can eat food stand.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:42:12 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Race fans can buy a ticket and a wrist band for an all you can eat food stand.

All-You-Can-Eat race tickets will run from $50 to $100.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:42:49 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
All-You-Can-Eat race tickets will run from $50 to $100.

All-You-Can-Eat tickets is another first for Lowes Speedway. Though some other sports have tried it before.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:43:23 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
All-You-Can-Eat tickets is another first for Lowes Speedway. Though some other sports have tried it before.

Joey is a college student at San Jose state in California.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:43:56 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Joey is a college student at San Jose state in California.

For the worlds record Joey put away 66 hotdogs in 12 minutes. And couldn't be found for the next half hour.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:44:34 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
For the worlds record Joey put away 66 hotdogs in 12 minutes. And couldn't be found for the next half hour.

Two new public relations interns at Lowes Speedway...Andrea Cleveland and Kyle Pelfrey.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:44:52 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Two new public relations interns at Lowes Speedway...Andrea Cleveland and Kyle Pelfrey.

After eating 10 hotdogs Chestnut has lunch...a hamburger and a coke! This is the first time I've seen Keith Waltz laugh.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:45:23 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
After eating 10 hotdogs Chestnut has lunch...a hamburger and a coke! This is the first time I've seen Keith Waltz laugh.

The big people table...Joey Chestnut, Humpy Wheeler and Tom Sorenson.

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:46:11 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
The big people table...Joey Chestnut, Humpy Wheeler and Tom Sorenson.

Here's were it will all happen on October 13, 2007

nobody@smugmug.com (Larrie Ervin (LarrE)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:47:03 -0700

Larrie Ervin (LarrE)
Here's were it will all happen on October 13, 2007