It was on Saturday, our last day there. It was SO much fun! It was hotter than hot. On the track it was at least 117 degrees! We had passes for the Neon Garage - the area in the infield. It was cool to walk below the track and be in the middle of everything. We were also able to go down to pit road during qualifying. These trucks are running 160-170 mph and we were right there to feel their power.
Our seats were 1 row from the top so we were able to see the entire 1.5 mile track. There were only 3 wrecks, and they were all in front of us...coming out of turn 4.
I realize that a lot of this talk may not make sense, but that is all good. I shall in indoctrinate all my friends to NASCAR language. Heaven knows I had no intention of ever liking NASCAR and now I like it more than Rick.
We met a great NASCAR official. He actually let us go into an area where other people couldn't go so we could take photos. Rick said, "Man you must be hot." His response was, "You have no idea."
Just think of wearing a firesuit in 120ish degree weather and just standing around. We had headsets and a scanner to listen to the different teams' communications and also the NASCAR officials. Before the race started on the official station the guy was saying, make sure you drink lots of water and take care of each other. By then the sun was going down but still, it was nice and hot.
It was great race weather.
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You go girl. I don't think that I will ever understand this. No matter how cool you tell me that it is!
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