Our day started at 9:30, when we arrived at work. We had some breakfast and headed over to the speedway around 11:30. We had all access passes as well as tickets to the race. My company had a tent in the corporate area, so we had some lunch and then headed over to the fan zone. This was the coolest part of the day. We got to actually walk around on the track and infield. We got to see a really close-up view of all of the pit areas. We also got to see some of the inspections. Then we headed to our seats, which were on the pit side.
The race was also a lot cooler than I had expected. I thought the race would be pretty slow for us, but it really flew by. Here are some of my observations from the day:
- 50 degrees is really cold in the shade and wind
- Anything and everything can happen during the race. Some of the top racers ended up being taken out early.
- Hot chocolate is your friend in the windy shade.
- The banks are really steep on the track.
- Kelly Clarkson was not my first (or twentieth) choice for musical entertainment pre-race
- Traffic sucks after the race (it took us 1.5 hours to get home - we live 5 minutes from the speedway)
- There are a lot of people drinking at 9:30 in the morning before the race.
- There are a lot of drunk people on the roads after the race.
- The cars aren't as loud as I thought they'd be.
- Apparently, Jim Beam and Diet Mountain Dew makes a good drink (at least that's what the people sitting next to us thought)
- Some people think that mullets are not out of style
- A lot of guys that go to races look like Dale Earnheart
All in all, I think we were very fortunate to have the opportunity to go to the race. If we have the chance next year, we'll probably go again. It was fun, but neither of us can say that we're NASCAR fans...yet.
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