I'm happy to say that the Nascar races have once again crossed my path. Meaning I got a chance to visit with my friends Allison and Ryan. This picture above is right before we drove through the tunnel into the infield.
Lauren and I drove over Friday evening to spend the day at the track on Saturday. We got to stay in Danica Patrick's parent's hotel room that they ended up not using. Nice view of the beach even though it was COLD.
The stands full of race fans.
We started the afternoon off by attending the driver's meeting. This meeting has required attendance by all driver's and their crew chief. They introduce all the important people and go over the rules for the race. In the picture above you can see Jim Belushi and Bruce Jenner.
Pushing the cars out of the garage.
Me standing in front of the haulers. Did I mention it was very cold?
Lauren posing with some tires. It was her first time at the race track.
Hanging out in the garage with Ryan before the race. We were really just trying to stay out of the wind.
My friend, Allison, currently works for Jr. Motor Sports. The Daytona Race was the first race Danica Patrick was racing for Nascar. She was on Danica duty. It was crazy. Before the race we spent half our time in the #16 hauler (Ryan's team) and the other half in the #7 hauler. People were waiting to get autographs outside the hauler even though Danica wasn't inside. They were always disappointed to see us and tried to get us to have things signed for them. Oh...those crazy race fans.
Danica getting interviewed by ESPN before the race. She is a super tiny lady.
Casey Cain
Carl Edwards
Dale Jr. with his mountain man beard.
Danica's car on the track for the National Anthem. We were standing with the media photographers.
Danica on the track.
Ryan's car #16
Ryan and his teammates waiting for their car to drive by.
Tires in the pit waiting to have their turn around the track.
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Ryan on the right getting ready for a pit stop. He is the car cheif and changes rear tires.
Another celebrity siting...the Captain of the Time Bandit from The Deadliest Catch.
On the phone finding out I got into UT grad school!
Here we are on pit road. The sun finally came out. We had a great time and really enjoyed showing Lauren around Nascar for the day.
Ryan on the right getting ready for a pit stop. He is the car cheif and changes rear tires.
Another celebrity siting...the Captain of the Time Bandit from The Deadliest Catch.
On the phone finding out I got into UT grad school!
Here we are on pit road. The sun finally came out. We had a great time and really enjoyed showing Lauren around Nascar for the day.
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