Well I did it...I attended my first Nascar Event at the Phoenix International Raceway...and to be honest I did not know what to expect. This racetrack is literally in the middle of nowhere. Thousands of trailers lined up to see one of Nascar's last events for the season. It was quite an experience, folks with no teeth, folks who haven't showered it smelled like in years and folks there just like you and I...normal. We sat behind and to the right of the guys that wave the flags...second row in the bleachers (I felt as if I were at my HS football game with the stands) I am greatful that I brought earplugs because IT WAS LOUD!! And for 4 hours I got to see cars racing past me at speeds of about 180 mph for 312 laps.
My driver who I was rooting for #99 Carl Edwards came out after about 100 laps because his car broke and I was ready to leave then (mind you, the only reason I was rooting for this driver was that he was half naked on the cover of ESPN Magazine one month...go ahead...google it..you too will be rooting for him!!)
In the end, I was expecting a HUGE finale...but when Jimmie Johnson won and then smoked his tires...It was over.
So my day began when we left at 9:30 am and returned 7:00 pm...Hey, I have been to a nascar event now, our country's most watched "sporting event", I still don't understand the hoopla, and I will probably never go back to an event...well that is of course if Carl and I don't get married! (you have to see that picture!)