Tuesday, November 17, 2009

CA trip--NASCAR (pt. 3)

The last leg of our quickie CA trip was to the Nascar race on Sunday. Joshua's company sponsors a car and has a dedicated motorcoach that travels the circuit to all the races and we were invited to be VIP guests and watch the race. Early in the day we got to tour the pits, stand inches from the cars and take pics as they were lined up ready to race and then we hung out at the coach where we were waited on hand and foot by a staff dedicated to just us. It was pretty awesome. They fed us amazing catered food, served drinks and yummy snacks (including these to-die-for cupcakes that aparently were featured on Oprah). The race was pretty cool too. One thing I have to say about it...it was LOUD...louder than either of us expected! And it was tricky to see the whole track from where the coach was parked...so funny as it may seem, we watched a good portion of the race on one of the three huge flatscreens the coach was equipped with. Every so often we'd pop up to the roof of the coach and watch the cars go 'round for a bit. And we even lucked out and got to see a pretty decent crash (isn't that really why anyone watches Nascar?! lol). I now have a totally new appreciation for the movie Cars...it is soooo like you see on the movie and it was quite exciting to experience that close up!
On our way to the pit tour...had to snap a pic of the 24 big truck for Trev...his fav!
The cars getting inspected before the race...they all have to fit into that mold to be approved.
The rear view of the cars' big trucks lined up outside the pits.
Me posing next to the M&M big truck (for my dad)...and no, I didn't cross my arms on purpose lol.
The Crown Royal truck for Joshua
Pit row...notice the flags hanging over each "spot"...so the drivers know exactly where to pull in for tire changes etc.
The cars getting lined up in starting order.
Home Depot car on it's way to it's position...another of our family's favorites.
Joshua and I posing in front of 24 for Trev.
The crowds of people filling the stands before the race.
Part of opening ceremonies...a parachuter with a flag trailing beneath him...I'd never seen anything like that before!
The view from the top of our motorcoach, over the sea of other crazy Nascar circuit groupies' coaches.
The coach we hung out at all day...you can see the rooftop viewing area (inside there was the coolest staircase you went up to access the roof).
The crash...ahh Nascar lol!

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