We didn't get there until noon, can you tell we're not die hard fans? The real fans were there by at least 8:00! We didn't get a parking pass included with our tickets but Paul managed to act like it was a mistake and they let us in to park in the special skybox parking. Since it was an Aflac skybox we were sitting in we had to get a picture of us by the Alfac truck.
Let me clarify something, Paul was only given 4 tickets and with 6 people in our family obviously 2 weren't going. We ended up taking Zach since he's always had a thing for cars and Lauren since her boyfriend was going to be there with his dad. It turned out that Lauren was invited to sit with them in the stands since they had an extra ticket. Now we had an extra skybox ticket so Kelly came with us.Like I said we're not Nascar fans but every once in a while we would be flipping through channels while watching tv and come across a race. Zach gets so excited to see his cars and likes saying the numbers he sees but I think his favorite car is the M&M's car since it's so colorful. He was excited to see his M&M guys on the truck.
We didn't walk around outside too much once we handed Lauren off because it was lunch time in our suite. So we headed up to the Aflac suite and checked in. We found 4 seats together in the front row by the window and saw that the cars for today's race were practicing. Just had to get a picture of the Aflac car as it came into the pit.
While eating lunch we watched the cars practice and Zach was excited to see them at first. After that I think he was more excited that there was soda there!
Here we are one way...
...and the other. I switched seats with Paul so he could see the turn better.
Here's the beloved M&M's car. Watching that did capture Zach's attention the most as he tried to find where it was on the track.
We were given scanners so we could listen to the drivers. Zach didn't wear his much, he was more interested in just pushing the buttons. For some reason he kept wanting to listen to car 98 and would get mad if I changed it on him.
Kelly and I got much more into the scanners though.
No really, those things were cool...once we figured them out. They can be put on a scan mode where it cycles through the different drivers or you can put in the number of the car you want to listen to. Especially helpful if something happens on the track, you can quickly switch to that car and find out what they're saying. Kelly and I listened to car #22 after he spun out in front of us and caused a yellow flag. He was in second before he spun out and it was really neat listening to them trying to get him back up in the standings.
...and the other. I switched seats with Paul so he could see the turn better.
Here's the beloved M&M's car. Watching that did capture Zach's attention the most as he tried to find where it was on the track.
Practice is done, time for our race to start which was the Heluva Good 200. Too bad the M&M's car and Aflac car weren't racing in this one. The cars that were racing lined up on pit road for the announcing of the drivers.
We were given scanners so we could listen to the drivers. Zach didn't wear his much, he was more interested in just pushing the buttons. For some reason he kept wanting to listen to car 98 and would get mad if I changed it on him.
Kelly and I got much more into the scanners though.
No really, those things were cool...once we figured them out. They can be put on a scan mode where it cycles through the different drivers or you can put in the number of the car you want to listen to. Especially helpful if something happens on the track, you can quickly switch to that car and find out what they're saying. Kelly and I listened to car #22 after he spun out in front of us and caused a yellow flag. He was in second before he spun out and it was really neat listening to them trying to get him back up in the standings.
It was a pretty uneventful race until right at the end when they had just gotten a green flag and an accident happened in the first turn.
After an 11 minute delay they finally got to finish the race with Kyle Busch, #18, winning. He dominated the whole race.
Now it was time to find Lauren and buy a couple of souvenirs. Paul had told Zach that if he was good he would buy him a car to take home. He ended up getting 3 cars, #18, #99 and #2. I didn't think he was that good!
After an 11 minute delay they finally got to finish the race with Kyle Busch, #18, winning. He dominated the whole race.
Now it was time to find Lauren and buy a couple of souvenirs. Paul had told Zach that if he was good he would buy him a car to take home. He ended up getting 3 cars, #18, #99 and #2. I didn't think he was that good!
I got a picture of Paul and Zach in front of "Miles the Monster" at Monster Monument.
Our day at the races ended and it was actually more fun than I had anticipated. That scanner made the race, I think it would have been boring just listening to the announcers on tv. I'm actually hoping we get offered tickets next year too.
Our day at the races ended and it was actually more fun than I had anticipated. That scanner made the race, I think it would have been boring just listening to the announcers on tv. I'm actually hoping we get offered tickets next year too.
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