Boogity, Boogity, Boogity ....

(copied from MD)
posted 7/2/2006 12:23:36 PM
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LET'S GO RACING BOYS!!!!!! My Saturday started out at 4am, showered, dressed, out the door by 4:30. Arrived at my best friend’s house. Her husband and I loaded up the truck and were on the road by 5am... heading to Daytona. Arrived at Daytona at 7:30am - we made excellent time. Pulled into the Cracker Barrel right in front of the speedway and had breakfast. Met up with some friends of Greg's and spent a while hanging out at their motor home. Then we headed to the FAN ZONE to purchase shirts and hats and just experience the racing frenzy of fans everywhere. The crowd was highly populated with red and white shirts with Dale Jr's familiar face on them (me included) and a large number of orange Home Depot shirts of Tony Stewart (who won the race- not my choice but as long as it wasn't Jimmy Johnson or Jeff Gordon, I was HAPPY! LOL) As we walked around buying shirts and hats and just enjoying the extremely humid, sunny, hot, hot day in Florida, I wondered what we looked like from up in the sky. Hundreds, even thousands of people milling around experiencing nascar Racing in person. We probably looked like ants as all the plans flew overhead to land at the airport. The afternoon was spent hanging out at the motor home, drinking beer and telling stories. The day would be a long day but everyone's spirits were high. Dale Jr. winning the Busch Race Friday night... might have had something to do with that! The nice thing about being in Daytona, we were going to be able to see the space shuttle launch... unfortunately as you all know that was canceled. But we were able to see Vice President Dick Cheney fly in for the race, which was an experience too. He even gave a speech.. No offense Mr. Vice President, but I really only drove all that way to see the race not you! Around 6:30 p.m. we headed to the track. Lining up behind hundreds of other people to ride the tram from turn 1 to turn 2. Oh we could have walked it... but we figured the massive amount of walking prior to this was enough for the moment! Lol And we were Thanking God we rode over when we found out we had to walk up a huge amount of stairs to get to our seats. What an amazing view, what an amazing experience. Way better then my couch! Lol The noise level is unbelievable but seeing those cars flying past at almost 200 miles an hour is something you just can't get from home. Of course as with most things a little rain must fall... nope we didn't get physical rain but the obnoxious drunks around us were about ready to be catapulted onto the track... kind of like the beer cans and coolers a few idiots threw on to the track... why would you do something that stupid? Obnoxious drunk number one didn't have too much to say after Gordon's little incident knocked him out of potentially winning. One down one more to get rid of.... Obnoxious drunk number two took great pride in telling everyone that he had over $200 bet on Vickers to win... oh was he happy when he saw him running first. But as soon as that little streak was over he was all upset and swearing and yelling and became belligerent and the little misses had to take him home. Bye Bye! OK, question... you spent all that money to get the tickets, travel to get to the race, money for food, drinks (just to give you an idea, a small bag of peanuts - $2 Bud Light in a can - $5, Cup of Pepsi - $4). Granted you are allowed your own coolers so that helps with the cost. BUT WHY would you ruin the day by DRINKING ALL DAY LONG so when the race starts you can't even think or see straight? Yeah you might think you are having a great time but the people around you who have to put up with your sorry butt aren't! I guess maybe if you've been to a race before it's not a big deal? Me on the other hand, wanted to experience every possible moment of it and be able to remember it without the help of alcohol beverages. Anyway.. Through all of this, the day starting at 4am and didn't end until 6am this morning when I crawled into my bed for 4 glorious hours of sleep it was an experience that I will NEVER forget and one I'd like to repeat over and over again. Lol Hope you are all enjoying your 4th of July weekend!