I want my first time to be special...

The yellow flag standing is racings 7th inning stretch. Sitting for four hours can be detrimental to your health.

Ear protection

I have been to a bunch of them at MIS, Charoltte and Indy.

It is like going to a ugly t-shirt convention.

I did have a lot of fun, otherwise I wouldn't have spent so much time and money going, but if I had tickets to MIS now, I would spike my own beer with roofies. There is alyways a caution on lap 6 that makes the race a bore.

so just to follow up, the race was pretty fun...except it wasnt the race that was the fun part. As was mentioned, the people watching was top notch - bad tattoos, way-too-small clothing, people with more cigarettes in their pockets than teeth in their head was the norm. But there were also plenty of regular folks out for a good time too. On the plus side, I had a fully fluffed and teased mullet swung into my face when William Robert turned around too fast...I didnt know boys used aqua net for anything other than potato cannons (could tell by the taste )...who knew?!? That was the first time in years I peed in a trough too! ahhhh memories...

Anyway, the pre-race bit on the infield was pretty cool - a sky-diver brought down the green flag with him, and some jets flew over at the end of the national anthem - pretty awesome. Watched my first "gentlemen, start your engines!!!" i had ever seen, so that was cool as well. It was fun watching the cars all pull out of the pit. But the best part by far was when the cars really opened up at the drop of the first green, and the crowd lost their friggin minds! When 30-something fire breathing monsters go WOT in a space smaller than your average exit ramp, you cant help but giggle like a schoolgirl and fight the urge to pee a little in awe of the pure guttural awesomeness and raw power of the automotive wizardry involved. That was an experience I will always remember.

I didnt have too much connection with any of the drivers. I kinda started rooting for the guy who fell off the lead lap by only lap 3, and he kept having to move over to let the field pass. I suppose rooting for the underdog is just my thing. Aside from the yellow to greens, the only mid-race highlight was on 1 start where I went down to the fence to "feel" the cars roar by en-mass, and coming out of caution, about 11 inches past the start line, a car spun through the infield, basically right in front of me. I swear I saw his eyes go big as saucers and see a bunch of the other drivers slam their steering wheels in frustration as the yellow came back out.

Then the rain started to threaten, and the hour grew late. Being that I had to work in the morning, and didnt want to be stuck in Nowheresville, Kentucky in the rain with 30,000 drunk race fans all hopped up on high octane adrenaline, the wife and I left at lap 140 of 200. My ears were still ringing and we could still hear the race as we drove away with lightning highlighting the looming clouds in the black night sky. All in all it was awesome, and I will probably go again (the next time I get free tickets). But all truth be told, I would still prefer to see the drivers have to steer both ways .

4cylndrfury said: But all truth be told, I would still prefer to see the drivers have to steer both ways .

This is exactly why the Nationwide guys at Road America is going to be so mind blowingly epic!

maroon92 wrote:

4cylndrfury said: But all truth be told, I would still prefer to see the drivers have to steer both ways .

This is exactly why the Nationwide guys at Road America is going to be so mind blowingly epic!

details please...

DukeOfUndersteer wrote: I remember this Lambo tech telling me this story of some drunk jumping in the pacecar during a race in the 80's at Talledega and took it round the track... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICi3kIzSIZg&feature=player_embedded

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