Hey Everyone:
I told you I would share pictures and what took place at the Nascar Race in Bristol, TN!!!! First off I need to Thank, Tool Depot's Irwin rep, Sean, he rocks!!! He gave us 2 tickets, 1 hotel room for 3 nights and Pit Passes (sad I did not get to see Dale Jr up close and personal but I did get some great pictures).
We took off Friday, March 19, 2010 from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had a two hour lay over in Chicago, Il and landed in Knoxville, TN. Once we got to Knoxville, TN - we had a 2 hour drive to Bristol, TN. We only got lost once but it was my fault (at least 1/2 of it) the road was not clearly marked to get to Bristol (I also did not know that Bristol is actually in Tennesse and in Virginia - just a cool fact if you did not know that).
Once we got to Bristol, we checked into the hotel, got settled and headed over to Outback, yes we have one of these in Sioux City, Iowa but this town only had national chains so we made the best of what it had to offer. After having a wonderful drink and eating a thick juicy steak, we headed back to the hotel and wandered into the bar to see what was going on. They were playing 80's music that made you want to dance (or in my case chair dancing!!!) We (my mom and I) were the minority in the bar (surprise surprise - Nascar fans are normally Male) and we sat at a table and had another drink to relax after a long day of traveling and talk with others that were around us. One couple was from Virginia and has season tickets (they said that Dover was their favorite and she also was a HUGE Dale Jr Fan). We also met Darren and Greg from Southeastern Missouri - they wanted to go swimming, more about these two as they were always in some kind of trouble but made the trip something not to be forgotten. There was also this guy that would not leave me alone but was supposely a great cook and had 3 sisters, his name was (this is what he told us) John Christopher.
Saturday, March 20, 2010, we get up around 9:00 am (after the alarm went off at 6:30 am - sounded like a fire alarm during elementry school) got ready and headed down for a quick bite and then off to the race!!!!! I was so excited I think I drove my mother nuts with the chatter!!!
We drove straight to the track and started looking for a place to park and ended up parking in a field for $20.00 a day (not bad since on the other side it was $30.00 and had bigger hills to walk up). Bristol Race Track is set on top of a huge hill is the only way to explain it - see the picture below(I will add later). We walked all around and looked at all of the trailers full of t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, coolers, cars and stuff!!! I purchased a couple of shirts and we hopped on a tractor/taxi service and received a ride to the top of the track and around. At the back of the track we decided to get off the free taxi service and walked over to the Irwin Booth, saw the Speed Channel's booth and the Amp car. While we were standing there they (amp people) let this guy and gal get into the car and do a burn out!!! That was pretty freaking cool - they went around 3 times and when the guy got out he was jumping up and down, grabbing the guy on the stage and was yelling and screaming like a crazy person. It was pretty freaking awesome!!! Well I am going to be getting to the cool stuff so I am going to quit and write again tomorrow about Saturday's practice for the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide Race and the All-Star Race. Talk to you all tomorrow. Toolgal
