NASCAR fun!

2.13.10

Alice’s brother Tom and his wife Linda and their friends David and Linda arrived last night around 8. (They were supposed to arrive at 4 like I said, but they had some airport delays… followed by some rental car issues.) We had dinner at the Charthouse right here at the marina- oh em gee, was it good food. Oh, and the restaurant has huge windows that overlook the marina and we could see a bunch of yachts- one of which, Wheels, belongs to Hendricks Motorsports. Pretty cool.

Today, we went over to the track to watch the Race for COPD- one of the Nationwide series races. Holy cannoli, it was so cool. I’ve watched enough NASCAR with dad to know I enjoy it enough… but after today I understand so much more! There’s actual strategy! Haha



It was cold, but not ridiculously so… had it not been for the wind, it would have been pleasant.

I was very excited about #38- Kasey Kahne. He’s cute. Seriously, that’s the only thing I knew about him. Turns out, he’s a pretty serious racecar driver as well… AND our seats were almost directly in front of his pit crew. How fortunate for us!



It seems that the 6 of us were the only ones in the stands not jumping-out-of-our-seats excited about Danica Patrick. We’re so over her. but here she is anyway... the pictures are pretty neat.





Here's one really cool one- 5 pit stops at once... then the traffic jam that ensued.





There was a huge wreck.


Danica's crew tried to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.


Alas, here they are, pushing her off the track, to find a new radiator.


wrecked car on a wrecker #1:


wrecked car on a wrecker #2:


...drum roll, please...
The WINNER! Tony Stewart!




We had delicious hamburgers on the boat for supper- here's a great picture of the Captain grillin them up!


Titusville tomorrow! Fingers crossed for warm weather!!