A couple of weekends ago Josh and I got to go to a Nascar race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway (it was actually a Nationwide race, which is like the minor league of baseball except that the big time racers can race in both races.) Our friends Brice and Ligia invited us, as Brice works for Quicktrip and got special tickets since they were a sponsor of one of the race cars there.
It was a full day event, and no I have never even watched a race on TV, but this really was a neat experience. The day started with us going to the middle of the track to hang out at the NOS RV and have a cookout there and meet Kyle Busch, who NOS/Quicktrip sponsored. It was crazy to see how many people were there and really into this.
After meeting Kyle Busch, we got to down to the pit and tour the truck that they keep all of the materials on for the upkeep of the car. It has over $2 million worth of race car materials inside of it. We also got to do go down to the actual place where the crew chief and pit crew are and sit on top of the NOS race car station and watch the race cars qualify for the next day of Nascar (sorry, I am pretty sure my terminology is not all correct, forgive me Nascar fans!) While we were down there we saw Robbie Gordon, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne(?) and other drivers. The NOS pit crew invited to actually stay down their for the race but we decided to go the COKE suite (COKE owns NOS-which by the way is an energy drink if you didn't know, I didn't until that day) and watch the race. Unfortunately our guy, Kyle Busch only came in second but it was such a cool day and Josh and I really enjoyed learning more about Nascar, it's so much better when you get to experience first hand and have an up close and personal tour of everything! Thanks to our sweet friends Brice and Ligia for asking us to come, we had a blast!
Me and Ligia outside of the track.
Josh and I on the inside.
Our friends, Brice and Ligia.
The NOS group, drink it up guys!
Kyle Busch and Josh and me.
Pit row, I think they call it?
A look inside the NOS racecar truck.
Kyle Busch's race car helmet.
Watching the cars qualify for the next day. It was so loud and that was only one car, I can't imagine being down there when all the cars were going!
Kasey Kahne.
Jeff Gordon
Robbie Gordon ( no relation to Jeff) and Ligia
At the top of the NOS crew chief area.
Watching the races from the suite.
The NOS group: Rebekah, Davis, Josh, Kim, Ligia, Brice and John.
1 comment:
Cool day!! I will definitely have to show Cary this post because he is a Kyle Bush fan!!:)
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