On Sunday, Gavin and I headed up to the Atlanta Motor Speedway for a little NASCAR racing. He won tickets and pit passes from AFLAC and, after a little coaxing, I decided I'd join him. Needless to say, I was totally out of my element. I mean- these people are die hard! I had no idea how expensive races were. The total value of our winnings came out to be $400! But these people pay it! And pay for pit passes. And pay for garage passes. And pay for a "appropriate" attire in some cases (oh, and how I wish I had some pictures of some peoples' attire). We started the afternoon by browsing the parking lot and came upon this...
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And 'ole Elliott was knocked out of the race...
Then we headed to the pits, which were literally the pits. It's hot on that asphalt!
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After checking everything out, we headed to our seats for the race.
Although we are not big race fans, Gavin seems to keep up with it some. And one thing I know is that Gavin does not like Jeff Gordon, so when I saw him taking a picture of Gordon's car I had to ask why. He was taking a picture because Gordon's daughter designed his car for the race. I thought that was a pretty cute idea!
While I was trying to take a few pictures, this occurred...
And 'ole Elliott was knocked out of the race...
Surprisingly enough, I ended up hanging in there through the interesting fans and loud cars to see the end. Tony Stewart won, and apparently the race fans like him, so that's a good thing.
So, that's one more thing to check off my bucket list. Not that it was necessarily on my bucket list.
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