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We left late thursday night from Madison, WI to make the journey to the world's fastest half mile. this was my 6th race at my 4th different track (michigan 2, phoenix, cali 2)
13 hour drive wasn't too bad... no construction, no real traffic, and freeway speeds plus 10 (at least) helped.

we camped out a little more than a mile from the track. $100 per site, free firewood and rings, showers, breakfast, and shuttles to and from the track. split 4 ways for 3 days... not bad. the only downside was no alcohol in the campgrounds, but we drank more than enough at the track to make up for it.
i couldn't actually fit our entire site in the frame.







nationwide prerace




nationwide action




they did a legends race after the nationwide. 15 laps with celebs then 35 of the legends. the race itself wasn't that great... but watching cale yarborough and ray evernham wreck in seperate incedents right in front of us was pretty entertaining.




bringing in the flag for the cup race




one to go










Kyle Busch celebrating






Along for the ride was my fiancée and my brother. neither had been to a nascar race before... just local dirt track stuff. both want to plan another race trip for next year.
one of my college friends also came along, she's been to two other tracks before this.

Those look like they were some really good seats. RACK it!!

Very cool, Mac.

I've only been to Kansas Speedway, but if there were just one track I could go to the rest of my life, it would have to be Bristol.

And Mac, tell me that's you in the white T-shirt and that hottie next to you is your fiance, and you get DOUBLE RACKED!

War Wagon wrote:And Mac, tell me that's you in the white T-shirt and that hottie next to you is your fiance, and you get DOUBLE RACKED!

you are correct sir

You're a lucky man. I trust you already know this.

Btw, I posted a thread in the main forum linking this thread. It certainly deserves more run than it's gotten until now. Hope you don't mind.

War Wagon wrote:And Mac, tell me that's you in the white T-shirt and that hottie next to you is your fiance, and you get DOUBLE RACKED!

She has all her teeth. In Madison, that's the standard for a hottie.

it's called kalamaZOO for a reason...

The pic of the flag parachuting into the track is nailz.

The only bad thing about this PET is that Kylie Busch won.

Bitch lost the Nationwide race because of a pit crew mistake letting a tire get away, so afterwards he parks his ride in a hissy fit and makes his crew push the car back to the hauler.

What a cunt.

Whoa, I'll take the one in the white hat.

Are the tickets easy to get? Bristol is my dream track. I plan on making it there for my first live race.

War Wagon wrote:
Bitch lost the Nationwide race because of a pit crew mistake letting a tire get away, so afterwards he parks his ride in a hissy fit and makes his crew push the car back to the hauler.

What a cunt.

If true, he was just taking the loss to heart. Probably doesn't matter much now, since he won the big one. :wink:

I have a similiar PET from Elkhart Lake Superbike Race in 1981. Me and all my buddies rode our motorcycles up the day before the race, but decided to put up tent in some random woods near the track. Around 3am all of a sudden we see a flashlight outside the tent and somebody walking up to us.


State Fukkken Trooper!


Told us we were trespassing and had to leave. We packed up the tents, found a campground and drank beers around somebodies fireplace until the sun came up.

That day we went to the races and watched these superbikes doing 180 in the straightways, riding wheelings, and scaping their knees in the corners. And then we saw Freddie Spencer, greatest superbike rider at the time, crash on one of the turns.

If you guys are interested I can scan all the pictures for a PET.

trev wrote:Are the tickets easy to get? Bristol is my dream track. I plan on making it there for my first live race.

Finally something I agree with Trev on. Who knew it was even possible? ;)

I'm not the only one. We should have a troll stop there. :D

You related to Mike Alstott Mac??

trev wrote:We should have a troll stop there. :D

Didn't mean to scare y'all off. :D

BSmack wrote:

trev wrote:Are the tickets easy to get? Bristol is my dream track. I plan on making it there for my first live race.

Finally something I agree with Trev on. Who knew it was even possible? ;)

Bristol has been sold out forever. Until this year, that is. There were still tickets available a few weeks before the race.

still ended up selling out. and not the Daytona "sellout" either. i didn't really notice any empty seats looking around.

...well at least I now know Trev's uh....hot button, it sure wasn't the Cass st. Bar and Grill...the right turn off Grand should have told me.

ChargerMike wrote:...well at least I now know Trev's uh....hot button...

You only wish you knew.

ChargerMike wrote:...well at least I now know Trev's uh....hot button, it sure wasn't the Cass st. Bar and Grill...the right turn off Grand should have told me.

Are you in?

:P