NASCAR
About this time last year I won tickets in a bike race to see a NASCAR race. NASCAR, or stock car racing, is the most popular form of auto racing in this country being way more popular than Formula 1. Liam and I drove up to the Infineon raceway for the day. This course is a little different for most of the NASCAR drivers because they actually have to turn both left and right where typically they just race on ovals (left turn only!).
The main race of the day was 64 laps of a 2 mile circuit. It started with an "invocation" (read prayer, no separation of church and sport in the south) and of course the national anthem. The race itself was loud, lots of minor crashes, and really not that exciting (I imagine how most other people think when watching bike racing). The biggest problem was that with all the crashes they spent maybe a quarter of the race, under a yellow flag, driving around at 35mph. Still, it was an experience, and definitely worth doing once.
More photos here.
The main race of the day was 64 laps of a 2 mile circuit. It started with an "invocation" (read prayer, no separation of church and sport in the south) and of course the national anthem. The race itself was loud, lots of minor crashes, and really not that exciting (I imagine how most other people think when watching bike racing). The biggest problem was that with all the crashes they spent maybe a quarter of the race, under a yellow flag, driving around at 35mph. Still, it was an experience, and definitely worth doing once.
More photos here.
posted by Kieran at 9:52 PM
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