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Sights of Spring Races

Yesterday, I talked a bit about day 1 of the races but frankly there’s a lot to see. Lots of great people watching, lots of perusing around. There’s celebrities to meet, vendors to check out, shopping to do. Most drivers have a trailer out there where you can buy memorabilia. It’s an all around good time. Here are some of my “sights”.

First thing was first, I had to meet some of the Duck Dynasty folks. Now I only have Jase, Uncle Si and Phil left to meet. (I met Willie and Korie last fall.)

My dad is a huge fan of Fast n’ Loud – a car show on Discovery. It’s based on the Gas Monkey Garage here in Dallas. Now if only I had told him about my dad’s cars.

The parking lot is a great place to see “things”. Everyone gets into the spirit. It’s pretty great!

This is the best brat I have ever had in my life (and the most filling). One of the people who was camping with us had shot a pig and had these made. Seriously, I can’t even talk about it because I want another one. So delicious!

While at the races, we camped out. Below is our camp site, complete with a fire pit and flags. All you can see are RV’s, RV’s and more RV’s! It’s a lot of fun!

Today I’m linking up with The Paper Mama, Jenni From the Blog and Project Alicia for {Wordless Wednesday}.

For more on the spring races, check out:

Spring Races Part I

Spring Race Weekend Part I

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Last year, I attended my first NASCAR race and my life hasn’t been the same since. I’m serious. Really serious. There’s something about race weekend, the crowd, the atmosphere, the adrenaline, the scent of exhaust in the air. I can’t quite pinpoint it but it’s now one of my absolute favorite times of the year (right next to Christmas and the steak cookoffs). Maybe it’s because I feel like it brings the simplicity of being a girl from the country and getting that good ole feeling of being a redneck in this big ole city. Either way – I love it and can’t get enough and I leave feeling just about as relaxed as I would from a weekend at the beach. If that’s not love I don’t know what is.

Friday night was the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300. Not so many people at this race but you’ll still find some peculiar ones, in our case we found two. They were sitting about seven or so seats down from us. One was highly intoxicated and everytime we got up to let him head to the restrooms (presumably), we were a little more concerned about him getting to the aisle (or back to his seat). His buddy, had a huge tattoo of an eagle across his entire forehead that looked like it had been there for a while. Must’ve been a bad night… I’m not going to lie, I got a semi picture because I thought no one would believe that what we were actually seeing (or more that I couldn’t believe it myself). It was one of those moments where, “I thought this was just the kind of stuff you saw online?!” I’m not going to post it because I already think I’m on God’s bad side for taking it in the first place (see I have a conscience)!

Either way, Drunk McDrunkerson must’ve got some liquid courage because around 100 laps left they passed a cold Keystone Light to us down the row and even offered it up with a little wink when I showed him we had our own. Fellas, I tell ya.

We found our seats in time to see a few of the qualifying laps. We saw Kyle Busch set the limit for the fastest speed on the track, 196.235 mph. Slightly fast, eh? We were right on turn one. I moseyed on down to grab a little video for y’all (and more importantly my dad) of how fast they’re going (and praying that the car stayed on the track). First thought that crossed my mind as he flew by was “$hit!”. They go pretty fast! The video doesn’t really provide justice.

As much as I love last falls day race, the night race is just as relaxing. More importantly, I don’t have to worry about getting fried by the Texas sun. My pale skin can’t handle it.

On another note…. these two. Seriously, best seats in the house?! They were facing the track, pretty much first row, RV style. The best part of this is it looks like he’s trying to talk to his wife (maybe the other way around). You can’t hear anything people are saying to each other. Maybe we should just insert captions here….. what do you think they’re saying?

And all good times must come to an end. Kyle Busch ended up winning the race. He got a LOT of boo’s where I was sitting. Being fairly new to this whole deal, kind of kept me wondering why people hate him so much. Please let me know if you happen to know.

Meanwhile, you’ll find me cheering for the cute and single racers. *wink, wink*

Texas Tuesday link up with Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle and Crystal from Masons Mama. This is a chance for any blogger to participate in a post on the greatness of Texas! There’s so much to explore!

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Sights of Spring Races

Jamey Johnson & My Confession

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A week ago, I headed out to see one of my favorite songwriters perform. Jamey Johnson. He is amazing! If you haven’t heard him sing some of his songs, I’m most certain you’ve heard some that he’s written.

Give It Away – George Strait
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk – Trace Adkins
Ladies Love Country Boys – Trace Adkins

I knew the show was going to be amazing but I didn’t realize how amazing! Over three hours worth of amazing! Definitely getting your money’s worth! It seemed like he sang all of his songs even though I know there’s a vault load that he didn’t sing. He also sang the Dixie Chicks / Bruce Robinson hit, ‘Travelin’ Soldier’ and his father and daughter came out and sang ‘In Color’ with him. That was the highlight for me. Talk about a special moment!

(Incredibly blurry pic of Jamey Johnson and his dad leaving the stage after the show.)

Later during the evening, I found myself near the back of the stage. Where I was still in the general admission area however I could see the stage from the side and the backstage door was only about 8 feet away. That’s right, 8 feet. This is where the confession comes in. Celebrities / famous people.
1. I’m not very good at picking them out of a crowd.
2. When I do, I am convincing myself that it’s not really them.
3. I cannot EVER bring myself to ask them for a picture or even talk to them.
Does this happen to anyone else?!

Case in point, the Jamey Johnson concert. Here I am, standing around, enjoying the show. Who walks out the backstage door? Marty Turco. For those who don’t know, Marty Turco was a goalie for the Dallas Stars and is AMAZING!

I knew who he was right off. (Amazingly enough.) I also started saying “That can’t be him!” Then he walks back thru the backstage door. Gone – in a flash! I lean over to the guy next to me and say, “Who was that?”.
He responds “Marty Turco”. I say, “I thought so.” I then turn back to my friend and say “Crap. That was him!”

I proceeded to stare down the door, because that was going to make him come back, haha! Deep down, I knew there were other Stars players back there! A little while later, I different man walks out and then stands facing the stage. He’s standing there for a while, by himself. I knew he was with Turco.
About ten minutes go by, out comes Marty Turco and another hockey player. Before I can stop myself I say “MARTY TURCO!”. We make eye contact. I think he was stunned that some girl knew who he was at a Jamey Johnson concert (of all places). I mean, another guy was there and he was surprised that I knew who Marty Turco was. But that’s all I could get out “Marty Turco!”. I couldn’t say “Can I have your picture?!”, “You are awesome!”, “I saw you at the game last Thursday!”. Nothing.

So here I was, starring at Jamie Langenbrunner, Marty Turco and Brett Hull. Hockey greats and it was like I had a sock in my mouth.

Does anyone else have a problem?! It’s happened to me before. I realize they are people just like you and I however I feel like this must happen to them a lot, so why not just let them enjoy the show like everyone else…. no?