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NASCAR at TMS, Fall 2013

Last weekend was one of my favorite times of the year, NASCAR weekend. There is absolutely nothing like heading out to Texas Motor Speedway, meeting up with great people, grilling out, catching up on some laughs and watching the cars “turn left”. Never would I have thought that I would be a fan but boy, have I been missing out!

These weekends are spent camping out in RV’s. We stay outside the racetrack, some stay within the track (more on that later). Flags are flying high, grills and campfires are going, usually there is a TV outside with football on. We are in the South, none of this should be surprising. Plus you never know what’s going to happen. Case in point – Diana takes a ride on a horse…. we are in Texas after all!

Fans across the way. Yes, that does say “Infidel” and “Come and Take It”.

Saturday’s Winner: Brad Keselowski

At night, the party is just getting started. We headed to the infield for some debauchery. It also happened to be a time when a few of the drivers were giving ride-along’s around the track (I’m convinced my invitation was lost). Although what happens in the infield, stays in the infield, I will tell you this. There are massive vehicles, interesting vehicles and modes of transportation (including cooler trains that move too fast capture with your camera). There’s also a lot of drunk people but – it’s the infield at NASCAR. It’s one heck of a time!

This guy was rocking out at an open karaoke. He was joined by his harmonica, a very drunk redneck and a man in the background (you’ll see towards the end of video” who joined in on his air guitar and air harmonica.

The next morning, when we all woke up and felt “refreshed”, it’s time for the final race of the weekend. Bittersweet as we can’t wait for the race but we’re not yet ready for the weekend to be over.

Making really tall friends!

And then it’s time for the race!

: Jimmie Johnson Wins!; All in all, it was an incredible weekend! I couldn’t have asked for a better time except to maybe have the wind stop blowing for a bit (it got chilly). Seriously – one of the best times!; Have you ever been to a NASCAR race? What did you think?!

Sights of Spring Races

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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