Saturday was a day I will never forget. I had the privledge of watching my boy's face light up with joy at seeing cup cars running live! It was more exciting than my first time! Sam had left with his team on Wednesday. On Saturday morning the kids and I loaded up in the car and headed NE to Virginia. It was not much of a drive (2hrs) and scenic the whole way. About 10 minutes from the track Blake said in a timid voice "Mommy, I have butterflies in my tummy". My heart melted! He was sooooo excited. When we walked in he spotted the SPEED booth so went that direction. One of the SPEED Girls handed us a schedule that said live filming was going to take place in 15 minutes, so we had to stay. We found a front row spot just behind the host and turned into those people I always make fun of; screaming waving and pointing at the camera.
After our live television appearance we picked up our tickets, purchased a souvenier program and headed under the bleachers and throught the opening to see Martinsville Speedway. We found a spot right at the start/finish line where we sat to watch the Craftsman Trucks qualify. Before the Cup cars came out we moved to some other seats in turn one. It was pretty amazing to see all the huge transporters lined up inside a 1/2 mile track. 
One by one the cars began to line up and then enter the track. Reed Sorenson, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jr.... I looked over at Blake and he was wringing hi hands with excitement. Emily was covering her ears saying "make it stop" because the noise was nearly deefening. After practice we decided to see if we could catch a glimpse of a driver or two as they headed back to their motorhomes, which were paked outside the track. Blake reconized every one of them that whizzed by on a golf cart. He even got autographs from some, included Kasey Kahne who wished him luck with quarter midget racing! Blake was on cloud nine. Before we knew it the the trucks were fired up and on the track. We rushed back in to find to once sparsely populatd bleachers to be packed. The only place we could find to sit was tight up front. Blake wasn't very happy that he couldn't see the backstretch, but we were able to see Sam catching left front tires during pit stops. We've seen him working in the pits many times before, but this 'aint just Yakima Speedway. We were proud of him! Near the end of the race two doozies of wrecks happened right in front of us, WOW! Blake watched a replay on tv today and relived every moment. He couldn't get over the fact that we had been there in such awesome seats. Good times, great memories!
After our live television appearance we picked up our tickets, purchased a souvenier program and headed under the bleachers and throught the opening to see Martinsville Speedway. We found a spot right at the start/finish line where we sat to watch the Craftsman Trucks qualify. Before the Cup cars came out we moved to some other seats in turn one. It was pretty amazing to see all the huge transporters lined up inside a 1/2 mile track. 
One by one the cars began to line up and then enter the track. Reed Sorenson, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jr.... I looked over at Blake and he was wringing hi hands with excitement. Emily was covering her ears saying "make it stop" because the noise was nearly deefening. After practice we decided to see if we could catch a glimpse of a driver or two as they headed back to their motorhomes, which were paked outside the track. Blake reconized every one of them that whizzed by on a golf cart. He even got autographs from some, included Kasey Kahne who wished him luck with quarter midget racing! Blake was on cloud nine. Before we knew it the the trucks were fired up and on the track. We rushed back in to find to once sparsely populatd bleachers to be packed. The only place we could find to sit was tight up front. Blake wasn't very happy that he couldn't see the backstretch, but we were able to see Sam catching left front tires during pit stops. We've seen him working in the pits many times before, but this 'aint just Yakima Speedway. We were proud of him! Near the end of the race two doozies of wrecks happened right in front of us, WOW! Blake watched a replay on tv today and relived every moment. He couldn't get over the fact that we had been there in such awesome seats. Good times, great memories!
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That was great seeing those pictures and I can't wait for my turn to go see some races. Blake what were you thinking as you wrer watching the races? Emily what did you like the best?
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