Pass the Ear Protection

This past Saturday Randy and I headed down to the Atlanta Motor Speedway to watch the Nascar Craftsman Truck race. We left the house around seven and the weather was cloudy and cold.

When we arrived at the track, it was COLD. I did not dress for cold. Everyone around us were wearing sweatshirts and jackets. I was wearing a t-shirt. Randy wasn't as bad off because he was wearing his cub scout uniform to get a free ticket. He had a long sleeve shirt on under his uniform. We did some shopping outside of the track at the team trailers but Randy was anxious to get in and get a look at the track. We had hours to wait before the race started but the big name cup cars were on the track practicing for Sunday's race. From outside the track you could hear the thundering noise coming from within.

The entire day was made perfect when we walked into the track and climbed the steps to the grandstands. Randy took his first look at the mile and half track and saw a car speed by at 190 MPH. I don't think I have ever seen that much excitement on his face. It was awesome. We raced up the stands and chose some great seats on the exit of turn 4. More cars came flying by with deafening sound. Randy asked me to dig the headphones out of the backpack.

We watched as Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson made laps with the other cars. We pointed and sneered at Tony Stewart together.

It didn't take long for the sun to come out and I started to forget how cold I was. The hours passed quickly and the trucks came to the track for the start of the race. Randy and I took our headphones off for the start of the race so we could hear the true sound of 33 race trucks speed past us at full speed.

There were no wrecks during the race but we did see two trucks go spinning around in the grass in front of us.

After the race, we stopped at McDonald's as Randy's choice. This was a day that neither of us will forget. Hopefully we will remember the good times we had and not be forced to remember the day due to permanent hearing damage.