Tuesday night Gregg and I left for Indianapolis to see my Dad and go to the Nascar races that were in town. It is a long drive, so we didn't go all the way on Tuesday night. We left NJ at about 3:30pm and drove till about 1am, stopping for gas a few times. We ended up in Dayton, Ohio at a "beautiful" Motel 6. This motel was so gross!!! I am not usually grossed out by stuff like this, but I was this time! It was a good thing that we were only really sleeping there and then heading out, so it wasn't so bad!
We got up in the morning and stopped for breakfast at Bob Evans before heading out to New Castle, Indiana where Ron and Tony were racing go-karts. We had to drive about an hour to get to the track, and we ended up getting there just as Tony was getting ready to go out for qualifying. He did really well, and it was fun watching him race. These kids are so small, but they go really fast and are great drivers! After Tony drove, Ron went out for qualifying, unfortunately he got spun out by another driver and didn't finish so well.
Since this was a charity event, they had special races to race for a chance to race against Nascar driver John Andretti! There was 6 elimination races, and you had to finish in first or second in your race to go to the BIG race! My dad had some entries from his company into these races, so Gregg and I got to race....well, this was really funny!!!!!!!
time to head to the track....more to come later...and I will try to add some more pictures as well!
We got up in the morning and stopped for breakfast at Bob Evans before heading out to New Castle, Indiana where Ron and Tony were racing go-karts. We had to drive about an hour to get to the track, and we ended up getting there just as Tony was getting ready to go out for qualifying. He did really well, and it was fun watching him race. These kids are so small, but they go really fast and are great drivers! After Tony drove, Ron went out for qualifying, unfortunately he got spun out by another driver and didn't finish so well.
Since this was a charity event, they had special races to race for a chance to race against Nascar driver John Andretti! There was 6 elimination races, and you had to finish in first or second in your race to go to the BIG race! My dad had some entries from his company into these races, so Gregg and I got to race....well, this was really funny!!!!!!!
I went first and I was in the second elimination race. We had to go over a little early and get race gear to wear in the race, since I had on shorts. I put on my race gear, so now I looked like a real racer.....at least I looked like one! We drove out and had to stop on the first straight and get ready for the start. Well, I wasn't exactly ready when the guy waved the green flag that I got LEFT IN THE DUST!!! Everyone else took off sooooooo... fast, and I was a little slow to say the least. I was so slow....the leaders passed me at least 3 times, but I made it through the whole race....although I thought I was going to drive off the track at least a few times. I ended up LAST in my heat...no surprise there! I guess I will just stick to watching racing as opposed to driving! Here is a picture of me in the race:
After a few more races, then it was Gregg's turn to race! He was in the last elimination race of the day. He was very excited to race! He got all suited up and it was time to get in the karts. Just like me he started off a little slow but quickly got up to speed. But on the second or third turn, he spun out! He had to get going again but at that point he was so far behind the leaders. He also made it to the end of his race, and did a good job. Here is a picture of Gregg:
time to head to the track....more to come later...and I will try to add some more pictures as well!
1 comment:
Wow, you guys look great in your karts. Glad that you are having a good time out in the Midwest. Tom and I had a wonderful time out in Jackson. Laurie, your family is awesome!
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