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Posts Tagged ‘Lowe’s Motor Speedway’

Yeah, the phrase should be ‘burning with desire’ but I’m too wiped out for that and my eyes are burning from wind and speedway fumes! From 11:30 AM until 7:30 PM I was in a golf cart driving people around the outside of the speedway from one gate to another. Unfortunately, rain did not hold out for the Saturday night race. SOAK-N-WET was what we were. Wow. Still worth it. We are serving a need at the speedway, so that feels great. Second, you meet lots of people and many are even nice. Third, I am getting to experience an element of racing and be a part of something that my husband loves so much.

There were two highlights of today…The first was almost getting run over by Richard Petty playing on his scooter in the infield area. The second was carting a turn announcer into the infield and across for a personal appearance. Not sure what he was appearing for and I really had no idea who he was until he told the couple riding in the back of my cart. When he said he was the guy you heard saying, “trouble in turn four!” I recognized the voice. It was thanks to a few tips from him that I learn a few short cuts in the infield area that helped me out later in the day.

What I find a little odd, the drivers and owners copter in but the crew guys park in a few designated areas not that close to their entrance. I was able to cart several of these guys to their entrance and think that it is a shame that crew members so essential to the success of the team have to park and hike. It seems that they would have their own parking area and a shuttle to their entrance. I guess they have us, when we are available, but most of the guys I picked up were given a ride because I had just made a drop near them and caught them on the way back. I’m a firm believer that the crew guys make the difference between win and lose. Really…they should get a few more perks.