Back from Bristol

I’m back from vacation, and back from Bristol!

All of you were right – it’s louder than you can imagine. The only time I could hear the radio traffic was during the cautions, which were few and far between.

The hardest thing was following the leader, which for the most part was Kasey Kahne (woo!). But the track is so short and so fast, watching is an art form it took most of the race to master.

One of my friends noted it’s just like watching Matchbox cars on a little electric track in your living room. He’s right, too.

Just like at every other track, the fans were nice, much nicer than at any other sport. I was surrounded by friends of the Alum Creek Lions Club in the Waltrip section between turns 3 and 4.

Another big event at the track was being part of the Guiness Book of World Records largest stadium card stunt. Being one of 160,000 holding up cards to make it into the book, I still found time to take a few photos of the breathtaking pre-race events.

Bristol was fun, and I’ll go back, but it still wasn’t as much fun as we have at Charlotte.

And the Bank of America 500 is fast approaching.