NASCAR

Celebrating Chris' 34th Birthday watching NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway

November 4, 2012 - As part of Daddy's early birthday celebration, we watched NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas (about an hour away from Dallas). The days leading up to the weekend, we celebrated with dinner at Armenta's, an authentic Mexican restaurant, and a movie with the kids (Wreck it Ralph was good!). We were originally going to spend the entire weekend there, but with rain in the forecast, we decided to make it a day trip.  Chris said that if it were to rain, they'd cancel the race. It took a little over 4 hours to get there and there was nothing but sunshine. 

I was actually apprehensive about going because I wasn't sure how the crowd around us would react. I didn't want our kids to be around drunk NASCAR fanatics. Luckily, there were families around us and fans that were there just to have a good time. 

Parking outside the arena

Kai & Kristian

Tailgaters

NASCAR Merchandise along Lone Star Circle

Inside the arena

Cars are lined up!

The emergency vehicles are ready, too.

The nice man from PA in the row in front of us took our picture. 
It was his first NASCAR race, too. 

Fans at the center stage watching a musical performance

Kristian likes funnel cake. 

The drivers are about to get into their vehicles.

The lap before the race begins..

The lap counting tower that ranks the drivers.
322 is the numbers of laps left in the race; 12 is the number of laps completed

Danica Patrick's car

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s black car in the rear

Pit stop!

First accident of the race!

Juan Pablo Montoya's car after he crashed.

Clean-up crew

Clean-up crew is done. Race is on again!