Last February...Has it really been almost a year!!!???

If you know me, you know I am a huge NASCAR fan and I am not ashamed of it! We grew up in the racing world and I should have stuck with my go-karting career because I could have been set as a female driver! :) I digress, but I love racing of all kinds! I only have time to follow one seriously, so I picked the Sprint Cup with an emphasis on the Team Hendrick! 

One of my best friends got a job last year for NASCAR and I'm not going to lie, I was so happy for him, but also extremely excited for me! :) He works out of our home track of Daytona (the best of all tracks!) and was such an amazing friend to invite us down for the season opening Daytona 500!!!

I am just now blogging about this because while packing, I could hardly contain my excitement and forgot our big camera!!! Fortunately, I was able to use my brothers little camera; it was at least better than my phone. Long story short, I could not get him to remember to get the pictures off the camera, so I had to wait until we went back to FL for Thanksgiving to copy them to the computer. 

My friend D was not only able to get us tickets, but COLD PASSES so we were able to walk around the garage and everything before the race! 

We got to sign the start/finish line! So awesome!

Notice the crazy banking! This is the tri-oval, not even on the corners! 

Hard to see the number 3 car back without the intimidator! 

So we were walking by and of the the 88 pit crew guys came out and gave me a sticker from those fuel canisters! So cool! You'll see the up close picture in a few!

Might have been drooling a little!!! 

Here's the sticker! 😃

Not Hendrick, but still a really cool guy! 

Tires everywhere!

If only Kasey was with the car! 

#3 Austin Dillin pole sitter for the day!

 Why was it that the only drivers I really dislike came through the door we were waiting by???

 Don't like him at all, but had to get the picture!

Awkward celeb photo :)

Best crew chief in the business! 

Why wouldn't 50cent be at the drivers meeting?

Luke Bryan! 

Crappy ending to this exciting day... It poured down rain after the first 20 laps and was red flagged for hours!!! We waited for a long while, but then had to go back to get the dogs from the parents and then head back to GA! It didn't start again until much later that night. :( JR won and I wasn't there to see it!!! I need to have a redo this year! The garage was a blast though and I hope to go to a few this year especially since Gordon announced that this is his last year! We had a great time despite the terrible weather! 

I have a couple videos to add, but I have to figure out how to get them. I think it might be on our external hard drive, but our computer crashed and my phone got washed all about the same time! :/ I have a great video of us during the downpour on Instagram if I can figure out how to get that off. Anyway, this was a long post and I have to say sorry to those who don't love NASCAR as much as I do... You should!