You can hardly tell by looking outside the window, but on our last Friday in Charlotte, it came a downpour. My training let out at noon on this day, and we immediately headed downtown to the NASCAR hall of fame. None of us really fans, but little boys and race cars are always a good fit. The rain was so bad tho that we were going like 25 mph on the interstate, and luckily the HOF had a parking garage so we never got wet. We started our tour around the race track seeing a 38 degree slope towards the end. I would never be able to drive fast enough to stick to the road. We got our picture with Richard Petty's car, then the boys said Magan needed hers with her favorite drink. Sam's favorite was the Orange car.
This is the kids trying to stay on the 38 degree embankment. And fun to through the new stuffed animals up the slope and watch them drop back down.
Me and Dave then took a chance to be the pit crew for the 48 car. Dave jacked the car up while I got the tires. Our Gas man (Sam) bailed out on us, so we got some help from ole bobby. We got that tire changed lickety split (that's pit crew talk for you guys that don't know).
I think this was somewhere during Belle's meltdown as Magan was riding the simulator car with Sam. Magan drives really well, we both drove the #2 car, and where I couldn't even follow the pace car without crashing, Magan was in 1st or 2nd pretty much the whole race till she crashed into the wall near the end (blurred picture below). She is definately the better driver of the two of us. Before you could drive these simulators, you had to drive on a practice course by yourself. I looked over at her and she was actually completing laps, where I was constantly being lapped because I could not stop crashing. I think Sam also had a better time in his race with Mom, than Davis with granny-driver Dad (no offense to the granny-blog-readers). But anyway...back to Belle...yeah, she screamed the whole time, and somewhere in this screaming, she bit a hole in the pacifier. This was to be her last week with "passi". Maybe the last picture. :(
You can hardly tell by looking outside the window, but on our last Friday in Charlotte, it came a downpour. My training let out at noon on this day, and we immediately headed downtown to the NASCAR hall of fame. None of us really fans, but little boys and race cars are always a good fit. The rain was so bad tho that we were going like 25 mph on the interstate, and luckily the HOF had a parking garage so we never got wet. We started our tour around the race track seeing a 38 degree slope towards the end. I would never be able to drive fast enough to stick to the road. We got our picture with Richard Petty's car, then the boys said Magan needed hers with her favorite drink. Sam's favorite was the Orange car.
This is the kids trying to stay on the 38 degree embankment. And fun to through the new stuffed animals up the slope and watch them drop back down.
Me and Dave then took a chance to be the pit crew for the 48 car. Dave jacked the car up while I got the tires. Our Gas man (Sam) bailed out on us, so we got some help from ole bobby. We got that tire changed lickety split (that's pit crew talk for you guys that don't know).
I think this was somewhere during Belle's meltdown as Magan was riding the simulator car with Sam. Magan drives really well, we both drove the #2 car, and where I couldn't even follow the pace car without crashing, Magan was in 1st or 2nd pretty much the whole race till she crashed into the wall near the end (blurred picture below). She is definately the better driver of the two of us. Before you could drive these simulators, you had to drive on a practice course by yourself. I looked over at her and she was actually completing laps, where I was constantly being lapped because I could not stop crashing. I think Sam also had a better time in his race with Mom, than Davis with granny-driver Dad (no offense to the granny-blog-readers). But anyway...back to Belle...yeah, she screamed the whole time, and somewhere in this screaming, she bit a hole in the pacifier. This was to be her last week with "passi". Maybe the last picture. :(
The cars below Davis were the simulators we were driving in. #2 Miller Lite...That's what both of the boys decided was their car. We then found the M&Ms which were signing autographs. :)
Sam was excited to get a Lego Racecar for his souviner, and Davis got a real Richard Petty racecar. Here he is with the king. To not be a NASCAR fan, I don't want to think of the money we spent at this place. But it was one of the few things Dad got to do with everyone in Charlotte, and Dad loves smiling faces, and Dad doesn't like when vacations come to an end. As for the blogging, Dad is happy that he will now take a break for awhile. The pictures below show everyone on our last morning, time to get back to Chelsea.
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