So on Saturday we got up, had a great breakfast, grabbed everyone and headed off for an adventure that if you don't have it on your bucket list, you should by now! NASCAR RACE and to our surprise...WE get GARAGE & PITS CREDENTIALS!!! This is THE PLACE to watch the race from. You can see some from the stands, but to be down by the action, smell the rubber burning, smell the fuel, feel the wind, WOW what a way to experience racing!

But wait...there's the trip there first :)

Passed the Bellagio as we drove.

Then...this place below

Sure is different than when Evel jumped the fountains many years ago.

And then while we were on the freeway the driver pointed out to us that some guy named OJ SIMPSON had gotten arrested one year at this place below called Palace Station:

And then we arrived at this other place called LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

They gave us special badges when we got in and signed some papers basically saying we're here of our own choice:

And the let us hang out in this area of the track where you get really cool views of what goes on behind the scenes of a race.

It's called the GARAGE AREA and special badges are required. They toss people out of here if they don't have the right stuff. We did.

This gas is a little pricier than that $3.85 a gallon stuff that goes in your normal car! A LOT PRICIER in fact.

Here's the car we were here to see. US PREVENTIVE Sponsors this #28 car driven by Derrike Cope. It's an Impala and not one that you'd see on the streets. This car rolls very quickly and yes those lights you see on it are "STICKERS" just like in the movie CARS!

Now normally they don't let just anyone out by these cars but we slipped by the guard with our special badges and headed out to the pit road for some lens time.

Next posting...some movies!!