{Nascar}

This past weekend was Nascar weekend here in Texas and because we live across the street from Texas Motor Speedway we try not to leave our house unless absolutely necessary.  Our neighborhood only has one exit which becomes a nightmare during the beginning and end of the races.  On Friday Chloe and kaidee came home from school with 14 tickets to the big race on Sunday.  I was bummed because we don't do things like that on Sunday because its the Sabbath.  On Sunday it was raining, which meant no race.  They tried to start the race later in the evening but they could never get the track dry enough. So the race was postponed until Monday.  Lucky for us that meant we were able to go but the kids would have to miss school.  I don't mind them missing school for things like this especially because Nascar races are always on Sunday so this could be the only time they ever get to see a race.  We had enough tickets for Tad, Carys, Gray, Cody, Celeste, Ezra, Elliot, Chloe, Kaidee, Cole, Paisley, and I all go for free.  My Dad and Darian had tickets but they weren't able to go because of work, they were super bummed and so was I.

When we got to the race we found our favorite driver on the side of the truck.  Of course we had to take a picture with him.

This was taken from where we were sitting.  We got there early so that we could see all the pre race stuff.

The Grand Marshall was Si from Duck Dynasty.  This was the first Duck Commander 500.  This jumbo tron or Big Hoss as they call it here in Texas is the worlds largest high definition TV.  At night it will light up our sky and if its cloudy its really bright.  This is the first race with it.  It was pretty cool because it was like watching it on TV but being there in person too.

Jeff Gordon had his car specially painted for Texas A&M.  He did really good this race.  He led for quite a while but in the end he took 2nd place.

Here they are at the very beginning of the race.  I have watched the race on TV but it is nothing compared to seeing it in real life.  I can't believe how fast the go and they are so close to each other.  It was so cool.

only a few laps into the race Dale Earnhardt Jr lost control and ran into the wall after going into the grass with his left tires.  The back of his car immediately went up in flames.  He was ok but Jimmy Johnson who was behind him broke his windshield from some debris and lost a few laps.  He was our second favorite driver.  Both Jimmy and Jeff are teammates from California.

Carys and Kaidee were like this almost the entire race.  They were getting so excited and every time Jeff Gordon would pass someone getting closer to the lead they would cheer loud and give everyone high fives.  Jeff started in 12th position and moved all the way up to first.

#24 in first place.

Cody and Tad rented these headsets which allowed us to listen to the drivers and their crew chief's.  All we had to do was put in their car number.

Jeff Gordon leading the race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr's truck left about halfway into the race.

The winner was #22 Joey Logano who is only 23 years old.  I'm so glad we were able to go, we all had so much fun.  Hopefully they will have more races that aren't on Sunday.