God is great, beer is good, NASCAR fans are crazy......

......and I am the first to admit that I am probably one of those crazy fans!!!! But little did I know that a generous gesture by Larry Anding giving me his Fanwalk pass would turn out to be such a big fat thrill for me. That is the earliest I have been at a NASCAR track in ages but it was worth it.......

The group of Outlaws who had pit passes........Ron said he took this photo so the police could identify us if we showed up missing or if I was arrested for chasing Clint Bowyer in the pits :) Luckily neither happened......that I know of :) hehehehehe

Chris, Lucas, Kristin, Judy and Julie


The tunnel under turn number 1...I guess it never really occured to me where I was going until I came out in the pits. I wonder where I thought I was actually going??? The sudden realization that I was actually on the infield hit me when I emerged to find myself standing almost on pit road.



I was soooooooo lucky to be able to have my favorite Driver's Pit box right on end and corner of the area that we walked through to get to the infield grass for the Kansas Concert.





Some of my favorite highlights included......visiting the Actual Victory lane and watching the cars going through pre-race inspections and of course seeing the scoring tower close up....REALLY CLOSE UP!!!







And of course there were a celebrity or two:

Kyle Petty - Who was sporting a Kansas Sweatshirt and signing autographs like crazy including one for our very own Judy!!!!


Rick Hendrick - Who did a very nice interview for us fans, and when asked who was his favorite driver responded "Which ever one of mine wins" GOOD ONE RICK!! That is like asking a parent which on of their kids is their favorite......



Kansas Jayhawk Mascot - Who didn't seem all the thrilled to be taking a photo with an old lady UNTIL I whispered in his ear "Go Clint Bowyer" (Clint's a big Kansas Fan)....after all he is from Emporia!!!! HE or SHE Then proceeded to hug me and put his arm around me....of course Julie and Judy just had to ask me if it was a girl or a guy in there.....I told them "It felt like a guy" So technically I felt up the Kansas Jayhawk!!!!!!


The Kansas Concert was great (the group Kansas) get it.....anyway, all I could focus on was Driver Introductions and the fact that from where I was standing during the concert I would be less than 15 feet from Clint when he exited the stage following his introduction. I could barely contain myself. I was so excited. Of course Clint qualified 5th so I had a long wait through introductions to get to Clint...then FINALLY!!!!!

CLINT BOWYER!!!!!!


Luck would be on my side again as Clint and his crew got several awards from the previous race at Dover including spending the shortest amount of time on pit road....so Clint was out there on that stage longer than any driver beside Mark Martin!!! How cool was that for me?????????? TOTALLY!!!!



This is where I am going to stop on this story for now...because there is still some good stuff to this.....and something I want to blog out all on it's own......BTW the race winner was Tony Stewart, which was just OK with me....if Clint could have gotten his lap back I have a feeling there would have been a different top 5!