Dover Rainout, But a Wonderful Weekend at Lowes!

Well I had a pretty cool experience this past weekend. Before trying to watch what ended up as the rained out Dover race on TV in Concord....I took my sons Logan and Tyler, Ben and daughter Katie over to Lowe's Motor Speedway for a little tour. Funny thing is I've been inside that track about a million times over the past 30 years and my kids, who are avid race fans, had never seen it up close. I still haven't taken them to a race either, and need to get around to that. After covering races for decades for on radio and TV, it's kind of old hat for me and I guess I didn't realize how excited my kids would get about going to the track where Casey Mears won a week ago.
Well not only did I get pics of them standing outside turn four, but they were able to go in Victory Lane where the confetti from Mears win last week was still fresh. My son grabbed a baggie from the car and picked up a bunch of the confetti and a couple little checkered flags as souvenirs. Being a guy who's been in the media circus for years, you forget how big sports are to little kids. Makes me all the more proud that the majority of NASCAR drivers are fine examples and folks that generally can be looked up to and don't get into the kind of thug life that many other sports stars glamorize. I won't mention sports, we know which ones they are.
Kudos to NASCAR for still being the family sport it is! Another reason why I love racing so much!!
Racing at Dover on a Monday!! Whole lotta people gonna be taking the afternoon off work(or getting that mysterious Monday racing flu!!! I think I feel a couple coughs and a sore throat coming on....guess I need to go home and lie on the sofa in front of the TV for a while and see if I feel better!!