Here it comes, my 60th birthday. I will be happy as a clam and Ellyn will likely be bored out of her skull. She will have satellite TV and ear protection to keep her happy and I will have 4 days of high octane fuel fumes, tire smoke, and loud engines. I am talking about Charlotte, NC and Memorial Day weekend.
As of this afternoon, we will be camped just outside turn 3 of the Lowes Motor Speedway for 4 nights. It will be dry camping, but we should be able to survive for that long on just our tanks. Tonight is pole qualifying for the Sunday Coca Cola 600. Ellyn has actually agreed to come to this, as it will be just one car at a time and only a couple of hours long.
On Friday, we are going to go on a tour of the Hendrick and Roush garages. We toured Hendrick some years ago with Logan and Brian but I things have changed a lot in that time. Back then, Jeff Gordon was still working on his list of goals and now he is one of the veterans of the sport and teamed with Dale Earnhart Jr., Jimmy Johnson and Mark Martin.
Friday night is a sprint car (World of Outlaws, not Sprint Cup) race at the dirt track oval adjacent to the Lowes track.
Saturday night is the Nationwide Series Car Quest 300 and then the Coca Cola 600 is Sunday night. I will also probably watch the Indianapolis 500 on TV on Sunday afternoon.
Monday is of course Memorial Day but we will be on the move again headed up I-81 toward Virginia.
