First time for everything

(Val) Life is full of first times. First day of school, first love, first heartbreak, and of course, first race. Tonight will be the first time Spring sees real, live Sprint Car racing up close and dirty. It’s the night I have been waiting for since the day GGR was born.

It’s a beautiful, sunny, dry day here, which for St. Louis in June is next to miraculous. Typically our weather is more like walking around in a steam bath, humidity I like to call “air you can drink.” We are truly blessed to be heading out to a night at the races on such a fabulous day.

On tap for this evening are Winged Sprints, Midgets and Late Models with NASCAR icons Kenny Schrader and Rusty Wallace on hand. Kenny is co-owner of I-55 Raceway, so his appearance is not that unusual. Rusty is also from the area, so he likes to come back once in a while as well.

We will be attempting to get a good spot down in turn 1 so that Spring can get a real feel for the speed and power of these cars. I think she will be impressed, and I’m excited to see her reaction to it all. I have to toss out the fact that Sprint Cars have approximately twice the power and half the weight of her beloved NASCAR machines, just to see what she thinks of that.

Both of our hubbies, along with my brother and my Dad will be joining us tonight, although some of them will be in the stands rather than the pits. We will have a good time, no matter what, and I can’t wait to finish up this work day and hit the road.

Just a quick note here to check out Elaine’s Elaborations in the right hand column, under GGR Departments. Elaine is a true “Girl Gone Racin’” and I think you will enjoy her comments.

Check back tomorrow for all the details of our night at the track.