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went to the indianapolis motor speedway yesterday to see nascar practice for the brickyard 400. never been to a nascar event of any kind before. THAT WAS SO COOL!!!! anybody ever been to a race?

Juanita
I went to the Indy 500 several times in my younger years, and the Chicagoland Motor Speedway is 20 minutes from my house!

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I know the feeling. I grew up with car races and race car drivers on the East Coast and beyond. Now I can't tell the difference between one car and the other. Oh well.

My family just went to the Coca Cola 400 in Daytona a couple of weeks ago. It was great! We were right across from Tony Stewart's Pit and the wreck at the end of the race with about a gazillion cars was right in front of us. The boys were pretty excited.

I kept thinking, "These cars are going over 200 miles an hour, wrecking about 30 yards in front of me." Surreal!

My stepsons & son-in-law used to race motorcycles! We have a speedway south of Seattle and the races were out there. One time hubby and I were just arriving in front of an ambulance. Well, that ambulance was there to take away my stepson who had wrecked because of another bike that lost oil. He had his arm run over by another bike. I had my fill of races -- too close for comfort!

I lived in Richmond and passed the track almost daily and never made it to a race. I wanted to now and then, but the big crowd thing kept me away.