This lovely sunset view is our next stop -
Rockingham Raceway Park .
I'm not 100% on my NASCAR history so this may be made up nonsense (pretty much like the rest of this site), but I think 'the Rock' was bigtime, before they built Lowe's Speedway in Charlotte.
The main problem with Rockingham - it is in the middle of absolute nowhere. Seriously. Imagine driving for like 45 minutes and not seeing anything resembling civilization and then out of a field springs a huge racetrack with bleachers. Pretty random. Anyway, this is a cool change of pace. The banking isn't very challenging until you get 2 or 3 cars wide, then it gets interesting. The infield course is pretty straightforward too. The Rock is like cake a little is good but you don't want to eat it for every meal.
It also is blessed with the nicest garages anywhere. Real pro style garages. This makes working on the car, hanging out, etc so much nicer. And as a bonus they're probably as nice as any hotel you can find in the area. So I'm considering camping out. My last trip here resulted in a motel room at the Day's Inn, that smelled like B.O., cleaning agents (faintly), and cigarette smoke.
Another piece of trivia - the Rock was used in the film
Talladega Nights. When Ricky tries to come back after being 'on fire'. They show him testing, that is the track!
Labels: Rockingham, Schedule
I'm burying you!
This will be a controversial statement for many readers of this blog.
I didn't really enjoy the new Will Ferrell move - "Step Brothers". There were funny parts but most of it didn't make sense, and I'm almost 100% certain they didn't bother to write a script and just rolled tape.
Wait for the DVD rental.
Scheduling note - the schedule I put out earlier for Road Atlanta has changed. We're in the "Lightining Race Group" you can hit the links here to make sure you're up to date.
Schedule!Alternatively (and the option I believe most people are choosing) is to stay in their nice Air Conditioning and read all about the fun when I post it online.
All I can say to that is.... Well for all you know I don't own a race car and might just be making all of this up if you don't witness it first hand. C'mon $5 and a little heat. Suck it up. There is even a big mall on the way there so you can use it as an excuse to shop or something.
Also if you wondered what the song from the Pineapple Express trailer you likely saw at the same time is - M.I.A. - Paper Planes. I just saved you google search. You're welcome.
Labels: Movie Reviews, Road Atlanta, Schedule
Our little circus will be coming to the town near you
Aug. 8-10 at
Road Atlanta.
This is probably one of the most famous road racing tracks in the US. We usually have a packed house for this event. Unfortunately it is usually in March (hot) and August (hotter), and if last year is any indication it will be miserably hot.
Also NASA is kind enough to charge our friends and family $5 to watch. Which I don't think is very nice. As you can imagine we usually don't get much of an audience in some of these remote locations.
So what will your $5 buy you? a) I promise you won't be cold b) "exclusive" access up close and personal with your favorite drivers. c) I can introduce you to Mike Skeen of
mikeskeen.com - he was on TV so that is as close to being a celebrity as we can muster. No Patrick Dempsey's in our group. d) some of the most action packed amateur road racing action in the metro Atlanta area!!!
As an added value if you let me know in advance I'll do my best to wrangle a ride with an instructor around the track at speed.
Here is the tenative schedule:
Friday (8th) - Enduro Race 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat. (9th) - Practice 8:20am - 8:40am
Qualifying 10:30am - 10:50am
Race 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Sun. (10th) - Qualifying 8:50am - 9:10am
Race 2:05pm - 2:40pm
Labels: Road Atlanta, Schedule
