Ready for Lowe’s
May 15th, 2008, 12:51 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Alex Kreitman
I’ll be attending my first NASCAR race Saturday when I head down to Concord for the All-Star race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
I’m not a big NASCAR fan, but I’m excited about my first experience with the sport. I’ve followed racing a little more closely since moving down to North Carolina. I’ve also been participating in a Fantasy Auto Racing league with the sports guys here in the office. I don’t know much about the sport, but it’s fun to take part in with the guys.
My roomate from my sophomore year of college, the great Bob Koons, is a big NASCAR fan, pulling for the Tar Heel state favorite, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Bob is from Pennsylvania so I don’t get the connection, but he had a Jr. flag on the wall in our dorm room and would always opt to watch the race on Sundays instead of the NFL, unmless of course the Eagles were on.
Bob always said he wanted to take me to my first race, but after telling him I’d be going without him, he was OK, saying “I’m happy as long as you’re going.” But I am sad to not be able to share the experience with him after listening to his wild tales of attending races at Pocono Speedway and Talledega. Hopefully someday down the road I’ll get to go again with Bobby Koons by my side and a beer in hand.
I plan on documenting my day at the track on video which I’ll put together at work Monday. So, look for that in Monday’s blog. I’m going to have a lot of tailgating and stuff from before the race. More on this Friday.
I wanted to brag about the Boston Celtics clutch comeback against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. Thank God the Celtics were able to pull out the big Game 5 win and go up 3-2 in the series. For awhile they looked awful and I thought it was all over, until a spark right before halftime got them going.
Hopefully they can wrap things up in Cleveland on Friday night, but don’t count on it since they’ve had trouble on the road in the playoffs, 0-5 to be exact.
