My first NASCAR experience.

[Chad003]

I'll start off with saying that I worked security from Tuesday to Saturday working a gate for one of the camping parks. There were plenty of interesting folks coming in there but the most fun I had during that span was on Saturday watching people walk to the Nationwide race under their own power & then walking being carried back to their site. One drunk guy actually came up to our post & started working with us. That was just great watching him. There were a lot of great sights but I don't have time to go into detail.

So, on to the race.

I got to sit in the infield, at the backstretch next to turn 3.
I was amazed at the place in every way. It was like a city inside those 2.5 miles.

Since I'm a Gordon fan I kind of wanted to leave after the wreck 8 laps in. Seeing him out there later being lapped & driving a dune buggy made me lose some interest. The Talladega airport is 100 yards from the track & not 10 minutes after the first wreck there were private planes taking off. It was the drivers that got knocked out.

I barely saw the first wreck but with 9 laps to go I found out why everyone goes to these races.

They wrecked directly in front of me. It made my day. I walked over to the fence & saw R. Gordon get out of his car & boy is that guy huge. I didn't even know there was a wreck on the last lap until we left & somebody told us about it & that some fans got injured.

After the day was done I'm sure I will do it again. Except Gordon better win.:rock:

 

[doozer]

glad you had fun.

Talladega is a one of a kind experience.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

J. Gordon won the year i went, i was not happy. Being a Jr and Waltrip fan(this is when they were still both at DEI) i was pissed when J. Johnson wrecked Jr. The place goes nuts when Jr is heading toward the front or leading. You can't really hear it on tv, but in person its loud as s**t. Waltrip was leading w/ 2 to go then gets taken out on the last lap letting J. Gordon win. Regardless it was a hell of a time. Got to meet some drivers in the tent area and go out on pit road. Good times

 

[TennesseeFan07]

I'm glad you enjoyed.

 

[McLovin]

The first race I went to was sadly Dale Earnhardt's last.

 

[TigersTalons]

glad you had fun.

Talladega is a one of a kind experience.

Very well put.I live 30 min away and some of the locals that don't actually go into the race live for the night before party!Heck in high school "Southside"a guy got stopped by the SSPD (driver had no idea)and was asked why a drunk teen was dancing naked on top of his RV,turned out to be a guy I played HS FB with!!!That's just one story!!Oh yea they knew him well,PD that is!!!