Friday, May 25, 2012 @ 7:00 PM in General Travel
I was able to get a good night's sleep last night in a real bed. Since I wasn't meeting my friends until 10:00am I didn't have to rush waking up this morning either. After eating some cereal and relaxing for a bit I went to meet with my friends.
We hung out for a bit while waiting for a few people to make it into town then left for the track. We ended up having 15 people with us divided up into 3 cars. Traffic to the track was very minimal since we did get a late start, plus we had a different route to the track that not too many people know about.
Parking was $10 just around the corner from the entrance. We had three coolers full of beer and some chips to munch on. When we got into the track we cracked open some beers and watched some of the practice runs. We soon decided to walk around and see if we could get any free swag from the companies in booths around the infield. Chevy had a big setup with some of their ZR1 and Z06 Corvettes sitting out which were extremely cool looking.
We got a big group photo taken at the Mazda booth while half of us were wearing the Mazda sponsored track suits. Five Hour energy was giving out free samples and Banana Boat was giving out free sunscreen and cozies which came in handy. After collecting all of our free stuff we headed toward the concert area where Lynard Skynard was about to start playing. The concert ended up being a lot of fun. We got to hear a lot of classic songs including Freebird.
No one pushed their limits with the booze at the track today and we didn't see anything really crazy happen either. The temperatures were a little on the warm side but still very tolerable. It's supposed to be a lot warmer for the actual race on Sunday though which isn't going to be too fun.
After getting back from the track I came back to my parents house and showered and got ready to head to another friends house for a party. I hung out there until about 1:45am when things finally wound down and I could barely stay awake.
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Tags: motorcycle, indy 500
Posted from: United States