Posted: January-04-2009 at 11:38am | IP Logged	Tweet

yeah I put my Tundra on the high banks and its a rush. Its a dream of mine to race at Bristol, no matter what series or division.

I went to Daytona in 2005 for the Pepsi 400 then in 2006 I was in the garage and seeing Daytona from the infield was amazing. Charlotte was the sameway too but nothing like Bristol and Daytona

Posted: January-04-2009 at 6:24pm | IP Logged	Tweet

RACEFACE wrote: If you want to try something fun go to Martinsville Speedways open house or to Lowes Motorspeedway on their souvineer blowout day.....I got to turn laps in my car at both tracks at speed......theres not alot of passing at Martinsville Speedway.....but at LMS they turn you loose on a 4 lap free for all......out of a pack of 30 or so I started somewhere around 20th and by the 4th lap was 3rd....its a fun track to drive......I can't wait till next year to do them both again.

Hey "RACEFACE," I've never been to Martinsville for an open house ... but I have been to nearby Bristol Motor Speedway when they have open house and also to Lowe's Motor Speedway once with my cousin when I was over visiting him in Huntersville, N.C.

At Bristol and also the time at Lowe's, individuals were permitted to drive their vehicle around the track for a donation, which went to Speedway Children's Charities. At Bristol it is $25, which allows you to drive five times around the track. And I believe the time I was over at Charlotte it also was $25.

I know this: At Bristol you weren't permitted to run as fast as you wanted in a "free for all." Six cars at a time is all that was allowed, and you went the speed limit (around 55-60 mph). I saw with my own eyes a couple of idiots get parked for going too fast, thinking they were real race car drivers.

The time over at Lowe's, I know there wasn't a pack of 30 cars out together. I'd say it was about 12-15. And people weren't permitted to drive as fast as they wanted to either. I just can't see Lowe's Motor Speedway permitting people to drive fast (race, pass cars). That's just asking for someone to wreck and Speedway Motorsports Inc. get sued. I've got a photo saved on my hard-drive of my cousin pulling off pit road in his Mustang GT.

Posted: January-04-2009 at 6:28pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Hey "ST1," we rode up to BMS last night to see the fireworks. I kind of figured when it started raining they might not even shoot them off. And as you mentioned, there was nothing spectacular about the fireworks display.

We didn't ride through the complex to see the lights, though. I'd gotten to ride around the complex seeing the lights the night before they opened, when I was up at BMS for the media night when money from last year was distributed to the charities.

Posted: January-04-2009 at 7:52pm | IP Logged	Tweet

And, releases (or waivers of liability) such as those don't mean a thing when a liability case gets before a judge. LMS is providing a facility for non-professional thrill seekers in uninspected vehicles meeting no minimal safety standards to "let it all hang out" for a small donation. If a person should happen to be involved in an accident and get injured, or even worse injure someone else, the attorney who will compete with other attorneys to represent the injured parties for a % of the damage award will successfully argue that the injured party, simply seeking a thrill and being an unprofessional driver, didn't really understand the danger involved..... and that LMS didn't provide adequate safety (such as speed limits and a controlled environment). Somebody, or somebody's survivors, will get rich off the "big one" when it happens.