Kentucky Speedway

Yesterday my sister and I drove 4 hours to the Kentucky Speedway to see my dad, meet Monty Bailey(Motorsports Manager for Dollar General Racing), and watch the race from the Pits! It started out as a very early day for me, but I was still excited to get to the race. Of course we couldn't decide who's car we were going to drive down because I didn't want to take my Jeep because its a gas hog, and the mustang needs new back brakes, and my sister didn't want to take her car because she just didn't want to. It all boiled down until the last minute and Nicki showed up at her house and my mom said so who's driving and Nicki said I guess I am but not by choice! Yes! That means I didn't have to take one of my cars! And, I knew Nicki wasn't going to drive so I drove down there which was completely fine by me because I LOVE to drive, especially her Lincoln LS!

The road trip was a long one, I am not going to lie, but we made it there in exactly 4 hours, which was amazing because everyone wanted to drive so slow and we made a pit stop in Columbus. Once we got there we had to go to the Credentials building and get our in field parking permit and pit passes. My dad drove us where we needed to go and then...let the show begin!

My dad walked us around the track and introduced us to about 200 people at the race, we don't remember them after we meet them but its always nice to meet new people. The weather was just about unbearable yesterday, and I love hot weather but with the heat the track's temperature was 140 degrees. Wow, we were cooking! Finally, I got to meet Mr. Monty Baily, who I had a interview with yesterday to work with Burney Lamar(#77 Dollar General car), and it went great, he said he was very interested and would like to keep in touch with me and go over more detailed stuff about the job! The position won't open until the 4th quarter, which is around September or October, but I am really excited about this opportunity! After meeting with Monty, I was introduced to Burney Lamar(who is the nicest, down to earth guys you will ever meet, not cocky just extremely pleasant to be around), and we jumped on the golf cart and headed off to his signing booth. Fans just go crazy to get their shirts signed or pictures take with a racer! After that was over, we headed back to the track to watch the time trials, now I was exhausted and just wanted to sit down in some air conditioning. So we stopped off to get a bite to eat and then rested for a little bit in the truck before the race started!

Since the race didn't start until 8pm, the heat was alot more enjoyable, it was about 87 degrees outside and the track cooled off a bit too! So we took our positions behind the #5 Lowe's car(Kyle Busch) because that put us right beside the path to pull into victory lane! I also got some great pictures of the cars rolling in and out for their pit stops! Unfortunately we didn't stay until the end of the race because we wanted to beat the traffic out, so we took off at 175 laps. We got back in the car and I drove for about an hour and a half before I had to pull over, I was just too tired to keep my eyes focused, so my sister took over and drove the rest of the way home! Safe and sound, we pulled into town around 3 am! Fun road trips with my sister~ can't get any better than that!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD!!

In the pictures: Nicki Fell, Burney Lamar, and Kaci Fell after Burney's signing session.
Next left pic: Nicki Fell and Kaci Fell standing in Pit row!
Right picture: Burney Lamar signing autographs in his booth.
Bottom picture: #38 car coming in to pit row after getting in an accident.