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lol, sorry.

That reminds me, a few years ago, I was at a NASCAR race in Fort Worth. This was the first race I had ever seen and I was overwhelmed at the attendance. I was curious to learn what everyone found so interesting. Everyone I talked to happily contributed their point of view, giving me insight to the various factors involved in a race- pit crew, track condition, turns, passing, and so on. I enjoyed listening to them all and even made a few new friends.

One race fan I got a real kick out of was a little old lady who, in the midst of telling me all about her love for a certain racer, suddenly paused as JG was speeding past us and screamed out "HIT THE WALL, JEFF, YOU ROTTEN MF!!!", then just as quickly returned to her commentary. Shocked, I just took it all in and grinned.

And I thought I was cruel. : )

My first NASCAR race was the 1999 Daytona 500. I was invited by a high school friend I had not seen in 30 years. I was not up on NASCAR at that time so I did some reading. I did not want to appear NASCAR dumb in front of my old friends. I decided that Jeff Gordon sounded like the guy I wanted to cheer for. Turns out they were all #3 fans. Just my luck. I was a Maine Yankee in a Southern Military College and a #24 fan among #3 fans.

To make matters worse, there was a row of gorgeous women just behind us. They all had all painted their nails with a white #3 on black.

The only thing saved me that day was the fact that "The Right Guy" won that race. LOL