Went to the Stock Car Races yesterday evening. Our SIL drives #23 (black car with yellow numerals in photo) in the Formula IV series at the Altamont Motorsports Park (Central CA - 40+ miles east of San Francisco). Last night's event had two 100 lap main events on the 1/2 mile oval course for two different classes of Stock Cars. Got some pics race fans might be interested in seeing.
The first pic shows the cars competing in the Formula IV class road course...
The next pics show Car #03 driven by Jim Pettit - the eventual winner in the SRL (StockCar Racing League) main event.
Before the race, the cars lined up in front of the grandstands and the fans were allowed to go down and meet and greet the drivers for autographs and pics.
I noticed the stickers on the side of Jim's car so I went over to thank him for supporting the troops with those stickers. He's a proud supporter of our Armed Forces - makes me even happier that he won last night.
A few pics of his car...
Our SIL finished 5th in his race last night, but he's holding on to 3rd place in the season's standings. Next week car #23 will have a new number and driver - our daughter. SIL built another car and will put 23 on that one and 7 will go on the old 23. Husband and wife will duel it out for the checkered flag. I love it!
There ya have it race fans.