Our first race of the season was at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA. This track is one of the two road courses the Nextel Cup drivers run each season. The remaining 34 races are on oval tracks. This track is a 2-mile course with 12 turns, both left and right. It’s demanding on drivers because there is more braking and shifting involved than usual. The race is 350 miles, and took just under 4 hours. Cheech Marin was the Grand Marshall.
Before the race began, Donny and I represented USG in presenting a $5000 check to Casey Mears, who gained the most positions during last week’s race in Michigan. We looked great up on the big screen, by the way. It was both fun and educational to have access to the garage and pits before and during the race. Matt Kenseth started in 9th position today, and finished 18th. That’s still somewhere in the middle, but not nearly as well as he’s been doing in general this season. Jeff Gordon, in the Dupont #24 car, won the race. A word of advice to anyone who might attend a race at Infineon though: Remember where you parked. We ended up taking two shuttles then walking for more than an hour through the rolling fields in search of our truck.
For more pics- http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/d3loeber/San%20Francisco/Infineon%20Raceway/
3 comments:
All I can say is WOW! Another great experience! Big screen, garage, pit, and by the way how about the noise. Have a great time!
These are awesome! Do you know how incredible it would be for a REAL NASCAR fan to be in the pits during the race???
Thanks for the awesome photos of Ryan Newman's pit! I'm putting it on my office computer as the wallpaper.
B-Hole
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