Saturday, April 9, 2011

Alliance, TX (USA)

The first night NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held at the Texas Motor Speedway tonight. As I was watching the race on TV, it occurred to me that I'd never been near the track during a race. Mollie and I drove up to Alliance and we drove around in the area near the speedway. The whole area was packed with cars but all (nearly) 150,000 fans were in the stands. We were able to get within about 200 meters and I could hear the sounds of the cars (a little faint with the 45 MPH wind). Drove around a bit nearby - very festive RVs and lots of pickup trucks... On the way home, we stopped at Cabella's for a stroll through the aquarium and the animal displays.