We’ve mentioned on the blog before what a big fan of cars Lyla is, however she had never seen a real race until last night. We met up with Mark, Jill, Jonathan, and Kate for dinner at their house then went over to the Old Dominion Speedway for a series of races called the YFT 150 to benefit Youth For Tomorrow. How could we resist cars, races, people watching, supporting YFT, and hanging out, all while at such a fine Manassas establishment!
This picture cracked me up because I didn’t realize until I loaded my pictures onto the computer that the guys in the background were posing for the picture too. Too funny!
I am no fan of car racing by any stretch, but I have to say it was actually fun to watch the races. There were several different types of cars that raced, and the kids especially enjoyed shouting and cheering for the cars they wanted to win.
Another exciting part of the races was seeing the crashes. Every time there was a wreck, we got to see Tow Mater, a favorite of all the kids.
After all the preliminary races, the real race attraction was the late model cars racing in the 150 race, but by halfway through the race Lyla was asleep on the bleacher with her head on my lap. She must have been exhausted to sleep through all the noise of the race, so we packed it up a bit early. She never woke up as we carried her all the way out of the speedway and the whole way to the car and home. The girl was tired, but we all had a really fun time!
I am not much of a race car fan but that actually looked fun. The kids had fun for sure. mouse
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