NASCAR

My favorite sport to watch is NASCAR. Some people say it's not a sport, while others consider it a way of life. Saturday (July 5, 2008) was the Coke Zero 400 for the Sprint Cup Series. My dad took my brothers, (Logan and Dalton), my mom, grandma, and I to see it. We live 2 hours away from Daytona International Speedway which was where the race was. We were at the race track at 10:00 am. The race did not start until 7:30 pm. We walked around the many trailers full of merchandise for the drivers. We made stops at all our favorites- Bobby Labonte for Logan, Tony Stewart for Dalton, Dale Earnhardt Jr. for my mom and I, and Dale Sr. for my dad. We put all the free things we got in the car and came back to the track for a late lunch/early dinner. We paid for an all you can eat buffet which had hamburgers and hotdogs with chips. The drinks were Coke products and water. After we finished eating we headed for our seats. They were on the backstretch. My dad brought scanners to listen to the drivers communicate to their crew. The race began and my brothers and I didn't once leave our seats. Our eyes were glued to the cars speeding around the oval track. With only a few laps to go, there was a wreck on the track. NASCAR tries to always have green flag finishes, so they had the pace laps and started their final laps again. Of course, someone (Jeff Gordon) wrecked. No caution was called so the drivers kept going. On the final lap there was a huge wreck and the race ended. Kyle Busch (a driver no one in my family likes) won, and my favorite driver Dale Jr. finished 8th. We dropped my grandmother off at her house and went home to sleep. By the time we got inside the house it was 4:30 am on Sunday!