Pam & Brian Arends headed down to KC for the weekend so we could all go to the Kansas NASCAR race. My mom rode along with them so she could watch Noah for the day – thank you mom!!!!

We packed up some stuff for tailgating on Saturday night and then Sunday morning we finished packing the cold stuff and left for the track about 6:45. We were following our neighbors – Jeff & Jenny and their friends that came from out of town. We got to the track and meet up with a couple other people and got the tailgating started!!! We got the fire pit going, tent set up and the grill cooking some French toast, eggs and sausages for breakfast.

After breakfast we walked around the sponsor trailers that were in front of the track – then we headed onto the track!!! The first thing we did was sign our name on the start/finish line!!!!!

Then we went to walk around the infield. We couldn’t walk in front or behind the pit box area, and we also couldn’t go in the garage area. We did get to see some cars being pushed out of the garage to get ready for the race!! We were also only a couple arm lengths away from Rick Henrick!! Then it was time to visit Victory Lane!!!

After we walked around the infield, we headed back out to our tailgating group and grilled some hamburgers and brats for lunch. Then it was time to go in for the race!!! Our seats were in section 206, which was just north of the start/finish line a hair, so we had really good seats!!

After the race, we headed back to our camp site and started the grill once more. We figured we were not even going to attempt to try to leave right after the race…which was good, because we watched a pickup right next to us, wait in line for at least 1/2 hour before he even moved!!!

We had a great time with friends and Grandma had a great time with Noah, so it all worked out!!!!