Pocono Raceway

For as long as I can remember Sawyer has been obsessed with cars. When we finally tired of watching Disney's "Cars" movie over and over again we tried Nascar for some variety. It worked. Now we are all into it. So during Sawyer's birthday month we thought it would be fun for him to see a Nascar race.

We went to Pocono raceway to see the race at the "tricky triangle".

We walked around to see all the displays first and pick up a couple of souvenirs for the boys.

Sawyer REFUSED to have his picture taken by the Jeff Gordon car (Kent's favorite driver). Sawyer likes Jimmie Johnson, but we didn't find his car to take a picture by it.

Good thing we brought the ear plugs for everyone, because those cars are deafeningly loud! I was surprised at how fast the cars are moving in real life. It was hard to keep track of who was in front of who because every time they passed in front of us it was like trying to track lightning.

It was much easier to track them coming out from the pits.

Jeff Gordon's pit was almost directly in front of us!

The race started an hour earlier than planned to try and avoid inclement weather. But just after lap 100 it down poured! Everyone took "cover" under the bleachers which just dripped the run off on top of us. We were soaked. Eventually it lightened up and we were able to return to our seats. It took about 1 1/2-2 hours from the big rain for them to dry off the track and start the race again. Our clothes dried out pretty well too eventually.