So, one of my favorite days of race week is — of course — the first day of on-track racin’. I love driving to Bristol Motor Speedway early in the morning and seeing the fans getting their day started, watching the team members walk into the Speedway, see the sun rise over a sea of campers surrounding “The World’s Fastest Half-Mile.”
And I love driving down into the infield and seeing the track as it is before the thunder hits the valley. There’s kind of an eerie calm about it. So quiet, so peaceful. Yet I know that in a very short time, Bristol will roar to life with three incredible days of “racin’ the way it ought’a be!” Welcome to race week. It’s Bristol baby!
When you hear that first wrench drop and the first engine start, its heaven!