Race Day

For Michael's birthday, we gave him a drive in a Nascar at Texas Motor Speedway! He has always wanted to do that so it was fun to get to give it to him :)

 We were so thankful for the clouds!  

When we got there, they had about a 30 minute class on what to expect, what to do, etc.  

 These are some of the cars they raced with that day...

 Ready to race...

 Michael drove 10 laps two different times so he had two race cars...

Michael said it was great! The top speed you can go in the cars is 150mph and he had it topped out.  The first set of 10 laps, he was getting used to the car and track so the second 10 laps, he really had fun! I could tell by the smile on his face when he got out of the car :)  (you have to climb in and out of the window like a legit driver:)

They offer a ride around the track in this....

Mike and I took the drive! It was fun!  They get up to about 60mph and at one point he stopped in one of the turns at the very top of the track so we could see how steep it is.  Very steep!  I had no idea. 

I'm so glad that Michael had fun:)

Cross that off of the to do list!