Sprint Cup

Because we had read that traffic can be really bad getting to the track, they headed over early Sunday morning.  They arrived around 9:30 a.m.

 Hanging out by the car for a little while before making the journey to the track.  It was a pretty long walk from the parking lot to the track (especially carrying the cooler that Ben has his feet propped on).

 Ben bought this classic M&Ms racing cap as his souvenir.

 One of Tony Stewart's cars.  This was Tony Stewart's second race back after his back injury before the start of the season.  After 50 laps, he traded driving duties with Ty Dillon.  Ben was watching with his binoculars as Tony got out of the car in the pits and Ty got in.

One of Aric Almirola's cars on display.

As John and Ben were wandering around all the displays, a couple came up to them and gave them both pre-race pit passes.  Someone in their group wasn't able to come and they were specifically looking for a father and son to give the passes.  These allowed John and Ben to go onto the track before the race.

 On track selfie

 They were down on the track for driver introductions.  Matt Kenseth is on the stage.

 After the drivers are introduced, they get in the back of trucks and are driven around the track.  Ben said the other fans let him stand on the front row.  (That's John's favorite driver Denny Hamlin in the truck.)  Ben is very annoyed with me because I didn't record the pre-race.  He thinks he was probably on TV.

 Dale Jr.

 Notice the huge clouds.  There was supposed to be thunderstorms all afternoon but the rain held off.  It made the race very exciting because the drivers thought the race would end with the rain and raced every lap like it was the final lap.  There were huge wrecks.  One included 17 cars.  Two cars went airborn flipping.

 Dale Jr was involved in two crashes.  This is his car on fire.  According to John, half the fans were ready to leave once Junior was off the track.

Hamlin leading Keselowski for a brief moment.  Keselowski ended up winning the race with Kyle Busch finishing second.