Arca Race at MIS

[Bman212121]

Went to the Arca Race that was at MIS Today (Yesterday now I guess). Even though we didn't know who was racing the seats were amazing. We were in the Terrace Suites which are right behind pit road.

Start/Finish Line pic from inside Suite
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Start of Race
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3052/dscf1525jx2.jpg

This is a good pic to show you how close the Pit boxes are (From Inside)
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5161/dscf1544tk1.jpg

Another Pit Image (From on top of the Suite)
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8890/dscf1535vb7.jpg

If all else fails, use a hammer
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8225/dscf1539cv5.jpg

The goods
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5838/dscf1549lh7.jpg

The Finish of the Race (Car in top left won #99 Roush Racing's Erik Darnell)
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4634/dscf1551oy2.jpg

And last but not least, pushing the cars back to the garage area after Nextel Qualifying
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4466/dscf1518fe2.jpg

Was a pretty sweet day overall. It would have been crazy if this was Sunday's race since we would actually know the field and everything would be more competitive, but it was still awesome.

[Bman212121]

Looks like you had a great time :)
I personally prefer formula 1 but those pictures look great.

Yay, a reply! ;) It was definitely something you don't get to see everyday so I figured it would be cool to share with everyone. The pics were taken with a cheaper 2.0MP camera, so they can't do enough justice for what it is like.

[stncttr908]

It was a good race. Hornish Jr. was pretty impressive in a stock car, but having that Penske power behind him probably had something to do with that. Enjoy the Nextel Cup race tomorrow!

[lee63]

Great pics :D should go to the cup race though (lee63)

[Bman212121]

Great pics :D should go to the cup race though (lee63)

If we had these seats I'd be there in a heartbeat. Watched it on TV though. IMO the grandstands are cool, but they just don't give as good of an experience as sitting at home watching it on tv. I've seen a Truck Race from the stands, and where we were sitting it was really hard to know what is going one because we couldn't see who was in what place, so you just kind of watched them drive around. In the suite we also had the TV on and they had speakers with the announcers so they were commenting the race. It is so badass because we couldn't see the backstretch from inside, but you could watch the battles on the tv, then they would drop into turn 4 and you can just look out the window and watch em fly by. It's funny that 180mph + doesn't look all that fast from your seat, but when we were in the grandstands for the trucks I stood right next to the fence and watched them go by and you would think the air alone would knock you on your butt. It's insane watching them rip by.

When the race started we were on top of the suite and I didn't have ear plug on yet, and it's so loud you can't hear yourself yelling. :D

Props to Carl Edwards today though, was cool to see him win.