NASCAR

We are fans of NASCAR. Yup, I said it! We Bastinellis love NASCAR! Tony says never in a million years did he think he would enjoy watching cars drive around and around in circles 500 times. But here we are. Funny how your kids change your life... I can't quite remember how Zack got into NASCAR. I think it started with Disney's Cars movie and then one time Tony happened to catch a race on t.v. and Zack was hooked. It was right at the beginning of last year's season and Zack picked Jimmie Johnson (Number 48, driver of the Lowe's car) as his favorite. Jimmie ended up winning the entire 2007 Nextel Cup Series (pretty much the whole year of races combined, kind of complicated, can't really explain)!
So on to today. Thanks to a heads up from Papa David, Al's Nursery in Sherwood was going to have a viewing of an actual NASCAR!! It was Carl Edwards' backup car, sponsored by Miracle Grow (thus the reason it was at a nursery, in case you were wondering). We told Zack that we were just going to a place to look at flowers and plants! He fell asleep on the way there, but as soon as we got there, the trailer holding the NASCAR pulled up. Zack woke up RIGHT away and was SO excited! We got to watch them roll the car out with the wench and then listen as they fired up the engine to back it into its spot. It was LOUD!



This car was a NO TOUCH car, but we got lots of pictures with it and the kids got really close. They were able to see the whole inside, including all the roll bars (there were lots), instrument panel and the tiny little space the drivers have to sit in. It was awesome to be so close to one of the cars we watch race! Zack was delighted, how fun to see his face.

The kids got a little poster "signed" by Carl Edwards

I think Scotts should pay ME for all this advertising!

The view in through the passenger window. Whoa, kinda scary!

Checkin' it out!

They really ARE stickers! (See Disney's "Cars")

A happy, happy boy