NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway9/28/13

Last Monday was Sean's, Danny's, and my 3rd consecutive week watching Monday Night Football at Gold Coast. We've won a few prizes in the raffle so far and this time was no different. We won a t-shirt and a tool set between us but the best part happened after the game! Apparently, there was an unclaimed set of two tickets to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on 9/28/13. Not wanting them to go to waste, the announcer caught Sean and me on our way out and if we'd be able to make it to the speedway if he gave us the tickets. Yes! We hadn't been to a race since we won some in the MNF raffle the previous season so we were due for another visit.

Our free tickets:

Saturday came around and we woke up just in time to drive out to the speedway for the race! When we arrived, the parking lots and stadium were so crowded it was like EDC all over again! We were walking for several minutes before we reached the front gates where we were greeted with some tasty eye candy:

It was a few more minutes before we'd chosen our seats and gotten comfortable. The race had already started but wasn't far in. We'd just missed the start but were still in time for all the action! I'd planned ahead and charged my phone up so I'd be able to get lots of good pics and vids of the race and that's just what I did. 

This is what the speedway looked like just after we arrived:

It got dark fast! This is what the speedway looked like after sun down:

The race lasted a good couple of hours after the qualifiers and we saw some tough competition, a lot of spin outs, crashes, and, most importantly, super fast trucks! The whole place was vibrating from the trucks driving by and it was too loud to hear yourself talk, let alone hear the person next to you. Every NASCAR fan knows what I'm talking about! 

I think the most interesting thing about this particular race was when the #10 truck driven by Jennifer Jo Cobb lost a tire and slammed against a wall maybe 5 laps before the end bringing out a late caution and leaving only a few laps more to start back up and determine the race winner!

By the end of the race, I could've sworn my arm was gonna fall off. I'd held it up for so long getting vids and trying not to miss any important parts of the race and I think I did a damn good job! (See YouTube) Finally, the #17 truck driven by Timothy Peters was the first to drive past that checkered flag to victory with the rest of the trucks trailing in behind, top 10 as follows:

1st: #17 Timothy Peters

2nd: #98 Johnny Sauter

3rd: #32 Miguel Paludo

4th: #3 Ty Dillon

5th: #54 Darrell Wallace Jr

6th: #9 Ron Hornaday Jr

7th: #7 John Wes Townley

8th: #62 Brendan Gaughan

9th: #31 James Buescher

10th: #8 Max Gresham

It took a lonnnng time getting to the car, out of the parking lot, and back home after the race. Traffic really was as bad as it had been during EDC - so bad, in fact, that we had to drive around the speedway to get out and head north on Las Vegas Blvd to find a different freeway entrance to the 95 south. Just after getting onto the freeway back into town (over an hour after getting in our car to leave), we saw endless lines of cars still waiting just to leave the parking lot! Wow.. I guess some people really love NASCAR. I wonder how many of them we'll see back out there next year? :p