Daytona 500 Race Day

The kids had an eventful day. We planned a Dayton 500 Race day at my aunt's house, we decided that we were going to choose a driver and put $5.00 into a fund for the winner and 2nd place finishers. There was 7 of us total, making the pot $35.00. $25.00 for the closest finisher to first place in our 7 person group and $10.00 for 2nd closer finisher. Our picks were:
Taylor - Kyle Busch
Austin - Jimmie Johnson
Jeremy - Tony Stewart
Becky - Carl Edwards
Aunt Pat - Mark Martin
Wendy - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Eternity - Kasey Kahne

The race started out awesome...Taylors driver jumped out in first right away!!! He ended up leading the race for 89 laps. Stewart, Edwards, Earnhardt & Martin traded in and out of the top 10. Jimmie Johnson started in a great position and just had issues getting and staying in the top 10, but he was far from out. But then a Jr. just had issue after issue in the pits and then on lap 124 he decided to piss everyone off and was at the start of a huge crash which took, Edwards, Jr. and Johnson and stuck them at the back of the pack....BUMMER :(. Anyways, the race ended up being rained out with only 52 laps to go and Jeremy's driver Stewart ended up the closest to first place and Aunt Pats driver took 2nd... Lets put it this way, Taylor was devistated, Austin didn't care because he had a friend over and the friend was too busy to worry about it :).

I have to tell you how interested the kids were in the race. We even stayed up the night before to do posters for our drivers. To see the heart break right when their racers fell behind or the excitement when their drivers moved up on the pack....
The biggest rival was Wendy and Jeremy's drivers...well atleast at our house. You have to see their signs...they crack me up!!