Martinsville

This past weekend was a trip to Martinsville for my last NASCAR race of 2010. The weekend started off crazy. I usually stay with friends Saturday night before going to the race on Sunday. I picked up my companion and started south. We got to within an hour of my friends' house and called. My friend picks up and informs me she is in the ER. Apparently she had some sort of intestinal problem. She was waiting to find out if they were going to have to do surgery on her. How crazy is that? We ended up spending about 30 minutes with her on Saturday night before heading to her house and staying the night.

Sunday we drove up to Martinsville. We got to the track around 8 AM. We got settled in the parking lot and went souvenir shopping. Picked up a few items and headed back to the car. Got our gear and headed to the track. We enjoyed some Martinsville hot dogs (they're awesome) and saw one heck of a race. Denny Hamlin made it interesting and won yet again - it's been nice to see him win and come close to a championship!

Since we got there early and got a good parking spot, we were out of there in 15 minutes and on our way home. I got home in 5.5 hours, which is not bad considering. I even got to bed at a reasonable hour!

All in all a fun, good weekend.