[mtg6486]

I've been down here in daytona since friday experiencing this pretty memorable 500. I was at the track all day Sunday waiting in the rain. The place looked like a refugee camp with everyone huddled under anything they could to stay dry. The food and merchandise vendors sold out of just about everything they had from people buying out of boredom. Then they ended up calling the race and had us come back Monday for the late restart. I was pretty cool seeing the first ever postponed 500 under the lights. Had seats eight rows back across from the Pitts in the Roberts section. Was so close that you could feel the wind of the cars as they went by. It had enough power that it was making hats fly off the fans heads. The killer of the night was that 2 hour delay from the blower fire. I could see the track but to did see the flames rising pretty high along with all that smoke. All in all it was an awesome experience being down here for all these firsts.