Texas, Houston - Sunday, October 27, 2013 - Houston Motor Sports Park

Wishing a Happy Birthday to son David.  It was so good to spend the month of September with him and his family.  I think he is an amazing man (honest, I would think so even if I wasn’t his mom). 

We got home too late last night for me to do a blog entry.  We went to the Houston Motor Sports Park which is about 10 minutes from where we are staying.

This was a double header night so we saw lots of racing.  One of the events that I had never seen before was dwarf car races.  These cars are only about waist high, kind of cute – I’m sure their drivers would be appalled at that description.

 

 

The rest of the night was races I was familiar with.

They have a meet and greet during intermission.  Most of the fans leave their seats and go out on the track and get autographs and talk to the drivers.  We just sat and watched.  What was funny was the announcer trying to get all of the people to go back to their seats so the next round of racing could start.

Our main source of amusement last night was the flagger who was dreadfully slow on getting out the yellow flag when there was a wreck.  When a car wrecked the rest of the cars were almost around the track and on top of it before the flagger realized there was a problem.  I’m sure that isn’t an easy job, but he was definitely a little slow on the uptake.  And, since we were sitting close to where he was located it was pretty noticeable.

They also had dollar beers – lots of people taking advantage of that.  We just drank the water we took with us, and found another source of amusement.

They had fireworks to celebrate the end of their season.  But, since they couldn’t get everyone to get back to their seats after the intermission they were running behind schedule and had to set them off before the races were finished so they wouldn’t violate local noise ordinances.  In fact, one race was going on when they set them off – no distraction to the drivers there.  I need to learn how to take better pictures of fireworks.

The weather couldn’t have been better and it was an enjoyable way to spend the evening.  If you are a race fan and in the Houston area, I would suggest checking it out.

Later in the evening or early morning some strong winds and heavy rain came through the area and today has been overcast all day.  I think the temperatures were still in the 70s so I’m not complaining.

This is a picture of us where we are now.