Countdown To The Opening of Redneck Season

Daytona 500

Well, it is only just a few more days till us proud rednecks will welcome the beginning of Nascar season! Woo-Hoo! The Daytona 500 will be ran on Sunday, February 26th in Daytona Florida.

It was 53 years ago today, February 22nd, that the first race was ran in Daytona. In 1959 the race was actually ran on the beach in Daytona. Today the race is held at the speedway in Daytona. The total acreage is 480 with the infield being 180 acres with a 29 acre lake . That is huge! Wayne and I actually got to visit the track and was able to walk around it and take pictures in Victory Lane. You would not believe what a high banking that track has...it was impossible to walk from the bottom of the lane to the top...really!

Back in 1959 the winning speed was 135 mph...today that speed is 191 mph. The prize money, paid out in 1959, was 67K plus, today the winnings are 18 million plus!

The Daytona is like the Super Bowl or World Series to Nascar fans. When a driver says they have a Daytona 500 win it is like having a Super Bowl Ring. It is one of the most anticipated races of the year and to win it is a honor. The late Dale Earnhardt took 19 years, of racing, before he could claim the title of a Daytona 500 winner, and he was a great driver.

Come Sunday, my husband and I will have the surround system on and the Daytona 500 roaring in the living room. We will drink a few beers and cheer our driver on (Dale JR) until the big wreak comes and takes him out! We will keep watching and hope our second choice wins and hope Jr does better the next race. We will probably fix Nascar snacks just like all you folks fix your Super Bowl snacks.

Some people say what can you see in cars going around and around in circles? Well, what the heck do they see in hitting a ball into a small hole, hitting a ball with a bat, trying to get a ball in a basket or across the goal post? It is a sport and it is a very dangerous and grueling sport. It takes just as much talent as any person who is considered a great athlete.

I will leave you with a few Redneck/Nascar jokes and I hope you all tune in Sunday for the Great American Race....and if you don't have a driver cheer for Dale Jr!

You think the last four words of the National Anthem are "Gentlemen start your engines"

You have the words Nascar in your wedding vows.

You spell out Nascar in Christmas lights.

You can remember the entire Nascar schedule but can't remember your wifes birthday, kids birthdays or anniversary.

You think heaven looks a lot like Daytona Beach.

The word "bank" makes you think of turn three at Daytona.

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