Noah, Wendy, Keith, Brian and I journeyed to western Ohio to find the famous Eldora dirt speedway in the middle of a corn field. We were entertained by a handful of NASCAR drivers racing in the 3rd annual Prelude to the Dream. Noah had a ball watching all the races and explaining to Keith who all the drivers were. He also shopped at the souvenir trailers finding the coveted Harvick 29 Reese's racing hat! Thank goodness Aunt Wendy brought the goggles!
Noah was very interested in Kenny Wallace driving the JEGS car. He was looking all over the stands for his friend from school, Kennedi.
Tony Stewart, Eldora's new owner, was an obvious crowd favorite in the 20 car. For some reason Keith was convinced that Montoya raced for Toyota so I won a lunch off that bet. He must have figured that they rhymed so they must be working together!
Caleb's favorite driver, Kevin Harvick, was on hand for the big race but stuggled since he had never raced on dirt before! That didn't stop Noah from cheering for him.
Keith's favorite driver, thanks to advice from Kevin Smith, Bobby Labonte qualified first out of all the races for the final race of the night. A wreck in the final race forced him to the pits early - Keith didn't seem to notice since he kept rooting for him during the rest of the race!
Another crowd favorite, Jeff Gordon had a great night battling head to head with Carl Edwards during the final laps of the main event.
After all the dust was settled, Carl Edwards emerged victorious!
