Winner winner, get Jimmie another chicken dinner!  Jimmie Johnson won the Sprit Cup at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend.  It wasn’t a super exciting race, the boys ran pretty clean all day long.  There were a couple of cautions, but some of them were mistakes.  There was one good crash on turn four when McMurray got a little bit loose and tried to take out Montoya.

I look forward to NASCAR weekend every year.  Its really my happy place.  The people are nice, friendly, and over all just happy to be there.  I love that.  I love hearing the national anthem sung by 150,000 americans.  And let me tell you, Terry Fator has a voice that is incredible.  Match that with the Thunder Birds fly over and you have the makings of an all american weekend.

I like to camp out on turn four during the race.  This seems to be the corner were things are likely to go sideways.  While I was there I found this little guy and his mom.  NASCAR fans start young.

This year the best place to be was pit road.  I love pit road before the race.  The cars are lined up, the fans are milling around, and there is a general air of excitement.

Then there is all the action during the race.  This year was the year for Pit Road.  Before my Mother asks, I wasn’t in the pit box, and I didn’t get in anyones way.  Promise!

All in all we had a great time.  If you haven’t heard it yet listen to The Vegas Tourist podcast with Ace and the Chippendale Magnet.  www.TheVegasTourist.com The folks go into great detail on all the fun and adventures we incountered.  Also is an excluse interview with Tony Stewart!

Next weekend we are back out at the track for the Lucas Oil trophy truck race.  This should be a fun one!  Trophy trucks on a tight dirt track built just for them.  We will all be on the track and I will be shooting from the dirt!  Don’t know what a trophy truck is?   Take a look…

We are up before dawn and hit the track.  We find clouds, wind, cold and the threat of rain.  No matter, this is NASCAR and our on track official assures us in our morning briefing that NASCAR will do everything possible to make the race happen today.  Good thing NASCAR fans are not afraid of a little rain!  They were out in full force today regardless of the weather.   Ace found this father daughter team having the time of their lives out on pit road.

Kind of reminded me of all the tracks dad and I went to when I was a kid. 

Fans lined up in the Neon Garage for looks at their favorite cars, drivers, and teams. 

We hit the track running this morning just in case the rain came early.  Got lots of photos of the cars, Nationwide drivers, practice, qualifying, and everything we could possibly find. 

Then we packed it all up and headed over to Lagasse’s Stadium at the Palazzo.  (after a two hour nap and a couple of showers)  We had a big interview lined up and we didn’t want to be late.  Here you can see Ace getting set up and ready to interview Tony Stewart.

The exclusive interview will be posted on The Vegas Tourist.  Check out www.TheVegasTourist.com for the latest updates from Ace and Tony.  After the interview we were on hand while Tony was presented with the Legends in Sports award by Lagasse’s.

Tomorrow is the big Shelby American race and your TVT Sports reporters will be on hand to bring you all the action.  The boys have been working hard, and I have photo’s for miles!  Everyone will be on the track tomorrow to catch everything we can!