Off To The Races

Last night we went to the races at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe. I had been to some bike races there before and then early this summer we went to some car races down south... but this was my first time to some demolition derby stuff.. which to me is not the same as the races. Races they all go fast to see who can cross the line first... and last night.. there was some of that.. but there was a LOT of who can put the biggest bang on someone else's car. Even though it hurt me to watch them banging into each other.. I LOVED it!

There were some stunts... they were ok.. not really my thing though.. and waiting for them to set them up and then clean up the track after.. sort of was a turn off for me. They did some hornet racing.. which was small cars sort of beat up that went around the track fast... those were fun... then they did some figure 8's. This was my first time watching that type of racing.. and those guys/girls are just 110% nuts. With the small cars they were exciting to watch.. no big crashes... then they had the school buses going at it.. those were really cool to watch.. then they added boats on to the back of the cars and buses and they all raced together. The thing is I did not get what that meant.... but what they do is they tie a boat ( no trailer ) to the back of the car or bus... most of them had regular old wooden boats.. one had a rubber boat...there were plenty of sizes of boats too.. and maybe they were not wooden.. but anyway.. so the boat is tied/chained onto the back of the car/bus and then these crazy people drive around the figure 8 (very fast) trying to slam into other peoples boats and the last person with their boat still attached wins. This is one crazy thing.. there were boat pieces and car pieces everywhere... I was laughing so hard. I loved it! Did not get video of the boat races was too busy watching them. Plan is to go to more races next summer.

~Michelle