tweak89
New Member
Took a last minute road trip this weekend to the NRA 500 Sprint Cup Race in Fort Worth. It was myself and a buddy of mine on his FJR. We scored tickets the night before (half price frontstretch tickets!!) we left rather than be at the mercy of scalpers at the track.
Our Route:
Packed light for such a short trip. The "frunk" was for quick need items and electronics that I wanted to keep dry and close. Used a dry bag (provided with the Aero bags) for my clothes and packed flip flops, light jacket and a few other items in the other bag.
On the road:
I met my buddy about 30 miles up the road from where I work (we both left from our places of business). Took the back roads up to Greenville,Tx to visit with his mom and stay the night. It was a nice ride and took a bit over 5 hours. We pulled up at dusk. Unpacked, had a late dinner and turned in for the night. Woke up early for a light breakfast and visited a bit more before hitting the road.
Normally you would want to be at a Nascar track at the crack of dawn to get a spot as far from the track as possible. But, since this was a night race (6:30pm start) and we were on the bikes the strategy was different. Late start and parking waaaay up close to the track. This also changed out normal exit strategy, which is not to exit (we've brought the wives and the RV the last two times). We picked a laps left limit if neither of our drivers was in contention (his, Tony Stewart, was a non-factor...mine, Jeff Gordon, was up until about 30 laps to go) so we were able to fly out of the track and out of the area.
Let's go racing!!
Our Route:
Packed light for such a short trip. The "frunk" was for quick need items and electronics that I wanted to keep dry and close. Used a dry bag (provided with the Aero bags) for my clothes and packed flip flops, light jacket and a few other items in the other bag.
On the road:
I met my buddy about 30 miles up the road from where I work (we both left from our places of business). Took the back roads up to Greenville,Tx to visit with his mom and stay the night. It was a nice ride and took a bit over 5 hours. We pulled up at dusk. Unpacked, had a late dinner and turned in for the night. Woke up early for a light breakfast and visited a bit more before hitting the road.
Normally you would want to be at a Nascar track at the crack of dawn to get a spot as far from the track as possible. But, since this was a night race (6:30pm start) and we were on the bikes the strategy was different. Late start and parking waaaay up close to the track. This also changed out normal exit strategy, which is not to exit (we've brought the wives and the RV the last two times). We picked a laps left limit if neither of our drivers was in contention (his, Tony Stewart, was a non-factor...mine, Jeff Gordon, was up until about 30 laps to go) so we were able to fly out of the track and out of the area.
Let's go racing!!
