NASCAR?

 I admit, I know very little about NASCAR.

I’m not totally in the dark.

I mean, I know the difference — on a superficial level — between stock car races and races with cars built specifically for racing. 

I know there was a movie called Talladega Nights, about stock car racing, but I never saw the movie.

Back in 2001, I took Jen and Becca to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.  There was a restaurant at CityWalk called the NASCAR Cafe.  Really cool place, they had actual stock cars suspended from the ceiling, and we got to sit under one of the cars.  

A famous stock car driver, Dale Earnhardt, died on February 18, 2001, in a racing accident in Florida.  I remember the date because it was two days after we ate at the NASCAR Cafe.  And also because my birthday is February 18.  

So … now that I’ve told you everything I know about stock car racing …ask me why we’re talking about NASCAR.

Well, it seems there’s a racetrack in Riverhead that runs NASCAR races every Saturday night.  And our Long Island newspaper Newsday ran a contest to give away tickets and etc. to an upcoming event.

And Drew won one of the prizes. 

So I guess we are going to a NASCAR event.