Gavin's 1st Race Track Experience

Gavin went to the race track for the first time this past weekend. He was very good and seemed to enjoy himself. Both Matt and Bryan raced up at the Black hawk farms raceway. Between the two cars on the track and a cute little boy... I had lots to take photos of. :)

It was a defintely a fun weekend but the race results weren't as good as we had hoped.

Oh well....

Saturday Morning, Great Grammy and Poppo arrived at the track. Before the practice session, Gavin and Grammy spent lots of time talking and laughing.

My little blue eyes

Snoozing away during the practice session ( Saturday Morning) The fresh air and stroller ride must have made him sleepy.

After lunch, Gavin decided to take a little snooze with Grandpa. We all rested up a little bit in the shade as we waited for the qualifying session.

After napping with Grandpa, it was time for the guys to get the cars ready again. As Gavin and I waited we played. Gavin played with the grass for the first time. He wasn't quite sure what to think of it. As he approached the edge of the quilt, his eyes got BIG and it was one of the first times I have seen him "reach" for anything.

Saturday Afternoon- Qualifying

Gavin is ready to go....The Long Racing Team

It takes a lot of hard work to look good..... so now... it's time to nap again...

The noise didn't bother Gavin but I still put the ear phones on to protect him.

He was always awake until the cars started going by. The roar and shaking of the cars must soothe him. hahahahahaTime to play and talk to Uncle Matt. After the qualifying session, it was time to cool down the cars and relax again. Gavin and Matt decided to stay cool and hang out in the trailer. This gave my a chance to sneak away and finally use the restroom. ;)

Quilt time again. Saturday late afternoon, the guys were working on the cars and Gavin and I played. Sunday- Race Day

It was a gorgeous day. The race was around eleven o'clock and the sun was WARM! Gavin, Sue and I watched from Turn 1 ( like usual ) and it was a great start.

Bryan was second at the start at took the lead out of turn one. He then proceded to pull away from Cliff Ebben who was now second. He had approx a 10 second lead ( if not more) at one point and even lapped some cars.Bryan lapping Matt ( who was racing in a different class)
Bryan passing his friend Chris going into turn 1. (again, Chris was in a differnt class so it was expected that Bryan would be lapping them )

With 5 laps to go.... Bryan was going down the straight away and BOOM! Engine blew. We could hear the car making noises as he entered turn 1 and luckily, he was able to pull over safely right in front of us.