we spent yesterday out at infineon watching the nhra drag racing nationals and so much of what i saw yesterday brought back amazing memories of my childhood.
mom ... it was hard being there without you yesterday but i think mike is in love so we're planning on lots and lots of drag events to see. next time you'll be next to me and we'll be oooh-ing and ah-ing and feeling our hearts racing togther, ok? xo
you see, when i was little my mom was a drag racer. she had a tricked out mini toyota truck called lil buddy {named after my step-father}. it was small and fast and in the height of her racing she had a nitrous injector, which is now apparently banned.
as soon as i felt the shaking & pounding of my heart and body when the top fuel cars went speeding past us {the top car went 312 mph in under 4 seconds!!} i was in heaven. i remembered things i hadn't thought about since i was a child. walking through the pits and seeing engines ripped apart. watching everyone write their times on the windshields with white shoe polish markers as we waited in line for mom's turn to race. sitting in the passenger seat of our blue pickup on the side track and racing after my mom to the end of that 1/4 track so we could tow her back to the pit before her next round if and when she qualified, and she qualified alot!
and i especially remember being there when she won. female racers were few and far between back then and i have always loved telling friends about her racing. it's always been one of those things i will be happy to brag about... "oh, my mom was a drag racer ... she was really good!" :)
it makes me so proud to know that she was part of a sport that was and is SO intense and fast.
i remember traveling to all of the tracks we'd go to {baylands, bakersfield, and so many more i can't remember} i saw so many amazing cars and some amazing drivers, like shirley muldowney and some amazing jet cars that would light up the sky after dark. oh... such good memories.
we would travel to baylands in fremont the most and i have searched and searched online for some good track pics and i managed to find a few like this and this. i love the shot of the old cars smoking their tires.
mom... does this bring back good memories??
this is ben of course, right after he saw his first top fuel dragster rocket down the track. this boy ate yesterday up which we knew he would. he was sad we couldn't go back today. me too bud. me too!
we walked through the pits and got to see some of the teams rebuilding the engines between runs. it was hot and crazy and i kept hearing the kids ooh and ahh when they'd take a funny car body off or the mechanics would throw down a broken part.
seriously good times people. good. times.
happy sunday!
xo
wow! so many nice sweet comments about my lovely kenner road kits. thank you so much for all of the support and for loving what i put together. it really thrills me when my little paper window displays {as i lovingly refer to them} go out into the world to inspire others to create. i really love scrapbooking and it really thrills me that all of you enjoy it too!
i thought i'd share a few more sneak peeks of some of my creations that will be revealed tomorrow night. i'll share one more tomorrow as i'm also doing a mini class on the kenner road blog on august 5th. it will be a complete tutorial using the add-ons + the main kit.... ;)
however, without making you all wait any further i want to announce the lucky winner of the sweet dreams add-on is from this weekend :
Great kit! Thanks for the giveaway!