Mike Smargie recently took a trip to the great state of Texas to satisfy his need for speed by attending the Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino & Resort 400 and the IndyCar Series Firestone 600 races at Texas Motor Speedway outside of Fort Worth. The one-and-a-half mile oval, with 24 degree banking in the corners, provided a great backdrop for all of the racing action that weekend with Matt Crafton winning the truck race and Ed Carpenter prevailing in the IndyCar race. Mike shared some of his photos of the track and race trucks and cars to give you all a little taste of the horsepower unleashed on June 6 and 7:
Pre-race festivities on the front stretch at Texas Motor Speedway.
The jumbo-tron and car haulers at Texas Motor Speedway.
Camping World Truck Series trucks on pit road at Texas Motor Speedway.
During race day, you can often find your favorite drivers around the outside of the track signing autographs. Here we have, from left to right, Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Will Power from Team Penske (IndyCar) making many fans happy by spending some time answering questions and of course, signing autographs.
Preparations on pit road for the IndyCar race.
Additional preparations on pit road for the IndyCar race.
Mike also took a video of the first lap of each race. Unfortunately, I can’t upload them to the blog because they are too big, but they are definitely worth watching, so be sure to check in with Mike and I’m sure he’d be glad to share them with you. It’s truly amazing to see just how fast these trucks and cars go.
So while neither Mama T nor Baby T made it to the track, there was a enough roaring going on to more than make up for their absence!
Thanks, Mike, for sharing your pictures and letting me post a few out here for everyone to see! I hope you had a great time!
ITS:Always fun, never boring
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Petro
