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O a k l e y s f i r s t e v e r w r a p p e d c a r i n t h e N a s c a r N a t i o n w i d e S e r i e s .
W i t h p i t p a s s e s a n d c h i l i d o g s i n h a n d ,
we w e n t t r a c k s i d e t o s e e a n d h e a r t h e a c t i o n f o r ourselves . After the Olympics in 2006, Hannah Teeter and I were invited to start the race and wave the green flag at the Daytona 500; s o I d i d n t h e s i t a t e f o r a s e c o n d w h e n a s k e d t o c o m e a n d w a t c h t h e O a k l e y c a r r a c e; it's so exciting!
A l t h o u g h O a k l e y d i d n t w a l k a w a y w i t h t h e c h e c k e r e d f l a g , t h e y d e f i n i t e l y
h a d t h e c o o l e s t p i t s t o p o n t h e t r a c k
a l o n g w i t h t h e b e s t l o o k i n g c a r . A l o n g w i t h t h a t , t h e y h a d l e g e n d a r y f o r m u l a o n e c a r d r i v e r t u r n e d N a s c a r h e l l - m a n J u a n P a b l o M o n t o y a h a n g i n g o u t t o w a tch t h e a c t i o n b e f o r e h i s b i g r a c e t h e n e x t d a y i n t h e S p r i n t C u p S e r i e s .
S o , a f t e r t h e l a s t c a r c r o s s e d t h e f i n i s h l i n e , t h e l a s t c h i l i d o g w a s e a t e n ,
a n d e v e r y o n e h a d b o u g h t a n a s c a r t - s h i r t , i t w a s t i m e t o h e a d h o m e .
T h i s w a s a n a w e s o m e e x p e r i e n c e f o r a l l , a n d I h i g h l y a d v i s e a n y o n e o u t
t h e r e t o a t t e n d t h e n e x t N A S C A R e v e n t i n y o u r l o c a l a r e a ; a n d d e f i n i t e l y
r e c o m m e n d y o u p u r c h a s e s o m e e a r p l u g s if you’re on the track!
