Gary Conquers the Monster Mile

Today, we went to the Dover Speedway for Gary to drive 10 laps on the "Monster Mile!" We showed up at 8:00 and everyone was very excited. The drivers were suited up and ready to roll and then the rains came and finally, at about 11:00, they cancelled out the morning session. They gave us a little garage area tour and then we left the track, trying to figure out when we might be able to fit another Dover trip into our schedule.

We headed over to our new favorite restaurant (shown in the slide show below) for lunch and decided before getting out of the car to head back to the track and see if we could talk our way into the afternoon session. Thankfully, they decided they could fit in one more driver, so we were able to get in! The skies were still threatening, but Gary was first to drive, so he got in his run before it started raining again! It was a very exciting day. Gary successfully finished the race and had a great time. I enjoyed my exciting 14-passenger van ride around the track at what seemed like break-neck speed, although I checked the speedometer and it was only about 65!

A highly recommended experience!