Have You Ever Attended a Live Race?

Hi Everyone,

My question to all of you today is have you ever attended a race live? If so, when and where, what did you like about it the most? Was there something you didn't like?

I haven't personally been to a race since 2006 when I went to the June Pocono, PA race and the September race in Loudon, NH. I had great seats, I was only a few rows away from the fence and both races I was close to the start finish line so I had a great time. Both times I went with some friends, both times it was people who weren't too into the sport but said they'd go, I wish they had been more into it but it beat going alone. I wasn't able to get pit passes because of the cost but I still had a great time and got some great pictures as well, I'll never forget it, it was a great, fun experience and I can't wait to go again.

Now that I'm living in California, I hope to go to California Speedway sometime in the near future as it's my favorite driver Jimmie Johnson's home track and he always does well at the track. I would love to be able to see him win in person, hopefully someday I'll be able too. If I ever hit the lottery you can beat I'll be attending a Daytona 500 in person, that has to be one of the best races to see live, it just stinks that it's so incredibly expensive to go.

Daytona 500 Picks

Has anyone thought about their pick for the Daytona 500 yet? Who are you hoping will win, do you think it'll be someone who has never won before or a past winner?

I personally am not sure about my pick yet considering speed weeks' hasn't started yet and I want to see the Gatorade Duals first as well, practices, etc. I'm hoping it'll either be a driver I follow and/or like or a first time winner. It's always great to see someone win the 500 who hasn't. The only two drivers that I'd rather see not win it are Kyle Busch and Juan Pablo Montoya since they aren't my two favorite drivers by any means.

I apologize if the comments still aren't working, I can't fix them!! But if you want to e-mail me with your response, please drop me an e-mail at Sarah.Handy85@gmail.com, thanks!

Merry Christmas From Race Insider

I apologize for the lack of new material, Speed weeks will be here before we know it and than I'll have some material and news to work with and of course when Daytona comes around.

For now I want to wish everyone and their families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! God Bless

Anyone else excited for Daytona?

I honestly can't wait until Daytona begins, I've been having NASCAR withdrawals since the 2009 season ended. Sure, my favorite driver won his fourth straight Championship but I miss the racing, interviews and news coverage.

Does anyone else think they need more to follow in the off season? Who else can't wait for Daytona? First is speed weeks so I'm definitely looking forward to that. I play a NASCAR Challenge application on Facebook so I hope to do better on it than I did this past season, does anyone else pick their top five drivers for each race on there as well?

Did you ask for anything NASCAR for Christmas?

As a huge fan of NASCAR I love getting NASCAR merchandise and collectibles for my birthday and Christmas, it's always fun to see what someone got for you. I've already received a few small gifts early they were some 2009 and 2010 Jimmie Johnson cards, one happens to be a 2010 sheet metal card which my best friend bought for me, it's so cool. I don't know if I'm receiving anything else Jimmie or NASCAR for Christmas but even the smallest thing makes me happy. I have some Jimmie ornaments on my Christmas Tree, those in itself make me happy to see, when it comes to him I'll take anything I don't already have : )

Did you ask for anything NASCAR and if so what? Is there something in particular your hoping to receive on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? Is there a certain gift you've received in the past that has to do with the sport that you'll never forget receiving?

I look forward to hearing from you all.

Happy Holidays & Happy Blogging!!

Who's Your Favorite Driver?

Hello everyone!

It's that time again, time for another blog and another question everyone asks anyone who is into NASCAR. Who's your favorite driver and why are they your favorite? My favorite driver is Jimmie Johnson but I do follow and like other drivers as well. I've been following Jimmie since he started in what was then the Busch Series. There was something about driving style and personality I liked, he's a great team mate, he doesn't race rough and wreck everyone in sight and of course as a girl I think he's great looking haha. I'm happy to say I've been a fan for many years and I'm not just one of these fan weather fans and only follow the driver because he's won so many Championships. I could never be like that and I don't understand people who are, just follow a driver or a team and that's it.

I also follow Brian Vickers who I've been a fan of since he was in the Busch Series as well, I like the same qualities about him as I do Jimmie. I'm happy he made the switch to Team Red Bull, it's really helped turn things around for him and his career and I couldn't be happier for him. Some of the other drivers I like are Kasey Kahne, Jamie McMurray, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Casey Mears, David Reutimann, Tony Stewart and others.

There are only a few drivers I can't really stand and those would be Kyle Busch, he acts so immature and like such a cry baby, sure he can drive a race car and contend for the win week in and week out in each series but I can't stand his personality or his driving style. I use to dislike his brother Kurt but he's matured a lot through out the past few years and now I can stand him but he's still not my favorite. I would have to say the #1 driver I can't stand would be Juan Pablo Montoya, I honestly thought him coming into the sport would be an awesome and certainly help the sport. Don't get me wrong he's improved tremendosely since coming into NASCAR. I just really can't stand his driving style or his attitude they both need to change, he gets so pissed off about everything, he reminds me of Kyle when he finishes second, he just can't stand it even though he had a great finish.

My question to all of you is who's your favorite driver and why? How long have you been a fan of that driver? Do you follow or like any others, if so who and why? and we all have a driver or two that we dislike so which driver would that be for you?

I look forward to hearing your responses, if the comments are still having issues which I'm not sure if they are or aren't because nobody has contacted me than please e-mail me at Sarah.Handy85@gmail.com and I will respond promptly.

NASCAR Kart Racing on Nintendo Wii

Okay everyone so this isn't any news about drivers, teams or race tracks but I was wondering who out there has played the NASCAR Kart Racing game on the Nintendo Wii? I had it sent to me the other week from Gamefly and I thought it was a cool game, it took some getting use too it but it was fun and the drivers have a basis resemblance to what they actually look like in real life. I don't know if I'd buy the game but it was fun to play while I had it. I prefer the NASCAR games that came out the Playstation systems and when they had some from EA that came out on the Nintendo Gamecube. I always wondered why they don't have the game like NASCAR 10 on the Wii but they have it for Playstation 3 and XBox360. I would think it would be great on the Wii considering you can use the steering wheel and the Wii is a very interactive game console, so I'm sure it would be very fun and feel like you were actually racing in real life.

Do you think they should come out with NASCAR 11' when it comes out next year on the Nintendo Wii or no? Have you played the NASCAR Kart Racing game on the Wii yet? If you have, do you like it and do you own it? If you haven't played it, would you like too or is it not your type of game?

I'm not sure if my comments are working because they haven't been but if you have something to say or would like to answer my questions please find me on Twitter, Facebook or e-mail me at Sarah.Handy85@gmail.com, I'd appreciate the feedback guys, thanks.