NASCAR Truck Races: Part 1

Today, the family went to the NASCAR Camping World Smith 350 truck races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the truck races were fun to watch.(not the entire night, but more on that later)
It was an exciting race, as there a last lap pass for the lead, several yellows, including 1 hard crash in front of us.
The driver introductions were kind of cool as the drivers came down from the press box area, through the stands and onto the track, shaking hands and giving high 5's with the fans- which is kind of cool.  Of course they had the 2 Las Vegas show girls (come on, I'm tired of that stereotype) down on the track greeting the driver.
At the truck races, you can sit anywhere you want, except, of course, the suites.  We had some nice seats by the start-finish race and we could have moved (and should have- more on that later)
So, it was a fun night to watch the races.
Here is the write up of from the LVRJ:

Nelson Piquet Jr. raced to his second NASCAR Trucks Series victory of the year Saturday night, passing Matt Crafton on the final lap at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Piquet, the Brazilian whose father won three Formula One titles, also won at Road America in Wisconsin in June.
Crafton took the lead on a restart after the final caution, with Piquet close behind. Piquet went to the bottom of the track on the final lap, and passed Crafton in the second turn.
Pole-winner Joey Coulter was third, followed by Brendan Gaughan and Todd Bodine.
Ty Dillon was 10th and hold into the series lead, ahead of sixth-place finisher James Buescher.  http://www.lvrj.com/sports/nelson-piquet-jr-wins-trucks-race-at-las-vegas-gaughan-finishes-fourth-171963311.html
I just saw the last 16 laps on replay and the TV and the TV made the race look much more exciting than in person..
Look to the posts above for the downsides of the night.