I Went To The NASCAR Campoing World Truck Race Today...

And came away with these thoughts:
Norm Benning is a crowd favorite because he almost runs in last place, but keeps plugging away, despite having a pit crew of 3 (maybe only 2).  He is not a start and parker but onight, NASCAR decided he was running to slow and parked him.  Rulings like this hurts NASCAR and no wonder they are losing creditability- they kick out drivers who actually try and drive as hard as they can.
After the race, won by Timothy Peters, Peters and Darrell Wallace went out and signed autographs for the fans in the Neon Garage.  The other 30+ drivers apparently they are too big that they don't have to meet the fans and give some autographs.
Of course, 1 reason why drivers may not want to give autographs are because of some adults.  When waiting for autographs with my son, I observed two women who were just pigs of greed, wanting tickets, souvenirs,  t-shirts and other items signed by the drivers.  Hey pigs, other people are waiting for autographs, why are you so special that you need to get more than autographs.  Plus they were also quite pushy.  If one of those pigs would have touched me again, she would have toothless going to her pig trough.  I'm only exaggerated just a little.  Finally, these two little piggys and many others didn't even have the courtesy to say thank you for the drivers for their autographs.
The race was fairly exciting, with my favorite truck driver, Johnny Sauter finishing 2nd.
The crowd was quite big, probably around 50,000 fans, which is quite large ofr a truck race.  Thank you to Smith's for sponsoring the race and the LVMS putting on the race.
Finally, the staff over at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway are the best and probably the best staff in Las Vegas.  They are courteous, move crowds along and they are hard working.  The LVMS hire these workers for 1 day, giving these workers a 1 day paycheck, which helps these men and women a paycheck and they in turn, put money into the local economy.  All told, this is probably about $1,000,000.
Las Vegas really supports NASCAR, hold 3 races, plus the NASCAR West series, the awards show, so, with all the support, we need to get a 2nd NASCAR Sprint car race.