With rain on the schedule we headed out to the track a little early. The roads were kind of empty which was real good. There was some reports of some rain showers but they were suppose to clear up by race time. All the talk is about how much of the race we are going to get in as there is a major storm heading towards Martinsville. Hopefully it will hold up until we get the race in.
We unpacked the car and headed towards the press box to set up out laptops and then headed down to the race trailers to get some crowd shots and drop by the tweet up for a bit and meet some people we have been following on Twitter for a while.
First place we passed by was the Home Depot stage were they were interviewing Marcos Ambrose who was discussing the differences with racing in the United States and Australia. Marcos says the biggest thing he learned in the US was that there were a million ways to cook a cheeseburger. It was a very fun interview, he is really a funny guy.
Next we went past the Sprint Experience where Miss Sprint Cup was having a contest using Twitter where the first three people that showed her the contest tweet would win something special. People were coming from all over to show her the tweet. This contest was very fun to watch as people were running up with their phone in their hands.
We took a few crowd shots of the people waiting inline to get autographs from some of the Legendary drivers. Harry Gant had a huge line and he was very good with waving to the crowd as he signed autographs. We then went up to all the merchandise haulers where as usual Dale Earnhardt Jr had the biggest line. It was very strange to see a hauler for Danica Patrick even though she isn’t racing here but it is good for NASCAR. Her trailer had a big line also which is good to see.
Then it was off to the Tweet up where we met a few people that we have been following. Sprint came by and gave away a few passes for Sprint Fanview for the race. Kyle Busch’s fiance Samantha also dropped by and gave some fans a few Kyle Busch die-cast cars. That was cool, she is very nice and chatted with us all for a while
We went back inside to get some heat and some hot coffee as the temperature started to take its toll on us. The fans are starting to come into the track with blankets and ponchos in tow. These fans are some of the most dedicated in all of sports.
Heather Williams says
I love following your tweets!
Vinny says
Thanks Heather
We had a lot of fun this weekend covering the race. Met a lot of people face to face that we have been tweeting with for a while now. NASCAR fans on Twitter rock.