The Blog Gets Hijacked!

This blog was created by Cheney and Billy - not Mommy!!!

The Boys went to the Drag Races Saturday Night!!!

Cheney and Daddy have been wanting to go to the San Antonio Raceway for a long time and since Mommy was stuck in the closet we made our getaway! With ear protection, jackets, and cameras in hand we made the short trek down Interstate 10 to the 1/4 mile raceway.

When we arrived, the parking lot was filling up fast so we made our way to the Grandstands, right after stopping at the pizza tent for pizza, lemonade, and sweet tea? Not the normal Drag race food of turkey legs and adult beverages, but ours was much better.

Two of the cars doing their burnouts. These cars were loud but not loud enough for the ear muffs.

Two other cars taking off. The car in the far lane ended up being Cheney's favorite of the night, besides the "flame thrower cars".

Cheney enjoying his $5 lemonade. Yummy!

After watching some races and one of the cars "blowing up" as Cheney says (driver was ok, just the engine blew up), we decided to go over to Pit Row to check out some of the cars up close and personal.

This was one of the coolest cars there. It had an amazing paint job of an alligator. As we were checking it out, one of the crew leaders came over and talked to us and told Cheney to crawl inside it so I could take his picture. Everyone we talked to and met was so friendly. We could have just hung out with them all night.

The Raceway also had a small midway set up along side pit road and we of course HAD to slide down the slide a few times.

THEN CAME THE LOUD "TOP FUEL DRAGSTERS". THESE CARS LITERALLY SHOOK THE GROUND AND STANDS AND YOU COULD FEEL YOUR WHOLE BODY SHAKING WHEN THEY WENT DOWN THE TRACK!

When it got dark, the light show the cars put on when the flames would shoot out of the exhaust was amazing. Sorry about the blurry picture but when the cars are going 250 mph, it's hard to capture them properly. I think you get the idea though.

This is the "Wheelie Bus". It did a wheelie ALL the way down the 1/4 mile track. This thing got the loudest cheer of the night.

Just a cool car we saw by the pits when we were leaving. It's a cool "rat rod".

Let me explain: As we were leaving, the "triple jet engine semi truck" came up to make a pass down the track. By the time it got to the starting line Cheney and I were almost directly behind it. This thing started its afterburners and warming up and the next thing I know is that we were COVERED in smoke and exhaust that we couldn't even see 3 feet in front of us. I gave Cheney his jacket to cover his face and eyes from the smoke. This lasted for about 3 minutes. IT WAS AWESOME. hahaha

Thanks for letting us Hijack your blog Mommy (and for letting us have a boys night out). We love you!!!