ugh...i'm sunburnt. we spent the day at the denver grand prix. i wore a loose linen 3/4 sleeve shirt to make sure i don't get any more funky tanlines (i have to wear a strapless dress for M's wedding in october! it's not lookin' pretty right now...). well, the top of my back/shoulders got burnt!! and i have a mini V inside my original V (from the motorcycle riding lessons). grr...i really hope this mistic tan works or else ppl are gonna think i have some weird skin disease!!
(warning, champ car and world challenge race spoilers ahead...)
it was a great day of racing! we got there early cuz we got paddock passes, so we wanted to check out the paddocks before the main event at 1pm. we checked out the champ cars, caught a glimps of sebastian bourdais, and saw the teams tuning up the cars. then we went over to the world challenge paddocks, where W spent some time talking to one of the mechanics for the acura realtime team (he was the head mechanic for brandon davis, who's actually from denver). it was pretty cool to learn about what they do to the cars and stuff. after that, we grabbed lunch and headed for the grandstands to watch the champ car race. it was a pretty good race all the way up until the LAST lap, when butthead tracy was trying to prevent bourdais from passing him, broke way late, lost control and HIT bourdais. the LAST lap, they were literally 300 feet from the finish line. i couldn't believe it!! tracy has been a real a$$hole for the past couple races, so i had no problem booing him as he rode by. there was almost a fight when bourdais got out of his car and walked over to him, exchanged some words and shoved him!! but the race officials got there before anything serious could happen. i was routing for bourdais, but allmendinger (from CA, but now living just outside denver) won. still, tracy sucks. but the world challenge race was really good, with realtime acuras in 1st, 2nd and 3rd! it was super close at the end, but davis won by literally inches. it was a very exciting finish!
W and i noticed that all the good race car drivers are named sebastian or peter. so if we want our kid to be a race car driver, we'll have to name him sebastian or peter. or peter sebastian. hahaha... i told W to become a race car driver so i can quit my job and just travel all over the world with him. "i'm a driver's wife. i don't work!" (we just watched talladega nights...soooo funny.
(warning, champ car and world challenge race spoilers ahead...)
it was a great day of racing! we got there early cuz we got paddock passes, so we wanted to check out the paddocks before the main event at 1pm. we checked out the champ cars, caught a glimps of sebastian bourdais, and saw the teams tuning up the cars. then we went over to the world challenge paddocks, where W spent some time talking to one of the mechanics for the acura realtime team (he was the head mechanic for brandon davis, who's actually from denver). it was pretty cool to learn about what they do to the cars and stuff. after that, we grabbed lunch and headed for the grandstands to watch the champ car race. it was a pretty good race all the way up until the LAST lap, when butthead tracy was trying to prevent bourdais from passing him, broke way late, lost control and HIT bourdais. the LAST lap, they were literally 300 feet from the finish line. i couldn't believe it!! tracy has been a real a$$hole for the past couple races, so i had no problem booing him as he rode by. there was almost a fight when bourdais got out of his car and walked over to him, exchanged some words and shoved him!! but the race officials got there before anything serious could happen. i was routing for bourdais, but allmendinger (from CA, but now living just outside denver) won. still, tracy sucks. but the world challenge race was really good, with realtime acuras in 1st, 2nd and 3rd! it was super close at the end, but davis won by literally inches. it was a very exciting finish!
W and i noticed that all the good race car drivers are named sebastian or peter. so if we want our kid to be a race car driver, we'll have to name him sebastian or peter. or peter sebastian. hahaha... i told W to become a race car driver so i can quit my job and just travel all over the world with him. "i'm a driver's wife. i don't work!" (we just watched talladega nights...soooo funny.
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