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After visiting Joe Gibbs we headed to Lowe’s Motor Speedway to enjoy the longest race of the season mileage wise in NASCAR. 600 laps around the track in Charlotte would put each car on the track to quite a test. The Nationwide race the night before was excellent as Kyle Busch took home the victory in the #32 Dollar General car. Here is a little video from victory lane I shot.
Kyle Busch wins another race

Before the 600 we grabbed some Vietnamese food with Phil and the Theory guys at Pho Real in Charlotte. It was an excellent place and I got a great meal with fried rice, eggs, and beef!

Also before the race Kyle Busch visited the Coca-Cola stage on Speed Street to do an interview. After Kyle Busch took to the stage Stanton Barrett also came by for a chat with the fans.

Here is a view of the track from the back stretch of Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Coca-Cola 600 from Hospitality

Right after Formula D we drove up to Mooresville, North Carolina to meet up with MMI and get ready for the NASCAR All-Star race weekend. Blair Stopnik took us to a great Carolina BBQ spot called Lancaster’s BBQ. It was full of NASCAR memorabilia.

Check out the #18 hood on the wall from the old Interstate Battery car!

Bryce from Joe Gibbs Racing took us on a full tour of the facility which was amazing. For you non NASCAR fans Joe Gibbs Racing runs the #20 car (Tony Stewart), # 18 car (Kyle Busch), and #11 car (Denny Hamlin). We were unable to take photos inside JGR but I snapped these from the viewing deck that visitors can watch the cars in the process of building.

We started off Sunday by visiting the camper/tent area within the infield to go pass out some Stanton Barrett flags and other NOS merchandise. The first “lady” we came across gladly took a flag and tried to steal our dollars.

We were touring around the infield and came across some nice setups to view the race.

Sharing is caring right? Some spliced Direct TV in the infield at Daytona.

Here are the people camped out on turn four about five hours before the green flag is scheduled to drop.

Walking around the cup pits Sam Hornish Jr.’s team looked ready to take on the day.

Enjoying the Sprint Fanview inside the NOS Hospitality Center during the Daytona 500.

Closing the Daytona 500 Kyle Busch finished 4th in the 500! That closed out his weekend with a second in Truck, second in Nationwide, and fourth in the Cup race! What a weekend as we headed home to complete some other projects right after the race.

Right across from the Daytona 500 entrance way was the NOS activation center that was filled with people grabbing free samples and other NASCAR toys and prizes.

After visiting the NOS activation center we headed back to the racetrack in our golf cart down International Boulevard.

We got back to the track just in time for the Nationwide race to get started.

Kyle Busch in the Green Interstate Batteries #18 car crossing the finish line in first place.

Stanton Barrett was crashed out late in the race again over the Daytona weekend.

We ran over to Kyle Busch’s pit box as it looked like he might take home a win but was unable to overtake his teamate Tony Stewart.

We took a little break from NASCAR after this race and headed to downtown Daytona Beach and enjoyed some dinner before heading to bed.

We woke up in the morning and went to visit Circle K where NOS Energy Drink had a display setup.

When we arrived at the track the Nationwide cars were ready to qualify for Saturday’s race.

Kyle Busch getting ready to qualify for the Nationwide race in his Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry.

Waiting for Kyle Busch at his motorcoach so we can interview him after his Nationwide qualifying for NOS.

The sun started going down in Daytona which meant it was time for the Craftsman Truck race.

We walked out to the staging lanes where the NOS Energy drink Toyota Tacoma sat waiting for Kyle Busch to lead it to victory.

Watching Kyle Busch take home second place in the truck race on the Sprint Vision screen.

Kyle Busch being interviewed on Speed TV after finishing second in the truck race in his NOS Energy Drink Toyota.

We headed to the Daytona Speedway again to prepare for the Gatorade Dual. The Gatorade Dual is how the NASCAR drivers must qualify for the 500 on Sunday. It is broken into two heats and many drivers are “Go or Go Home” teams that must qualify past a certain place to enter the 500 on Sunday.

Tony Stewart and the Joe Gibbs racing team pushing Tony’s Home Depot Camry through tech inspection.

Heat one was a race to remember as drivers fought for their place in the Daytona 500.

Here is the anatomy of a pit stop from the Furniture Row car who pitted next to us. I took these as fast as the iPhone would let me.

After the first dual Stanton Barrett got his chance to clinch a place in the Daytona 500 in the second dual. On lap 15 Franchitti improperly steered back onto the track after falling off the banking when your suppose to lock your tires up and steer all the way to the left into the inside of the track. Instead he hung right and smashed into the NOS 50 car going about 180mph. Luckily Stanton was okay but the NOS Energy Drink sprint cup car was a right off and so was the chances of it making the big race Sunday.

After a long day at the track we headed back home and prepared for Friday’s Craftsman Truck race !

Early in the morning with a look of rain in the sky we walked through the cup garage ready for a day of racing.

Walking around the garage after the first groups went out to run I found Kurt Busch’s tire from the Miller Light Dodge Charger that received some damage.

Still heading through the garage I came across Stanton Barrett in the #50 NOS Energy Drink car who is geared up for tomorrow’s Gatorade Dual.

During that practice session Stanton introduced the Chevy Impala SS to the turn four wall.

We went and visited the NOS Energy Drink Toyota Tacoma in the Craftsman Truck pits. Kyle “Rowdy” Busch’s Tacoma wasn’t wrapped with the NOS Energy drink items yet.

After visiting Kyle Busch’s Tacoma we headed back to Ponce Inlet for the night to get ready for the Gatorade Dual tomorrow afternoon.

So I hopped in the Infiniti G35 and tried to rush to the airport to catch my flight to Daytona Beach, Florida. Lucky me, this is what showed up about half way to the airport while sitting in traffic.

We made it to the airport and got ready for the quick flight to Daytona International Airport.

When you arrive at Daytona Beach’s airport you are greeted by by a sign that says “The home of NASCAR and the LPGA tour.” Quite an interesting mix of entertainment but we had to get moving to head to WalMart and catch up with Stanton Barrett and Ski Motorsports.

Phil grabbed us and we rushed to the first Walmart only to be greeted by some nice rain.  Fans still came out to get items signed by Stanton.

After packing up at the first Walmart we headed to another WalMart in the local Daytona Beach area while it continued to rain and got lost somewhere in that mix.

After that we grabbed some dinner and called it a night after heading to our house in Ponce Inlet. We were getting ready to see cup practice the next day and then the Gatorade Dual on Thursday.

We flew into Philadelphia on Thursday night to gear up for the NOS Energy Drink NASCAR Busch car to rip up the Monster Mile! We picked up Phil and Andy from Theory PR and rolled into Dover! We crashed at the Dover Downs Hotel and had a killer view of turn three.

At the Ski Motorsports trailer we got to try the new NOS Grape which was delicious. You guys need to try this one, way better than fruit punch.

I saw many “firsts” this weekend including fried candy bars which Jason somehow consumed. He ate a fried Milky Way…..don’t worry, video will surface soon! This is us watching Stanton Barrett hammering out his qualifying runs which ranked him 15th for the Busch race on Saturday.

This is right before the race started, on lap 4 Stanton Barrett got into the Discount Tire car right at turn 3! Luckily the team was able to hang out and finish the race with a ton of duct tape all over the front end. All and all a killer weekend!