This is not the first time we have had to deal with rain at Richmond.
One year my wife and I got to the track late (prior commitment). We were directed into gate 2 at the front. We thought, wow how could there still be spaces here! We spent at least an hour being driven through the parking lot only to be sent out the gate on Carolina Ave! We were furious. We parked in the Warehouse parking lot across the street. That is at least a half mile or more walk to the track. It was getting close to race time, so we were running through the parking lot of a business next to the track when the bottom fell out of the sky. It rained so hard, we could barely see where we were running. We had to walk through a ditch which was filled with water by now. We were soaking wet! We contemplated turning around and going back home. Surely they wouldn’t be able to wait out that deluge. Well we decided to continue on to the track. Eventually we go to our seats. (Very nice complementary tickets from a vendor!) The rain finally stopped. They did dry the track and the race was on! We were still soaking wet, but the rumble in the chest from 43 cars flying by made it tolerable. The wind from the cars eventually dried us out and it turned out to be a beautiful night.
I’ll carry a raincoat this time and get there early. 
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3 Comments
Ham11nMan
Sep 05 2008 17:58
Thanks Bomb!
I think that guy had one too many Mountain Dews last night! LOL
I was considering sending a message to all my buddies to read my blog and rate it better. I don’t write blogs very often, so I was a little depressed the guy gave me one flag!
I’m sitting at home right now waiting to see if the rain stops before I go to the Nationwide race. I live about 15 miles from the track, so I can go at the last minute if I have to. Parking for Nationwide is not as critical as cup. I hate to say it buy I hope it rains until midnight tomorrow so we can go to a dry race on Sunday.
29thebomb
Sep 05 2008 08:41
Lord
someone was a little morbid this morning.
Don’t forget a raincoat for the wife too.
I think that’s great that through all the adversity you found the silver lining.
Just for that I’ll give ya a Go Hamlin!
MtDewFan88
Sep 04 2008 23:11
Hope You Don't Die This Time
because this time it should be more than just rain. It might be a hurricane, which just may kill you. If you die, I salute you and your family.
And always remember.
“Mountain Dew is the greatest of all liquids.”