That cracks me up!

So last night was our yearly event at one of the local speedways. It was my 3rd consecutive year being part of it, and it's always a lot of fun. The people are VERY good to us, so I never mind going. We only get paid for 90 minutes, but we're there for nearly 5 hours. It's ok. A free night at the races and the "clout" to go anywhere we please. It's cool! There's just one thing...being too close to the track kind of freaks me out. So when the option of doing the blindfold race came up, I said "NO THANKS!" See, the blindfold race is when the driver is...yep...blindfolded. He has a passenger directing him around the track. Believe it or not, I was the passenger 2 years ago. At that time, I didn't think telling my boss I didn't want to do it was a good idea. Hey...I'd never done it before, so I didn't know how scared I could possibly get. So, I did it. We hit the wall pretty good that year, so when it came up the next year, THAT is when I said "Been there, done that. NO thank you!" This year, Zak got to do it. He wasn't nervous until about 10 minutes before the race was to start. I can't tell you how hard I laughed when the guy at the track said "Come back here in a bit so I can show you how to start the van you'll be driving. We use a screwdriver on this one!" I stood outside the track (right at the wall) without my camera again (when will I remember?) and watched Zak and a listener (his passenger) take the lead right away. Then...what the hell? I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when a bump into the wall caused the van (you know, the one started with a screwdriver) to completely die. They sat in the middle of the track for the remaining 2 laps. Unbelievably, no one ran into them while they were there. Oh, maybe it's because 3 of the other 4 cars were tied up in a crash and couldn't get out. It was quite a site. So if you ever hear of a local race track in your area doing the blindfold races...you might want to check it out! SO much fun to watch!