I had the most Amazing day yesterday. For Christmas, my Beautiful, Loving Wife gave me a gift certificate to a driving experience with the Richard Petty Driving Experience. I used that gift card up on Father's Day! While I've done a ride along with them before, this was my first time driving. It was AWESOME. It took a bit of time to get used to the fact that you have to steer right in order to go straight as the cars are set up to turn left. As we left the pits, the instructor driving the car in front of me was telling me to go faster. By the time we reached the flag stand on the front stretch, he was telling me to back off :)
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is only a mile long track with a little banking so it wasn't super speedway speeds but my top speed for the day was 105 MPH.
It was a great day out with my wife and daughter. My mom, Mary Lou and Linda all came to watch too.
After we were done at the track, we stopped for a quick bite to eat and then headed home to grab a few things. We were off to a cook out to visit with friends, many of whom were in town for their high school reunion. It was great to see some friends that are usually so far away.
All in all, I couldn't have asked for a better Father's Day.
