Missing #NASCAR this Easter?

FEEL the SPEED at NASCAR RACING EXPERIENCE!

As is a NASCAR tradition – there is no Monster Energy NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, nor Camping World Truck Series on-track action this coming weekend. That does not mean that you must miss racing. 

Did you know that the NASCAR Racing Experience is having a sale today? However, you have to hurry because the savings ends soon.

The NASCAR Racing Experience’s team of driving instructors specializes in NASCAR-themed Cinderella stories: at whichever world-famous speedway they’re visiting, they give civilians the chance to drive real NASCAR race cars that have actually been raced by NASCAR superstars for a few hours. That means getting behind the wheel of a real NASCAR race car that’s been driven by Dale Jr, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and other NASCAR favorites and putting the pedal to the metal. 

Unlike other racing experiences, there’s no lead car to follow here, you’re driving by yourself and yes, passing is allowed! The instructors still offer guidance though, coaching those driving solo over a two-way car radio, and speed-chauffeuring racing enthusiasts around the track on ride-alongs.

Now that Easter is just days away, it’s time to buy yourself a NASCAR Easter Gift! Shop the Easter Sale and Save up to 50% off NASCAR Racing Experience, Richard Petty Driving Experience and Mario Andretti Racing Experience.

Shop the SPRING SAVINGS Sale!

Get the Ride Along for only $99.99 (retail $149.99) Sit back and hold on tight as you ride shot gun in a real NASCAR race car! You’re in good hands as you take a 3 lap NASCAR Ride Along at top speeds with a professional racing instructor driving around one of the nation’s premier speedways. The NASCAR Ride Along is a ride like no other you ever experienced. Book now or give a gift card, Personalized, Emailed and NEVER Expires.

Get the Rookie- Sale $319.99+ (Retail: $599.99). Voted “Most Popular” driving experience for a reason. In this three-hour experience you drive a real NASCAR race car by yourself for an 8 minute timed racing session. Book now or give a gift card, Personalized, Emailed and NEVER Expires. Gift Cards are for ANY amount and are good for ALL nationwide locations. 

Guaranteed Best Prices of the Season.
Buy before Easter Sunday and Save!

www.NASCARRacingExperience.com

 

On a Personal Note

My husband did the Petty Experience at Auto Club Speedway and NASCAR Race Mom experienced the thrill at Las Vegas Motorspeedway. We both had the time of our lives. The staff was kind and helpful. They were even able to put me at ease before NRM climbed in and behind the wheel – which is saying a lot since I was a real scaredy-cat. 

Get a taste of racing. You drive a real NASCAR race car! Following Driver’s Meeting with Crew Chief, training & instruction you drive a real NASCAR race car for a 5 minute racing session around one of the nation’s premier speedways. There’s no lead car to follow as you drive a NASCAR race car by yourself. Talk over 2 way in car radio with a personal racing instructor while you drive. And when you’re done, get a Graduate Certificate with top speed for bragging rights.

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88-Year-Old Grandmother Celebrates Her Birthday Driving a Racecar

Frances Anderson, left, jokes with her grandson Jim Boucher
before her on-track adventure. (ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff)

On September 1, 2013 spectators in the infield of the New Hampshire Motor Speedway may have noticed a peculiar occurrence involving car No. 8 as it sped past the pit area along the eastern straightaway: a petite, wrinkled left hand performing a parade wave out of the driver’s side window.

Frances Anderson, who lives in Belmont and turns 88 years old today, seemed less enthralled with accelerating than with checking off one of the last items on an extensive bucket list, which has included trips to 45 states and more than 20 countries. There was the rafting vacation in Canada, the twin-engine flight over Alaskan glaciers, the Blarney Stone she kissed in Ireland, and the hilltop fortress she hiked to in Israel.

“This is just another thing,” she said yesterday, shrugging. Anderson has 11 grandchildren, and two on the way.

The plan, conceived by Anderson and organized with help from her five children, was this: eight laps around the track alone in a professional stock car, ideally topping out around 88 miles per hour, to commemorate her impending special occasion.

Anderson, who has two artificial hips and a pacemaker, had arrived at the infield about 11 a.m., and was still waiting for a vehicle by quarter to one. She wore a jumpsuit and sat in a folding chair in the pit area, an entourage of a dozen family members and close friends standing around her.

“I’m a little nervous,” she admitted. An employee had mentioned earlier two minor crashes that had occurred on the track in the morning.

Jon Haney, a driving instructor who had coached Anderson – when to accelerate, when to brake, how to maneuver on the track – said he wasn’t too worried.

“I’m more concerned with these young guys who play X-Box and come out thinking they know what they’re doing,” he said.

Haney said Anderson was the oldest woman to race the track.

Just before 1 p.m., her car arrived at the pit stop. It was red and blue and had the name “Budweiser” emblazoned on the side. A young man with cut-off sleeves and a Chevy emblem tattooed on his arm helped Anderson into the vehicle. He fastened several straps across her body, and she glanced over at her support group.

“You know where my papers are,” she said, joking.

The ride itself was perhaps less exciting than her family had expected.

“I think she’s actually slowing down,” her son Fred Anderson said as she passed the pit area for the fourth or so time. A handful of other cars on the high side of the track whizzed past her.

Afterward, when Anderson emerged from her car, a crowd of mostly strangers waiting to drive themselves or witness others do so gave her an ovation. She hoisted a detachable steering wheel into the air and beamed. Then she found her old folding chair and unzipped the top of her jumpsuit. Her cheeks were flush and someone handed her a bottled water.

“I didn’t chicken out, did I?” she said, looking at a few friends.

“No, you didn’t,” they replied.

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Side Note:

December 3, 2011 – NASCAR Race Mom (Oma) participated in the Richard Petty Driving Experience (RPE) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

To report that NASCAR Race Mom was anxious would be an understatement. I was downright scared. However, I was the oldest of the group and wanted to represent my generation well! I was determined not to chicken out as well. 

The Richard Petty Staff informed us that our No. 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal racecars were capable of driving about 170 miles per hour. However, we would be limited to the 130-135 range. I remained petrified while I struggled through the window to get into the racecar; then a strange kind of calm settled over me. 

Lap after lap, the Richard Petty Experience became more and more fun and exciting. Before I knew it we were pulling into the pits. I was not the fastest on the track, but to my surprise, NASCAR Race Mom was not the slowest either! 

The experience really supplied me with an altered and more cognizant perspective as to what a real racer faces in each race. I cannot imagine the difficulty of doing what I did with forty-two other drivers trying to pass you. 

Oma would recommend the Richard Petty Driving experience to all NASCAR fans! It was the funniest off-season activity I had and I would love to tackle the challenge again. I bet I could go even faster!