18 Hours and Two Heart Attacks Later...

This past weekend I went with Ryan and his family to a US Super Trucks race in Nashville. We left Thursday at 4 p.m. and rolled into Nashville somewhere around 1:30, I think. (I was asleep at this point and don't remember any of it. Apparently I fell asleep in the elevator on the way to the room.) On Friday it was practice day. Ryan did great and I got to practice taking pictures of racing. =) So exciting! Here are a few of my favorites from Friday.

While I was in Nashville, a very special girl had a birthday. We sent her a Happy Birthday message. I got a call later that night asking if the "Mackenzie" car won. =)

After qualifying, Ryan and his dad had to go fix the clutch, so I went to eat with my sister at Ruby Tuesdays. I have no pictures of that, though. =( I need to be better at taking them...

Saturday, we were up and at the track early as we had more practice and qualifying. I again got to practice my photography skills. (And I got better!) My sister and her husband got to come out to the races and I was so excited to get to see them again!

This is my favorite. 

The pit crew.

The cars had to come in after 25 laps for gas. Before the race, Ryan asked his dad where he needed to pit at and his dad said he'd come out and wave his hat at him. He did. 

Passing for position. 

My two heart attacks came after the first 25 laps. The first time, I have no pictures of but the footage will be on racinboys.com  sometime this week. Ryan was racing with two other cars and got loose with one car on the inside and one on his bumper. (He lost the air and spun around.) Thankfully he didn't hit anything, but I still almost had a heart attack.

The second-near heart attack happened as he was coming to the white flag. I saw sparks (I had threatened if he caught on fire I would never speak to him again) and then he started spinning. He went into the grass, then came back up to the wall, slid across the finish line and finally came to a rest right in front of where I was sitting. Again, he did not hit the wall. But I was shaking! Turns out he had most likely flat-spotted his tires when he spun before and his left rear blew out. 

Here is Ryan finally stopped in front of where I was sitting, Notice he is in the grass, not on asphalt where he SHOULD be. =)

You know the saying, leave it all on the track (or field)? Well, he left it. His tire tread sitting in the grass. 

We headed back to Texas at 10 p.m. and rolled into town at 6:30 a.m. It was a great trip and Ryan had a blast, even with the two spins. I'm still speaking to him as well. =) Oh and he finished 6th out of 13. Even with two spins. My man is good. =) His next race is in two weeks in Milwaukee. Yeah, not going to that one, but hoping and praying for good results there to!