This lovely sunset view is our next stop - Rockingham Raceway Park .

I'm not 100% on my NASCAR history so this may be made up nonsense (pretty much like the rest of this site), but I think 'the Rock' was bigtime, before they built Lowe's Speedway in Charlotte.

The main problem with Rockingham - it is in the middle of absolute nowhere. Seriously. Imagine driving for like 45 minutes and not seeing anything resembling civilization and then out of a field springs a huge racetrack with bleachers. Pretty random. Anyway, this is a cool change of pace. The banking isn't very challenging until you get 2 or 3 cars wide, then it gets interesting. The infield course is pretty straightforward too. The Rock is like cake a little is good but you don't want to eat it for every meal.

It also is blessed with the nicest garages anywhere. Real pro style garages. This makes working on the car, hanging out, etc so much nicer. And as a bonus they're probably as nice as any hotel you can find in the area. So I'm considering camping out. My last trip here resulted in a motel room at the Day's Inn, that smelled like B.O., cleaning agents (faintly), and cigarette smoke.

Another piece of trivia - the Rock was used in the film Talladega Nights. When Ricky tries to come back after being 'on fire'. They show him testing, that is the track!

Labels: Rockingham, Schedule