Manic Monday - Track(s)
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Many years ago, on any given Friday night during the season, you would find our family at one place. The race track. My step father was an avid race fan and many years he raced a car himself, when he wasn't working as a spotter or various positions on the track. I remember so vividly the smell of the cars as they rounded the track. The fuel, the dirt, the roar of the engines, the rumble of the ground. It was amazing! We knew most of the drivers and many times had our pictures made with them and even got to ride around with them as they "packed the track". That was the process of riding around the track to pack the mud down after the track had been watered.
Our family usually sat down at the bottom of the stands near the fence. I have a twin brother and sister who would bring toys and sit in the dirt and play with cars. There were other small kids who would sit with them and enjoy the company while we watched the race. One night I will never forget, a car crashed into the stands. It crashed RIGHT where we were sitting. It was the scariest feeling that I have ever felt. My little brother was sitting right in front of me and I just remember seeing that car in the air and grabbing him. I ran. I ran for our lives. I remember turning around and seeing the car in the stands right were we had been sitting seconds before! It had climbed a ten foot concrete wall and crashed right through a 15 foot fence and went right into the stands. I looked around for the rest of my family and I spotted my mother, and my other two sisters and remember the looks of fear on their faces. The car did land on a man and a young child. I don't remember their fate. It's been so long ago, but I do remember the irony of the story was that the driver of the car crashed into HIS own family. He landed on his father and his daughter.
The race Track is part of my history and I am proud of it. In fact, I actually miss it!
What memories do you have of your childhood that you remember so vividly that when you speak of it, you can actually feel yourself there...the sounds, the smells, etc?!
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