Demolition night at the Speedway

I have wanted to go the Meridian Speedway for quite awhile now. Kevin has been really busy with school so I thought it would be nice for us girls to get out of the house and give him some quiet time. On Friday we noticed a car hanging from a crane over the speedway and then noticed that they were having boat races which I had heard were a lot of fun to watch so we gave our friends the Ewing's a call to see if they would like to go. Dawn and Capri were very excited to go along.

I tried to explain to the girls what to expect so they wouldn't be overwhelmed. I also brought ear plugs and stuff to do just in case someone lost interest. The girls were all excited to go. Ashley got it in her head that she was going to be riding in the boat even when I tried to explain differently. I don't think she really knew what to expect.

We got to the speedway and the girls were all chatting excitedly about what they were wanting to see. One girl mentioned that they would like to see them drop the car from the crane. I didn't think they would because I just thought it was for advertising but the girls were hoping. When we found our seats Ashley started acting funny. I ask her if she was ok and she told me that her tummy hurt. I took her down to the bathroom and she said she was feeling better so we went back up. We watched a race but she was still acting funny so I ask her again if everything was ok. She said she still wasn't feeling well and she wanted to go home. I gave Kevin a call and he came up to get her. There goes his quiet night. He got her home and got her comfortable in our bed with a bowl, only to find out that she was feeling fine. She just didn't like the races. I can't believe she played me so well. She was really convincing.

Oh well she missed out on a lot of fun. I grew up watching racing with my dad and brothers so this brought back a lot of fun memories for me and I was hoping that the girls would think that it was fun. They did. Allison really got into the races and cheered right along side Miss Dawn. Madison had fun and enjoyed it too but was not nearly as vocal.
The races were fun to watch and the girls really got into them. We would all pick one to root for. Allison followed her car very closely and asked lots of questions. At one point she was excited because she thought her car was in the lead but Miss Dawn told her that he was about to get lapped. She said oh I have heard of overlapping. It was so great to see her enthusiasm.

In between races is when they did the demolition part of the night. They started first with dropping the car onto a minivan. The girls were right and they were so excited.
Next they had a station wagon jump into a row of Domino cars.
There were several other events but they saved the best for last. The boat races. They were just hilarious. They raced around a wet track trying to keep their boats attached. The winner was the last one left with their boat. The track was a mess when it was all over. To finish off a great night of racing they had a spectacular fireworks show. We really had a great night and the girls are already asking when we are going again. I told them they need to convince Papa to come up and join us. He would love it.
When it was all over they said that we could go down to the track and pits. Allison and the rest really wanted to go so we took a quick look on our way out.
It was really a great night. We will definitely be back if not this year definitely next year.