“This just feels like we’re part of the action, and we get to see our NASCAR family one more time,” Grapevine, Texas, resident Ashley Douglas said. “We come every year. The atmosphere, you’re at the track, they’ve got the pace cars going around, and everyone’s got their pizza ovens and cornhole. It’s just like you’re part of it.”
As Douglas mentioned, the allure of camping out in front of the world’s largest HDTV wasn’t the only thing bringing people out to the track. The free weekend included pace car rides in the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro SS or the 2019 Chevrolet Impala. Radio stations 95.9 The Ranch, 92.1 Hank FM, and 99.5 The Wolf held promotions and live remotes from the track. There was also a special screening of the race and lunch for more than 100 members of The Speedway Club in the Grand Ballroom.
“We heard about the competition. We didn’t know there was a prize. We just wanted the fun of doing it,” McGwier said. “We’re at the race so what else could be better than doing our own race set up?”
The campsite featured cutouts of cars driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Daniel Hemric, and Brad Keselowski. It was finished off with a large cutout meant for people to use as a selfie station.
“You come in behind it, take the picture, and now I’m the winner. I’m number one,” McGwier said, with her head sticking through the driver’s window.
Fans may purchase tickets for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 tripleheader, season tickets to Texas Motor Speedway’s race events by calling the speedway ticket office at (817) 215-8500 or by visiting www.
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