Road To The Races

We started our busy weekend with the NASCAR hauler parade. 

It started in downtown Concord and made it's way up to the speedway. 

We got there a little early, so we parked by a big grass area and let the kids run around until we started hearing the haulers and police officers coming. 

The kids then rushed to the sidewalk and were so amazed at how big the haulers were. While they haulers drove by, the drivers would honk the horn which was very loud. Logan didn't know how to react to it at first, but then after a couple, he loved it. 

On Friday, we wanted to try and get to the All-Star qualifying, but by the time we got there, it had already started, so we decided to pass this year and hopefully next year we will be better prepared to attend. But, even though we didn't get the chance to see qualifying, we did get the chance to walk around and see all the fun Fanatics booths without tons of people walking around. 

Saturday morning, it was time to go back to the speedway and go see Lightning McQueen. Logan was so excited to see Lightning McQueen. We did get there early so we did some walking around before getting into line. We checked some little cars and checked out the M&M's display. The kids got some free M&M's and skittles and McKaila took a picture with the M&M guy. 

It was a very hot morning/day and we didn't want to be waiting in line longer then we needed too, but once we saw that people were starting to line up, we headed right there. We probably sat in line for an  hour before they started letting people in. They weren't going to open until noon, but I believe since it was such a hot morning, they let people come in early. 

It was so much fun to see Lightning McQueen,  Cruz Ramirez and Jackson Storm in person! Logan really loved it, and showed that until they wanted to take pictures of the family. Then he didn't look happy or excited at all. We even got to see a sneak peak of Cars 3 and some Cars extras. That part was great because we got to sit in an air condition trailer truck. It was nice to cool off for a little bit, that's for sure. 

After letting the kids play around in the Cars area, they had coloring pages to color, you could play with cars, win some free prizes, we walked around a little bit more and decided to watch some of the Monster Energy trucks drive around and be crazy and while we were watching that, Kurt Busch (#41) came up on stage where they were filming NASCAR Trackside live. 

It was an awesome fun morning/afternoon at the speedway. It sure was hot, but even with it being hot, the kids did so awesome. They didn't whine or complain about it at all. So, we went to the mall, explored the Disney Store a little bit and shared some smoothies.