First Indy Car Race.....didn't go as planned!!

We got to go to our first Indy Car race!! And we even got to meet Tony Stewart of all people!! He looks alot like our Makenna:)

It was general admission seating so we were able to sit right by the start/finish line:)

Makenna kept asking when the "Tony Pledge of Allegiance" song was going to start!! She is so dang cute!! She had her hand on her heart way before it started! What a good girl! :)

Flyover!!

Makenna even got to sit in Danica's car!! She almost disappeared:)

We were all settled in for a fun race but craziness happened with only 11 laps in. About a dozen cars started crashing with some going airborne!! The first part of the crash was bad enough but then more crashed and then even more crashed. All you could see were big fireballs all over the place. It was crazy. I was very thankful that it didn't happen right in front of us. They had blocked the first rows but we weren't too high up and that had to have debris flying everywhere. Makenna was also worried and said that they were going to have to go to the hospital because they didn't have tops on their cars:) Unfortunately, a young driver, Dan Wheldon, did had to get airlifted to the hospital and ended up dying from that crash and the rest of the race was cancelled. It was all very sad. I felt bad for complaining because we had to sit out in the heat forever waiting when someone was losing their husband and father. It also makes you think about your family and how fragile life is. I'm so thankful for my husband and kids and extended family!!