10 Days After...off to the RACES!

The Children's Tumor Foundation called and asked if we would be interested in heading over to Daytona to be a part of the CTF team as they enter the Brumos Porsche 250 Grand Am race. What did we have to do? Show up!

What a great experience for Sam (and not that shabby of one for me and Shelley either!). We heading over to the coast, dropped Nate off at Andrea's house for the day and then headed to the track. We walked... a lot. Then Michelle Marden with the Farbacher Loles team picked us up in a golf cart and off we went, right to the team's garage.

From there the CTF drivers (Daniel Graeff and Ron Yarab, Jr.) pretty much took over. They got down to Sam's level and just showed him everything about the car. Sam is a NF Hero and his name actually appears on the car (under the 8 on the passenger side). He got to sign his name on his name on a race car! How cool is that?!

We also met Lilly Ann Brooks, another NF Hero from Orlando. She is just great and she and Sam warmed up quickly.

After taking care of the car stuff, we headed to the Fan Zone to meet a Nationwide Series Nascar driver Ken Butler III who has a friend with NF. We were able to tour the Fan Zone for a while, scope out some Sprint Series drivers and garages. Sam even scored a lug nut from the #2 Miller Lite car!

The next day we rushed back to the track and spent some time in the Fan Zone again, walking around, seeing sights. It was hot so we headed back to the stands and caught the start of the Grand Am race.

It was really cool to see the CTF car, the one Sam sat in, signed his name, met the drivers, all that stuff the day before, zipping around the track. What a day. What a weekend.