"Influenced by BGS"

I promised my husband (even if it was in the midst of adrenaline & loud racecars in the background) that my blog this week would be “influenced by BGS.”

I mean seriously people where can you get the thrill of so much excitement, drama, good racing, wrecked racecars, (and the list goes on and on) for ONLY $10?! You’re right, you can’t find that anywhere else! Bowman Gray was a packed house again for week #2, no one was sitting in the aisles this week, but the empty seats were few and far between.

Quick run down: Burt Myers qualified on the pole (YAY!) and then drew 16th (BOO!). After everyone drew for the race, no other than the oldest driver at BGS gets the pole (Jr Miller-another BOO!). First few cars were: Jr Miller-1st, Zach Brewer-2nd (outside pole). Expecting no more or less from the old man, Jr Miller goes into turn #3 on the first lap and gives Brewer a nice shove towards the guardrail. Cars jumble up and the caution comes out for a restart of the race. However, unlike NORMAL restarts (but what’s normal about BGS?!?!) Brewer is not given 2nd place back even though one complete lap was never made. Brewer finally gets back to Miller (who’s leading the race) and beats the back bumper off of him until he finally gets him loose. GO BREWER!!! The battles continue and cars are shuffled from one place to another. The “choose cone” is set out on the last lap before going back to green flag racing each time a caution is out. This let’s drivers choose which lane they prefer. Example: if the cars 1, 2, and 3 choose the inside line, car 4 can pull up on the outside putting car 4 on the outside pole (2nd place). It makes for GREAT racing at the “Madhouse!” Cars are shuffled around and the cone comes out. Tim Brown has made it to the lead through the shuffle and Jr Miller is sitting in second. Come to the green flag for the restart, Jr starts pushing down on Tim (since he was on the outside) and Tim turns right on him and pushes him down the front stretch guardrail---YAY!!!!! Although, I agree with <3MY LOVE<3 completely when he immediately says “OH NO, he’s started a war he will not win!” Of course, we all know how this one ends, Jr gets the last lick and Tim gets the shove to the wall similar to the one Brewer got in the beginning of the race. Truthfully, Jr stopped the whole field pushing Tim against the wall, allowing Burt to get to the front also!!! Burt held onto the lead and won the race-YAY!!!

I’m sure I missed small details so don’t shoot the messenger, you get the gist:) Now onto my view of the race! Zach Brewer was getting my vote for the “scaredy- cat award” but then I soon realize he was out to get pay back for Jr’s first lap shove! Tim was second in line for this award until he gave his shove back to Jr! Jr Miller still gets the award for “can’t beat them, just wreck them” for the most attempts at wrecking anyone who tried to pass him. That is almost every time, except of course when he was on the WRECKER!!! It took 3-4 attempts from various people, but the night didn’t end without his ride on the wrecker:)

Next time you want a good show for $10, come to BGS and I promise you will not be disappointed! Oh, I almost forgot… <3MY LOVE<3 wanted to make sure “The Mayberry Bullet” got a plug in here too. Come this weekend and see the “The Mayberry Bullet,” himself, John Smith. He makes a few appearances at the stadium throughout the year and if he can keep enough gas in the car and luck on his side, he could be a contender for the win!