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I'll start with the pics of our trip on the way there...
1122miles from Texarkana, AR to Sebring International Raceway, FL
Just getting started...
No stereo... because racecar. She drove the first half of the trip. Notice the "In-Dash Navigation Powered By Google Maps". AKA the route directions I printed off.
It was a clear, beautiful day the whole trip.
The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. At 18.2 miles, it is the fourteenth longest bridge in the world by total length.
The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.
The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.
The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.
The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.
For a good time call.....
Nearing "Nawlins"...
West side of Lake Pontchartrain headed for NOLA
I-10 Twin Span Bridge east of NOLA. This bridge was severely damaged by Katrina. Driving through NOLA was pretty interesting. Still a good chunk of houses damaged. There was basically a whole neighborhood that looked abandoned and overgrown. Didn't look too old or rundown of houses either.
New state! Never been here before.
Ingall's Shipyard. Building ships for the Navy. Kinda cool, I guess.
Bama. Another state I'd never been to.
Tunnel in Mobile... I like tunnels. This one had a lot of traffic leading up to it and through it, so we weren't able to do the usual WOT shenanigans.
USS Alabama
At this point, I took over the driving... so no more pictures from the drive there. At this point, it was 6pm EST and we had been on the road for about 8 hours. We crossed into Florida and it gave us both a sort of "Yay, Florida... not much further now." And then I remembered... we've still got about 500 more miles to go. :lol: Ended up getting there around 3am EST. 17 hours total on the road. Traffic was a real killer on the interstates... and then both of the US highways (Texarkana to Shreveport and Orlando to Sebring) were big time killers, especially the Orlando to Sebring one. Once there, we parked in the overflow parking, threw some comforters around the back of the GTI, and passed out. We had the best alarm clock ever though... race cars starting up in the paddock.
So we got dressed and headed on over right as they were starting their morning warm up laps.
After that, we decided to do some walking around and see what was around the track. Lambo LP700-4
Old winners in the track museum.
They had a bunch of classic cars that did a couple of parade laps before hand.
This puppy was charging next to someone's camper
DELTA WING! It didn't really push it, just sort of did two laps cruising around at a quick pace. Very cool though.
3,1,2
Trouble early on. He came to the paddocks about 5 minutes into the race. From what I could tell, the alt died... and let's just say it didn't look like it was very easy to change on these cars.
The racecar version of one of my favorite cars. Love it.
1122miles from Texarkana, AR to Sebring International Raceway, FL

Just getting started...

No stereo... because racecar. She drove the first half of the trip. Notice the "In-Dash Navigation Powered By Google Maps". AKA the route directions I printed off.

It was a clear, beautiful day the whole trip.


The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. At 18.2 miles, it is the fourteenth longest bridge in the world by total length.

The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.

The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.

The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.

The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.

For a good time call.....

Nearing "Nawlins"...

West side of Lake Pontchartrain headed for NOLA


I-10 Twin Span Bridge east of NOLA. This bridge was severely damaged by Katrina. Driving through NOLA was pretty interesting. Still a good chunk of houses damaged. There was basically a whole neighborhood that looked abandoned and overgrown. Didn't look too old or rundown of houses either.

New state! Never been here before.

Ingall's Shipyard. Building ships for the Navy. Kinda cool, I guess.

Bama. Another state I'd never been to.

Tunnel in Mobile... I like tunnels. This one had a lot of traffic leading up to it and through it, so we weren't able to do the usual WOT shenanigans.

USS Alabama

At this point, I took over the driving... so no more pictures from the drive there. At this point, it was 6pm EST and we had been on the road for about 8 hours. We crossed into Florida and it gave us both a sort of "Yay, Florida... not much further now." And then I remembered... we've still got about 500 more miles to go. :lol: Ended up getting there around 3am EST. 17 hours total on the road. Traffic was a real killer on the interstates... and then both of the US highways (Texarkana to Shreveport and Orlando to Sebring) were big time killers, especially the Orlando to Sebring one. Once there, we parked in the overflow parking, threw some comforters around the back of the GTI, and passed out. We had the best alarm clock ever though... race cars starting up in the paddock.

After that, we decided to do some walking around and see what was around the track. Lambo LP700-4

Old winners in the track museum.





They had a bunch of classic cars that did a couple of parade laps before hand.












This puppy was charging next to someone's camper


DELTA WING! It didn't really push it, just sort of did two laps cruising around at a quick pace. Very cool though.




























3,1,2







Trouble early on. He came to the paddocks about 5 minutes into the race. From what I could tell, the alt died... and let's just say it didn't look like it was very easy to change on these cars.









The racecar version of one of my favorite cars. Love it.





