We decided to watch the Chili Bowl on Saturday night instead of the Patriots. We did, however, go back and forth between the two channels the entire time the Patiots game was going on. I know, I know, we may have been the only household in New England not tuning into the football game in it's entirety...

The Chili Bowl was pretty cool. I'll be honest, when I first saw how long the race was going to be, I looked at my husband and said there was no way I was going to be able to stay up that late. Yes, I'm a complete wuss.

In the beginning there were tons of interviews with the drivers. And actually, that didn't help me out with trying to stay up. I was surprised at how young some of them were. I was particularly struck by a 16-year old, Cole Whitt. He had this Opie look about him. He was this kind of small red head with a baseball cap that didn't have a curve in the brim so it was completely flat across. It made me chuckle. So with his first interview, that was the boy I decided that I wanted to root for.

He didn't fare too well. He wrecked. I was bummed.

Tony Stewart opted to not take the provisional into the race and he raced in. He won his B-Main event and finished in eighth place in the main event. (No temper tantrums that I saw.)

It didn't seem that they could go more than 3 laps without a caution.

If you're looking to purchase tickets to next year's Chili Bowl, stand in line. Like, a LONG line of approximately 500, that is. There's a waiting list. They start selling tickets next month for next year's event.

There were 44 states represented at the Chili Bowl by ticket buyers.

It didn't seem that anyone sat down during the races. Everytime the camera scanned the crowd, they were always standing up. I would get tired. It pretty much sealed the deal with me that I didn't want to attend. It would get damn old standing there for 5 hours.

I also thought it was interesting that most of the folks standing in the first few rows had either goggles or face masks on. The dirt from the track, I guess, flies up that far and spatters folks. Now the dirt and mud doesn't bother me at all, it's the standing that I couldn't handle.

All for now.

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