Hello from Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Drafted: Sunday October 29, 2023 (First post of this travelogue)
Posted: 11/19/2023 (yes, I am way behind on quite a bit of stuff{grin})
We are here to attend a National NHRA drag racing event. It is the 20th event of a 21 event schedule. We are parked with the truck and trailer in what is call the “Trackside RV Lot” (Google Map) . If you look closely at the map, you will see that our camping area overlooks the dragstrip, and we can see the races pretty well in the comfort of our great camping chairs.
We have camped at these races a couple of times in the past, but never in the “high roller” area next to the track. We decided to splurge this year and get “up close” to the action. As noted, we can see the race pretty well and have a portable radio so that we get the “trackside” announcing.
The weather here has been pretty decent. Highs have been in the 70s and lows in the 40s-50s. However last night the wind was very strong and blew our chairs and table around a bit. For the races today it will be in the 60s.
Race day and the temperature in the 60s but wind blowing
We are dry camping so that presents a challenge to keep our trailer batteries sufficiently charged. I have run the big generator a few times and it really pours the current into the battery. However, it is pretty loud. The first day I fired it up a person behind us complained to me that his mother just had ear surgery and that the sound really affected her. I tried to be considerate and only run the big generator during the races when it was noisy anyway. I had to ask myself why anyone who has problems with noise would come to a huge drag race that is terribly noisy. Oh Well!
I ran the small (quiet) generator a bit, but it had to power a battery charger to charge the batteries and the charger I have is really not geared to that kind of application.
The races were great. There were three crashes and all ended up right in front of us. We did not see two of them but a bike rider came off and landed right in front of us. He signaled that he was conscious when they put him in the ambulance.
That is all for this post.