I am going to my first race this weekend. Growing up in Buffalo, my sporting interests were basically football, hockey, baseball, and basketball. I had no interest in car racing. I knew (and know) very little about it.
In any event, my wife is going out of town on business for a week. The Indy car race is down here in Miami (actually Homestead). I thought that it might be a fun thing to take my 4 and 1/2 year old son to the race. He is fascinated by the movie Cars and over the past few weeks we have watched portions of the NASCAR races in Mexico and Las Vegas. He seemed to like it and I thought it was pretty interesting.
In any event, to those of you who are fans, any words of wisdom?
Also, how loud are the Indy cars and the NASCAR cars? Which are louder?
I presume that I should get ear plugs for my son. Is that correct?
By the way, I purchased some paddock passes and we will be allowed to see the cars up close and perhaps meet some of the drivers during the day before the race.
Anyway, thanks for any comments or words of wisdom. Depending on how much we like it, I may get tickets to the Ford 400 which will be down here in November and, as I understand it, the last race of the season.