The first time I’ve ever been to a NASCAR race in my life was VERY exciting! What made it more fun, was actually working race weekend! My task was to obtain B-Roll footage to finish a project with them and then a couple short weeks ago it was added to create a recap video of each day’s activities showcasing the FAN Experience.
Having to go around capturing the entire Fan Experience, I got the opportunity to see quite a bit and met some cool people along the way! First, your spokeswoman Miss zMAX Christina Davidson and zMAX’s own Toni & George Elliott were EXCELLENT to work with! I can’t thank them enough (BTW, I’m going to get some of their product to use in our cars as I hear great things about it!) We all have very demanding schedules and they were very accommodating to work me in! Let’s see, I met John Williams with the Harlem Globetrotters (I LOVED watching them as a kid and I want to take the kids to see them next time they’re in Johnson City), had some small talk with Tim from Discovery Channel’s Hit TV Show “Moonshiners” and I ended up right in the pits on Sunday’s Food City 500 as Miss zMAX went around wishing drivers good luck prior to the race! Victory Lane was chaos with the many photographers and network folks getting their shots, but I carved out my little spot and got some good shots there as well.
I can honestly say that while I worked my tail off, I really did enjoy it very much. I’d like to experience a race in the stands as a fan someday, but working it forced me to see it all and there is SO MUCH going on at the track and SO MUCH for kids, adults and families alike to be able to do ALL weekend! If you’ve never been to a race, I highly recommend you to go. It truly is an exhilarating experience! Everyone I personally met was very nice, courteous and very excited to be there–fans as well as everyone working!
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