Motorcycle Races

Will, his friend Justin and I volunteered at the Larry H Miller Motorsport Park for the AMA and Superbike races. For you that don't speak man that means the USA and World motorcycle races. They only make one stop in the US and it was to Utah. Will and Justin volunteered to be the guys to run out by the track when a racer crashes to help them either get where it's safe or get back out in the race. I was in the same area as them doing the flags for the Superbike races. The flags are for the racer to relay messages about the track being clear or about an accident up ahead, ect... We looked kinda cool with microphones to communicate with the head people to let them know what was going on in our area of the track. It was a weekend full of great and horrible things. The first day it was freezing! We spend the day on the race track in the rain and cold. It was made worse because I was tired also. We had woken up at like 4:30 in the morning to get there in time. I'm not the type to fall asleep anywhere but at home, not even on a plane or anything. On the side of the track when the AMA races where going on I was on the side of the track falling asleep. I fell asleep one for about 5 minutes. That is crazy because the motorcycles are so loud and it was so cold and uncomfortable. That night we stayed in the parkway and just camped out. We went to Walmart and bought a heater so it wouldn't be that bad. Well it rained during the night and I woke up at 3:00 AM wet on half my body. In my sleepy state I tried to go back to sleep even though I was wet but Then when my pillow was all wet on the bottom side I couldn't do it anymore. Then I discovered that my clothes for the next day were all wet. I woke Will up and he tried to dry them by the heater. When it was clear that that wasn't working he took them to this family bathroom that was like 100 degrees. He ment to come back but he fell asleep sitting there drying my stuff while I froze in the tent. The next morning he came back with my dry clothes so i forgave him for ditching me. Sadly my shoes that were with me were wet so that sucked. That second day at the races was so much better. Shortly after the races started it warmed up a bit so it was more enjoyable. It was a really cool experience being evolved with something so big. We had every meal catered, got a lot of free stuff, met a racer, had the best seats to watch the races and made some great memories. Were going to try to do this again if they come back next year.