After this morning's grueling run up to Crozet, we met with friends to watch stock car racing. This was my first time at the track, so I have to admit I was skeptical when Derek told me they would try to roll the cars to accumulate points. I was roped into the excitement immediately with the first muddy loop and banged-up, bouncily-rolling cars circling the course, dropping tires and bumpers, catching fire, and looking like turtles turned on their backs struggling to right side themselves. It didn't take long to choose our favorites and we found ourselves cheering for the pink or purple cars, the auto école vehicle, and one aggressive driver that pushed the other cars off the track between his own quick rolling maneuvers.
