Atlanta NASCAR race = me in a car at 170 mph!

So my sister came into town and she's a huge NASCAR fan. I told her if she flew in I'd get tickets to the race. I'm not a huge NASCAR fan, but I watch it once and a while and I've been to one race before, 2 years ago with my sister. So anyway, in the process of finding tickets they had a Richard Petty Experience where for $50 (normally $110) you could ride in a car at race speeds after the race in a real NASCAR! I figured why not? and decided to give my sister a special treat. So it's a different experience watching the race realizing you'll be doing the same thing in a couple hours, huge anticipation. After the race you go through the tunnel, sign your life away on a waiver and get a helmet and race suit. You go in the actual pit area still warm from the race and climb through the window of a car that is vibrating and screaming and meet a driver who will have his fate in your hands for the next 4 laps. They actually put a thumb drive in the car that records you and what the car sees so you can have a DVD of your experience later. You ride in a pack of six cars so it's race like conditions. The acceleration is amazing and you're up to speed in no time. The banking feels wild and your vision and awareness of where you are on the track is very good. The noise is nuts and it was cool to race around knowing my little sister was ahead of me. NASCAR driver Mark Martin said this about the Atlanta Motor Speedway where he qualified for the pole at over 187 mph in this ESPN article, "I'm still shaking," he said. "I thought I ran out of talent in turn four. There was no possible way to hold my foot on the floor and not hit the wall, back end first, in turn four. But that was really fun. I live to scare myself like that." I agree and fefore I knew it, it was over, check another thing off of life's experience list, so much fun! My driver was like, "If you think it's fun riding, come back and drive one sometime!" Think I might just have to do that.

PS I don't think anyone can make those racesuits and helmets look good!