A Warm Madison Welcome

Spring finally sprung today! And it will evidenced by the hundreds of race fans who show up for work tomorrow looking like lobsters!

After church we picked up Jim's sister Sherry to head to Madison to see our nephew Colin race. All we could remember about this track is that it's usually windy. So our debate leading up to the parking lot was weather we needed a sweatshirt, jacket, or both. An hour later I wished in I was in shorts! 

So. Very. Warm!

We did get a warm Wisconsin welcome when part of the UW Badger Marching Band came through with some entertaining music!

They must get the most interesting gigs around Mad Town!

For a small group, they sounded great. They performed the National Anthem, too.

So let's get racing! First, I need to warn you you will not see the usual "Reffner Blue" #87 stock car.

Nope. Colin has switched to the Midwest Truck Series this season, driving #31. Believe me. It took me several laps to get used to it! Still has some pretty blue on there, too. 💙💙

He had a pretty good Ton 10 kind of day. He qualified 5th fastest. He finished 3rd in the heat race and 7th in the feature. A few more pictures so you, too, can get your eyes used to this new speed machine!

The exciting thing is that since is a Midwest series, he's racing outside of Wisconsin and his next race is at Hawkeye Downs Raceway – conveniently located in a new place I like to visit called Cedar Rapids, Iowa! So we get to see our baby boy again in less than 2 weeks. More hearts! 💙💙

We got home after 8 p.m. because the 200-lap super late model feature took forever. I stopped counting caution flags after 5. Huge, huge crowd that stayed to the exciting finish of the Joe Shear Classic, though.

We're fried and tired so I wish you good night. I'm going to dream that spring is here to stay. I hope it comes true!