{"id":497,"date":"2016-03-06T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2016-03-13T08:28:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T13:28:46","slug":"its-vegas-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/06\/its-vegas-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Vegas, Baby!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=&#8221;8&#8243; gal_title=&#8221;Las Vegas Speedway&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today NASCAR is in Las Vegas, Nevada. I really enjoy Vegas. I\u2019ve actually been to the track there. I\u2019ve ridden on it and thought the tour van just might topple over. I\u2019ve stood on the finish line and walked through a luxury suite. I enjoyed my time at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but today it\u2019s just nice to be reminded of what my kids looked like just a few short years ago. We had a great trip that summer visiting Las Vegas and the California coast line. The race at Las Vegas reminds me of that trip. Good times! Like I said before, sometimes I place bets on the races. What better race to bet on than Las Vegas? <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"521\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/06\/its-vegas-baby\/vegasticket\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vegasticket.jpg?fit=2398%2C1495\" data-orig-size=\"2398,1495\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1457084351&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vegasticket\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vegasticket.jpg?fit=640%2C399\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-521 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vegasticket.jpg?resize=300%2C187\" alt=\"vegasticket\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vegasticket.jpg?resize=300%2C187 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vegasticket.jpg?resize=768%2C479 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vegasticket.jpg?resize=1024%2C638 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vegasticket.jpg?w=1498 1498w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vegasticket.jpg?w=2247 2247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>My parents happen to be out there this week, so they bought me a ticket. I bet on Dale to win, of course. Odds are not in his favor. . .but I can\u2019t bet on anyone else. I certainly couldn\u2019t bet on the favorite according the odds. That would be Harvick, and I won\u2019t bet on Harvick. Even my mom got in on the Harvick jabs by sending me a picture of his car from Vegas! <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"522\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/06\/its-vegas-baby\/harvickvegas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/harvickvegas-e1457243150694.jpg?fit=2448%2C3263\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3263\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1457192972&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00282485875706&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"harvickvegas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/harvickvegas-e1457243150694.jpg?fit=480%2C640\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-522 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/harvickvegas-e1457243150694-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/harvickvegas-e1457243150694.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/harvickvegas-e1457243150694.jpg?resize=50%2C50 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/harvickvegas-e1457243150694.jpg?resize=55%2C55 55w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/harvickvegas-e1457243150694.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/harvickvegas-e1457243150694.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>I know Harvick is good on this track, but I\u2019m certainly hoping for a good day for Dale and therefore my bet on Dale! Wish me luck!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=&#8221;8&#8243; gal_title=&#8221;Las Vegas Speedway&#8221;] Today NASCAR is in Las Vegas, Nevada. I really enjoy Vegas. I\u2019ve actually been to the track there. I\u2019ve ridden on it and thought the tour van just might topple over. I\u2019ve stood on the finish line and walked through a luxury suite. I enjoyed my time at the Las<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[98,27,11],"tags":[34,74,75,16],"class_list":["post-497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dixiesracereflections","category-motorsports","category-nascar","tag-dalejrfan","tag-kidsgrowupsofast","tag-lasvegasspeedway","tag-nascar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hzTZ-81","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":471,"url":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/05\/kyle-busch-wins-boyd-gaming-300-at-las-vegas-motor-speedway\/","url_meta":{"origin":497,"position":0},"title":"Kyle Busch wins Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway","author":"Mike Haag","date":"March 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"LAS VEGAS \u2013 Kyle Busch, driving the No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing, won the Boyd Gaming 300 on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 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