To kick-off the new year, the boys’ Godfather, Chris, and I took the boys on a road trip to visit the Daytona International Raceway Museum.

While we were waiting for our tour to begin, we looked around the museum a bit and these clowns in front of the cut-away “Drive Petty” car…

The tour was pretty comprehensive and took us all around the track and down pit road…

We stopped for a bit at the start-finish line and walked up the 18-percent grade track for a photo-op…

Back aboard the tram, I got a quick picture of the new Grand Stand as we headed to the garage area and Victory Lane!

In the garage area, we visited the auditorium where the drivers receive their safety briefing prior to the race. They played the safety briefing for us, which was interesting, but even more interesting were the photos on the wall depicting some Daytona history. Like this one of Donny Allison in front of the Wood Brothers #21 Mercury Cyclone (even from across the room, I can pick-out my racing team!)…

Then it was on to Victory Lane…

We had a blast!