Northern Night at Elko

A couple of weeks ago we got the opportunity to be rednecks for the night. Northern was having it's Roush Race Truck appear at Elko Speedway. So we go to be apart of all the fun. Eric and I decided to head down a little early and stop in at a bar in town that an old co-worker owned. The bar's name is Bullseye Saloon. It's your typical small town bar that's for sure. The best part was happy hour. $1.50 bottle beers. So we enjoyed ourselves for awhile. Our friend Lori (co-worker of mine) and her husband Tom meet us at the bar with some friends. Then we headed over to the track. From there it was redneck city! (Not so bad) So many people wanting to get as much beer in as they could. Well who would blame them. It was 99¢ tap beers until 8:00. How could you refuse it too! I think it was in honor of the Northern truck #99. We went to our seats and watched the races begin. Walking in front of everyone to your seat you felt like you were in high school again walking in front at a football game. I always hated that. You felt like there were so many eyes on you and you wanted to run. We watched a variety of races and in the final two races the Northern truck appeared. It didn't race though. It lead the cars around the track before they started. It was fun. Last year Erik Darnell (Nascar truck driver) brought his dad's car out and wrapped it with Northern's logo and raced. That was pretty exciting. In the end it was fun and we were also able to watch Michael Phelps get him 8th goal at the Olympics in the Northern Booth. It was a great night at the races that's for sure! Next time we want to go to Elko during the Eve of Destruction. They have school buses race and crash into each other, cars jumping other cars with trailers on them and lots of other stuff. I guess we really want to be rednecks.....I don't think so.