Off to the Races

Last weekend was the Indy 200 at Mid Ohio, so three generations made the drive up US42 on Saturday to check out the races. Our first stop was the Honda hospitality tent to mooch some free water and pretzels, then we stopped to check out the display cars:

Alas, neither the Civic Type R nor the NSX is available at my pay grade, so we wandered around until we ran into a Wookie:

Why a Wookie at Mid Ohio? No idea.

We made our way around the track until we settled in to watch the GTS races from above Thunder Valley. The boys settled down at a nice spot in the shade:

We were looking forward to the GT cars, since both Henry and I like watching cars that sorta resemble street cars. Unfortunately, the race was yellow flagged for about 45 minutes out of 60, which was pretty frustrating. Sam found some interest in a camper's display:

While Henry had brought a bag full of stuff to do:

After the washout of the GTS races, we moved around to the hillside above the Esses to have some lunch and watch more racing. But after the booming GT cars, the mini Formula cars were like a pack of identical, angry bees, only without as much interest. We stuck it out for another hour before we called it a day and headed for home in my (non Type R) Civic.