My father had talked about wanting to drive the Richard Petty Experience for years. We talked and talked and then finally decided to do it. I told dad, "We're both not getting any younger."
We made appointments in October 2008 to drive the Kentucky Speedway. The Experience allows for you to get out there behind the wheel and take eight laps behind an instructor car doing 130 to 140 MPH.
I remember strapping in the car, shifting through the gears and holding on. The speedway is 70 feet wide but out there in the racecar did not seem 70 feet wide, it was like we were in a tunnel. It was a thrill to drive the car at a decently high speed. The g-forces on my head were significant going through the corners.
I was glad to be able drive and glad we quit talking.
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