Drive a NASCAR - EchoPark Speedway

Overall - had an incredible experience driving the car on the track - and would do it again. 1. the Receptionist at the Atlanta Motor Speedway was exceptional, very friendly and helpful. did not catch what her name was 2. the gentleman who helped and reviewed my video sim card was also very helpful and friendly (did not catch his name either) 3. the only bad part of my experience was with the helmet (radio comm), and the "Buckler" pit crew person. I think his name was Corey. I know he had a million tasks to do and controlling numerous drivers on ramp, but a couple times he seemed impatient, irritated and seemed to yell at me. that added to the apprehension of me getting out on the race track...and tried telling him I was having troubles hearing the crew chief on my headset...but waved me out anyways. when I got out, I told another person to flag that helmet as possible issues with the radio (but not sure if they did anything with it). just wanted to pass on my feedback. thanks

The drive was completely awesome! If you love nascar and you love to go fast this is the only way to go. I loved every second of the drive. I only gave four stars cuz event organization was less than perfect. Once we finally found the right spot things got better but still a bit disorganized. We grabbed our own fire suits cuz no one was there to help us like they said they would be. The crew chief was nice and very thorough with explanations but the Class started a half hour late and things not running on time is no fun for the folks who come to watch you drive. There were not nearly enough seats for spectators to sit in and a small canopy for shade on a very hot day. Most spectators weee forced to stand in tge direct sun for the entire time. Drivers were backed up due to the disorganization and we waited in the hot sun for over an hour to get to shade for tge last half hour til we finally got strapped in. If I’m totally honest…. It was all totally worth it when they fired that car up and my spotter said “start diggin Jamie I need that are one car in fourth. Gear before you leave the pits!” The cars are so fast and although it can be physically demanding to keep ahold of one doing 150 plus into the turns…. I barely noticed cuz I was flying sky high on adrenalin. By the end of the second lap everything that had sucked leading up to that moment was forgotten . I won’t lie to y’all this was one of the top five funnest things I’ve done in my 52 years. Well worth every penny despite it being very expensive..Bucket list number three is in the books!

Everything was great except one thing. The suits were hot, ok cant change that. However, we were told we’d have covering canopy outside. The first 6-7 students had covering the others in line stood in sun in already hot suit for a really really long time. Need a another canopy so Every student is out of the sun. Would been helpful to remind that sunglasses could be helpful too. Overall, well done! Thanks!