On The Road Again: Daytona International Speedway Bound

I instead settled for a ham and cheese sandwich, and it was quite a sight in the parking lot as my sister, her friend, and I all tried to open that damn package. We did everything but throw it on the ground and stomp on it.

Now, back on the road, I would be able to enjoy my mid-morning snack, but soon discovered another problem: No mayonnaise. How am I supposed to each a sandwich with no mayo?

Seriously Elliott, time for you and I to have a talk.

Wednesday was a short day on the road, as everyone was exhausted. After stopping for breakfast, during which I admit I pulled out my laptop in the Denny’s parking lot because I couldn’t take not being connected to the world anymore. I needed to know what was going on in cyber world. My e-mail, Facebook and Bleacher Report were all checked, but there was no time for Twitter, and then we were back on the road for a little more time before stopping for the night.

Savannah, Ga., became the stop, as I finally was able to see something other than pavement and cars in front of me.

Once we checked into the hotel, the family and friends ran for the pool, and I ran for the couch and a pillow. Fully intent on sleeping, but I quickly discovered that was not going to happen.

After having a phone conversation with one of our fellow writers, I spent the next few hours responding to e-mails, Facebook and Twitter conversations and posting a new article before finally crashing at midnight.

Daytona was getting closer and closer.

Thursday: The final day on the road and cars were finally on the track, but Dad and I wouldn’t be heading for the track until Friday, unfortunately.

But we set off and finally reached Florida and headed for our house on the outskirts of Disney. It was truly painful driving past the track and not taking the exist.

Upon reaching the house minutes later, I ran for the TV to watch practice and opened my laptop. However, just like the first few days, things did not go as planned for me.

There were only 10 channels on the TV, and not included in those channels were ESPN and Speed channel.

That was the final straw.

“There are cars on the track and I can’t watch,” I walked around sulking. “How am I expected to stay here?”

After continually losing my Internet connection on top of that, I was thankful enough to have another fellow Bleacher Report writer texting me all the happenings on the track.

At 3 a.m., our conversations finally ended up my losing consciousness and drifting into stockcar dreamland.

Friday was an exciting day for me. Not only would I be at the track, but there was an exciting event I had planned was scheduled for the day.

I had been contacted by ESPN offering me a tour of their TV compound. I would be able to get a behind the scenes look of how they put on all the Nationwide and half of the Sprint Cup Series races.

And if I was lucky and the timing worked out, I might be able to meet ESPN pit reporter Jamie Little, whom I have written articles and interviewed

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