Left to right: Scott Baker, Jack Twiggs, Bill Frey and Jimmy Hayes, overlooking the Texas Motor Speedway Track at turn four.
Left to right: Jimmy Hayes, Bill Frey, Jack Twiggs and Scott Baker are geared up.
Scott Baker
Texas Motor Speedway located six miles due south of Robson Ranch is a kind of a circus for adults. The race is much more than three rings with so many activities going on all around you. All eyes are then focused on the track once the race starts, but until that time just watching the humanity around you is as much fun as watching the race.
Scott Baker, Bill Frey, Jack Twiggs and Jimmy Hayes from Robson Ranch went to the Duck Commander 501 race in April. Scott was the seasoned racer while Bill, Jack and Jimmy all tried this activity for the first time. It was a very fun evening of activity with Scott acting as tour director and explaining all the rituals, rules and regulations of NASCAR racing. The track is over six miles away, and from the clubhouse you can see the track on a clear day. If the wind is blowing from this direction you can actually hear the cars roaring around the track. So if you can hear the cars at Robson you can guess they are really loud when you are sitting at the actual speedway. You will notice we are all wearing ear protection, but we were also wearing ear buds under the ear protection. These ear buds were hooked into a scanner listening to the track officials. While we were waiting for the race to start we could hear different officials located at the far corners of the track property reporting rain. NASCAR does not allow the race to begin under rain so a delay might be imminent. However, the rain only happened at the corners and never came across the track so the race started without delay. It is hard to imagine the drivers complete 500 miles in a little under three hours of driving time.
The Duck Dynasty people made themselves the officials since they were the sponsor of the race. They spent several million dollars to have their name in lights, and they were making the best of it. The guys had never seen this type of grandstanding before, and it was a pleasure to introduce them to this event with such a clear example of capitalism at its best. Jimmy Johnson won the race, but nobody really cared who won or where they came in; they just had fun. They each had literally heard the race from afar and now to witness it with such a fun sponsor made the evening one to remember for a long time.