yeah buddy go get him harvick
that's what i'm talking about buddy yeah
absolutely epic oh that's so cool
yeah hey everybody eric here from nomadic fanatic i hope you guys are doing well
i'm not in florida this winter i'm in california so i missed the daytona 500 last weekend
looks like there's a pretty good race did you guys notice there was no rain
yeah all three times i was there it was epic rain and then one other time it was canceled for covid
in 2020 so uh this year um this weekend right now okay i'm filming this currently right now it is
thursday february 24 2022 in the morning and i am getting ready to check into the second official
nascar cup series points race here in california in fontana california and i am very very excited
to do this guys i got last minute in field tickets so we are going to be camping from now until next
monday inside the track in the infield of the auto club speedway here and i'm gonna be pretty
much live so i just made a cup of coffee we got a stage in line and wait for our turn to get back in
let's figure out how this all works this is the staging area here in the purple lot lot three
where they'll wait to bring us into the track all right they're uh loading the row in next to me now
we're gonna keep staging here that's a nice super c right there so uh this also may be quite uh an
historic race as uh auto club speedway is talking about turning this into a short
track they were actually going to do it during cobit last year but they put it off they are
supposed to start demolishing and remodeling this track which is a two mile oval daytona is a two
and a half mile oval they're they're talking about doing that right after the conclusion of this race
this weekend here live and a lot of people a lot of people really want to see a short track
uh because it's more exciting for like tv viewing and stuff like that but you got to think about
all of us right here all 1000 of us camping in in the infield turning this track into a short
track like nascar wants to do eliminates all of us this entire experience all the money they get from
the thousands of rvs in the infield completely gone there is no more infield in a short track
so i'm just going to enjoy it for what it is but expect that this could possibly as nascar
says be the last time that the uh fontana auto club speedway is a long two mile oval track so
we'll just enjoy it and see what happens i'm kind of hoping they don't do it and i'm one of the few
nascar people out there because of this experience you know when die hard nascar
viewers who go to the grand stand or watch tv they don't understand this whole thing about rv
camping in the infield so anyway we'll wait and see all right so the information packet that i
got and the guy who parked me over there told me about keeping my smart car here overnight then
another guy just passed out a new green flyer on here which clearly states tow vehicles that
do not fit in your space must park outside the back stretch in the purple lot overnight
well what if my smart car does fit then that means i can take it in right
or do they mean tow vehicles see i don't know what they mean by tow vehicles tow vehicle could be the
truck that tows the rv but but a tow vehicle is also the vehicle being towed behind my class a rv
i got to get some information either way it's a little unique because most people that are here
have two people if they have a car so they have somebody else to unhook and drive that vehicle and
that's why i'm i'm trying to ask these questions ahead of time so it's not a i don't mess up and
have to backtrack but getting some mixed answers right now so i'll get back to you on the whole
tow car thing yeah we're going to see lots of pets here that's a working dog there that's the canine
unit so they're gonna run him through by and look for explosives i guess and and other things
i don't know there they look through the compartment sometimes they want to make sure
you don't have you know 10 more people in your rv that didn't pay with the wristband you know those
are 100 bucks a piece so you know i don't know if they'll come in my rv i'm gonna tell them i
got cats all right so i got some updates i have uh moved the car i'm gonna be taking just the rv in
because if you want to be able to leave in your car from the infield here at this track you're
not able to drive your car from the infield out so it's stuck in there so in case i have an emergency
with one of the kitties or i want to get a bite to eat or something outside you leave your car here
in this lot up there and then you can walk out at certain times get in your car and go do stuff so
i won't have the car for the weekend at my spot but i will have it available in case i want to
leave all right and we are finally uh moving forward from the staging area we've got one two
three more rows and they're just taking them row by rows you can see it's already clearing out over
there and uh they're going into the infield row by row so we're coming look at this super sea guys
god thanks beautiful all kinds of different rigs out here and look at the mountains to
the mountains over there it's a nice area california all right guess what guys uh two
rows over from me they are now letting them in so we are very very close to getting in
and i also just want to point out it's like a mini little tailgating party while we're sitting here
everybody's out just partying drinking beer already
i should be okay for beer i got a fridge full of beer and then i've got three more 30 racks
of busch light there um i've actually this is gonna sound crazy i've worked it out to i have
39 beers per day to get me through the end of the day sunday 39 beers a day which sounds like a lot
but they start practicing with the loud engines on the track at 8am so you're automatically
gonna wake up at eight and crack a beer open and the parties are going to last till 2 a.m
if you do the math 18 hours divided by 39 beers per day is 2.1 beers per hour which is actually
really practical considering how much party that that i usually do at these races so um i hope
that i'm not putting down 39 beers a day but it's nascar there goes the row next to me we're next
what time is it it is 11 a.m on thursday the 24th so we should be parked by noon not too bad right
there's no races tonight so we're just going to familiarize ourselves with the track
and how everything works inside because daytona being the only other infield nascar track i've
ever been to so far i plan to do more things are gonna be different i got uh my package came
with uh two wristbands for this is pick pass yeah we're gonna be doing the uh pits and also
fan zone pass as well so this will be i will be getting much more out of this weekend than i've
ever gotten out of any of the daytona stuff and it's one-third the cost of daytona here
so all right it's our turn we are going into the infield right now our row how exciting is this
so i left tater tot look right here off to the right there's where tater tots can be
parked for the full weekend i got the alarm on everything's secure if they open this gate
again i can walk out and take tater tot and go do other things in the city if i want to later
now we are not going through a tunnel like daytona but
oh my gosh okay look guys so they opened this gate and we are gonna drive on the track
oh this is so cool this is so unique there is no tunnel here
we are driving right now we are on the back stretch of the auto club speedway this is where
the actual race cars drive right where my rubber's at this is neat and now we're coming off of it
wow there's gonna be a lot of wrecks right here this whole area right here
people are going to come off turn two and hit the wall or have a blow out and then spin out
right in this area right where we're at right now on the back stretch very cool the infield is right
in front of us and they've opened it up for us this is my area right off to the left is that 83
yep 8 site 83 is right next to these guys how am i gonna do this the trash cans aren't in the way i
am going to back in because i don't have tater tots so let me pull over here to the grass and
i'll get a better advantage for backing up into my site wow this guy can't wait two seconds
dude come on he's like inches from my bumper talk about impatience dude what is your rush
all right well people's patients are shot for some reason but um
i'm here i'm comfortable you can see behind me that is turn two leading into the back stretch
behind me with a wonderful view of action going on right i got the little kitty tent out and of
course i've got my don't be a tater hater logo there so people can find me and find the channel
and uh yeah guys this is pretty cool the infield is awesome guys this is so cool california nascar
fans are really really really cool and uh this is gonna be a lot of fun um let's climb up on the
roof and see what my view looks like up there but one more time look at this guys look how literally
you can't not get any closer to the track they're gonna be flying by right here oh my gosh this
kind of a sight five thousand dollars at daytona 500 here and here i am standing on my roof guys
look at this view this is gonna be the best weekend ever there's a there's a saturday race
i think 3 p.m and then sunday's wise 400 race the big cup series points race uh is it noon
got some neighbors pulling in there they're going to be pulling in pretty much
all day today tomorrow some people may not come till even saturday or sunday
but this what a great view what a great view of nascar it's so cool i'm going to bring my chair up
and bring up my tv set my tv on the air conditioner there so that i can watch the wrecks
and replays of stuff that i can't see but honestly if you look all around the track
you can almost see everything going on i mean i you probably can't from this view let me zoom
in a little bit you can see the track all the way up until the pits where those red tops are right
there and then coming out of the front stretch into turn one there we're right back in view
so i didn't rent a headset this year never going to do that again you can actually just use an am
fm radio with headphones and listen to the the broadcast that's that's free or what i might do
is plug my headphones into my tv up here and hear it on uh fs1 uh that way when there's a
wreck somewhere if i want to see a replay or find out why they're wiser why is the yellow out they
can we can find out by watching the tv but it's going to be a good weekend guys if you're one of
my viewers and you're out here i'm going to try to upload this as soon as possible so definitely
come say hi i'm turn to site row one site 83 and i would love to meet you you can see the kitties
and i got some stickers i've already met several of my viewers out here already and my neighbors
are awesome i just couldn't be happy this is so good california just keep it like this do not
change this track nascar if you're listening to me don't change it keep it just like it is
kitties did you know that you get extra treats and num nums during nascar races
that's the rules it's in the rulebook it says all kitties that are here get extra num nums because
they're such good kitties and they put up with dad for being crazy with all the loud noises right
do you guys think you're the only kitty is here you might be the only kitty is here
and once again i just want to show you this view i can just look out my back window view
is that incredible guys this is a once in a lifetime opportunity i mean i i really don't know
if i'm ever going to be able to see nascar this well it's going to be a very interesting weekend
and besides the kitties i'm here by myself so it's just going to be you and me this weekend
i'm going to upload as much as i can so i love you guys i'm going to be enjoying the race
i'm going to be uh partying and enjoying myself a lot as much as possible actually
as well as uploading videos so i will see as soon as i can get another update out to
youtube you guys be well have a good weekend opie and tara and i will see you next time bye
you