well sometimes my job can suck but then there are gigs like the one this week that make it all better. i have been setting up for a party at the speedway for a computer something or another company VMWARE. were expecting 11,000 people. they had rented the whole speedway. in the neon garage area center of the infield we set up a stage and the soarronding garages had fantasy cars lambo, porsche, bentley, ford GT40, ferrari, rolls royce. bunch of old school video games machines and tvs with wei's and xbox's. they also had adult big wheels races, kegs races, and go carts. all kinds of food and drinks beer, red bull, mixed drinks, soda. then the real fun they had shelby mustang convertibles taking people for full out runs in the infield road course. and a fleet of premium hertz rentals caddy cts's, infinity's, bmw's audi's Mercedes and volvo's running the mile and half nascar track under the lights. they would send out 6-7 cars inline and run one full out lap 2 laps total with run up and slow down. the lead car in each group was a driving instructor at petty and andredy (sp) driving schools. the lead cars were supposed to set the pace and keep the speeds down but the guys in the back of the line (the drivers were racers and other pit and crew people) would lay back and pull the corners at 90-100mph and cross the finish line at 120-125mph. we were allowed to enjoy the party also as long as there were no problems to handle. so i took 8 rides 16 laps the infinity was the fastest at 125mph but the mercedes was the smoothest at 115mph. would have liked to have driven around the track but it was a fun rush just getting to ride along. cant imagine how much the insurance rider for a event like that runs. was a fun party and getting paid to be there is even better.
i do love my job!