The championship race for the NWSMT was held at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, NC…our sixth visit to the track this season.
Prior to the race we met up with a friend of ours who now works for Petty Enterprises for lunch with him and his wife. We had a great time of sharing and encouraging each other in Christ…and just hanging out! After lunch we went our separate ways…however they did meet back up with us later in the evening back at Caraway Speedway.
We arrived at the track around 2:30PM as people were signing in, and haulers were entering the track. Upon arriving we pulled out our letters and trusty blue painters tape and hit the row of haulers taping up the last devotional of the season, which was centered on Philippians 3.
Much to our dismay, practice for all of the support divisions that would be running along side our race began seemingly the moment they pulled the last trailer across the track…and the noise would not stop until five minutes prior to our drivers meeting.
There is normally a window of time when we are hanging the devotionals that we are able to talk and interact with everyone…however the noise hindered any conversations from developing leaving us going trailer to trailer with a smile and a wave.
I know we were at a racetrack and it is to be expected, but it was just so loud throughout our entire day at the track that there was not a lot of one on one interaction with anyone. It really hindered us in a way that we had not yet encountered this season.
As soon as the motors quieted we went straight into the drivers meeting only to resurface to the noise of qualifying upon exiting the building. The few moments of peace and quiet that we did have around the facility were the moments that I was praying with drivers on the line.
Another clean race brought to a close the 2007 NWSMT season. What a year it was…we welcomed someone into the family of Christ, we prayed over many needs, we shared the word of God, and we opened ourselves up so that the goodness and love of Christ could flow through us. How blessed and privileged we are to be utilized in such a unique fashion.
We have a few more local ‘gigs’ as well as two banquets left on our schedule before the smiling faces at the airport car rental counters stop seeing us walking through he doors for the winter…time to recharge, relax, and re-energize for another season of God’s work.
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