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DEL.ICIO.USNothing says love like NASCAR
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What could be more romantic than getting hitched at the race track?
Atlanta Motor Speedway has a heart-warming promotion going next month. A licensed and ordained minister will be conducting weddings in victory lane in the hours prior to the March 9 Kobalt Tools 500 Sprint Cup race.
All couples participating will receive complimentary access to the pre-race stage area, a wedding day photo and a special gift from Atlanta Motor Speedway.
In addition, there will be a newlywed drawing for more fab gifts. One lucky couple gets to participate in Victory Lane festivities after the race, another receives an upgrade from grandstand to Club One tickets, and another gets VIP access to Atlanta Motor Speedway’s October NASCAR weekend including tickets to Friday’s qualifying night, Saturday’s Craftsman Truck Series race and suite access to Sunday’s Sprint Cup race.
But wait. There’s more.
Register on Valentine’s Day and have your initials painted in a heart on the retaining wall for the Kobalt Tools 500 weekend.
Couples must have tickets to the Kobalt Tools 500, and a Georgia marriage license. Call the Atlanta Motor Speedway ticket office at 770-946-4211 to register.
Oh that reminds me, if you’re getting married on Thursday, or celebrating an anniversary, or have a really great celebration planned - a romantic evening or even a guys’ or gals’ night boycott of the Hallmark holiday - tell me about it. We’re always looking for cool stories.
In other Valentine’s news
Finally, here’s a happening on the other end of the social spectrum.*
WABE 90.1 FM’s own John Lemley, assistant program director, local host of All Things Considered and producer and host of Tapestry, will delivering the prologue during the Shakespeare Tavern’s Valentine’s Day evening performance of Romeo and Juliet. He’ll be in proper Elizabethan costume as he reprises last year’s “Shakespearean newscast,” delivered in NPR style. Info: 404-874-5299 or www.shakespearetavern.com
- Don’t worry, I’m not cracking on NASCAR. S.B. is from North Carolina and, for a time, as a kindergartner in Charlotte, actually thought Richard Petty was president.
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