First sprint car race- WoO at Heartland Park Topeka KS, 1999. My then girlfriend and I were on our way home from a cross country road trip after my college graduation. Heard about the race for 3 hours on the radio, got into town at race time so we went to the track. I didn't know what was actually racing until we got to the ticket booth. That race didn't hook me through. I got the bug at the 2000 Selinsgrove opener. First NW race was the Mopar Million.
I'm still partial to wings but I'll take either plus midgets over anything else.