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My Wife and I flew out to SoCal from Illinois specifically for this race the first year (2012) that Turkey Night was back on dirt. Best money I've ever spent on a racing trip. Looking back on the experience it was a great race and very exciting to watch Kyle Larson win this prestigious race but I think the most memorable aspect was that early on in the Thanksgiving afternoon the teams all pushed their cars out onto the frontstretch and basically hung out with the fans for a couple of hours.

We had a belly full of turkey and fixin's and it was a beautiful sunny Thanksgiving afternoon! We were hanging out with guys like Larson, Damion Gardner, Bobby East, Tracy Hines, Rico Abrue and many, many more too numerous to mention them all.

It gave the whole event a special kind of family holiday atmosphere that we'll never forget since this was probably a once in our lifetime trip for us. I don't know if the gathering on the frontstretch was a thing that is done every year at Turkey Night regardless of the venue, but if it hasn't been over the years it surely should become a tradition and continue in perpetuity.

In regards to the PPV streaming situation, I would love to be able to watch here in frigid Illinois on Thanksgiving Night but I understand that as the song says, ya' can't always get what ya' want.