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We are back from Long Beach but I haven't had any time to download all of the photos off the camera except for this one. Watching the American Le Mans Series race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday was a highlight for me because I got a chance to photograph my favorite car in action (pictured here).  It's funny that after playing Forza Motorsport 2 it totally felt like I had actually driven some of the Le Mans Series cars, but seeing (and hearing) them live made me realize that Forza is only a game.  I will post the rest of the photos later this week.

Melissa and I are heading to Long Beach to visit with family and friends and watch the Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix.  We're returning on Monday.  This race will be the last ChampCar race, since the open wheel racing leagues merged earlier this year.  Unfortunately it will be missing all of the top ChampCar drivers, since they all made their move to IRL.

Happy New Year to all of our family, friends and Nug readers. I hope that this year is filled with success, happiness and joy for all of you. What I am looking forward to the most this year are the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, participating in the racing league at Go Kart Racer, and celebrating New Year's 2009 in Puerto Rico with my family. I hope that this is an amazing year for all!

Audi USA is putting together an event called the Audi Driving Experience that will feature Audi production vehicles on a race track and professional driving instruction. The event will be in San Francisco on September 12th through 16th, November 27th through 30th, and December 1st through 3rd. The best part is that it will be held at Infineon Raceway and for a lucky few, or those willing to pay extra, will include a lap on the track in the Audi R8 sportscar, pictured above. Needless to say, I am already registered for a session on November 28th.

Melissa and I just got tickets to see the IndyCar series Motorola Indy 300 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma on August 26th. When I was younger I wasn't a big racing fan even though I lived in Long Beach, the home of the CART (now Champ Car) series Toyota Grand Prix. Sadly, I never went to see the Toyota Grand Prix live, so I am going to make up for it by going to see this Indy race in Sonoma. Well, I also have to admit that I am a huge Danica Patrick fan.

Today I went GoKart racing for the second time in three days (I went on Friday as well) and I have to say it fucking rocks! You feel like you are going super fast because you are like half inch off the ground and taking crazy g's on the turns. The only draw back is that you get used to the speed of the GoKart and drive home at 100mph, in your 'real' car, from the track. This isn't such a good idea on the 101 north between Brisbane and Candlestick, which is a popular speed trap. Anyway, check it out and go if you get the chance. It's awesome!