On 17 September during VSLive! in Orlando, I had the opportunity to join Microsoft, some other members of the Codewise Community, and several representatives from Microsoft's vendor partner programs at the Richard Petty Experience raceway, where we raced real stock cars at about 125 MPH on a 1 mile track. We also had a good time driving a Pontiac through a maneuverability course in groups of four as part of an event they called Autocross, in which after each lap everyone changes positions in the car, and we competed with each other on whose team could get the best time.

The DotNetJunkies have some additional pictures here.

 Donny Mack shows Doug Seven how to steer a stock car.

 Microsoft's Stacey Giard waits for her chance to race with CodeProject's Chris Maunder in the background.

 Microsoft's Suzanne Peterson and Stacey Giard get some instruction on the operation of a stock car.

 Team 1 gets psyched up to race.

 Waiting to race.

 Waiting to race.

 Dave and Chris from Dundas/CodeProject sit behind Suzanne and Beverly from Microsoft as they wait to drive in the AutoCross event.

 Switching positions during the AutoCross event.

 Microsoft's Eric Ewing sits up front with Billy Hollis as they wait for the graduation ceremony.

You can also see a couple of MPGs of the Autocross below.  Note that the second one is 2 seconds shorter (faster) than the first one, thanks in part to Doug Seven's jumping the hood of the car.

Donny's Team

Doug's Team