Grand Prix Racing in the Streets

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St. Petersburg street is blocked off for pre-race events

We always like checking out pre-race activities before the St. Petersburg Grand Prix. When we were having lunch, we could hear the unmistakable sound of engines several blocks away so we went to investigate.

Yesterday's event wasn't on the event schedule so it must have been some kind of trial. The cars were NASCAR vehicles, not the open-wheel Indycars that will race on Sunday. We watched for awhile from behind a fence protected by tires on the ground. Sure enough one drive spun out not far from us. I should have been more informed about what I was watching but I enjoyed it anyway.