KANSAS CITY, Kan. — NASCAR’s weekend of racing drew tens of 1000’s of followers to the Kansas Metropolis metro this Mom’s Day weekend.
The historical past of NASCAR spans 77 years, and inside that time-frame, solely 11 races have been held on Mom’s Day, together with this Sunday.
And to make this fortunate quantity 11 race much more particular, it’s also the primary time a Mom’s Day race has occurred at Kansas Speedway.
Mothers who attended the race obtained free bouquets when the halfway opened this morning, and NASCAR’s working girls may decide up free donuts for the vacation.
We caught up with Amanda Ellis, a mother and host of NASCAR’s new podcast “Hauler Speak.” She says balancing a sports activities profession and elevating her son is difficult, however oh so rewarding.
“A contented mother means a contented household more often than not, proper?” Ellis stated. “I’ve at all times felt the decision to be a working mother. I’ve at all times beloved sports activities and have been actually grateful that my profession has been in sports activities. I hope I give him the chance to know that he can dream and actually, really be something he needs to be so long as he’s keen to place within the work.”
In Ellis’s podcast, she usually breaks down controversial calls from the race and discusses the insiders who make these selections.
However, whereas talking with FOX4 on Sunday morning, she flipped the main target from herself and acknowledged different teams of ladies who have been additionally having to work on this particular vacation.
“The primary responders and moms who’re working at hospitals, or navy mothers, these are the mothers who’re actually sacrificing,” she stated.
Episodes of “Hauler Speak” are launched each week after the race. So, in case you are curious about tuning in, click on right here.
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