This past weekend I cheered on my friend Russ Bond, in his first NASCAR race.

He competed in the 1st race of 2014’s NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, held at Mosport.

Here he is mid-wave.

See the full wave here, which we find quite funny, but the internet does not, which makes no sense, and is like the ‘texting with this bear‘ thing all over again.

Non-car nerds: this is a tough race, because a NASCAR is designed to go around an oval track, left left left.

And this race is on a course which is clearly not, with a top speed of 260 km/h.

18th/30, probably would’ve been top 10 but for a small hiccup in the pits, ridiculously good.

Congratulations Russ!

If there ain’t rubbing, it ain’t racing.