Auto racing came about as an alternative to horse racing when it became apparent that horses have no windshield for stopping overgrown katydids from splattering on drivers' foreheads. Fuel up with today's Groupon: for $145, you get a 20-lap stock-car driving experience at LA Racing USA, open year-round at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Speedway (a $399 value).
LA Racing USA's Adventure 20 program lets would-be racers grip the wheel of a real stock car and streak around a 5/8-mile, 18-degree banked oval for 20 laps. After a brief class introducing safety systems, track orientation, Victorian architecture, throttle control, and the safe racing line, speedsters hop into racing suits and helmets. Drivers open up throttles along the straightaways and scream through turns as instructors pipe advice and tips through earpieces. Preview the experience here. Nashville-area race events begin April 3 and are scheduled three times throughout the day.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Urban Murals
Urban murals are the best art because they're the biggest art. Here are some of the most inspiring scenes that can be found in every urban mural:
• Children with huge smiles full of music notes instead of teeth
• Citizens of all races holding hands in a chain to block a bulldozer that is approaching a hospital
• A crack in the sidewalk—inside it, there's a family having dinner
• Two old women playing chess for once
• All of the city's past mayors lifting a school bus full of sick zoo animals
• Roses sprouting out of guns, being watered by a blind man with a baby on his shoulders
Comment on our feelings board
