Baby girl is born in parking lot of NH racetrack
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman and her baby are doing fine after the woman gave birth in the New Hampshire Motor Speedway parking lot.
Shawna Arnold began going into labor Friday and she and her boyfriend began driving to a hospital. But when she realized she was about to give birth on the way, they made a pit stop at the racetrack parking lot in Loudon.
Arnold tells WMUR-TV that she and her boyfriend delivered the baby, named Katie, in their car. An EMT at the track then came to help, and the couple and the baby were taken to a hospital.
Speedway General Manager Jerry Gappens has awarded the baby two tickets to NASCAR races for the rest of her life.
Shawna Arnold began going into labor Friday and she and her boyfriend began driving to a hospital. But when she realized she was about to give birth on the way, they made a pit stop at the racetrack parking lot in Loudon.
Arnold tells WMUR-TV that she and her boyfriend delivered the baby, named Katie, in their car. An EMT at the track then came to help, and the couple and the baby were taken to a hospital.
Speedway General Manager Jerry Gappens has awarded the baby two tickets to NASCAR races for the rest of her life.
If your wife gives birth at a NASCAR race track.
You might be a redneck.
If you can't make it to the hospital, the parking lot of the track is the next best thing. There are probably more EMTs and ambulances at the track then anywhere else!
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@LoudNoisesWow! Kinda makes me wish your father did the same if that's all you got to say.
 @Zoso He did.....I was stronger than rubber. My bad. What I was trying to say, (and worded what I said badly perhaps) was that if she was THAT close to giving birth, WHY were they at a Nascar race, breathing in exhaust and burned rubber? Of course, MY own children came into this world when they wanted to........forgive my Fau Paux.
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 @Zoso  @MomOf2 I'll take "none of the above" for the win Alex. Good call MomOf2......I missed that in the story.
 @MomOf2 After that last response, I wouldn't bother. He's either a stuck up troll or mentally ill or high.
@LoudNoises @Zoso If you READ the story it says they made a "pit" stop at the track on the WAY to the hospital when they realised she wasn't going to make it to the hospital. They weren't at the race.
@LoudNoises Why? Whats makes you say a thing like that?
What a cruel gift...trying to make someone go to a NASCAR for the rest of her life
@cyclops I would be happy to go, and I am not a redneck. I would rather go to a Nascar race, then a football game. To each his own.
"I wanna go fast."
 @Hachee_Bungwhy Enzo? Is that you?
Talk about a checkered flag! ;)