You want to go fast? Or at least watch some people going fast? Then the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is the place to be.

You can go fast too in the Bright House Speed Zone. There is a big fun slide, and they even let adults slip their feet inside a burlap sack to fly down the bumps and onto artificial turf.

I mean, I heard they let adults slide down the slide. I’m not saying I did.

Here was the scene at the Speed Zone:

A little girl getting an alligator painted on her arm, some guys in bucket hats playing corn hole and an excellent little dude facing off with fear on the bull ride.

“It was, like, spinning around, and I just fell off!" said 6-year-old Jacob Williams.

Williams says he would recommend this ride to other brave youngsters.

Further down the track, past the Bright House Speed Zone, was a band playing as cars zoomed by, and the upright bass player was shoeless. It's a first for Nino Nicolosi and the Glass Half Full Band to play inside the track.

The key to playing is how to weave the songs around the races.

"It is little loud but if you can get the ending to where the cars are going by it's kind of cool,” said Nicolosi. "The show must go on!"

The highlight of the show, besides the kicking music and barefoot upright bass player, had to be the fans cheering from across the street in a high rise 17 floors up!

It was Nicolsi’s buddy, and they spoke by phone during the band’s break so Nicolosi could spot them in their corner apartment balcony party.

And while the cars raced around the track, there were plenty of vehicles to enjoy back on the inside: Arctic Cats, Chevys and Cadillacs. The companies set up tents with vehicles inside and spilling out of them.

It’s the spot we found the Schuck family, who live nearby and came downtown to take in the the Grand Prix.

"It's the first time I've had a chance to be able to get down to the races," dad Rob Schuck said. "I just wanted to see what all the noise was about and the hype and why the roads are blocked."

In short, they were there to “Embrace the Race.” It’s the slogan St. Petersburg city leaders have been using to encourage local residents and businesses to see the race as less of a noisy inconvenience in their lives and more of an adventure to enjoy.