Rev 'em Up Race-Day Grill
No pit stops here! Betty's goin' to the races! Rev up your engines with a tasty grill menu, great for tailgating or eating in your backyard.
No pit stops here! Betty's goin' to the races! Rev up your engines with a tasty grill menu, great for tailgating or eating in your backyard. If you tailgate, bring everything with you, including a portable grill! For turbocharged excitement, use the Make It Special ideas.
Make it Special!
- Purchase a black-and-white checked paper tablecloth and both black and white napkins to signify the finish-line flag. Stack the napkins in alternating colors. A large toy race car makes an eye-catching centerpiece.
- Keep to a round theme by using wagon wheel pasta in the Speedway Pasta Salad and buying round tortilla chips! Then serve all the foods in or on round dishes.
- Give each party guest a “race pack,” a small, resealable plastic bag filled with useful items for the race day: sample-size sunscreen lotion, tiny pack of tissues, chewing gum or hard candy and individual packets of wet wipes.
Preparation Guide
Up to 2 Days Before
- Make Speedway Pasta Salad; store tightly covered in refrigerator.
Up to 1 Day Before
- Prepare hamburger patties for Grilled Bacon-Cheeseburgers for a Crowd; store tightly covered in refrigerator. Chop onions; store tightly wrapped in refrigerator. Cook bacon; store tightly wrapped in refrigerator.
- Bake Chocolate Crinkles.
About 1 Hour Before
- Start charcoal for burgers.
About 15 Minutes Before