CLIO, MI - Two pick-up trucks carried the bride and groom down the race track. "Here Comes the Bride" blared over the loudspeakers at Auto City Speedway.

It was an hour before the races would begin. Still, some race fans were already lining the stands to watch a wedding for people they didn't know.

On Saturday, June 20, Chris and Kristen Greenleaf of Bay City said "I do" in front of 50 family and friends -- and many more strangers -- on the starting line of the race track at Auto City Speedway in Clio.

"This is pretty freaking awesome. I'm getting married on the front stretch where the start-finish line is," Chris Greenleaf said of the day.

Racing has been his passion since he started going to the track with family as a kid. His uncle raced at Auto City and Chris himself did laps in the '90s.

It was a wedding the couple will never forget.

Kristen wore an ivory lace strapless dress, while Chris wore a black tuxedo with camouflage details. The four-tiered cake included U.S. flag decor, a tier designed to look like a tire, Pabst Blue Ribbon decor and a cake topper designed to look like antlers.

They had their first dance right on the track and their reception in a hall at the speedway. Afterward, they watched the races from the VIP Lounge.

"It definitely was memorable," Kristen said.

Although it's not the first wedding at the speedway, it's by far the largest and most involved, said Sharon Fischer, director of marketing and promotions at the track.

"It turned out really, really fun and nice for them," she said, adding that it's usually drivers that get married out there quickly in between races.

Chris, 39, and Kristen (maiden name Hildinger), 32, met eight years ago and have been engaged for more than four years.

Kristen said she was happy to finally call Chris her husband -- over the years something has always stopped them from getting married.

They took a chance and registered for a contest through Nash FM 95.1 (WFBE) in Flint. Out of 21 registered couples, they were randomly selected for the wedding, said Tim Shickles, afternoon DJ for Nash FM 95.1.

"I couldn't believe we won. I really entered it thinking we wouldn't win," Kristen said. "I was crying and nervous all at once."

And Kristen and Chris made sure to get the whole family involved.

Their sons Noah Greenleaf, 8, and Gabriel Greenleaf, 17-months, were ring bearers, and 11-year-old Kassidy Bedell (Kristen's daughter) was the junior bridesmaid while 13-year-old Jacob Bedell (Kristen's son) was the junior groomsman.

Sponsors took care of the cost of the dress, tuxedo, flowers, hair and other necessities for the day.

If it wasn't for the contest, Kristen and Chris would have eventually just gone to the courthouse and had a reception later, Kristen said.

Instead they were able to have a unique story to tell.

"It was very cool. ... We've never actually done anything like that before," said Shickles with Nash FM 95.1. "It was fun to have something like a wedding at unique location like that. ... It was really nice to be able to give them that wedding. It was something special."

The community and sponsors really came together to help make it possible, he said.

Chris said it was great to get his family and family involved in something that was a passion of his. When asked to pick one moment that stuck out as his favorite, Chris couldn't choose -- every part of the day would be remembered as special.

But one thing in particular had a little special meaning to the couple. As they left the track, there was a long hallway the spectators walked through.

Chris and Kristen were the last ones to walk through it.

"She had a lot of people being her fans for the day," Chris said of his new wife. "I thought that was pretty cool."