Admission to Speedway- $5.00
10 hours of entertainment- Priceless!!!
For anyone that does not know my bro Fatty and I both worked at the South Bend Motor Speedway when we were younger, since then that has been "our" racetrack. This year it was put up for sale and with no buyer or anyone taking care of the track any longer, it was pretty much shut down. At the beginning of last month a group of fans, old employees, and volunteers decided to restore the whole place to be race ready again (see that transformation here). October 18th was set to be the Save SBMS day and what a turn out it was. The stands were packed the parking lot was full and there were 198 drivers signed up to race.
Fatty and I got there at 11:45 and watched the qualifying until about 1:45. Races started about 2:30. From the very first race til the very last race the drivers were on the ball and seemed to really want a win. There were a lot of wrecks, isn't that half the reason we watch?, and a lot of "at the line" finishes. The last race ended at 9:30 and we got out of there at about 9:45. It was a great night and by the turn out I hope someone will buy it from the current owner.
You can see a lot more pics here
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