Hi-way 92 Speedway, Gering, NE, June 1 2007 2007 June 18
On Friday, June 1′st I went to Hi-way 92 Speedway in Gering, NE. Hi-way 92, a 1/4 mile asphalt over was not my original destination. I was hoping to see a dirt late model race at McCook Speedway located in McCook, Nebraska. When I arrived at McCook Speedway around 4:00 PM I saw some people milling about on a nice sunny Friday afternoon, so I went into town to get some food. I didn’t see any race cars, but the pits didn’t open until 5:00 PM so I didn’t think much about it. When I came back around 5:30 PM, I found at that the people milling about had nothing to do with the races and that the races were canceled due to wet grounds caused by heavy rains the day before. I guess I should have talked to someone before eating! Oh well, at least I had a backup plan. The problem with the backup plan is the backup track was just under four hours away! Luckily, it also happened to be in the mountain time zone while McCook is in the central time zone, so I had a extra hour to make it to make it to the track.
I made it to Hi-way 92 Speedway during intermission and was able to watch all of the features. From what I seen of the show, the track was well run. They didn’t have any “top” national classes, but the racing was still good. The track was nice, but small seating wise compared to many tracks I’ve been too. Of course, the track was not in a highly-populated area, so that isn’t really a surprise. However, they still had what seemed to be a nice crowd and I enjoyed the feature events and had a fun time at the track. And, I managed to cross off Nebraska, the 38′th state I’ve seen a race in.
My 2007 race stats after Hi-way 92 Speedway on June 1 are:
Races: 13
Tracks: 8 (4 new) (154 lifetime)
States: 7 (3 new) (38 lifetime)