One More Week Of Waiting

After a winter of waiting, I was more than ready to start the 2011 racing season this week at the UMP DirtCar Roundup at I-55 Raceway in Pevely,Mo.
However Mother Nature had a different plan, and promoter Ray Marlar wisely pulled the plug on the three day event on Wednesday. So for the first time in a half dozen or so seasons, my first race will not come until the calender turns to April. Unfortunately, the early forecasts don't look all that good for next weekend, so exactly when and where I see that first green flag is still in doubt. There are several options next weekend which you can check out on the events calender at PositivelyRacing.com. One possibility close to home went by the boards when Scotland County Speedway in Memphis,Mo. pushed their scheduled opener back to Saturday April 9. Promoter Rick Girard will be hosting a meet and greet combined with a practice day next Saturday, April 2. 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa will also follow up their mall car show this Saturday, March 26 with an afternoon practice session on April 2, as well. Quincy Raceway has pulled the plug on practice sessions tonight, Friday the 25th, and tomorrow the 26th. As of this writing, they have not yet canceled the Sunday night warmup, although that event may not happen, so promoters Tony and Paul have set evening practices for next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday ahead of the scheduled opening night on Sunday April 3. Although all five classes will be in action on opening night, no track points will be given. If the weather man cooperates, the plan will be for two nights of action next weekend, and another race season will be off and rolling!