Hello race fans. It's been a while since we last checked in. It's been a slow "racing info" time for us, but the more we hear of the Springtime specials being advertised, the more excited we become as we anticipate that first roar of the engines out on a good old Midwest dirt track! We often make our way to Florida for the Daytona races and perhaps catch an area short track race too. However, this year we opted out of racing and instead took a wonderful family vacation to Hawaii instead, which was absolutely wonderful! Six Eisele's ---son, daughter-in-law, and 2 year old grandson and 7 month old granddaughter, and "Grandma and Grandpa Hawkeye", winged our way over the Pacific to paradise. I'm not sure who had to have more looking after, the grand kids or the grandparents! We all survived the LONG flights and the airport check ins just fine and have now checked Hawaii off of our "bucket list". Actually, we got to check off two more! We all did the HELICOPTER tour of Maui and got to see the WHALES, which was an amazing sight. We were all brought back to reality when the morning after returning home, we saw six inches of the white fluffy stuff outside!
Speaking of the Daytona racing, most of you probably saw the horrible wreck that happened on the front stretch in the Nationwide race. From the violence of the projectile debris going into the stands as well as driver Kyle Larson getting caught up in a "wrong place, wrong time situation", I would say only by the grace of God, no one was killed. Thank goodness that was the case. I immediately texted some friends who we knew sat on the front stretch and near the finish line. I was very happy to hear back immediately, that they were fine. The young driver, Kyle Larson has had a fantastic career already, winning in about any type of race car he jumps into. We got to meet the young man just last race season, when local area announcer Blake Anderson brought him into the grandstands at Marshalltown Speedway. He was very nice and sat in the stands with us to enjoy some dirt track racing before he and Blake retreated to the pits.
So now, back to the racing scene. Our planned first racing of the season is but a week away. We hope to see the 20th Annual Spring Nationals at Beatrice Speedway in Beatrice, Nebraska. This has long been one of our annual "kick-off" races, having attended the majority of the races since it's beginning. I guess time will tell if Mother Nature will cooperate, but we will cross our fingers and hope to see our first dirt track racing of the 2013 season. There is practice scheduled for Thursday, March 14 and a complete racing show on Friday the 15th and another complete show on Saturday the 16th. It will be $2,000 to win for the IMCA Modified EACH night. The IMCA SportMods, IMCA Stock Cars, and the IMCA Hobby Stocks will also run a separate show each night. The IMCA Sport Compacts join in on Saturday night for a full show. For more information, you can go to www.beatricespeedway.com. Click on the "registration" form for a complete listing of the two-day show.
Here's hoping the next time I write, it will be about seeing some good old dirt track racing! Be sure and check Positively Racing for their race calendar, and you too may want to seek out some racing action.
Happy racing!
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