The Sniper Speed Lone Star Stock Car tour again battled the weather in 2023. However, at least they did get some races completed unlike last year when the entire tour was iced out. Still, they did struggle, losing one show of the two scheduled at Kennedale, making that one up on what was supposed to be a practice night on Sunday at Devil's Bowl for an afternoon show. They raced on Monday night at Devil's Bowl before Tuesday night's show was cancelled in the early afternoon due to circumstances that haven't totally been clarified to me.
Action moved to the Heart O' Texas Speedway in Elm Mott for an exciting show on Wednesday night with the hopes that the finale could be run on Thursday, March 9th. However, the weather would not cooperative with that plan. Rain and storms were certainly in the forecast with the likelihood high in the first forecasts and then being pushed back into the later evening. A meeting was held at the track at 2 pm and the decision was made to race unless it actually rained.
Everything was in preparation and the driver's meeting was completed. Last minute track prep was undertaken with plans to hot lap at 6:30 pm with racing to follow and the plan was to run the Stock Cars first so that their portion of the show could be completed in case some rain moved into the area around the predicted time.
However, the rain came in early as the line of precipitation filled in quickly and just around hot lap time it started to rain and once it began, it would not stop anytime soon. Thus, the final night of the series was cancelled and the celebration and passing out of the hardware was moved to a close by location in Elm Mott. Cody Smith, with dominating and consistent runs, was crowned the point champion while he also dominated the Sport Mod part of the program, going undefeated.
Even though there was a lot of Stock Car carnage in Wednesday night's show, there were still thirty eight Stock Cars that got things cobbled back together and were ready to race before the rains set in. And G.W. Egbert IV did his best impersonation of Scott Bloomquist before the show as after he got his car repaired at a local show just down the road, he simply drove his Stock Car down the frontage road and right into the pit area!.
Thanks to all the officials from the two tracks we visited and everyone from the Lone Star Stock Car Tour for their efforts at putting this series together. Some year they will hit things right and get beautiful weather for a solid week. Special thanks to J Van (Jerry Van Sickle) for making arrangements for us at each track.
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