Drivers and fans were just getting settled in for a hot night of racing on Wednesday, June 9th at the 300 Raceway near Farley Iowa when the unthinkable happened.
Even though there was no chance of rain for the evening, a renegade rain shower of considerable force settled right over the speedway just a hot laps were starting and cut loose with full strength. With individual rain drops the size of silver dollars, the rain pelted the speedway and quickly turned the race track into a soupy mixture and sent the water running like a river through the parking lot.
Needless to say, the race program was cancelled due to the condition of the track and the impossibility of being able to get it into racing shape again on this night. Sadly, less than a mile East of the track, highway 20 was bone dry and never received a drop of rain and by the time I reached Peosta the sun was back out and the temperature soared.
It was very unfortunate for the speedway to be hit with such bad luck as the car count was up from the previous Wednesday and fans were still arriving to battle the 416 degree temperatures of the evening, as "Big Boy" described them.
The next dirt track event at the speedway will be on June 30th while a show of considerable interest will be held this coming weekend at the track when the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling Series will be on hand both June 11th and 12th. See the speedway website for more details.
Next up on my traveling schedule is a visit to eastern Wisconsin for the Clash at the Creek XIII at the 141 Speedway near Maribel Wisconsin. $10,000 will be on the line for the IMCA Modifieds in their main event on Thursday night, preceded on Tuesday night by practice and a Street Stock feature. Modified qualifying will be held on Wednesday and a full program for both IMCA Sport Mods and Stock Cars will be held on both Wednesday and Thursday.
A large field of Modifieds is guaranteed for this event which always draws one of the biggest fields anywhere all year and for Iowa racing fans, a chance to see many of their best drivers take on the best from America's Dairyland and other states too. Also, many Iowa drivers in the Stock Cars and Sport Mods also attend this race to get tuned up for big money races at 141 later this Summer for those two classes. More information on this event is available on the 141 Speedway website.
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