ChasinRacinDL

  Well,  we've had so much fun chasing these guys around the country. It has been an absolute BLAST!! But we all have lives outside of USMTS.  Wade is very active in kart racing in the upper midwest.  And Casey has business interests in South Dakota, in fact they just poured the concrete for a big new shop, and he has recently acquired a nice parcel of real estate for development. A few days ago he and Wade sat down to assess the best path forward.  The outcome of that discussion led to Casey placing the race rig up for sale.  It sold virtually immediately.  At the very least, they will downsize the racing operation so that they can concentrate on other matters. We are disappointed, of course, and at the same time just a tiny bit relieved.  It has been tough at times for a couple of old folks to keep up the pace. We are so very thankful to the Skyberg family, to Wade Bahr, and to all the others we have met along the way.  We will miss the gr...

  The first weekend of April we are in Webster City, Iowa at the Hamilton County Speedway.  This is a 1/2 mile track with moderate banking and a pretty good racing surface. The track usually holds two decent grooves for the night, one down on the very bottom and the other right up at the wall.  Still some opportunity for passing. Most of the teams were able to park in the infield;  by the time we got there they were parking the bigger rigs outside the track at the edge of spectator parking. Not all bad, as we had a fairly level spot in a grassy location.  And the "people" entry was just yards from the rig, so it was easy to go back and forth from the stands.  This track is right in the center of Webster City, which is an older town maybe the size of Durango back in the 80's.  The town "claim to fame" might be that it was home to the "Doodle Bug" scooter factory back in 1946-1948.   Yes, there are still some of them around - they have a big c...