GGW Racing Show Your Moon Tour

Race City USA

 Hermiston Oregon

Airborn School 150

Just a mile or four out of Hermiston Oregon lives Race City USA, 1/4 mile high-banked paved oval with a lot of heart.

  image from TeraServer USA

 My connection with the track goes back a generation.

   Seems my mum was a bit of a rebel (gasp) and had a boyfriend or two that raced both on the street and on the track.

  Saturday Night racing at its finest.

 We moved away, but I returned in my teens and , wouldn’t you know it I ended up with  a boyfriend (or two) that  raced on and off the track.

  By this time I was a fair mechanic in my own right so it was logical for me to get involved .

I have owned ½ of a car (or two) over the years and still have an interest in my friends Street Stock car. see older post

 My son was involved before he moved, and my daughter is very much bitten by the racing bug.

Schedule

  Race City USA  runs 5 classes this season every other Saturday Night.

They used to run 3 classes (alternating) every Saturday, but due to poor attendance(I think) they have changed the schedule.

 Late Models

A) Any V-8 American standard production or after market metal, fiberglass or mixture body.  No Vans, 4X4’s, station wagons, etc.

B) Front engine and rear wheel drive only

C) 4 inch ride height

D) Approved 5 point seat belt, quick release type

Super Stock

A)Any V-8 American manufactured passenger car or pickup

B) 104” wheel base minimum

C) No vans, 4X4’s, station wagons or sports cars

D) Front engine and rear wheel drive only

E) No fiberglass bodies. Steel or aftermarket metal bodies only

Street Stock

A) Any steel bodied V-8 American manufactured passenger car. No aluminum. No fiberglass.Rubber front and back ends OK

B) 104” wheel base minimum

C) No vans, 4X4’s, station wagons, or sports cars

D) Front engine and rear wheel drive only

Mini Stock

A) Any four-cylinder passenger car or pickup

B) Front engine location. Front or rear wheel drive

C) GM to GM, Ford to Ford, Datsun to Datsun, Etc.

D) Partial tube chassis ok

    2400 cc maximum. No rotary engines

Mosquitos

A) Any 4 cylinder, steel bodied car with a complete stock body, frame and suspension

B) Front engine location, front or rear wheel drive

C) GM to GM, Ford to Ford, Datsun to Datsun, etc.

D) Maximum 103” wheelbase

  No turbo, super-charged, or rotary engines.

Gates open at 5:00pm Time trails at 5:30 Racing at 7:00pm

Adults $8 Seniors/Students $6 Children $2

Family Pass $20 Good for 2 adults and up to 3 children

VIP Parking $10 Plus admission tickets

  Pit gates open at 3pm

Pit pass fees

Late model drivers $35

Mini stock, Street stock, Super stock drivers $30

Mosquito drivers $15

Pit Crew $15

 Factor in the registration fees

 Registration fee is $25 for car and Driver. Mosquito’s $10.

Pit Pad Renewals are $50 for the year.

New pads are $100 for the year.

Pit Pad per night is $10 per night if available.

And need I mention fuel prices.

  Needless to say the drivers really want to be there!

(paying to race is a pet peeve, hell we don’t get a cut of the gate and the payout ain’t great)

Season Opener was May 17th

 Fast times

Mini Stock - #9 Billy McAdams - 17.44

Super Stock - # 1 Rick Mulbourn - 17.33

Late Model - #42 Dan England - 16.31

With our “little” track everyone is right next to the action.

 We know each other  (fans and drivers) and a lot of the drivers get together and work on their cars together.

Friday night can sometimes be an all-nighter getting a car tuned and ready.

Myself, the hours I spend helping work on the car makes me all the more excited to watch it do well on Saturday Night.

It ain’t much, but it’s ours!

If you ever find yourself headed for my neck of the woods- make it a Saturday Night!

And let me know.

Here are some pictures

 from 2006

from 2007

Looking forward to reading about ‘your’ tracks.

Thanks to Forensic2 and the GGW Racing crew for making me sit down and think about this.