Corn Hole and NASCAR

Just in case you don’t have tickets to the Coca-Cola 600 this Memorial Day weekend, here’s a chance to win a pair.

Warm up your throwin’ arm, Hillbilly Days in Pikeville, Ky., will be having a Corn Hole Tournament this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with winners awarded race tickets.

Official ACA will be observed for the tournament, and there’s no cussin’, feudin’, shootin’ or spittin’ allowed.

First place winners on Thursday and Friday will win a pair of tickets to the 600.

For the first place winners on Saturday, you get, not only a pair of 600 tickets, but a pair of tickets to the fall race at Bristol.

To be fair, if you place second on Saturday, you still get a pair of Coca-Cola 600 tickets.

Oh, yeah. There are also sportshades, coolers and chairs, and Coke racing t-shirts and liquid products to be won, too.

All games commence in Pikeville City Park at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Entry fee is $10 per team on Thursday and Friday, and $20 on Saturday. All money raised from entry fees will be donated the Shriner’s Hospital for Children.

For more information, contact Randy Robinson or Libby Gillespie at 606-218-7280.

Corn Hole is catching on at NASCAR parking lots. Last fall at the Bank of America 500, there were several set ups and lots of folks playing. Even the Crown Royal tent had a game set up. Those ladies at the Crown Royal place had a tough day, tossing corn bags all day long. They were pretty good, too.

We even had a game going at the Official NASCAR Members Club tent. Granted, the board was a little slick, not the painted set ups we're used to (the boards were finished with a laminate of some kind. My tosses kept skidding off the end.)