For your Memorial Day weekend planning . . .

Looking for car shows and races for the coming weekend? Making plans for Memorial Day motor madness?

Here are a few places you can satisfy your inner racer, other than with video games.

There are plenty of car shows, including a HUGE one in downtown Huntington on Memorial Day weekend.

If you need speed, Ona Speedway will open for the season under new management.

So, if you aren't going to Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600, find your place in the stands and streets locally!

Weekend of May 24 - 26
Friday, May 24
Cruzin on the Plaza - Downtown Huntington, W.Va.; continues through Sunday, May 26. Car Show registration $25 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pullman Plaza Hotel. Meet and greet with Jack O’Shea, 7 to 9 p.m. 304-691-5414.

Saturday, May 25
Cruzin on the Plaza - Downtown Huntington, W.Va.; Car Show registration $25 from 9 a.m. to noon. Car show on 3rd Avenue 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Pit Row Kids Zone, 9th Street 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Clear Channel Kickin’ Radio Roundup, live entertainment, games and music, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Live concert on Pullman Square 7 to 10 p.m. 304-691-5414.
Charlie Betts Memorial Race - Kanawha Valley Dragway Park, Southside, WV. Featuring: dragsters, junior dragsters, show and shine car displays, beat the heat cars. Gates open at noon; admission $10 for spectators, children 12 and under free with paid adult. 304-675-6760 www.kanrace.com.

Sunday, May 26
Cruzin on the Plaza - Downtown Huntington, W.Va.; Car Show 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on 3rd Avenue. Scenic Road Tour through Cabell County, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Clear Channel Kickin’ Radio Roundup, live entertainment, games and music, noon to 4 p.m. Awards Ceremony, Pullman Square at 3 p.m. 304-691-5414.

Season opener
Ona Speedway will open the season at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 25. Dave Hughes and Hughes Motorsports are in charge of the facility and the first night will be the Vernon Craddock Memorial.
There will be live music, food available in the concession stands, free WiFi and a play area for the kiddos.
Classes running will be Late Models, Modifieds, Classics, Hobby Stocks, 6-Cyl Stocks and U-cars. The series is now called the Hughes Motorsports Stock Car Racing Series.
Gates open at 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults; $7 for children ages 11-18; and children 10-years and younger are free. Pit passes are available for $25 and an All-Access admission is $30 which includes the pits and grandstand seating. Parking is free.