At the Track

We'll note happenings at the national and local levels of racing.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Action at Ona Speedway



There was a gaggle of racefans at Ona Speedway last weekend for the Midway Ford 200 – 558 people, to be more precise!

There was a lot of activity both on and off the track.

Longtime flagman JR Tooley died April 7, and drivers and fans collected $971 for his family to help with all the expenses. JR was a terrific guy and taught me how to drop the flag for races. It’s not as simple as you think it might be, and I was happy to learn from him.

When I locate the photo of me dropping the green at Ona Speedway, I'll post that one, too. 

I’m sorry I missed Wolfy, the mascot of 96.1 The Wolf radio. I love costumed characters. Ask my Race Peeps! I see a costume, I’m running over to them camera in hand! I have photos of me with Lug Nut, me with the Stewart’s Hot Dog, me with the TUMS Taco, me with the Chick-fil-A Cow, me with each of the Red, Yellow and Green M&Ms, me with, well, you get the idea.



Since I was in meetings all day and evening Saturday at Stonewall Jackson Resort with West Virginia Lions, I also missed the Barbie Car. Alaina Harvey – regular attendees to Ona Speedway know her name – decked out her car in a Barbie theme and finished third in the V6 race.GIRL POWER!

Here is the winners list from April 26. I need to give a shout out here to Scott Pierson for sending the results.

·         UCAR—Heat 1-Joe Workman; Heat 2-Rick Watson; Feature-Chris Deskins
·         V6—#93 Gary Cassidy
·         CLASSICS—#3 Glen Foster
·         HOBBY STOCK—#8 Mike Christy
·         SPORT MODIFIED—#88 Greg Chandler
·         LATE MODEL--#12 Greg Carby

The Jones Excavating 150 will be this coming Saturday, May 3. Racing starts at 7 p.m.

Scott says all the photos aren’t up on the track’s Facebook page yet, but here’s a link:

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