The track is about an hour away,
off the main road and tucked away near Mt. Cardigan, so it’s easy to miss. I’m
sure we’d passed by it on occasion and never even knew it was there. They run
dirt track races on Friday, and then asphalt on Saturday and Sunday. We were
set to go on Friday but it was cancelled due to rain. On Saturday, we had a
full day of family fun, and since our day began sort of in that direction, we
just continued out to Canaan.
The track is as you would expect
it to be: loud, exciting, and filled with fried food and people who love cars.
It’s pretty loud, even for me, but it’s pretty cool getting up close to the
track and seeing the cars whiz by. I don’t get the whole racing format, but
they start early in the day, and by the time we got there, around 6:00PM, they
started the real races. I’m guessing they do time trials during the day and
establish the positioning for the race.
They have a few different
divisions that race, including modified, stock, and a couple of others that
were beyond my comprehension. The cars themselves are cool. I figured they
would be souped-up of versions of dad’s station wagon, but they looked cool,
like real race cars. There was a division where clearly some guy had modified
his grandparent’s Gremlin, but they were still cool, fast and loud.
The race was exciting, the kids
loved it, and we had a great time. We didn’t eat any fried food, though the
corn dogs sure looked good. We ended up leaving around 9:00PM and made the long
drive back home, but the kids were all abuzz about the races. I’m thinking
we’ll be back again before the season’s over.
Until then, thanks for reading, and thanks to jason goulding for the pic.
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