Monday, February 7, 2011

A weekend at the Races

Our brother-in-law, Tom, is a regular at many desert races. This past weekend I rode along with him and a neighbor to the Parker 425, hosted by the Blue Water Casino in Parker, AZ. We left on Friday morning to meet up with a number of friends and neighbors who were already there for registration and tech inspection.  Here is a closeup of Rob’s car:

On Saturday morning, they sorted the cars into the various classes on the streets of Parker, then started the racers one by one in 60 second intervals. Here are a couple of cars (in orange and blue) that are sponsored by Banning Motorsports while they were staging:

A lot of action takes place in the pits. Here are quite a few volunteers (including Tom in the foreground) making things happen for their friends:


After the last lap, every finisher was introduced to the crowd before they had time to clean things up. This is how one car finished:
They had found some rocks out there in the sand. Some had better luck and others had worse luck, but that’s racing. Overall I found this to be a very family-friendly activity.


1 comment:

  1. I am glad to have received the link to your blog. I'm looking forward to following you in your travels!! Glad to see you were able to sell the house. Congrats! Be safe, Gloria

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