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.