Sunday Night Racing

People who have been reading our blog for a while now know that we like to go to the different race tracks around the country to enjoy some good small town racing. So we decided to check out the race track in Ukiah, CA, which also had a 4H fair going on. It was a hot day and after checking out the carnival and 4H, we settled in our seats for a night of good racing. First they had a little show, where you could buy a ride on a monster truck. It sure looked interesting.

The evening continued with normal racing, which is always good fun, and then at 9 pm came the event that originally attracted us to this race track. In order to be in this particular race you have to have a vehicle and have to tow something. There were people towing boats, dollies with bikes on them, trailers and even a 5th wheel.

By the time everybody was on the track, they were stacked up in turn 4. It was incredible!! These guys were really racing hard and within a few minutes, there were parts of boats and trailers laying all over the raceway. It is a 30 lap race and whoever is still running at the end is eligible to win. Unfortunately, the inside of the track is dirt and it got so stirred up that it was hard to see anything after a few minutes. However, that did not stop the drivers from dodging between cars very fast.


The crowd was on their feet, there was carnage all over the race track and with two laps to go they had to stop the race, since there was a car in the backstretch on fire. This is what it looked like after all the dust settled.

The winner was decided by the applause of the fans and guess who won. It was the 5th wheel we had been cheering for the whole time!!

It was a great end to our stay in Nice, CA.