Saturday the 10th we, Andrew, AJ, my three kids and I, headed back to the Wiscasset Speedway for Fall Fury, the final races of the year. There wasn't as many people as I thought there would be but there was still plenty of people there.
We were supposed to get three feature races and the 150 lap Enduro, but one division didn't have enough cars arrive to run a race so we got two features and the 150.
The first was the Senior Modifieds 20 lap feature, seven cars arrived to the track, two broke down in practice and one crashed so we only had 4 cars in the race. I'm glad it was only two laps as it wasn't very exciting.
The second race of the day was the Wicked Good Vintage Early Late Models 30 lap feature that had ten cars. On lap 13 there was a scary crash that red flagged the race. The crash didn't look spectacular but the impact that the vehicle hit the wall was scary.
This race was more competitive than the first and it was cool seeing all the old 1950's model cars race.
The final race was the 150 lap Enduro! For those that are not familiar with an Enduro race the concept is simple, you must endure and finish the race. There was cash prizes for top ten, plus random cash prizes for leading certain laps. No pit stops allowed, if you blew a tire, broke down, crashed, or ran out of gas your race was over. There are no cautions on red flags and green flags.
Seventy eight cars started the race but only 13 finished and the lead car crossed the checkered flag. That's right 78 cars, they lined them up on the start finish line five wide with an fifteen or 16 cards per line. The first red flag was on lap 1!
There were a lot of red flags early on, but as the cars dropped out there were more laps between red flags. We had a red flag on laps 8 and 30 specifically because cars were on fire!
They also brought out a giant fork lift the hauls cars off the track and just planted them on the infield until the race was over.
I'm not sure how many red flags happened in the race but it did take a good 90 plus minutes for them to get all 150 laps in. Once again everyone had a great time and we most definitely will be going back next year. In fact next year I'm hoping to hit Spud Speedway for some dirt track racing as I've never been to dirt track racing.
Until Next Time!
The track up in Aroostook County that I thought was a dirt track is paved, and the only other dirt track Unity, didn't open this year and only had a couple races last year.
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