4th of July at the Speedbowl

Tonight we decided to drive to the local short track on the CT shoreline for some racing and fireworks at the Waterford Speedbowl. Wednesday nights only cost $8.00 for adults and kids 14 years of age and under are free. It may not be the fanciest of facilities but it's always fun and the racing is quite entertaining.

The evening started out with the Bandolero races which may not be the fastest vehicles you've ever seen but the fact that the kids driving them would normally be more apt to play with matchbox cars at their age makes it impressive.

The next race was the Super-X cars which are always exciting because the drivers are racing them like its the last lap from start to finish and they tend to "lean" on each other a lot, especially in the corners.

During the race we looked over and noticed that Kid Rock was in attendance. I don't think it was really him but this guy looked enough like him that people were asking to pose with him for pictures.

The next race was the Legend Cars which are one of my favorites - they are Fast, Loud and every lap is action packed as can be seen in the following video - this was the first lap of 20!

After the Legend Cars they did the "Wacky Race" which was an 8 lap race during which the drivers all had to make a pit stop in the center of the in-field, get out of their cars and eat 2 hot dogs. On the first lap all but 1 of the drivers came in for the stop. The #9 car stayed out and made several laps before coming in for his processed meat snack. Much to our surprise he chowed his hot dogs and headed back to his car before the other drivers and ended up winning with laps to spare.

The last race of the night was Alex's favorites which are the X-Cars. These are front wheel drive vehicles that you see on the road day in and day out. This race was run under the lights and we were surrounded by the family of the eventual winner who fought his way from mid pack and took the lead with good ol' hard fashioned racing.

After all the races were over there was a great fireworks display which was launched from the pit's just to the right of us. It was truly a great evening out with my family enjoying a common interest. My only regret is that I didn't get video of the woman singing "God Bless America" during the pre-race ceremonies, She had an amazing voice and did a great job singing it.