by JD Green | May 20, 2015 | Behind The Scenes
As Herman’s Hermits (if you do not know who they are then google it) would say, second verse same as first. Another week of racing another week of everyone watching the radar. Unlike week 7, this past week we did not get all the feature races completed. Early morning...
by JD Green | Apr 7, 2015 | Behind The Scenes
Night number 2 of the weekly racing series at I-35 Speedway brought 98 cars into the pits to compete in the various classes. This kept the girls at the sign in gate extremely busy, the officials checking for safety equipment extremely busy, the officials responsible...
by JD Green | Jan 28, 2015 | Behind The Scenes
Well the lawsuit from the Marrs against the Johnson’s is now published publicly. Our question should be who released this information and why? Maybe we should start with Aly Van Dyke of the Topeka Capital Journal. Her email (aly.vandyke@cjonline.com)is listed on her...
by JD Green | Jul 8, 2014 | Behind The Scenes
Fireworks, Family Fun, Facebook, favors, and phone calls make up week 15. Both Lakeside Speedway and I-35 Speedways had fantastic firework displays to celebrate the birth of our great nation. Lakeside’s was on Friday July 4. I-35’s was delayed a day and occurred on...
by JD Green | May 26, 2014 | Behind The Scenes
This day was a reminder of days past. Diana and I went to church where as a church we recognized those who have died ensuring our freedom to enjoy the church of our choice and enjoy the sports of our choice. Thank you to all who have served our country in the military...
by JD Green | May 22, 2014 | Behind The Scenes
Let’s give a shout out this week to all the great race teams showing up at Lakeside and I-35 Speedways. We come to watch racing and it takes a great team to build a car (motor, tires, suspension, safety equipment) and compete. The drivers get most of the recognition...
by JD Green | May 8, 2014 | Behind The Scenes
The word for the week 6 recap is SMOOTH! After a week of rain both tracks, Lakeside Speedway and I-35 Speedway, were exceptionally competitive and exceptionally prepared. Owner Mike Johnson and Mike Knight worked the Lakeside track for 12 hours on Thursday in 56...
by JD Green | Apr 27, 2014 | Behind The Scenes
We begin the week 5 recap with the primary reason we attend the races – AWESOME RACING! Comments heard at both tracks last weekend were awesome racing, great racing, some of the best racing seen in this area for a while. Friday, April 25, was a weekly show at...
by JD Green | Apr 24, 2014 | Behind The Scenes
Week 4 brought a few behind the scene changes at the tracks. My role at both tracks has expanded to include various operations throughout the night. Instead of being in the tower doing the race director portion of the job I may be found in the kitchen, in the tower,...
by JD Green | Apr 14, 2014 | Behind The Scenes
Beginning April 18, 2014, Lakeside Speedway will begin utilizing passing points to determine feature line ups. Racers and fans each have a difference of opinion on how to determine line ups. Racers prefer drawing for their heat races and then having the best cars...
