Just got home after a long Sunday at the U.S. Nationals and then Haubstadt Sunday night, but on Saturday I made the 5 hour trip to Waynesfield. It was my first visit there. I’ve had the place on my hit list for a while now and I’m happy to say it was definitely worth the trip!

I thought it was an excellent sprint car a-main. Before Westfall and Moffatt ran into problems, the race was shaping up to be an epic five car battle for the lead. Still, it wound up to be a pretty darn good feature race with Crabtree, Messeral and Hendrick going at it high and low for the last 18 laps. T-Mez worked and worked the high side trying to get around Crabtree for the lead and finally made the pass stick with five to go.

Waynesfield is much more higher banked than what I had imagined from only looking at race video from the place. Even the D-shaped backstretch has a good deal of banking. I grew up back East, and I have to say Waynesfield’s size and shape remind a bit of Pennsylvania’s Big Diamond Raceway, that track’s original 1/3 mile dimensions before it was stretched to its present size.

If you're a fan of sprint car racing, you owe it to yourself to see a show here.