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I only made one night of Ocala, the Friday night show. I liked the track a lot. It’s definitely unique: a tri-oval with some elevation changes. I never realized the track ran down hill between the backstretch turn and the frontstretch. Video doesn’t do it justice. It reminded me a bit of Flemington Speedway (NJ) back in the day watching the cars go sideways through the short chute.
Nice grandstands. Place is pretty standard as far as track amenities go. I really liked the bar area behind the grandstands. $3 drafts, $4 bottles. A little dissapointed that they didn't have Yeungling, which has a brewery down the road in Tampa. I didn’t purchase any food other than a bag of popcorn which was a buck.
The track was fast on Friday night. The feature winner was in doubt right up until the very end. Hines was hounding Ballou the entire way. Then Ballou’s tire exploded on the last lap handing Hines the victory. I sat with a bunch of old friends from Binghamton NY. It was their first non-wing sprint show. Some of them don’t really care for sprint cars much at all. Still, I think they had a good time and came away impressed.
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