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Here in Indianola, there's this subculture surrounding dirt-track racing, particularly Figure-8 racing - you know, where old rebuilt cars race on a mud track in a figure-8 pattern, the intersection having the possibility of danger. Jim Johnson, friend of mine, owner of LovingRest Pet Funeral Home, husband of Dottie Lu, has recently become the announcer at the (approximately?) bi-weekly Warren County Figure 8 Races, and as he needed an assistant, I was offered the chance to do so. I hadn't been to a race in many years and as I remembered enjoying them as a kid, plus this providing the opportunity to watch from a great view, I took him up on it.
It was quite a bit of fun, though several old people kept eyeing me as if I was very suspicious and was planning to steal the checkered flag or something. Ah well, go figure. I got some photos, which I'll post later. Wait with baited breath, my five readers! |