Anticipation.
Country music upbeat bounce.
“Callin’ all you cowboys, these ladies want to dance.”
Cars of every imaginable colour.
“Seven minutes to qualifying.”
As the rain starts it is obvious that those who come often bring umbrellas and blankets and seats.
Crews running back to the pits to put tarps over the vehicles lined up in the staging area.
The grandstands filling slowly.
Lots of jackets and hats with racing logos.
One lone vehicle with its motor barking and then it too goes quiet.
The rain stops and the safety vehicles and pace car circle the track to dry it out.
The qualifying begins.
Super pickup trucks hurtle around doing solos trying to be as quick as possible.
First time around heating the tires by rocking back and forth and then its going as hard as possible for two laps.
Times between 18.64 and 22 seconds for the half mile oval.
The smell of hot oil.
The grandstands continue to fill as the cars go over the weigh scale.
This is an official function.
The cars and trucks line the track and drivers are introduced.
A young busty woman sings O “Canada.
And now 6 trucks are ready to in Heat One.
One goes into the wall.
20 laps with the same…