2021 Fair

Page 350 2021 Logan County Fair Lincoln Daily News July/August 2021 SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 BY Nila Smith With the youth event completed, it was time to soak the track. Water was provided by Atlanta Ag. Lesleigh Bennett of Lincoln sang the National Anthem and then it was time for the crashing and banging to begin. Twenty cars participated in the Bone Stock Full Size class and a whopping 27 cars participated in the Compact class. The Semi Stock was much smaller with only seven cars participating. With so many cars on the track in the first two classes, it was crowded to say the least. As cars became disabled, left sitting where they conked, it became difficult for the cars still running to navigate the track. Therefore, on more than a couple of occasions, the events were stopped so that disabled cars could be removed from the track. Not every car was taken out, because working around the disabled cars is part of the show, but when the active drivers can not get their speed up because of all the obstacles, then something has to be done. Scott Goodman Excavating and P&W Pool’s provided the heavy equipment for the removal of cars. Other local businesses that provided services at the event included Ron’s Towing, RBG Towing, and Atlanta FS. The first class to enter the track was the Bone Stock. In this class the 20 cars lined up on both sides of the track and when the green flag flew it was instant mayhem. As the cars crashed and banged into one another the Lincoln Rural Fire department rushed in at least three times to put out small fires. In some cases the car was then officially disabled, but from time to time, the driver was able to restart the car and move forward for a bit longer. We say “move forward” but the fact is, most of the time the audience watched these cars traveling at high rates of speed in reverse. Several cars became so crunched up that the only thing left that was even remotely recognizable was the cockpit of the car. In the Bone Stock class the event, as always, came down to only two or three cars still running and then it was a fight to the finish. This time that fight was between cars 31 and 477. The 31 was the smaller of the two, with the 477 appearing to have once been a Lincoln. One would have thought that the extra-large car would have the edge, but the 31 car was spunky to say the least. Car 477 pushed 31 hard, trying to get it completely out of the competition area, then changed tactics Continued p