2021 Fair

Page 352 2021 Logan County Fair Lincoln Daily News July/August 2021 When the number 4 Dinger car came flying backward into Goodman’s high speed drive forward, the end result was the Dinger car backing over Goodman’s 87 car. Dinger’s driver’s side rear wheel came to rest in Goodman’s driver’s side front window, missing the driver by mere inches. Amazingly, when the two cars parted company both were still running and went on to compete further in the Compact class. There were several female drivers this year in the first two classes. But the most impressive driver may have been Alicia Petro who drove in the Compacts in a car sponsored by the Rusty Rail Bar and Grill in Lincoln. Petro finished third in the Compact class. She put on an impressive drive, staying right in the thick of things until the moment her car said “no more, I’m done.” Even though it was a smaller field, the Semi Stock class was no less exciting than the other two classes. In the LDN, “Amazing but True” category it was the McCormick 4 car that surprised everyone when the car literally blew up on the track. With steam and perhaps a little smoke rolling from the car, it surely had to have been the last of that competitor, but no. When the SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 BY Nila Smith Continued p