Some people look for chirping birds, or blooming flowers.¬† Me?¬† The first sign that winter weather is on the way out and spring is approaching…the Daytona 500!¬† How many sporting events kick off the year with their biggest event?¬† None I know of.
The Budweiser Shootout is a unique format that is the week before Daytona.¬† Here’s how it ended…
  The day after New Years a bunch of us headed out to Thunder alley raceway to practice for the day.  A man got out of his car with a camera and said he was from the local Sun newspaper and asked if we would mind if he took a few photos. We said sure.     Little did we know it would be front-page news!  Check out the article below.
BEAUMONT, CA. - On a typical Big race weekend, about 300 highly competitive men match their skills mano-a-mano at Thunder Alley Raceway at Noble Creek Park in Beaumont. Shouldering her way in with the men is one of the few women who can match skills with them: 31-year-old Ronda Skelton of Fontana.