NE Dragway season begins this weekend
Cariss T. Perry Correspondent
It has been quiet down Lake Road in Hertford
these last few months but that is about to change this weekend.
Northeast Dragway is back in action starting Saturday with a test and tune.
Luckily we have had beautiful weather these past few weeks and a couple of our
workers were able to start prepping the track for the new season.
Caden Trueblood, Ryan Onley and Ryan Bunch have been hard at work scraping the
excess rubber off the track left from last racing season. Once the racing
season starts the track will have to be scraped every week so the tires on the
vehicles can keep traction. We want our racers to be on the safest surface as
possible.
However, all of the workers along with
some of our racers and spectators will be going back with a heavy heart this
racing season. We lost one of our gatekeepers in Betty Byrum just a few short
months ago.
She greeted everyone with a smile, a joke, and a laugh that was like no other.
She was a wonderful soul and Northeast Dragway will not be the same without
her.
We have quite a schedule for March. On Mar. 11 we will have another test and
tune before we start with our special events.
Seven days later Block Wallace will host his bike event: the second annual
Block Fest. At Block Fest there will be a bracket class and 5.60 class. The
bracket is for any bike that wants to run while the 5.60 is for bikes that run
strictly in the 5.60 range when racing. On Mar. 25 Chris Parker is hosting
Diesel Truck Wars. There will be a few classes for any truck that wants to come
out and race, along with a “Show and Shine” for those who think they have the
best looking truck. We are excited for this new season to begin. For all
updates on track events check out our website at www.northeastdragway.net or
follow us on Facebook.