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Kids Korner – Owosso Speedway is Soooo Awesome

Owosso Sign
Owosso Speedway, located on M-21 just outside of Ovid, Michigan is a fabulous track for Saturday night racing.

On October 4th I went to the Bob Finley Memorial at Owosso Speedway.

DeLayna captures some pre-race shots while at the beautiful Owosso Speedway

Owosso is a beautiful racetrack. We sat on the backstretch in huge comfortable grandstands. The grandstands are fully enclosed which made me feel so safe and comfortable, and they have really awesome handicap accessible areas at different levels so that even from a wheelchair you can enjoy watching the races and still be by your family. I also think that it is awesome that they have a shuttle service to and from the parking lot, so with my newly healing broken leg I got to ride in a limo style golf cart instead of having to walk too far.

DeLayna checks out the new backstretch grandstands at Owosso Speedway as she rides the shuttle from the parking lot.

I sat in the family section which doesnt allow any smoking, drinking or cursing. I like these family friendly areas. I got to meet and visit with a very nice family. Becky Holden, Slim Holden, Richard Carpenter and Ron Carpenter (My mom and Ron enjoyed chatting a lot about a lot of the olden day racers and races).

This track is well lit and I love the multi-colored lights that they flash with the music before the features. It is as good as a good fireworks show (maybe even better because fireworks have the noise that I don’t care for).

Super Late Models are paced while the track glows various colors for the fan send off prior to the A-Main (DeLayna Dubie Photo)
Super Late Models are paced while the track glows various colors for the fan send off prior to the A-Main (DeLayna Dubie Photo)

I really like their fancy pace car and enjoyed seeing all the Northside Towing trucks.

Two Northside Towing trucks make some laps prior to the drop of the green flag (DeLayna Dubie Photo)

I am a big tow truck fan. My Great-Grandpa Bill Payne, My Great-Uncle Russ Payne, and my cousin Ken Payne and my cousin Michael Payne were/are tow truck operators. Owosso Speedway helped recognize the charity Hit While Helping My Great-Grandpa Bill was hit by a drunk driver while operating his tow truck. He suffered a brain injury which he later died from (which is what partly made me decide that I want to be a neuroscientist when I grow up). This is a great organization that is trying to help keep great people like my family safe while they work doing hard jobs on the side of the road, so check them out at https://hitwhilehelping.org/

The annual Bob Finley Memorial at Owosso Speedway is a great race honoring a great man (DeLayna Dubie Photo)
It was a beautiful warm fall night spent enjoying Modified racing action (DeLayna Dubie Photo)
Steve Needles was fun to watch working his way up in the Bob Finley Memorial. He ended up winning (DeLayna Dubie Photo)

I cant wait to go back to Ovid, Michigan and the Owosso Speedway next summer and see all the new improvements they are making. It is an awesome place and it looks like they even want it to be better.

Thank you for reading and I’ll see you at the races!

DeLayna Dubie

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