2008

Currently we have 6 venues in California with regularly scheduled speedway racing (Auburn, Costa Mesa, Industry Hills, Perris, Red Bluff and Victorville).

In two weeks we will have Billy Hamill's Gumball Rally, easily the funniest meeting of the year.

In three weeks there will be a one-off at Ridgecrest, which will make SEVEN tracks to stage a speedway race in California before June 1, 2008.

Season openers at Auburn, Costa Mesa and Industry Hills are right around the corner.

We have new promoters popping up everywhere in Steve Evans, Jeb Onweiler, Jeff Immediato, Bruce Penhall and John Cook.

Back East, it looks like JB has been rounding up all sorts of new sponsorship, which is always a good thing and can only help the Eastern racing scene. Now, if he could just land Nick Tahou as a sponsor.

And, it appears that this season we will be regularly treated to some racing featuring a former World Champ and a future World Champ. We sure haven't seen that in some time.

All-in-all, things aren't perfect but things could be, and have been, a whole lot worse.

Cheers,
Steve

stephenagraham@hotmail.com