The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 66

i i Y' fifww rnL E-4 The Kansas City Times Saturday March as mo Area racetrack operators open decade of optimistically Area car racing tracks yWyaxiotteCo dormeonup I-70 Speedway fehM ro ffl at i Odessa for 50 centa Parking is free Concession food is of the race-track variety Beer is available and fans are allowed to bring both 1-70 Speedway The high-speed half-mile paved track is located just off Interstate 70 at the Lexington-Mayview exit east of Odessa Mo The weekly season opens April 13 and continues on Sunday afternoons until late May when hot weather forces a switch to a Saturday night schedule Late-model and sportsman stock cars supermodified mini cars and the hobby road runner cars will all be featured on the high-banked 1710th mile track Construction is under way on a quarter-mile dirt track at the east end of the infield for sprint cars It is expected to be completed in late May or early June Special events at 1-70 usually occur on holiday dates The track's National Championship will be held July 26 The fifth annual World Cup 400 this year worth $100000 will be held Oct 17-19 It's an American Speed Associa tion-sanetioned stock car race There is abundant free parking on the site Out-of-towners can park cam pers and trailers The track-operated concession fare is above average and beer is avail able Patrons are not allowed to bring it in Weekly admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children ByJackLindberg A Member at the Sports SMI The men who operate the car-racing tracks in the Kansas City area view the 1900 season with optimism Car racing which was supposed to be the sport of the '70s but took a Wall Street-type crash of the instead begins the 1960s with the same enthusiasm of a decade ago A paradox of the coming season is that the two things which hurt racing the most in the an economic recession and the gasoline crunch are cited as reasons for making the sport bigger and better this year Larry Kaster a spokesman for Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City Kansas and Riverside Stadium north of the Missouri River said family budgets loosen up in the summer and the racing season puts people in a better frame of mind always positive when it comes to Kaster said is our biggest problem a continuing battle And yet nothing we can do about With gasoline costs aoarng toward $lS0 a gallon Kaster thinks people will stay closer to home for recreation Car racing is close to home Kaster also pointed out that parking is free at the tracks he operates just as it is at other area tracks is free but there are always new people who are not aware of Kaster said "I know that people have to pay to park at every other professional sports event in season Aug 31 Kaster said the price of admission would goup25cet this season Children are adn tted free Special-event tickets will net more but children are always anittod free Concessions areoperated by a catering company and can be considered average race-trac fare Hundreds of fas come early and park on the terraces at the west aid of of the track overlooking the No 1 and No 2 turns Most 4 the terrace sitters bring charcoal cookers Beer can be purchased but there is no objection to huts bringing their own A visible addition Lakeside will be a safety wall between the main straightaway and the pit area Riverside Stadium The quarter-mile dirt track is on Missouri 9 in Riverside near the interchange with Interstate 635 and the intersection with US The season opens jMay 3 and weekly Saturday night races will continue through Labor Day Late-model stock cars and the huge field of highly competitive street stocks will make up the program each week Sprint buggies alternate every other week with figure 8 cars Riverside hat the most ctufs and events Sprint cars will rtum to the track June 14 after a twi-season absence Midget car races will be Aug 23 Admission at Riverside is up 50 cents tp $450 Children are admitted Qiyland Burkeitiff late-model stock cars A special event for sprint cars will be the $10000 World of Outlaws race April 18 The Friday night weekly fare of late-model stock cars and hobby stocks begins May 2 Sprint cars will be at Lakeside five times in addition to the April 18 special Hie other dates are May 23 June 13 July 4 Aug 1 and the season championship Aug 29 Mid-season stock-car championships will be June 20 Late-model stocks title races are Aug 29 Hobby stocks and street stocks conclude the Chuck Harmon general manager of Kansas City International Raceway is even more optimistic about 1960 than Kaster "Last year was the biggest ever in the history of KCIR" Hannon said of the dragstrip operation this year it will be even bigger fuel situation is the main Harmon said more people will be staying close to home and we're as close as anyone can get People will be searching for different entertainment" Bill Roberts who owns and operates 1-70 Speedway also is optimistic for this season with everybody talking racing the way they are 1 think more racing fever than at any time in the last 3 to 4 years Roberts said think this will be one of our greatest racing seasons Here is a basic rundown of what racing fans can expect at area tracks this year: Lakeside Speedway The season at the half-mile semi-banked dirt track at 9300 Leavenworth Road begins April ll with a special for Didier Pironi Alan Jones lead in qualifying for Grand Prix AUTO RACING Looking for Diamond Silver-Gold? 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