Columbus 151 Speedway 06.15.07

Columbus 151 Speedway was the biggest surprise in my tour last year. I was very impressed by the 1/4 mile moderately banked asphalt track. I liked it enough to go back a second and third time. This was my first time at the track this year. I was not nearly as impressed.

Heat races mainly consisted of the top 2 drivers holding up the entire field for most of the race. They put the fastest cars in the back, so there were many first time winners.

The features were better. The pack spread out after a few laps. The best race was the limited late models. Last year's track champion picked the outside lane on a restart, and he moved up from around 7th to 3rd. He jumped to second on the outside of the leader on the restart on lap 11 (of 35). They battled side-by-side back and forth for the rest of the race, and the leader (other driver) won the race by around a car length.

They had a touring series called the Indy Pro cars. They were decent. It was the second time that I saw them at the track.

There is something odd about the car counts. The lowest division (4 cylinder cars called Bandits) of course have the greatest number of cars. The 2 mid divisions (hobby stock and street stock) have low car counts - maybe 10 cars. What's odd is that the limited late models have the second highest number of cars. A full field of around 20 cars. Normally the highest division doesn't have way more cars than the mid divisions.