Happy Race Day!

It was off to the races once again - Pocono Raceway, the big triangle in the Pocono mountains, hosted the first of two NASCAR race weekends. And of course I was there. This marked the 40th NASCAR Cup Series race I have attended at Pocono. We were treated to a thrilling, and remarkably clean, ARCA race on Saturday.

As usual, the ARCA race had a wide variety of entrants - the young and old - 18-year-old Chad Finley to 75-year-old James Hylton and everything in between, up-and-coming drivers looking for experience to move on to NASCAR, and the ARCA veterans who have run the series for years, like Frank Kimmel, Bobby Gerhart, and Brad Smith. After a spirited battle between Craig Goess and Mikey Kile, Goess went on to win the race.

Ready for the green flag...


ARCA regular Brad Smith brings his car to the attention of his crew.




Battling for the lead!


Lighting them up after the win.