Logan County Fair 2022

Page 330 2022 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2022 PHOTOS and STORY By Nila Smith After the minivan heat, 2022 Miss Logan County Emma Stoltzenburg, Junior Miss Isabella Pollice and Little Miss Luci Bobell made their way down to the announcer’s area and drew winning tickets for cash gifts. Three tickets were drawn one from each level in the grandstand, general admission, preferred seat- ing and box seats. The next class up was the Compact Cars. There were 30 cars registered, and the announcer said that the class would be divided into two groups. The first group would be 15 cars. The second group would be the other 15 cars, plus up to five survivors from the first heat. The first group was very entertaining, and made up of a group of drivers determined to be survivors. Both heats of the Compact Class lasted quite a while as drivers viciously attempted to oust their competitors, with success coming slowly. In the first heat, there were very hard hits delivered to vehicles. Some so hard, that the concrete pylons at the south end of the track were seriously re-located. This heat was also the first time, but not the last by far, that a car got hung up on a pylon after a fierce blow from another vehicle. Even though the class had been split up, the first heat left carnage in the middle of the track that effectively separated the last six surviving vehicles with three on the north end and three on the south. To get the field cleared, the red flag was thrown, and the large fork tractor came in and moved out a few of the cars. Continued p