Logan County Fair 2022

2022 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 Page 331 SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2022 PHOTOS and STORY By Nila Smith There was one humorous moment on the track, though the driver of the number 30 car might not agree. Technically, his car was running, and it would go forward, but it wouldn’t go backward. After sustaining a hard hit, the car was knocked into the pylons on the south end of the track. The driver could be seen fighting with the gear shifter on the steering wheel column, but he could not get it to move into reverse. He pounded and yanked, but nothing happened. In a final, desperate attempt, he left the driver’s seat invading his passenger’s personal space, his body half out of the front windshield area, he tried to kick the shifter into place with his foot. In spite of the valiant effort, the stubborn shifter would not move and the driver was done for the heat. Heat #2 was also fun and exciting for the guests in the grandstand. A quick count of the cars showed that there were about 15 new drivers and two or three that made it into round two from the first heat. The second heat of the Compact Class was another crash-fest with cars quickly going from clean and damage free, to dirty muddy junk heaps in the middle of the track. One such wreck concluded with the Kelley Towing car being nicely lodged on top of another vehicle. The big tractor came in to dislodge the car, and when it was lifted, it was noted that the gas tank had been ruptured and a large pool of gas was under the car, and it left a steady stream of liquid in its wake as the car was being removed from the track. The large bucket tractor was called in with a load of dirt to place on the pool of gas. The Continued p