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When the Grandstands Go Quiet
Not long ago, Saturdays from May through September always seemed to have something waiting for us. Whether it was the farmers market downtown, a neighborhood block party, the county fair, a local festival, or a dirt track race on a warm summer evening, our communities always found a reason to come together. Families filled the grandstands. Children ran from one attraction to the next. Friends who had not seen each other in months caught up over a hamburger fresh off the grill or a funnel cake covered in powdered sugar and strawberries.
By Megan Janousek4 months ago in Wheel
The Dirt Track Dream
It's a warm Saturday night in July. Wheat sways in the summer breeze just beyond the track entrance, a reminder that this corner of western Kansas still belongs to the prairie. Cicadas hum in the trees as the smell of race fuel and dry Kansas dirt hangs in the air. Fine dust trails behind every passing side-by-side, settling over trailers, toolboxes, and lawn chairs alike. Impact guns chatter from open trailers, broken only by the occasional holler for a wrench that has somehow grown legs and disappeared. Families laugh. Kids weave between trailers on bicycles. One by one, the grandstands begin to fill as another evening at the dirt track comes to life.
By Megan Janousek4 months ago in Wheel
