Track Review: North Central Speedway

North Central Speedway 

Saturday Nights, 6:45pm

www.racencs.net

Classes: IMCA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Northern Sport Mods, Mod 4s, Street Stock, Pure Stocks, and Hornets.

Admission: $12 for adults, $5 for Kids. Pretty much the league average

Concessions: I highly recommend the pit fries for $5. (Fries with BBQs and Nacho Cheese). Items such as burger, hot dogs, chicken strips. Lots of filling stuff. Very fair prices. I really liked how they had a separate line for pop and candy. It really sped things up quite a bit. Beer prices were exceptionally reasonable if I remember correctly. Corey Litton was a big fan of the Dad’s Root Beer.

Pit Fries :)

Nacho Factor: NCS has one of the more interesting approaches to Nachos I had seen in some time. First off, basic Nachos were $2, which is hands down the cheapest price of Nachos anywhere. BUT, for an extra 0.50 you could get could get extra cheese. Throw down a couple more quarters and you could extra chips! I went with the basic. Good chips, good cheese. Solid price, but you get slightly smaller proportion then most tracks. If you don’t plan on eating anything else, get the upgrade for $1 more.

The facility: Looks massive from the highway and it sort of is. But NCS has a unique set of grand stands. They’re steep, and they’re tall. If you’re sitting in the back row, you still feel like you’re right on top of the of the race track. There is also seating on the backstretch and a couple of tailgating spots. The suites look really cool. Each one has a deck. From the outside they look more like apartments then suites. Venue appears to be clean and updated. I like the trees on the backstretch. Bathrooms could use some work though. But at least the troughs had "privacy" dividers for you shy guys.

The racing: Car counts weren’t amazing, but it was the first race of the year and it’s their first year under the IMCA banner. The race action was fine though. Track has long straights and tight corners. It wasn’t one lane but there wasn’t really ever more than two.

Other notes: Very family friendly atmosphere and there was even kids activities going on during intermission. Plus you can’t go wrong with the affordable prices. But no candy toss? Maybe that’s not a tradition there like I’m used to at my nearby tracks.