Event Recap: Daily Driver- December 14, 2024

At a dragstrip you are always looking for events that can open the gates in the winter months. When we looked to continue to grow our winter events. We thought it would be time to add two Daily Driver stand alone events for the 2024-25 winter.

This past Saturday we had our first of three daily driver events. The series stood up to its name as the Frosty Series. With many racers arriving at the facility to temperatures in the low 20’s.

In the lanes we saw many familiar faces from our ET Series. We saw faces who have not raced in many years. The other exciting part was the many new faces giving bracket racing a try. The day did not disappoint as the staff and racers had smiles on their faces all day long.  The event was also highlighted by over 20 no prep cars getting ready for New Years at the Grove on December 28th. The Daily Driver portion of Saturday offered two potential payouts. Up to 99 cars would pay $500 to the winner. Over 100 cars would pay $1000 to the winner. We quickly saw Saturday we were going to be paying $1000 to the winner. The payouts were also joined by an incentive offered up by the Daryl Tillman Realty Group. This could bring the payout to $3500 to win if a racer hit the bonus. As we got to the 1/4 finals we saw a couple of names that are around late in bracket races. Losing in the 1/4 finals were Andy Anderson, Lonny Horst, and Kevin Spencer. Lonny Horst joins us after a few years of being away from the facility. The semi finals saw Dave Harvey Jr. advance on a bye run. Scott Embley threw down at .016 pack over Rich Steinke. With the final round now set. Dave Harvey Jr was able to take home the win over Scott Embley. Scott Embley broke out in the finals as Dave Harvey put together a package that made Embley ineligible at the hit. Harvey’s total package was not quite good enough to be eligible for the Daryl Tillman Realty Group bonus. We want to thank everyone who braved the temperatures this Saturday with us. We now turn our attention to race number 2 of the Frosty Series which is New Years at the Grove. The event that started all of these cold weather ideas three years ago. The next Daily Driver race is January 25th.