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Sunday
Feb032013

Kern County Raceway looking good

A four-story tower that will feature luxury boxes overlooks grandstands that will seat more than 5,000 initially. I say initially because there's a lot of room for expansion.I ventured out to Kern County Raceway Park on Saturday to watch bits of a tire test and to check out the new speedway about 15 miles west of Bakersfield at Interstate 5 and Enos Lane. 

All I can say is "wow!" There's still a ton of work to be done before the official March opening but it was great to see and hear real race cars on track. You can see a lot more of the track in a related photo gallery

And here are two raw and low-fi videos of different late models testing Hoosier tires. Love the bark as drivers fight centrifigul force.