Just when you thought the deal down south couldn't get any better...they raise the bar (again).
Las Cruces last night was just flat out great.
Huge fireworks show at Intermission.
Followed by fireworks on the racetrack...following by a surprise 2nd fireworks show at the end of the night.
The place was SRO by 7:00...people kept coming in knowing all seats were taken.Place was bursting at the seams.
The racing was typical Cruces & the track was spot on perfect.
Full fields,3/4 wide racing, no crashing,no banging.
Few highlights...
X mods...20 cars, not a dog in the field.Every car rolled stout.How stout was the field?
Greg Gorham, Jimmy Ray, John Carney, Justin Allen have all won features this year.
They finished 10th,11th,12th & 15th respectively...and they were all flying& hooked up til the end.Those guys race unbelievably hard&clean.We were running 4 wide thru the corners &no one was leaning on anybody.
The Top Cruces X mods would spank our (Sandia) A mods...they're that fast.
Track was hammer down, sticky&smooth.
I started 18th, got up to 11th, made the fatal mistake of actually lifting for a split second & got freight trained. IN Cruces They Don't lift...lesson learned.

Christy Barnett won. She was chased by her husband Sherman for 24 laps til his car developed a miss.The kid wound up 5th.The lat we model feature was won by Scott Logston.
Scott's been racing for decades, every body loves Scott, he's always been my racing heto....he's a great ambassador for the sport.Chalk one up for the good guys.
Mercedes Harris was flying on the rim.She was coming & spun with just few laps to go.That little girl is fearless.
The street stocks started 18 cars &put on their usual 3/4 wide war.Watching Lloyd Turner come thru the pack in his flying, leaf spring 57 chevy is worth the price of admission.
He ended up 3rd...backing it in sprint car style every lap.The huge crowd was on it's feet every lap in appreciation of his run.
The ASCS 360's were the final feature&the were all set on kill.
Lorne Wofford bolted out to a big lead, rim riding the absolute top.
Grants New Mexico driver Jesse Baker ran Wofford down from the bottom & took the hard earned win...killer side by side racing throughout the pack.
All in all...just an awesome night of hard core racing.
Thanks to Royal & all the people from Snmspeedway for such a fun filled night.