b'TRACKSPOTLIGHTBrainerd Motorsports Parkis a racer-friendly facilityThe staff at Brainerd Motorsportsto ensure a good racing surface onwas rough. We have concrete walls, Park often looks at their facility fromtheir eighth-mile drag strip. re-paved the shutdown area and a racers perspective. return road. Were working on adding We keep the track prepped good,new parking. Weve got three sections Amy Farrow, who owns the trackone of the best tracks around here,of bleachers with covers over them to along with her husband, Steven, andand we have a ton of shutdownget spectators out of the sun and we their business partner, Ron Newman,room, she said. A misconceptionhave places for people in wheelchairs explained why the International Hotfrom Pro Mod drivers is we dontto sit.Rod Association (IHRA) member trackhave a lot of shutdown room. in Ringgold, Ga., is seen that way. Brainerd used to be a quarter-mileIn addition, theyve worked track and they were right, but with itextensively with other IHRA-member Were very family-oriented. Mybeing an eighth-mile, we have a lottracks. At the first of the season, they husband, my daughter and I all race,of room now. came up with an eight-race series Wooten said. A track that is operatedwith three other tracksLondon by race car drivers, we understandGoing to the eighth-mile is just oneDragway, Knoxville Dragway and two points of view. We can be trackof the major changes since NewmanCrossville Dragwaythat featured operators and we can be racers at theand the Farrows took over the trackeach track having two races. The same time. It makes for a good teamin 2016. Amy Farrow explained itsdrivers can drop their worst finish, to operate a track. all encompassing and not simplyalthough it will be six races this opening the gates and hoping thatseason with Brainerds races rained From a racers perspective, you lookpeople will come in. out.at the things you want in a track and try to do that. Theyve truly taken a racersIt seems to be a good series. We perspective in making improvementspay back eight places in the points Located just 10 miles fromto the facility. at the end of the year in Pro, Mod Chattanooga, Tenn., and an hour andand Juniors at the end of the year a half from Atlanta, there is a goodWeve invested a lot of money inand weve had an average of 60 Top, base of racers to draw from. Withit, she said. At that time, it had30-40 Mods and 25-30 Juniors, the track staff, theyve worked hardguardrails and the shutdown areashe said. We work with those 30'