As the day progressed and the drama wound down, the racing at the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl just kept moving like a machine. For such a large group of racers, it was highly impressive to see how few anomalies there were. Oildowns were nearly nonexistent as the classes were being run. The surprise wasn’t in how the cars were running or how well everything was flowing…we all agree that the biggest surprise of Saturday was the size of the crowd. In the photos and the Livestream videos, it might not look that impressive, but Route 66 has enough seating for 30,000 people. We didn’t have 30,000 people, but between the fully lined fence, the folks in the grandstands, and everybody who was out walking the pits, checking out the manufacturer’s midway or snarfing down some beaver sausage in the parking lot, there was a crowd of folks that we didn’t expect to see. We even got word that there were traffic jams at the entrances! Moms and dads brought kids out to see the racing, too…and one particular kid now has a shirt with BangShiftChad’s own signature on the shoulder. Who would’ve thought that Chad would be signing autographs? How cool is that?
We still have plenty more photos to go, so click on a pic below to check out our latest gallery from Joliet!
