I have now attended two Duck X Productions events, Lights Out 12 and Sweet 16, as my foray back into drag racing after a hiatus from the genre. Both were held at South Georgia Motorsports Park and in full disclosure, these were my first radial specific drag races I have ever attended. I thought about writing this after Lights Out 12 but decided to wait until after Sweet 16 just to make sure I had my ducks in a row. And yes, that pun was fully intended.

Those of you that know me know that this is a soapbox onto which I climb almost annually and with the recent announcement that Arizona Speedway would cease operations on April 3, 2021, I thought perhaps it was time to rehash exactly why motorsports fans need to band together, be positive and support each other regardless of which type of motorsports they enjoy.

“Hey, what’s your favorite track?”

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m a motorsports fan. I say this because I don’t consider myself a fan of just one particular division or genre, so I don’t say “I’m a Sprint Car fan” or “I’m a Modified fan”, I say “I’m a motorsports fan.” I like motorsports, period. Everything from racing to rock bouncers, hill climbs, tractor pulls, you name it. If it has an engine, I’m in. Heck, I once drove two hours one way to watch an RC Tractor Pull.