Let’s take a trip today. I know Chico is back to its beautiful self after all the fires and smoke, but let’s get out of town for a bit.

There are a handful of tracks in northern California aside from our hometown Silver Dollar Speedway and I’ve only been to one of them. So one night while I was sitting here with not much to do (it happens a lot during the summer), I started browsing the Web for some pics of other tracks. Now you get to enjoy the fruits of my labor.

Hope it tastes good.

First we have the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, a city in between Santa Cruz and Monterey. It’s surrounded by those beautiful, rolling hills that Monterey County native John Steinbeck wrote of, and it looks to have a nice scoreboard and a decent set of bleachers. It doesn’t have a whole lot of differentiation between the track and the infield, but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that it looks different when the track is wetted down.

You can find more info on this track by CLICKING HERE .

The Antioch Speedway doesn’t look too nice. Of course I had a hard time finding any pics of it online. Still, I just don’t see anything to write home about. But I will write a blog about it.

I’ve always had a disdain for communities in the Delta area of northern California. Maybe that’s why I am sour on Antioch Speedway. Nonetheless, take a look.

Antioch Speedway has a Web site and you can find it by CLICKING HERE.

And now comes my “home” track, the Placerville Speedway at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. I must admit, though, that it doesn’t rival Silver Dollar. The track is a tight one with high-banked turns and provides for jam-packed racing, which is fun. The atmosphere is OK, I suppose, though the grandstands don’t provide a stellar view. See for yourself:

John Padjen also does promotion for the track in Placerville, and you can find info on it by CLICKING HERE.