![]() ![]() One race I saw had a mannequin of a fisherman standing in a boat. Wheels and sparks fly, and the air is filled by a snowfall of Boat Particles of questionable origin (fibreglass? asbestos?). Havoc ensues as the decrepit water craft's inevitable decay is hastened by hot laps around the half-mile oval. ![]() Junker boats are strapped to equally squalid trailers, hooked up to bomber-class stock cars and let loose on the oval. Pete now host bus races!) Buses are decorated many folks just graffiti 'em up with spray paint, but some copy the paint schemes of their NASCAR favorites, or add cartoons of screaming kids in the windows.īoat 'n' Trailer races are actually much more spectacular. Drivers include real school bus drivers, drivers from the racing divisions, and a few who actually have their own custom racing buses and who travel the circuit (I have heard that tracks from Jacksonville to St. At Orlando Speedworld, there are two types of unusual races I have been to: School Bus Figure 8 Races and Boat 'n' Trailer Races, usually the final event of a full card of stock car racing.įigure 8 School Bus Racing is pretty self-explanatory: a bunch of school buses run on a figure-8 course, trying to avoid hitting one another in the crossover, avoiding tipping over in the turns, or blowing surprisingly fragile engines.
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