| In the stand are families who have supported this | | | | area of Pennsylvania. |
| wonderful sport for many years. Generations of | | | | Anyone who is 18 or older and who has a car can |
| drivers are represented in the bleachers. | | | | get started in dirt track auto racing. You will need to |
| Dirt track auto racing is a family-oriented sport. It isn't | | | | make your car safe by modifying it just in case you |
| uncommon to find grandfather, father, and son | | | | would crash during the race. The most important |
| working together to build a modified stock car to | | | | modification would be to make a cage on the drivers |
| race. Then the best driver out of the three will take | | | | side to protect you if you roll over. You must also |
| the car for a quick spin around the track. Any | | | | take out all of your windows to prevent |
| modifications that are needed will be worked on by | | | | life-threatening cuts in the event of a crash. When |
| the family to prepare the car to do its part in the | | | | you are just starting to drive, the speeds average |
| race. However, it is the skilled driver who wins or | | | | 70-80 mph and those are speeds you are used to |
| loses. | | | | doing on the highways. When you progress into |
| One such winning modified race car driver is located | | | | different racing classes, the speeds will increase up to |
| in the small town of Latrobe, PA in the Laurel | | | | 120 mph eventually. |
| Highlands. His name is Jeremy Zufall. Jeremy, his dad | | | | If you like a roaring good time, like loud engine |
| Jim (he races and wins also), his grandfather, and a | | | | noises, blaring announcements, dust and dirt flying |
| few of his uncles have all been dirt track auto racing | | | | everywhere near the track, don't mind a piece of |
| drivers over the years. They are a close knit family | | | | mud in your eye as the dirt track auto racers roar |
| who have a passion for the sport and who love to | | | | their way around the track, then by all means, make |
| race just for the fun of it. They do also like to win. | | | | it a fun, family night out. You truely can get down |
| Jeremy has won many events at the Latrobe | | | | and dirty at the track if you learn to love dirt track |
| Speedway as well as other events in the tri-state | | | | auto racing. |