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run past the heather and down to the old road

day 3: Iowa Speedway to Lincoln, NE

We started day 3 with a trip to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville, Iowa, which is also usually an annual stop for us.

photo of Ada standing in front of Donny Schatz sprint car

There were several new displays this year that we’d never seen before, but most exciting for Ada was the visit to the Hall of Fame to see the new-in-22 plaque honoring brand new Hall of Famer and one of her most famous friends, John Gibson.

photo of Ada pointing to John Gibson plaque in Hall of Fame

Zach was excited to find this family tree of the Kinser family in the Kinser display, and he would like very much to find out where he can purchase a throwback Hezekiah Kinser t-shirt, thank you very much.

photo of chart of Kinser Family Tree

After the Hall of Fame visit and lunch, we headed back to Iowa Speedway for the 2nd race in the IndyCar weekend doubleheader.

Count us among the folks who were blown away by how much effort Hy-Vee put into this entire weekend experience for us. Big fans. Big big fans.

photo of Ada standing in front of Hy-Vee IndyCar
photo of Zach and Beth in the grandstands at IndyCar race

We got some relief from the heat – it was at least 15 degrees cooler for the 2nd race. Thanks, Hy-Vee, I assume you guys also handled that.

Immediately after the checkered flag, we were in the car and westbound on 80 to Lincoln, NE, where we parked for the night and Ada touched her feet to the ground in the state of Nebraska for the first time ever.

photo of sunset from car along I80 in Iowa

Today’s title from “Omaha” by Counting Crows.

July 27, 2022 By beth wagner townsend

Filed Under: racing, travel Tagged With: summer22roadtrip

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