Randy Pospishil

Baseball coaches are well aware of the negative impact of giving an opponent too many “free bases.”

The Post 16 Norfolk Motor Company Seniors continued to battle into the late innings against Lincoln Southeast Tuesday night.

After two consecutive rainouts, dirt track racing returned to Off Road Speedway Saturday night.

The track surface at Off Road Speedway went through a series of changes during Saturday night's regular program of racing.

Several overly-used cliches, relating to how a team starts as opposed to how it finishes or a game not being over until it’s over, relate to some degree to the

Rain-outs and cancellations have drastically reduced the number of racing nights at Off Road Speedway this season.

With just half of 10 originally scheduled nights of racing completed and only seven more outings planned before Championship Night on August 28th, competition among drivers vying for track titles at Off Road Speedway is tight and will no doubt remain so the rest of the season.

The end of the night fireworks display at Off Road Speedway Friday night was top-notch entertainment, and so was the action in the “A” features of the six regular divisions of racing where four of the six feature winners in the track's Independence Day special weren't determined until the final lap.

Led by a number of key contributors, the Grand Island Home Federal legion baseball team thumped the Norfolk Seniors in both games of a double-header Tuesday night.

A starting position in the front row of an “A” feature at Off Road Speedway, although it provides an opportunity, does not ensure victory.