Lizotte said he lifts off the gas at the intersection. “Most of the time you know if you can make it or not. Far as the X goes I just don’t think about it,” Salley said. “For me, I would say entering corners I just take my time till there’s an opening. Lizotte started racing the Saturday night series last year, and he said he was “shaking the whole time waiting to go on the track” the first time he did it.ĭustin Salley, the current Tiger Cat points leader, admitted it was “a little nervewracking” the first time he tried Figure 8 last year, but veteran car owner Larry Hewins and other friends eased his worries by telling him what to expect and what not to do.įor Salley, the worry doesn’t take place in the middle of the course. Larry Lizotte, the current Saturday night Figure 8 points leader and whose father has four points titles that sandwiched the nearly 30-year break, said the close calls in the intersection is what appealed him to take to the division. “It kind of takes a little bit of crazy to race Figure 8s in the first place,” Varney said.Īt Oxford, the Figure 8 course is laid out in the pits along the frontstretch, with drivers curving around a giant tire at one end, then a sand banking at the other, all while trying to criss-cross at the “X” in between. Varney was the inaugural champion of the Wednesday night Tiger Cat division for 4-cylinder cars.
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