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Photos: 2020 Spring Special Races at Hawkeye Downs Speedway
May. 23, 2020 9:15 pm
Hawkeye Downs Speedway hosted the event without spectators on the premesis to begin the racing season amid the coronavirus crisis
Drivers walk the track to check conditions before gathering for the drivers meeting of the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Cars are unloaded in the pits after a rain storm passes through before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Warren Ropp, a member of the board of directors, works the track surface dryer to try and clear up puddles along the pit road leading to the race surface at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Late model driver Adam Bendzick of Prior Lake, Minnesota, jacks up his car to change over tires before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Executive director Jenn Draper takes registration paperwork for drivers and crew members as the gates open for the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Race cars and track service vehicles take to both the quarter-mile and half-mile ovals to try and dry out the racing surface before hot laps can begin at the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Late model driver Adam Bendzick of Prior Lake, Minnesota, makes his way down the straight of the half-mile oval to help an effort to dry the track before hot laps can begin at the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Late model driver Adam Bendzick of Prior Lake, Minnesota, makes his way down the straight of the half-mile oval to help an effort to dry the track before hot laps can begin at the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Race cars are pulled off the track as rain resumes before hot laps can begin at the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Race staff members stay dry in the Larry Kemp technical inspection building before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Late model driver Adam Bendzick of Prior Lake, Minnesota,(right) and crew chief T.R. Connelly swap tires on the right side of the car before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Late model driver Adam Bendzick of Prior Lake, Minnesota, swaps tires on the right side of his car before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Late model driver Adam Bendzick of Prior Lake, Minnesota, gathers fresh tires from the trailer to swap onto his car before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
The gauge cluster of late model driver Adam Bendzick's car is seen as he prepares it for the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
The front brake and suspension setup is seen on driver Adam Bendzick's late model car before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Late model driver Adam Bendzick of Prior Lake, Minnesota, rolls his car out of the trailer in preparation for the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Vehicles are weighed as a part of their technical inspection before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A track fire and rescue truck is seen ready at the track entrance before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Trucks and trailers line up for the pit gate to open for the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Drivers and crew members line up to get their registration paperwork for the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Warren Ropp, a member of the board of directors, drives the tractor with the dryer attached to try and dry out the racing surface before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Water is cleared from the track entrance roadway before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Drivers and crew members walk the track before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Race cars and track services trucks lap the quarter-mile and half-mile ovals to try and dry the racing surface before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A legends series car laps the track to help try and dry the racing surface before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Racers cover their cars as rain begins again before the 2020 Spring Special Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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