See photos from weekly auto racing at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Friday, July 14, 2023.

Race official John Huff waves the green to mark the start of a race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Ian Pate of Cedar Rapids applies a sticker to his car honoring a fallen officer before racing at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Gary West of Gary West Racing prepares his car before heading out for hot laps at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Racing gear sits on a car at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Cindy Miller of Miller Racing out of Columbus, Wisconsin tightens the lug nuts on her son’s racecar ahead of his hot laps at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

People in the grandstands watch the races at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Crews rush to clean up a wreck during a race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Jared Mitchell of Palmyra, Missouri talks with his son Logan Mitchell before Logan goes out to race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Driver Patrick Flannagan of Cedar Rapids waits in his car before going out for hot laps at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Legends cars drive around the track before the start of the Race for the Cause event at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Racers gets out of their cars after finishing hot laps at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maeve Kingland, 6, looks out the window from the back of her uncle’s cop car while hanging out in the pits at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Racer Jay Crabill in the number 87 car holds the lead at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Conner Kirkpatrick, 15, reacts to the legends cars as he pushes around Carson Cassill, 1, on a mini race car in the pits at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Racer Jay Crabill does a victory donut after winning a race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. This was the first win for Crabill. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Race official John Huff waves the checkered flag during a heat race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Cars race around the track as winner trophies sit on display at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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