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Photos: Hawkeye Downs racing (Friday, May 3, 2024)

Photos from racing at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024.

May. 3, 2024 11:38 pm

Racer Bryan Baxter of Marion warms up his car while waiting for hot laps to begin at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Race fans watch cars in a heat race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

86-year-old Hepburn Hentrich of Cedar Rapids shines the tires on his son’s car before racing at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Race official John Huff waves the green flag to signal the start of a race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Brandon Herb (12) leads the pack during a sportsman heat race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The sun sets as fans watch races at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tallan Chandler (22) and Bryan Baxter (5) race in a sport mod heat at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Kevin Korsmo (52B) rounds the track during the legends feature race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Michelle Kirby of Cedar Rapids works on the number decal of a race car in the pits at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Chad Vozenilek (3) leads the pack while racing in a hornets feature race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A racer stands for the national anthem ahead of the races at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Legend cars race around the track during a heat race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Racer Drew Nickell (87) waves to the crowd after winning the dawgs feature race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Chad Vozenilek (3) gives a young racing fan a fist bump after winning the hornet feature race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Race official John Huff watches as legend cars make their way around the track at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Dylan Houdek, 12, of Cedar Rapids helps his dad replace the tires on a car in the pits at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Bill Carnahan of Marion, right, helps driver Kacey Korsmo attach a GoPro to the top of his legends car at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Abigail Baxter, 8, takes a moment to look around as she hangs out with her family while her father and driver Bryan Baxter warms up his car in the pits at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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