Nearly 3-year-old Jacob Gray from Granby, Massachusetts, hangs out with his father, Adam Gray, in the pits before the PASS modified race Saturday night. (Brewster Burns photo)

Billy Childs of Leeds passes Skip Trip of South Paris in the second heat of the street stocks. Childs started nearly last and had been three-wide most of the race. (Brewster Burns photo)

Orange duct tape contains the tire stats from the past races and practice runs for driver Rusty Poland. The tires, which cost $700 a set — Poland purchased five sets for the weekend — always increase in pressure and diameter as the tires heat up and the statistics help to predict the starting pressure for Sunday’s Oxford 250, Poland’s first. (Brewster Burns photo)

Rich Dubea and girlfriend Vanessa Waddell hang out just before a heat. Saturday was only the second time Waddell attended the races. “Nervous … and excited” is how she described how she felt before the race. (Brewster Burns photo)

Doug Critch, left, and Barry Worden prepare for a pit practice session in the back stretch for driver Kyle Reid of Alberta, Canada. During the practice, they discovered a leak in the tubing. (Brewster Burns photo)

Orange duct tape contains the tire stats from the past races and practice runs for driver Rusty Poland. The tires, which cost $700 a set — Poland purchased five sets for the weekend — always increase in pressure and diameter as the tires heat up and the statistics help to predict the starting pressure for Sunday’s Oxford 250, Poland’s first. (Brewster Burns photo)

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