http://irwindalespeedway.com/index.asp
If you are ever in the greater So.
Cal.
area, check out this 1/2 mile track. All of the thrills - for $15.00 a night! 
.... and every seat has a view of the whole track. + figure eights 
, demo derby, fireworks - good clean American fun. Jesse James always runs in the figure 8's, and actually does very well. He's kind of a punk, in my book, but the kiddies like him.
Most of the drivers there are sponsored by Joe's Wrecking Yard, Bob's Bail Bonds, Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen's Club, or what have you. Crews are unpaid family members, and pit stops are unheard of. Blue collar racing at it's finest
and competitive as all get out. I guess when you only have 5K to buy into a car you don't care as much about losing some body parts out on the track.
I do like watching NASCAR on the tube.... but don't care to attend in person all that much. I went to the Autoclub 500 at California Speedway a couple of years back. Complete two hour gridlock in scenic
Fontana
(affectionately called "Fon-tucky round here) in and out. We paid 80.00 a ticket and were so low that we couldn't see **** Most of the folks in our sections would go back under the grandstands to watch the race on the screens, smoke butts, drink, etc.... I think I prefer watching the big races from the comfort of my couch.
Then again, I'll bet it’s a different deal in most other states - camping out with fires a' blazin'.... drinking and partying in the interim.... all the fun **** you can't do here anymore 
