FAMILY REUNION AND LOOP TOUR
May 25th – June 9th, 2007


EUBANK FAMILY REUNION – May 25th to 28th

Friday, May 25th
We (Ginny, David, Roger, and Lelia) left Shreveport on the 6:45am flight to Dallas. Michael Clarke Duncan, actor who played the prisoner in The Green Mile, was on our flight. After changing planes in Dallas, we arrived in Omaha, Nebraska around 10:00 am. Hope arrived from Denver less than an hour earlier and was waiting for us in the baggage claim area. We drove through Omaha to Lincoln where we saw the Nebraska capital building. We stopped at Gorilla Burgers for lunch then drove back to Omaha to the Henry Doorly Zoo which is the most visited attraction in the state. The Doorly Zoo is well known for the world’s largest indoor desert, the world’s largest nocturnal exhibit, the world’s largest indoor rainforest, the largest cat complex in North America, and the gorilla exhibit. Rosenblatt NCAA College World Series baseball stadium was across the street from the zoo. We left Omaha and headed westward toward Eugene T. Mahoney State Park, the site for the Eubank Family Reunion.

Eugene T. Mahoney State Park is situated in a rolling hills area of Nebraska between Omaha and Lincoln. The 700 acre park overlooks the Platte River and is the third most visited attraction in the state of Nebraska. The park is surrounded by dense mixed forest strips and grassy hills. The park’s primary amenities included a 70’ tall observation tower, a theater stage and auditorium, an aquatic center equipped with a heated wave pool and water slides, miniature golf and driving range, trail ride stables, a fishing lake with paddle boats, a perimeter bike trail, and many trails for hiking. The Peter Kiewit Lodge was the designated location for the Eubank Reunion. The lodge had a restaurant where we had several meals throughout our stay at the park. Originally, all five us were going to stay in one lodge room, but Martha and Wes Schmidt had an extra room which Roger and David gladly accepted. The lodge was filled to capacity for Memorial Day weekend. After dinner, the reunion attendees gathered in Mark and Sarah Eubank’s lodge room for snacks and conversation.

Saturday, May 26th
After breakfast we drove around the park and stopped to climb the 70’ tall observation tower. Charles and Nancy Eubank followed us to the tower and then to Lincoln where we went to the University of Nebraska State Museum. Most of the reunion clan were at the museum at the same time. We drove to Cabela’s and shopped before eating in the cafeteria there. We had deli sandwiches made with elk and boar. Our last stop was at Dollar General. We returned to the park and played mini-golf. That evening the reunion group ate the dinner buffet in the lodge restaurant and attended a melodrama named “Wings of Fire!” Our group enjoyed throwing popcorn during the production.





Sunday, May 27th
After breakfast most of the relatives went to the Strategic Air and Space Museum which was located next to the park. The museum contained more than 40 of the world’s most famous aircraft and missiles and many aerospace artifacts and exhibits spread throughout the 300,000 square feet building. David and Hope elected to ride the flight simulator and their self-controlled module spun around as if in orbit. The whole Eubank family had a picnic indoors due to the threat of rain. Afterward a group family photo was taken outside of the lodge. The five of us played mini-golf with James Stroud. After we left James at the lodge, we drove to a drive-thru conservation and wildlife park which was located near our state park. As we drove through the park, we observed many elk, bison, wild turkey, sand hill cranes and other waterfowl, wolves, and bears. After we left the wildlife safari park, we drove to another state park and climbed two other observation towers, one of which was 85‘tall. We went to Ashland, Nebraska for pizza for supper. We ate with Mark Eubank’s family. We rushed back to the lodge for Family Bingo night.

Monday, May 28th
Memorial Day was departure day for most of the Eubank family, and we bid them farewell until the next reunion in three years. We drove to Omaha and to an outdoor Mormon Trail display of bronze statues of a covered wagon expedition. We drove to a seafood restaurant along the shore of the Missouri River. We dropped David, Roger, and Hope off at the airport at 2:00pm for their flights home.

EUBANK FAMILY REUNION ATTENDEES
Bill and Leslie Eubank and Donny Eubank
Donald and Carol Eubank
Adelaide and Glen Currier
Charles and Nancy Eubank
Jon and Barb Stroud
Martha and Wes Schmidt
Ginny, David, Hope, Roger Hooper and Lelia Vaughan
Robert, James, William, Edward, and Margaret Stroud
Betty Eubank
Susan Steinbis
Paul Eubank
Mark, Sarah, Craig, Rachel, and Jessica Eubank
David, Josie, and Davie Eubank
Rosalie and David Sode [Rosalie’s great grandmother (Florence Eubank) and Ginny’s
great great grandfather (William Zadock Eubank) were siblings. Rosalie and
Ginny are 2nd cousins once removed.]







LOOP TOUR FROM OMAHA

Monday, May 28th
We drove from Omaha to the small town of Watertown, South Dakota where we stayed at a Comfort Inn across the street from the Redlin Art Center, home of renowned wildlife artist Terry Redlin. After a quick trip to Wal-Mart for some travel snacks and fresh strawberries and cheese for our supper, we retired to the room to watch the San Antonio Spurs beat the Utah Jazz in the semi-final series of the NBA championship. Watertown is where Wes Schmidt’s ancestors settled and homesteaded. Many of the Schmidt families still live in the area.

Tuesday, May 29th
Our loop tour stops, accommodations, and sightseeing adventures were not planned prior to our trip to Omaha although we did know which states we would visit. Interestingly, the cost of gasoline was at our country’s highest with the average cost being $3.49 per gallon the day we left home (as expensive as $3.69 and at its lowest $3.19 on our loop tour). Luckily, our rental car’s gas mileage was better than average. After checking out of the motel, we went to the Redlin Art Center which had three floors of Terry Redlin’s art on display. After 2 ½ hours at the center and multiple phone conversations with David, we purchased a framed print entitled “Morning Retreat” which was shipped to David’s house.

Our journey continued northward into North Dakota. There were many geese in the fields and small ponds along our way. We drove through Fargo and Blanchard where we went on a side trip to see the world’s tallest structure, a 2063’ television and radio tower. After leaving Grand Forks, we stopped in a small town, Drayton, for gas and lunch. We crossed the Canadian Border at 5:00pm and stopped briefly at the Canadian tourist office just over the border into Manitoba. We drove to Winnipeg, Manitoba where we stayed at Holiday Inn Astoria Motel. We ate apples, cheese, and pretzels in the room. We heard on the news today that the Canadian dollar reached value exceeding the United States dollar ($1.15 to $1.00) for the first time in history.

Wednesday, May 30th
Winnipeg is the capital of Manitoba... We went to The Forks, Winnipeg’s cultural center at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. We walked along a trail at The Forks and viewed several exhibits describing the meeting grounds for aboriginal peoples over 6000 years ago. We drove over the Red River and through the French Quarter prior to departing Winnipeg. We passed the geographical longitudinal center of Canada just east of town before driving into Ontario. We stopped in Kenora, Ontario where we walked to a 40’ tall and 2.5 ton fish statue, Husky the Muskie. We ate lunch in Kenora which sits on the north shore of Lake of the Woods, one of North America’s natural wonders with over 14,000 islands and more than 65,000 miles of shoreline known as the best fishing area (Northern pike and muskie) and hunting area in North America. As we drove southward toward Minnesota, we saw several deer and a bald eagle. We stopped briefly in Sioux Narrows at a well known trading post. We drove toward the United States Border at International Falls and saw several more deer and a coyote along the way. After crossing the border into Minnesota, we drove to Voyager’s National Park. The heavily wooded lake area was beautiful. We drove to Duluth, Minnesota for the night and stayed at Voyagers Lakewalk Inn, a quaint motel across the street from the largest fresh water lake in the world, Lake Superior. We ate McDonald’s salads in the room.

Thursday, May 31st
We walked across the street and down the Duluth boardwalk to the shore of Lake Superior. Lake Superior has 31,280 square miles of fresh water surface area and is not only the largest such lake, but is also known as the world’s deepest at 1, 333’ depth. Duluth is one of the busiest ports in the United States. The main attraction in Duluth is the aerial lift bridge which was built in the early 1900’s and is one of only two such bridges in the country. Unlike a draw bridge, the entire highway of the bridge is lifted up 88’ above the water. The bridge is 227’ tall and is used to allow over 1000 large ships to pass into the harbor every year. Shipping distance from Duluth to the Atlantic Ocean is over 2,300 miles which takes even days of travel for most vessels. We were lucky to experience the amazing mechanical feat and watch a ship pass under the bridge.

We drove southward to Minneapolis and went to Mill Ruins Park and St. Anthony Falls along the Mississippi River. We walked in front of the falls and over Stone Arch Bridge, a car-free bridge. We drove to the Mall of America, the largest mall in the United States. We went inside to see the amusement park, Lego Land, and have a quick lunch. We drove over the river into St. Paul where we went to the Minnesota State Capitol and to the Cathedral of St. Paul (1907) which was celebrating its 100th birthday on June 2nd. The dome in the Cathedral was 96’ across and 176’ high. We drove through Summit-Selby neighborhood where wealthy 19th century residents lived in Victorian style homes. We saw the James Hill house (railroad magnate) and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s house (author of The Great Gatsby). Both Garrison Keillor and Sinclair Lewis called the neighborhood their home. We left Minneapolis-St. Paul and drove through the Wisconsin Dells area and to a state park where we saw some limestone rock formations which are seen throughout the area. The Wisconsin Dells area is the state’s entertainment and resort hotspot... We drove to Madison, Wisconsin to see the state capitol before our final stop of the day in Milwaukee. We stayed at the Astor Hotel which is known as Milwaukee’s landmark hotel (1918). We ate breakfast leftovers for supper in the room.

Friday, June 1st
We drove to the Milwaukee Art Museum which is housed in an ultramodern and unusual shaped building and on the shores of Lake Michigan. We went to the Miller Brewing Company and toured the facility since Milwaukee is known as the “city of beer.” Our next stop was at Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewer’s baseball team. Our guide was a 75 year old woman who had worked as a guide for 14 years ( 7 years at the Milwaukee Braves stadium and 7 years at the new stadium). We toured the baseball park with its new state of the art retracting roof which does so in only ten minutes. The infield dirt was extracted from the old Milwaukee Braves stadium where Hank Aaron first played major league baseball. Tony Gwynn, Jr. was being interviewed on the field while we were on tour. He is the son of San Diego Padres’ Hall of Fame player, Tony Gwynn. After the tour, we ate lunch at Fridays which overlooked the baseball field. Several Milwaukee Brewers and Florida Marlins baseball players were warming up for the night’s game. Tony Gwynn, Jr. was practicing his batting and hit a ball which would have been a home run just out of reach of our table. The ball landed in the bullpen entrance walkway area beneath us. The Brewer’s bullpen coach, Bill Castro, tossed the ball up to Lelia. We left Miller Park and drove toward Chicago. We stopped at a large Wisconsin cheese store (Mars Cheese Castle, 1947) for snacks on the way and arrived at Chicago’s Hillside Holiday Inn. We drove to a local grocery store for fruit and water before retiring to our room and feasting on cheese and crackers.
Saturday, June 2nd
We tried to drive to downtown Chicago, but the 8 lane Congress Street draw bridge was up and all 4 lanes of traffic going toward town had to turn around by driving over the median in order to seek an alternate route. Our alternate route ended up near the Chicago White Sox baseball stadium (Cellular Field). We drove back toward downtown passing Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears football team. After finding a parking place, we walked to Navy Pier. Navy Pier is over one half mile long and has 50 acres of entertainment. One hundred sculptured globes (“Cool Globes”, 5’ in diameter) were temporarily on display near the pier and extending several city blocks to the Field Museum. Each of the world spheres from artists around the world depicted renditions of a solution to Global Warming. We bought tickets for a Shoreline Architectural Cruise on the Chicago River. We saw many unique architectural structures such as the Wrigley Building, the under construction new Trump Tower, the Merchandise Mart (built in 1930 and is the world’s largest commercial building and covers 4.2 square miles and 2 city blocks), Marina City towers which are locally known as the “Corn Cob” buildings, the world’s largest Post Office, and the Civic Opera House. Interestingly, fifteen years after the Chicago Fire of 1871, George W. Streeter’s boat collided with a sandbar where he then lived in his boat. There was so much debris still leftover from the 1871 fire that he let the sandbar he had claimed become a dumping site for a fee. His project increased the surface area of Chicago from Lake Michigan to the Chicago River. That area is now known as Streeterville and is home to the John Hancock Building among other such modern structures. After the boat tour ended, we walked along Navy Pier and rode the 150’ high ferris wheel. We bought “hop on hop off” trolley tickets from Chicago Trolley Company and boarded a double decker bus for a land tour of the city. We drove along “Miracle Mile” down Madison Avenue where we went to the top of the John Hancock Building (Chicago’s 3rd tallest) to the Hancock Observatory on the world’s fastest elevator (50’ per second) for an excellent skywalk view of the city resting 1000 feet below. We could see United Airlines Center (home of the Chicago Bulls basketball team) and Wrigley Field (home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team). We walked to the famous Chicago Engine 98 fire station which was built in 1904 and which was the first fire station to respond to the Chicago fire of 1871. The station was across the street from Water Tower Place where Oprah Winfrey owns floors 57, 58, and 59. Water Tower Place Shopping Mall is the tallest mall in the country. We boarded a Chicago “hop on hop off” trolley and rode passed the Chicago Mercantile Exchange which handles the world’s largest futures trading. Our next stop was at Sears Tower (1,431’and 110 stories). We went up to the skydeck for another incredible view of the city. Sears Tower is the tallest building in the United States. Our next trolley stop was at Millenium Park (25 acre city park with a large modern amphitheater) where the Chicago Gospel Music Festival was being held. We walked through the park to a reflective sculpture, “the Bean” by Anish Kapoor (66’ by 33’). We saw Chicago’s second tallest building, the Aon Center, home of Amoco Oil. The Aon Center was originally covered with marble from Michelangelo’s quarry, but when the marble started cracking, the marble was replaced with granite. The replacement cost $80 million and took more than two years to finish. We boarded the trolley again and went to the Art Institute of Chicago in Grant Park for a short tour of the museum before we had to board the last trolley which took us back to Navy Pier. We retrieved our car and drove back to the motel which was in the suburbs only about twenty minutes from downtown. After a short rest, we got back into the car and drove to Kingston Mines, Chicago’s oldest and most famous blues music club. There were two stages inside the old building. Linsey Alexander was the first performer. Grammy winner, Big James Montgomery and the Chicago Playboys, were the second performer. We ate baked potatoes and onion rings for supper while listening to Blues. Carol King walked into Kingston Mines while we were eating. We returned to Holiday Inn.
Sunday, June 3rd
We drove to Grant Park to the Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum of Natural History. There were more “Cool Globes” on the park grounds. After quickly going through the aquarium and museum, we left Chicago. Our day’s itinerary included driving through Gary, Indiana, stopping to see Notre Dame University in South Bend, and seeing the State Capitol of Michigan in Lansing. We drove to Port Huron, Michigan near the Canadian border and on the shores of Lake Huron. We stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.
Monday, June 4th
After enjoying a complimentary continental breakfast, we drove a few blocks to the shore of Lake Huron where we walked along a pathway where the Black River runs into the lake. Port Huron was the home of Thomas Edison. We drove southward to Detroit where we drove through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel under the Detroit River to Windsor, Ontario, Canada. We drove back into Detroit over the Ambassador Bridge which is our country’s number one most used border crossing. We passed the Detroit Tigers baseball stadium (Comerica Park) and the Detroit Lions football stadium (Ford Field). Detroit is situated on Lake St. Clair. The Detroit River links that lake with Lake Erie. We drove to Dearborn, Michigan to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.
The Henry Ford Museum houses such artifacts as Rosa Park’s bus, the rocking chair in which President Lincoln was sitting when he was assassinated, the limousine President Kennedy was sitting when he was assassinated, presidential vehicles of Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, and Reagan, Teddy Roosevelt’s presidential horse drawn carriage, George Washington’s camp desk, the Allegheny Locomotive (one of largest steam locomotives ever built), Edgar Allan Poe’s writing desk, an exhibit of 100 years of the automobile, a DC-3 airplane and other aircraft, Tom Thumb’s tiny carriage used in Barnum and Bailey Circus shows, and the Dymaxion House, an aluminum sphere designed by Buckminster Fuller in the late 20’s and built in 1945 as a mass-produced efficient transportable, affordable, environmentally friendly house.
Greenfield Village is next to the museum and sits on 90 acres that houses the Wright Brother’s bicycle workshop, Thomas Edison’s lab, and a living history museum filled with representative village structures, Model T car rides, and a coal driven train which chugs around the perimeter of the park on a three mile ride. After several hours of touring the museum and village, we departed for Cleveland Ohio. We arrived in Cleveland around 5:00pm and drove by Quicken Loans Arena (home of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team) and Jacobs Field (home of the Cleveland Indians baseball team). We drove to the Cleveland Botanical Garden and the Museum of Art and walked around the grounds before going to Comfort Inn which was within sight of Jacobs Field.
Tuesday, June 5th
We drove to the shoreline of Lake Erie to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which was next to the Cleveland Browns Stadium. We walked through the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while enjoying music from many inducted artists. We viewed concert attire and memorabilia from many artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Ray Charles, the Beatles, Wilson Picket, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie, Bo Diddley, U2, Paul Simon, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, and many more. Pieces of Otis Redding’s airplane in which he died as a result of crashing into Lake Michigan were on display as were many musical instruments of renowned singers and musicians. We left the museum and drove south of Cleveland to Holmes county and Amish country. We stopped in Kidron at Lehman’s General Store which has large display rooms full of wood burning stoves, lanterns, kitchen ware, farm tools, farm implements for plowing, and products catering to the natural lifestyles of the Amish. We saw several horse drawn carriages along the highway and Amish workers at their homes. This area has the United States’ densest Amish concentration. After driving through Amish country, we drove to Pittsburg and up Mt. Washington to the Duquense Incline (funicular railway, incline cable car) which was built in 1877 and is on the National Historic Registry. We saw Three Rivers Stadium (home of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team) and Heinz Stadium (home of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team) from the top of the incline station. We also had an excellent view of Pittsburgh and the convergence of the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio Rivers. We drove down the mountain and headed toward Clarksburg, West Virginia. We stopped at the state line for a photo of Ginny under the West Virginia sign since this state made her 50th state to visit. It was Lelia’s 49th state to visit with only Hawaii remaining on her list to visit. We stayed in Bridgeport near Clarksburg at a Sleep Inn. We ate accumulated snack food in our room for supper.
Wednesday, June 6th
We left the motel and headed westward toward Ohio. West Virginia’s mountains were very green and enticing. We stopped in a small community (Salem, West Virginia) to walk along a Rails to Trails hiking trail, the North Bend Rail Trail. The hiking trail extends from Delaware to San Francisco. The abandoned railroad extended along our highway route, and we stopped in West Union where we again hiked along the rail trail through town to a West Virginia state park. We left West Virginia and drove into Ohio. Rather than to take the faster interstate highway route, we drove along Ohio’s Scenic Byway through very picturesque rural countryside and an area filled with Ohio state parks. We stopped at Hocking Hills State Park and hiked a short distance to see a waterfall. We drove a bit further in the park to Old Man’s Cave. Old Man’s Cave was the living area of a homeless man who had two dogs and dwelled in the cave for years. We hiked down the trail and through the open aired cave which was very large and with beautiful surroundings. We drove to Columbus, Ohio and stopped to see the state capitol. We arrived in the Cincinnati area around 5:00pm and drove across the Ohio River into Newport, Kentucky to stay at a Comfort Inn along Newport’s Levee Riverwalk. We strolled along the riverwalk and watched an outdoor concert across the river at one of Cincinnati’s waterfront parks. We returned to the motel which was in an excellent location along the waterfront. We could see the Cincinnati Reds’ baseball stadium (the Great American Ballpark) and the Cincinnati Bengals’ football stadium (Cinergy Field) from our room. We had yogurt and bagels leftover from one of our continental breakfasts.

Thursday, June 7th
We drove across the Roebling Suspension Bridge which was built in 1876 and was a forerunner of John Roebling’s famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York. We had successfully used our GPS throughout the loop tour, but somehow the GPS unit did not have current information about Cincinnati. We wasted time in Cincinnati while trying to find our locations. We drove to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. After touring the museum, we drove back across the river into Newport, Kentucky to go on an Ohio riverboat narrated cruise for an hour. Our paddle wheeler was named Mark Twain. After the cruise, we drove back into Cincinnati and up Mt. Adams to Krohn’s Conservatory to a butterfly exhibit. We left Cincinnati and drove toward Indianapolis to see friends, Doris and Morgan Wart. We arrived in Indianapolis at about 3:30pm. We drove passed the Indianapolis Colt’s football stadium (Lucas Oil Stadium) which was being renovated. We drove around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where the Indianapolis 500 is held each year. Doris and Morgan’s new condominium is very nice and spacious and is situated on a small lake which has resident geese. After a short visit, we rode with Doris and Morgan to their daughter’s house for a very fine dinner (Tim and Doris Ann Sadler, children Morgan and Lucy). After we left the Sadlers, we went to the Children’s Museum where Morgan took us on a short hike to see unique garden sculptures and the river. We visited a brief time before going to bed.
Friday, June 8th
Morgan and Doris took us to Le Peeps for breakfast where we feasted on homemade vegetable juice and omelets. We said goodbye to them around 10:30am and drove toward Iowa. We stopped at the Iowa Welcome Center. Other stops included: IOWA 80, the world’s largest truck stop (30,000 square feet and 75 acres); the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum and the Herbert Hoover Birthplace and National Historic Site; the University of Iowa in Iowa City where Ginny’s father (James Herman Stroud) had attended law classes in the 40’s; and the German Amana Colonies. The Amana Colonies consist of seven villages which were started in the 1850’s and continue as religious communes. The rural villages offer arts and crafts and a glimpse into the multicultural heritage of Iowa. We drove to Des Moines to the Iowa State Capitol which was very ornate. We went to a Super 8 Motel for the night and ate McDonald’s Asian salads for supper in the room.
Saturday, June 9th
We left Des Moines and drove to Madison County, Iowa to a small community called Winterset where John Wayne was born and where The Bridges of Madison County was filmed. Madison County is well known for its seven covered bridges (used to have 19) which were central to the story based on a book by the same name. We stopped at the Madison County Visitor Center for directions. We drove to John Wayne’s birthplace then drove to three of the seven bridges. We stopped at Roseman Bridge, Cutler-Dunnahoe Bridge, and Cedar Bridge. Bridges were covered to protect the wooden beams and planks which would have to be regularly replaced if not protected from inclement weather. We continued our rural tour to a Danish settlement in Elkhorn, Iowa where we stopped at a 60’ windmill (1848) which had been relocated from Denmark in 1976. We drove to Omaha and to the airport where we returned our car, checked our luggage and flew to Shreveport. We got home at 8:00pm.



SUMMARY
Our driving loop tour consisted of 4,395 miles driven and 13 states, 2 Canadian provinces, 4 great lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie), 6 state capitol buildings, and one provincial capital city visited. During our loop tour we saw the following stadiums, arenas, and fields.
University of Nebraska Cornhusker Stadium
Rosenblatt NCAA Men’s College Baseball World Series Stadium
Miller Park – Milwaukee Brewer’s Baseball
Cellular Field – Chicago White Sox Baseball
Soldier’s Field – Chicago Bears Football
Wrigley Field – Chicago Cubs Baseball
United Airlines Center – Chicago Bulls Basketball
Notre Dame University Football Stadium
Comerica Park – Detroit Tigers Baseball
Ford Field – Detroit Lions Football
Quicken Loans Arena – Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball
Jacobs Field – Cleveland Indians Baseball
Cleveland Browns Stadium – Football
Heinz Stadium – Pittsburg Steelers Football
Three Rivers Stadium – Pittsburg Pirates Baseball
America’s Baseball Park – Cincinnati Reds Baseball
Cinergy Field – Cincinnati Bengals Football
Lucas Oil Stadium – Indianapolis Colts Football
Indianapolis Motor Speedway