A few hundred racing fans took in the IMCA Father’s Day show at Mosca Motorsports Park on Sunday in what was the start of a new era of motorsports racing in the San Luis Valley.
It’s been a decade since stock cars took to the ⅓-mile oval track. Thanks to new track operator Clint Adams and a team of volunteers who put it back in shape, motorsports fans saw Sport Mods, Stock Cars, Modified Stocks, among other events all on the dirt track during three hours of racing.
Chad Green of Dolores took the checkered flag in the Sports Mods, while Frank Ogden won the Stock Car race over Tony Hill of Cortez. Martin Adams, the 8-year-old son of Clint Adams, won the Junior Compacts division, while Joe Esquibel of Monte Vista took the checkered flag in the Dwarfs/Mod-Lites cars.
Mosca Motorsports will host a night of racing on Friday, July 25, with its High Plains Late Model Show. The rest of its summer schedule includes two days of racing on Friday, Aug. 29 and Saturday, Aug. 30; and then a final Championship Night on Sunday, Sept. 28.
Photos captured by Dennis Shoenfelder
