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Jay Bailey went from spectator to driver in one Saturday night of watching dirt track racing.

"I sponsored a race car (for Modified driver Ryan Phillips) and Memorial Day weekend (in 2007) I went and watched the races," Bailey recalled. "(Phillips) came over afterwards and said, "What did you cheap handbags think about the races?' I said, "You better get ready." He said, "For what," and I said, "I'm buying a race car."

"That Wednesday we were in Plattsmouth, Neb. picking up a turn key Hobby Stock and I started racing the next Saturday."

Bailey said the one visit to watch Phillips convinced him he needed to be on the track.

"I was in the pits and I was listening to everybody and I was watching everybody and I go, "There ain't nothing to this,' " said Bailey, who operates Bailey and Sons Motor Company in Lyndon. "Well, there turned out to be a little more to it after I cheap handbags got into it."

The fact that Bailey experienced almost immediate success boosted his desire to race.

Bailey won a track title in Street Stock at Whiskey Lake Raceway in 2008 while finishing fifth at Heartland Park. Bailey was second at HPT in B Mods in 2009 and is in the thick of the race for the track championship this season, sitting third in the standings and just 20 points out of first.

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"The best thing is we're all pretty good friends," Bailey said of this year's points battle. "We have our clashes -- don't get me wrong -- but for the most part we all pretty much get along with each other.

"It's one of those deals that if something breaks and you need a handbag purse part and another guy has the part that will get you back on the track they're going to give you the part. Nobody wants to win a race because somebody else broke. That's not winning. To win the race you need to go out and have everybody racing."

Bailey said racing also has become a family affair.

"My wife and kids enjoy it," he said. "They go every week and that's what makes it more handbag purse fun. I've got a 7-year-old, a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old, and they can sit at the house and recite every driver that's in every class."

Making a name

Nineteen-year-old Wamego Super Pro driver Todd Piper gives his father, veteran drag racer Larry Piper, a ton of credit when it comes to his racing success.

But ironically, dad was several hundred miles away when Todd posted a recent win, during the Super Chevy Show at Heartland Park.

"He was in Denver racing a (Division V) event so I raced by myself and that's the first time I had done that," Todd Piper said.

But while the weekend turned out well, he'd rather have his father around to provide support and guidance.

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"Definitely he helps," Piper said. "He's where I've learned everything from."

Todd Piper, currently the Super Pro points leader in Heartland Park's E.T. Bracket Racing Series, is a graduate of the Junior Dragster ranks.

"It started when I was 10," he said. "We borrowed a Junior Dragster and went out to Manhattan and raced. It was the first time I had raced and I actually won that race, so that was kind of cool.