NASCAR: ‘The generational track’: Hawkeye Downs Speedway ages gracefully through its 100th anniversary season

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“CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Nothing was going to prevent Kurt Bohnsack from missing the 2025 season-opener at Hawkeye Downs Speedway.

The driver from nearby Ely, Iowa has more than 25 years of Hawkeye Downs experience, but he had taken a sabbatical from racing over the past couple years. A project manager for Communications Engineering Company by day, Bohnsack on the afternoon of April 27 once again shed his work boots for a blue fire suit so he could join the show that would begin his home track’s 100th anniversary season.”