The long wait for racing is coming to an end very soon in one Upper Peninsula region.

Grace Blair of WLUC-TV 6 and Upper Peninsula International Raceway (UPIR) have confirmed that auto racing will have their season opener for Saturday, June 27 in Escanaba.

“We were locked out of the racetrack till, oh geez, just a few weeks ago – three weeks ago,” Charles Peterson, President of the UPIR, said to TV 6.

“Not being able to get to our facility we took a month to about a month and a half of work we normally get pre-season and moved it into three weeks which is a difficult task.”

Even as racing will be getting underway on that date, Perryman and UPIR will also be enforcing social distancing and CDC guidelines throughout each event.

“We are going to recommend the use of face masks and everyone will be temperature checked as they come in. We are going to follow CDC guidelines on social distancing the best we can,” said Perryman.

Doors to the UP State Fairgrounds grandstands for the races are scheduled to open for 5:30 p.m., with racing getting underway for 7 p.m.

For more information regarding the races, click here for UPIR’s website.

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