SATURDAY NIGHT DIRT

It''s a sizzling summer Saturday and Headwaters Speedway is suddenly the place to be. Thanks to rainouts across the state this small-town dirt track is drawing big-time stock cars and local drivers. First up: Trace Bonham in his Street Stock Chevy that''s sure to be a winner if only he can figure out why it''s acting up. Next is Beau Kim: his Modified is patched together from whatever parts he could scrape up. And on the outside moving in fast: Amber Jenkins a strawberry blonde who has what it takes to run rings around them all. Keeping everyone on track is Melody Walters: she knows that the impending rain might be exactly what they need to keep her father''s speedway afloat―or sink it for good.Saturday Night Dirt is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children''s Book of the Year.