Racin and Rockin

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Racin and Rockin is an annual motorsports and music festival held at Springport Motor Speedway, located in Springport, Michigan each summer in celebration of true Americana; Short Track Motor Racing, Rock-n-Roll and A Pig Roast. The first Racin and Rockin was held in 2005 and is held annually. Racin & Rockin IV will be held this year on July 26, 2008. The Auto Racing portion of the festival will feature racing in the following classes: Modifieds, Sportsman, Ponies and Pures. The Music portion of the event will feature The Basement Dawgs. Racin and Rockin was first held in 2005 as the highlight event of Calhoun County Speedway return to life after 3 years dormant. The brainchild of Matt Schindewolf; who is affectionally known as the Racing Hippie; was attending the Michigan Short Track Racing Club annual charity bowl-a-thon and was impressed with the support and genorisity the racing fans were giving local Michigan Modified Racing Association racer Buck Harsen who had lost everything in a home fire that winter.