Fulfilling the need for speed

For a few hardened souls, the automobile is more than a means of transportation from Point A to Point B.

It represents thrills and excitement associated with skillful and fast driving along a closed track. It’s easy enough to watch racing on television, but some prefer living the excitement. At the Sweetwater Speedway in Rock Springs, people from throughout Wyoming, as well as Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada, converge for a weekend of speed each month throughout the summer.

For Kara Beech, the head of the Sweetwater Dirt Racing Alliance, it is excitement that had a real chance of...