As morning progresses, excitement builds as the sign-ups end at 9 am. Laughs peel out from the spectators around the lot and from the stadium as the contestants present their belt-sanders to the audience to be judged for the Best Dressed category. A plaque for 1st Prize is given out along with prizes to those in 2nd and 3rd place. As the decorated sanders and their tailors clear the track, engines roar to life and the crowd begins to fidget in anticipation. Television and radio announcers make their announcements throughout the state and beyond for those at home.
Hands slam down on the start buttons and engines whine as the race is off .
Racing neck and neck with the crowds cheering on their favorite, the two belt-sanders catapult down the track to the finish line where it looks to be a photo finish. Race after race with a Double Elimination ruling, contestants compete for their share of the prize money. In the Stock Division the first twelve places are rewarded with cash prizes or trophies and plaques. Now it begins, the International Belt-Sander Drag Racing Championship Finals will have a new winner within the next 60 minutes or so. Whether it is a returning champion or a new unknown, the outcome is never decided until the last belt-sander zooms across that lighted finish line with cameras popping for the photo finish.