Matty Sanborn of Hermon, his 7-year-old daughter, Lydia, and dog, Grizz, wait Tuesday for Sanborn’s wife, Kayla, to return to their campsite at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford. The couple wed at the campsite at last year’s Oxford 250 weekend. They will celebrate their anniversary Saturday, the day before the 49th Oxford 250. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Ryan Dunton of Dixmont cooks bacon and eggs Tuesday morning at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford. Dunton set up camp Sunday morning to be ready for this weekend’s Oxford 250. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Cody Macomber of Naples trims patches of grass Tuesday at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford. The sophomore at Lake Region High School in Naples is helping get the racetrack ready for the Oxford 250 this weekend. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Jeff Libby of Auburn and his 5-year-old daughter, Karmann, eat breakfast Tuesday at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford. Libby set up camp Saturday to be sure he had a good spot for this weekend’s Oxford 250. “My parents started camping here back in the ’70s, and I kind of just took over,” he said. “The Oxford 250 has always been one of our big family traditions. I’m just passing it down to the next generation.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Hannah Pierce checks her concessions’ inventory Tuesday at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford. The manager of the concessions on the grandstands side of the racetrack said getting ready for the Oxford 250 weekend started two months ago. To be sure she does not run out of soda, beer and food for Sunday’s race, Pierce will have ordered seven times what she did for her second busiest race of the season. “I am still placing orders. I’m trying to make sense of it all,” she said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal