Marks eighth in racing debut

Rick Marks earned an eighth-place finish in his auto racing debut.

Marks raced in the Cruiser division at the Perris Auto Speedway March 10. The Cruisers are a two-driver class in which one driver controls the steering wheel and the other driver has the gas pedal, and Marks operated the gas pedal while Scott Urquhart steered.

“It was fun and exciting,” Marks said of his racing debut. “It’s a thrill.”

Marks has lived in Fallbrook for 20 years. He met Kevin Martin, who now drives a Cruiser, at church, and he joined Martin’s crew for 2007. “I understood he was into racing and just wound up helpin...