Foisy, Gould, Munro, Aikens, Pasinetti and MacDonald Make Fan Appreciation a Night to Remember!

Stittsville, ON – Wednesday, July 9, 2014 – Kirk Mulligan – A busy Wednesday evening was upon us as Capital City Speedway’s (CCS) Sports Systems Canada, Mould Family Memorial race night presented 6 feature races and a fan appreciation event.  The features included the five weekly classes of Late Model, Legend, Mini Stock, Thunder and 4-For-Fun (4FF) as well as an extra Sportsman Modified feature.  Furthermore, the fans in attendance were treated to a night of record car counts in all divisions.  However, before I get into the action I want to make special mention and thanks to Mike Atwell of the Atwell 4FF (car #72) racing team.  Mike personally donated 2 sets of tickets to raffle off to 4 lucky fans during the fan appreciation event.  The tickets were for admission to one of the biggest events of season, CCS Monster Madness happening July 26^th and 27^th!   Congratulations to lucky fans Steve Roy and the birthday boy Jarett Reis for winning the tickets!  I also want to make special mention and thanks to Legend driver Steve Yendall (car #1) and Hunter McCaig of Rideau Auctions for donating a brand new kids bicycle to be raffled off after the Legend feature.  Congratulations to 2 year old Austin West for winning the bicycle!  Lastly, I want to thank all the drivers who participated in the fan appreciation event during intermission.  The CCS staff and fans appreciated every second of the experience from the candy, autographs, and collector cards to the words of racing wisdom.  It was a fantastic event!  There definitely was an enormous amount of prizes for the fans but, the best prize of all was the racing!  Drivers and crews worked meticulously on their cars throughout the heats.  In fact, the heats did not see any repeat winners.

Immediately after fan appreciation was the Legend 20 lap feature.   The race began with Brad Haufe (car #17) starting in the pole position.  Points leader Kevin Foisy (car #57) started near the back in 5^th position followed by his team mate Brian Saunders (car #15) in 6^th position.  Saunders was looking for an upset win as he upset the points leader with a victory in the 2^nd heat.  Unofficially, I think he is the only one to have done this feat all year!  However, Foisy would have none of it, as he took the lead in the early going on lap 4.  Saunders followed Foisy’s lead and took 2^nd place by lap 5.  Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough as Foisy cruised to another victory.

Rookie Derek Demont (car #7) was looking to make a splash in the 15 lap Mini Stock feature as he started from the pole position.  But, with Sports Systems Canada being the nights sponsor, Nolan Gould (car #28) and his Sports Systems Canada Mini Stock machine were looking to shine.  In fact, by lap 2 Gould had moved from 6^th position to the lead!  Unfortunately for Gould, points leader Jason Moss (car #12) was looking to play spoiler.  After restarts on laps 3, 4 and 8, Gould stayed up front as Moss played peek-a-boo in his rear view mirror.  With the white flag ready to drop Moss took the lead out of turn 4.  Moss then ran into lap traffic on the back straight and the veteran Gould managed to regain the lead.  Gould went on to win his sponsors event.

Next up, was the Drummond’s Gas 20 lap Late Model feature.  Tim Kirby (car #10) and Sean Kennedy (car #14) made up the front row.  After the green flag dropped, Kirby jumped out to an early lead.  But, from out of nowhere Steve Munro (car #00) took second place behind Kirby.  Munro was all over Kirby’s rear bumper just waiting for Kirby to make a vital mistake.  On lap 14, Kirby got slightly loose on the back stretch.  But, that was enough for the veteran Munro to sneak through and take over the lead.  In fact, points leader Justin Holtom (car #17) sitting in 3^rd place quickly followed Munro to take over 2^nd place sending Kirby to 3^rd spot.  Holtom did everything he possibly could to catch Munro. However, it was not enough as Munro went on to take home his 3^rd feature win of the season!

The 15 lap Sportsman feature started off with a bang!  Doug Buzzell (car #80EH) and Jeff Crawford (car #31) connected in turn 3 and that resulted in a complete restart.  Dana Aikens (car #8A) started in the pole position.  Unfortunately for everyone else that is where he stayed for the remainder of the race.  Cars in positions 2 through 6 were bumping and grinding throughout the entire race.  But, as I said earlier, the night belonged to Aikens.

Another first occurred in the 15 lap Thunder car feature.  Chris MacDonald (car #03) started in the pole position next to Jessica Pasinetti (car #56).  Pasinetti was driving a new car tonight.  As a matter of fact, it was rumored that the Pasinetti team thought they had the wrong gear set up.  Whatever the gear, her car was hooked up as she took the lead by lap 2.  Pasinetti then fended off challenges from both points leaders Neil Leblond (car #88) and Casey Cavanagh (car #49).  Pasinetti then cruised to her first ever feature win!  Congratulations Jessica!

The last race of the night was a barn burner.  There was a total of 10 4FF set to go in a 10 lap feature race.  In addition, the race included an out of town driver Rob Fountain (car #29).  Fountain hauled his car all the way from Edmonton, Alberta.  I think that is at least a 60 hour drive!  Fountain was determined to race at CCS as he had avoided a near encounter with a moose the night before in Thunder Bay, Ontario.  Our hats are off to you Rob Fountain for coming and trying out our track!  Fountain started in the 8^th position and finished in 6^th.  This race was full of excitement.  But, the man on the move was Brian “Pops” MacDonald (car #80) as he moved from 4^th place to the lead.  MacDonald looked strong and swept up a sweet victory.

This week, Wednesday evening, July 16, 2014, is the G. W. Memorial Night.  The race night will feature Late Models, Legends, Mini Stock, Thunder and 4-For-Fun divisions.  Also in town is the special feature Vintage Modified division.  There will also be a Hall of Fame induction ceremony during intermission.  The races will start at 7:15 pm sharp!  Regular general admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors, $10 for teens (13-16) and as always children 12 & under are free.