Stittsville, ON – Wednesday, August 27, 2014 – Kirk Mulligan
– Finally, after the past two weeks being postponed due to rain, Mother Nature
cooperated and Wednesday night racing at Capital City Speedway (CCS) could
continue. The night was sponsored by Strongco
and Ontario Rental Service (ORS). The night
consisted of racing from the regular classes of Late Model, Legends, Thunder,
Mini Stock, 4 for Fun (4FF) and two special features. The special feature events were a final visit
from the Dinardo’s Karts class as well as a 100 lap enduro. Added excitement for the fans before the
races was found out in the parking lot.
Wicked Garage Car Show Series was having a show and shine. Fans were fascinated with the custom details
of the many antique cars. In other news,
a couple of new drivers made appearances for this week’s event. Former CCS late model regular, Ken Baird (car
#2), was back after a horrific crash about a month ago. Also in attendance was Thunder Stock regular,
Mike Hennick (car #71). Fans also
witnessed the new ride of another Thunder Stock regular, the new black Autovation.ca
machine of Casey Cavanagh (car #49). I would
like to finally thank all of our drivers for an exciting and magnificent end to
the racing season!
Before we move on to the racing, I want to take this
opportunity to thank those whom supported the track and donated prizes for the
fans. Firstly, I want to thank Paul
Lalonde for donating 4 karting passes for the Le Circuit Quyon. The 4 passes were raffled off throughout the
evening. CCS would also like to thank Hunter
McCaig of Rideau Auctions for donating another kid’s bike to be raffled off at
intermission. Congratulations to Owen
McDougall for winning the bike! Lastly, a
special thanks again this week goes out to the director of www.PoconoBusTrip.com, Scott McIssac,
for setting up a grand prize raffle scheme and donating 2 grand prize tickets
to the 2015 Nascar race at Pocono International Raceway. On this night, Scott drew 5 raffle finalist
tickets. Congratulations to newest set
of finalists: Chris Brunje, Steph Morrow, Nicole DeRidder, Kyle Speck and Geoff
Simpson. Scott informed me that there
will be another 4 finalist draws before the grand prize draw. The finalist draws will be during CCS’s
Summer Slam event at 3:30pm, 4pm, 4:30pm and 5pm. The grand prize draw for the Nascar Pocono tickets
will then be at 6pm. Finally, in the
words of Scott McIssac: “So come early to CCS Summer Slam and don’t miss out!”
This weeks racing event began with a make-up Enstone Construction
15 lap Legend feature. The race
consisted of the same 10 cars as two weeks ago.
Matt Haufe (car #7) and Bob Broad (car #18) made up the front row. After the green flag dropped, Haufe put the
pedal to the metal and took the early lead.
However, by lap 3, points leader Kevin Foisy (car #57) had squeezed by the
inside of Haufe in turn 3. Foisy took
the lead and left Haufe to battle it out for second position with the hard
charging Brian Saunders (car #15).
Saunders worked hard and eventually passed Haufe in lap 7 on the inside
of turn 3. Saunders would continue his
charge towards the front. Unfortunately,
Saunders ran out of laps and could not catch his teammate Foisy. Foisy went on to win for his 6th feature win of
the season.
After 2 sets of accident free heat races, it was time for the
SFL Metal Works 10 lap 4FF feature race.
Peter Love (car #2) and Joann Blais (car #81) made up the pole positions. Love started in the pole position during last
weeks feature as well. This time Love
was looking for a different fate. After
the green flag dropped, Love took the lead.
Behind Love, Andrew Thompson (car #5) and Sara Sproule (car #99) battled
for second spot. Sproule worked the
inside corned of turn 2 in lap 6 to pass Thompson. Sproule was racing hard to catch the leader,
Love. Love maintained his lead by holding
off two late race challenges from Sproule.
As a result, Love was successful and went on to win the feature!
The Autovation Thunder Stock 15 lap feature race was up
next. Keith Riddell (car #59) and Chris
Lloyd (car #41) were the font runners in this race. Riddell took the lead in the early going and
was looking really strong for most of the race.
However, Jessica Pasinetti (car #56) and Neil Leblond (car #88) were on
the prowl. By lap 6, the two experienced
drivers, Pasinetti and Leblond, had moved into second and third spots. Pasinetti and Leblond were battling hard behind
Riddell. In fact, Pasinetti and Leblond
were driving side by side for laps 8 through 10. All of sudden, on the outside of turns 3 and
4 in lap 11, Leblond had made his car stick as he passed by both Pasinetti and
Riddell. Leblond was living the dream
again as he went on the win the feature event.
The Drummond’s Gas 25 lap Late Model feature was the next
exciting feature. This race got off to
an unfortunate start. In fact, there was so much carnage that the race had to
be cut down to a 15 lap feature due to time constraints. The race began with the Sparks Street Racing team
heading up the front row. Both Paul
Dejong (car #88) and Gilles Seguin (car #86) were in the pole positions. After the race began, I am not sure what
happened but the cars got bunched up in turn 2 of the first lap. Both Steve Munro (car #00) and Chris Ferguson
(car #08) had to exit the race because of this collision. Both cars eventually returned. On the restart, the race experienced another
slow down. This time Tim Kirby (car #10)
had spun in turn 1. The field of cars were
reset and race was started again.
However, before we could finish a lap in this race, Sean “Bulldog”
Kennedy barreled his way into turn 3.
Coming out of turn 4, Kennedy got tripped up and spun out on the front
stretch infield. Kennedy began to slide
and just missed sliding into the center of a deep puddle of water found in the
infield. Kennedy managed to get the car
restarted and drove out of the wet infield back onto the track. Unfortunately, Kennedy was now dragging what
looked to be the exhaust on the ground.
Sparks were flying! The fourth
restart saw another collision between Ferguson and Seguin. Finally, after a fifth restart, the race
completed a lap. Points leader Justin
Holtom (car #17) took the early lead.
Holtom was followed by Kirby and Ken Baird (car #2). Kirby and Baird battled for second spot
during lap 5, 6 and 7. During lap 8,
Baird finally managed to pass Kirby. But,
the question that remained was whether Baird had enough laps and speed to catch
Holtom. Baird was quick on this night as
he in fact caught up to Holtom. With two
laps to go Baird was right behind the leader.
Baird then decided to pull the old bump and run move. Coming through turns 3 and 4 of lap 13, Baird
lightly tapped Holtom’s rear bumper. Baird’s
tap was just enough to allow Holtom to get slightly loose. Holtom veered slightly to the outside as he
tried to regain total control of his machine.
That slight bit of space allowed Baird to stick the nose of his car down
to the inside of the corner. Baird
pulled the front of his car right up beside Holtom’s door as they exited turn
4. This reminds me of one of my
favourite lines from one of the best racing movies of all time where the
character Harry Hogg exclaimed: “Rubbing son is racing!” Baird now had the inside advantage and went
on to pass Holtom in the final lap.
Baird took home the victory for his first feature win of the year.
After all the excitement from the Late Model feature, it was
time for the Stittsville Trailers 15 lap Mini Stock feature race to take center
stage. Mark Morrow (car #16) and Derek
Demont (car #7) paced the field. Morrow took
the lead in the early going. The lead
was short lived, as in lap 3, Cory Wilson (car #33) took over the lead, but
even Wilson’s lead was short lived as well.
The man on the move was Nolan Gould (car #28). Gould had raced his way from seventh to first
by lap 5. Gould was running on all
cylinders as he easily cruised to victory.
The Dinardo’s Kart Series was up next on the card with a 10
lap feature event. The feature race
included a total of 14 karts. Unfortunately,
due to the large amount of karts and the difficulty of reading the small
illegible numbers on the karts, I don’t have a lot of information to
report. However, with that said, I can
tell you that I think the winner of this feature event was Carter Fisher (kart #833).
The next race was the second Enstone Construction 15 lap
Legends feature. Brad Haufe (car #7) and
Brian Saunders (car #15) made up the front row.
Saunders was eager to win after finishing second earlier in the
evening. Saunders took the lead after
the green flag dropped. Steve Yendall
(car #1) and points leader Kevin Foisy (car #57) followed. Foisy was making up ground as he moved into
second spot in lap 4. Foisy was all over
Saunders rear bumper by the final lap.
Saunders managed to hold off all challenges from Foisy. Saunders then went on to win the feature.
Finally, the night was ended with a 100 lap Enduro. There were a total of 27 entries in the
race. After all 100 laps were in the
books, the race winners were Scott Cuthbertson (car #2) and Jessie Duguay (car
#217) in the 8 and 4 cylinder classes, respectively.
Up next, Saturday, September 12, 2014, is CCS Summer Slam. The race day will feature Twin 25’s Late
Model races, a Legend National Qualifier race, Mini Stock, Thunder and
4-For-Fun divisions. Also in town are special
feature races for the Sportsman and Vintage Modifieds, an appearance from the
Quebec Vintage Stock Car Series, a 100 lap enduro as well as a Demolition Derby. The races will start at 3:00 pm sharp! Regular general admission is $30 for adults,
$25 for seniors, $15 for teens (13-16) and as always children 12 & under
are free.
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