First Race is in the Books.

It wasn't the best Opening Night ever, but at least we got most of it in. This has to be one of the worst springs I can remember over the last few years. It reminds me of the 2010 season where we had rain or partial rain outs for the first 4 races. Mother Nature seems to be out of sorts this year as we have struggled to put races on, whether they be stock car, drifting or drags. Environment Canada started out with a hot dry summer, changed to a cool, wet summer, and know is back to a cool and wet early summer and a hot and dry forecast for July and August. Lets hope that happens. It certainly is frustrating for all of us and we try and do what we love to do. Race.

The weather was not the best for Wednesday Night, but at least one that allowed us to get the night in. First off, I would like to apologize to our Legends racers who were not able to get their feature race in due to our noise bylaw which states we must stop all racing activities at 11:00 pm. We had some issues which seemed to slow the night down significantly, our intermission went on far too long, and as a result we could not complete the Legends feature. Those issues have been addressed and will not happen again this year. They should not have happened in the first place, and for that I apologize to our racers and fans.

The bright side was that we had some great race battles all night long in a number of classes. We had some light car counts in Thunder and Four for Fun, but we expect those numbers to increase next week. The Vintage Modifieds were back and showed why they are a fan favorite. The Mods put on a great show and we look forward to having them back another 4 times this year.

The Late Models ran tight all night long, with Ken Baird taking the first Heat, Sean Kennedy taking the second heat and Steve Munro taking the feature win. Currently we have a three place tie for first place. Lets hope that we see this all season long. I love a tight points race, and if things play out like this all season we will see some great racing action, each and every night.

The Thunder class saw Todd Musker take the 1st heat, and the 2nd heat in his new Thunder Car, but Greg Ogilvie took home the checkered. Watch for new driver Neil Leblond to make things interesting all season long as he was in the mix all night long in his first race with us.

Legends saw Kevin Foisy start where he left off taking both heats, and unfortunately we did not get bthe Legends Feature in. That feature will be rescheduled for June 19th.

Mini Stock saw some great racing as these cars with their horsepower to weight ratio's, kept things tight all night long. The highlight of the night was when Kyle Baker lost his front tire going into corner number 1. Kyle worked hard on it and made it back for the feature race. Way to go Kyle.
Casey Cavanagh took home the first heat, Nolan Gould took home the 2nd heat with Daryll Gow taking home his first feature win.

Four For Fun saw a reduced field for opening night. Andrew Thompson took home heat # 1, Brandon Scott took home the 2nd heat and his first feature win ever.

Vintage Modifieds saw Josh Powers take home heat #1, Pete Stamper took home the 2nd heat and the feature win. Highlight had to be Pete coming out of the corners on three wheels.

The First Kart Race of the season had a good number of first time drivers at CCS. The # 67 WildKart of Paul Brignel put many years of motorcycle racing to the test in the opening race with only one small spin slowing his learning curve. Rahul Kochar at the wheel of the # 7 Phoenix Homes WildKart battled with Paul most of the night. Also in his first appearance was # 33 Carter Fisher with dad Ken wrenching, these guys are no strangers to CCS. Carter was quick all night and except for a collision in the chicane with the # 88 WildKart of Frank Dinardo chased down the big cams of Bill Hawes…Good to see Sean # 55 and Jeff # 3 of Crawford’s Shop in Perth out to the races. Crawford’s has motorized fun of all kinds, remember to support the people supporting CCS.

If Wednesday was any indication of the racing action to come all season long, we are in for an exciting season. Make sure you are there next Wednesday Night for our 2nd attempt at our first 100 lap enduro.

See you at the races.