By Ken Keating
Steve Copp Construction again sponsored another Wednesday Night Fever event at Western Speedway with five Trophy Dashes, twelve Heat races, a "B" Main, and two Feature events. Garrett Smith and Rocky Sandhu won the Expert Trophy Dashes, Cole Schuurman and Jay Young won the Rookie Dashes, while Helen Thorne won the Bumblebee Trophy Dash. Heat race wins went to Helen Thorne, Kyle Fournier, Jay Young, Brenda Leslie, Derrick Street, and Cole Schuurman in the Rookie Series. Mike Halls, Garrett Smith, Blair Davis, John Lerik, Ryan Smith with two won the Expert Heat races.
Joan Cote and Nathan Fournier led a field of eleven cars to the green flag for twenty laps of racing in the "B" Main. Nathan and Devin Fournier traded the lead back and forth for the first three laps and then gave it up to Bruce Duffis on lap four followed quickly by Kyle Fournier and Taylor Orr. On lap fifteen Meghan McCollum moved into the fourth spot when Darci Dennis dropped to fifth. When the chequered flag dropped, Duffis was the winner followed by Kyle Fournier, Orr, McCollum, and Dennis. These five drivers transferred to the Feature event for the Rookie Division. 
Derrick Street had the pole for the start of the Rookie Feature with Helen Thorne on the outside. Thorne took over the lead on lap three with Jay Young moving to the second spot while Kevin Dawson took third one lap later. Over the next several laps these three drivers waged a great battle and then on lap nine Glenn Rand got in the mix as did Brenda Leslie on lap eleven joining this group in wheel to wheel racing. On lap fifteen, Dawson went to go inside for the lead and got too much of Thorne's car spinning her around and that allowed Glenn Rand to get by for the lead while Dawson got a black flag. Brenda Leslie, also in this bunch, wound up running in second with Jay Young now in third. At the chequered flag it was Rand coming home with the win followed by Leslie, Young, Kevin Smith, and Kyle Fournier rounding out the top five positions. Her second place finish, in this race, secured the top Bumblebee honors for Brenda Leslie.
Mike Halls and Rocky Sandhu lined up side by side to start the Feature event for the Expert Division with Halls taking the early advantage and leading the first three laps. On lap four Daryl Cahill, after driving through a hole in the middle, grabbed the lead as Cam Stanfield took the same line to take the second spot dropping Halls back to third. On lap eight both Garrett and Ryan Smith made their way through the field to run third and fourth respectively.
Over the next several laps, Cahill and Stanfield built a decent lead over the Smiths until lapped traffic came into play on lap fourteen. As the leaders were trying to pick their way around the two Smiths closed right up on the front runners and actually made a bid to take positions away from the leaders making for some interesting racing. Cahill was able to get through and maintain the lead and went on from there to take his third Feature event in a row. Stanfield also made it through and took second followed by Garrett and Ryan Smith with Karl Parker rounding out the top five positions. Betty Kate was on hand to present all winners with their respective Trophies on this night.
The next Hornet race is scheduled for August 10th while the next regular race is scheduled for August 6th that will feature the Late Model Series, Stock Cars, the I.M.S. 4 Mini Stocks, and the Old Time Racing Association as they invade the Langford Oval and sponsored by O'Dell Slinger.
The next Hornet race is scheduled for August 10th while the next regular race is scheduled for August 6th that will feature the Late Model Series, Stock Cars, the I.M.S. 4 Mini Stocks, and the Old Time Racing Association as they invade the Langford Oval and sponsored by O'Dell Slinger.