Saratoga Speedway

By Terry Guest 
Photos Fernando Pereira

#11 Duane Zeinstra dominated a very competitive 25 lap feature race for the Old Timers on Saturday. Saturday marked the last appearance of the Old Timer and the Dwarf cars on the 2011 season.

Zeinstra won 3 out of 5 races on Saturday, but he did not set fast time in qualifying on Saturday. #1 James Campbell set fats time in qualifying with a time of 16.555. #12 Ron Simpson won the B dash, with the A dash win going to Zeinstra. Zeinstra carried his winning ways into the heat, coming from the very back to take the win. #22 Larry Joyce managed to hold off Zeinstra and Campbell to take the reverse heat win. Zeinstra found himself in 1^st place on lap 5 of the 25 lap main event and never looked back from there, holding off Campbell who finished 2^nd to take the win. #09 Joe Dardengo rounded out the top 3.

#11 Mike Meeres finished his Saratoga Season off strong, also winning 3 out of 5 races on the night. Meeres also set fast time on the night, setting a time of 15.668. #55 Don Banansky won the B dash, with the A dash win going to Meeres. #24 Dave Emmerson dominated to win the heat. Meeres had a poor finish in the first heat, which gave him great positioning to start the reverse heat and he used that to his advantage, leading all 10 laps of the heat. #4 Sean Sanger held the lead in the 25 lap feature for the first 14 laps but soon Meeres was on his bumper and took the lead away on lap 15 and never looked back from there.

#8 Brad Kotscherofski won his first ever Bomber main event on Saturday. #99 Gilles Cyr set fast time in qualifying, setting a time of 17.727. #72 Travis Stevenson won the B dash, and #24 Charlie Ackerman won the A. Ackerman found himself in the lead on lap 3 of the 12 lap heat and never looked back from there. #99 Gilles Cyr led the 30 lap feature from lap 9 until lap 25. On lap 25, Cyr had to withdrawal from the race after blowing out his back end. #8 Brad Kotscherofski inherited the lead and never looked back, winning his first ever main event. #72 Travis Stevenson finished 2^nd, with 3^rd going to #11 Justin Beaulieu.

The I.M.C.A Modifieds made their 2^nd to last appearance on Saturday. #44 Tim Openshaw set fast time in qualifying with a time of 15.566. #53 Kevin Noble won the only dash on the night. #8 Brad Purdy held off the field to win the only heat on the night. Several cautions shortened the Modified main event to 19 laps. Purdy held the lead for the first 11 laps, with the lead going to Openshaw on lap 14. After a huge oil leak on lap 19, and 20 plus minutes of racing, the race was called and the win was given to Openshaw. #32 Dano Bryant finished 2^nd, with 3^rd going to Noble.

Extra Laps... This Weekend marks our Canadian-American demolition derby. This 2 night even features a great demolition race on Saturday and than a full demolition derby on Sunday. The Canadian team is our defending champions so the American team will be looking for redemption on Saturday and Sunday. The Crash to pass cars, Hornet Cars, Roadrunners and the Figure 8’s will fill out the schedule for this weekend. Make sure to check out these great racing nights.