By Terry Guest
Two track records were set on a night featured by 6 great classes at Saratoga Speedway. The Bomber cars, Hornet cars, Island Mini Stocks, Dwarf cars, I.M.C.A. Modifieds and Motorcycles were all on the card on Saturday.
The night started off strong in all classes. #99 Gilles Cyr set a new track record in the Bomber car class, setting a new track record of 17.479, beating the old one of 17.482. #96 Alex Mouner also set a new track record in the Island Mini Stocks division, setting a new time of 17.048, beating the old one of 17.410. All classes ran dashes on Saturday; #11 Mike Dionne was the bomber dash, #18 Matt Szauer won the Mini Stock dash, #24 Dave Emmerson won the Dwarf dash, #09 Cameron Phillips won the B Hornet dash, #01 Kevin Lawrenuk won the A Hornet dash, #13 Joe Kirlay won the Motorcycle dash, and finally #44 Tim Openshaw won the Modified dash. All classes also ran 2 heat races; #24 Charlie Ackerman won the Bomber heat, with the reverse heat win going to #99 Gilles Cyr. #18 Matt Szauer won the Mini Stock heat, with the reverse heat win to #77 Jeremy Waksel. #09 Cameron Phillips won the Hornet B heat, and the A heat win went to #99 Chris Perkins. #24 Dave Emmerson won the Dwarf heat, with the reverse heat going to #89 Jim Meeres. #68 Bruce Moran dominated the rest of the night in the Motorcycle division, winning both heats and leading all but 4 laps in the main to take the win. #48 Rob Ryan won the Modified heat, with the reverse heat going to Openshaw.
The 20 lap feature for the Bomber cars saw #24 Charlie Ackerman take over the lead on lap 3 and he never looked back from there. #11 Mike Dionne finished 2nd, with 3rd going to #46 Jeff Monks, which marked his best finish of the year. #7 Justin Woodkse held the lead in the Mini stock main for the first 7 laps until #96 Alex Mouner passed him in turn 2 to take the lead and he never looked back from there, winning the only Mini Stock main of the season. Woodske finished 2nd, with 3rd going to Waksel. All 22 Hornet cars raced in one 35 lap feature on Saturday. #02 Daryl Cahill led the first 28 laps and looked to have it all wrapped up, but #07 Brandon Phillips caught up to him on the backstretch and made the pass, taking the lead and the eventual win, winning his first main event of the season. #08 Daryn Cahill finished 2nd, with 3rd going to Daryl Cahill. #24 Dave Emmerson carried his winning ways into the 20 lap Dwarf main, managing to lead all but 3 laps to take the win. #4 Sean Sanger finished 2nd, with 3rd going to #89 Jim Meeres. #48 Rob Ryan led the first 18 laps of the Modified main event, with the lead eventually going to #44 Tim Openshaw who passed Ryan in turn 1. Openshaw would eventually win the main event, but he did not report to tech after the race, and by Speedway rules, that results in a Disqualification. #98 Pat Brown would than be the winner, giving Ryan 2nd.
Next weekend marks our 3rd annual bikini contest. To win the contest, you will receive $1,000, 2nd will receive $500, and 3rd will receive $250. Next weekend is also our last Crash to Pass boat race of the year. The Hornet cars and Roadrunner will also be on the cars next weekend. Make sure to check out these great weekend.