Demo Cars, Demo Trucks, Bombers, and Mini Figure 8's made up the racing program at Western Speedway this evening plus a trailer race with the event sponsored by Galaxy Motors. Chris Stone won the Bomber Trophy Dash, Richard Milne was the winner in the Demo Truck Dash, Troy Tarbuck won the Demo Car Trophy Dash, and Marie Haywood picked up the win in the Figure 8 Series. Milne made three wide racing with Kevin Knight and George Haywood going through turn one in this Dash. This is rare for the Demo Truck Series.
Kail Beck was the winner of the Figure 8 Heat race, Richard Milne picked up another win in the Demo Truck Series Heat race, Greg Sagmoen was the winner in the Demo Car Series Heat, while Chris Broughton and Mark Lockhart were victorious in the Bomber Heat races. The Demo Truck Heat proved costly as Shawn Hansen plowed into the wall on turn three and his night was finished on lap four. Points leader, Kevin Knight also suffered lots of damage along with Paul Scotthorne as these trucks could not come out for Feature event racing.
Between the Heats and the Feature events, Smokin Joe Liberatore again spearheaded the annual head shave for the Cops For Cancer Tour and help shave Bill Munro and Heath Cooper before he, himself took part in having his head shaved. All in all, they presented a cheque for $13,500.00 to members of the RCMP and Saanich Police as they get set for their fund raising bicycle tour from the North Island to Victoria.
Kail Beck and Kyle Rizok shared the front row for the start of the Figure 8 Feature event with Rizok getting the lead for the first lap and then lost to Beck for the next three. On lap five, Rizok went back to the lead and held that for two laps when Beck regained that position. Andrew Buchanan moved into the second position with Rory Smith moving into contention two laps later. On lap fourteen, Smith moved into the second position while Rizok, Cam Wilkinson, and Marie Haywood battled behind him. On the last lap, Dan Baluch and Wilkinson collided hard at the crossover while Beck took the chequered flag. Smith and Haywood rounded out the top three positions. Beck said: I really wanted to win this race and winnings will be donated to the Cops For Cancer Tour."
Chris Pollard and Craig Holfeld had the front row for the start of the Demo Car Feature event with Holfeld grabbing the lead very early. On lap five, Marc Parkinson moved into the second position with Bryce Muir taking third. On lap ten, Parkinson took over the lead, a position he would hold for the chequered flag. He was followed by Holfeld and Muir rounding out the top three positions.
Doug Richens had the pole for the start of the Demo Truck Feature event with only four trucks able to make the call. Kenny Baker, George Haywood, and a very fast Richard Milne made the field with Milne looking for a clean sweep. He did not make up too much ground until the final corner when he was able to catch and push Richens around and took the lead and the win. Haywood hung on for second while Richens made the third position.
Eighteen cars lined up for the start of the Bomber Feature with Bill Lushaw and Andy Riddoch on the front row. Just as the Feature was about to begin, rain began to fall and would have an impact on this race. Riddoch got out to the early lead followed by Mark Lockhart and Teresa Johnson. On lap seven, the yellow flag came out as Brian Wakelin lost a wheel and went off the track in a hail of sparks on turn one. On the restart, Chris Broughton got control and went into the lead while Riddoch and Jamie Morgan traded the second position back and forth with Lockhart and Brandon Steen in a tight group as well. On lap twelve, the yellow came out again as Lockhart and Heath Cooper got together sending Lockhart to the pits. Cooper had damage on his car but could continue. On the restart, Broughton got the lead again but now had Steen and Jarrod Sagmoen, driving the #18 car, on his tail. On lap fifteen, Steen dove to the inside of Broughton and made a clean pass for the lead. With the rain still falling, officials dropped the laps to seventeen as Steen drove to the victory followed by Broughton, Sagmoen, Giles Cyr, and Andrew Wilson rounding out the top five positions. Championship night, for these drivers, will be on October 1st to close out the 2011 season.
Six vehicles took to the track each pulling a trailer of one kind or another in an action packed trailer race. It was difficult, at times, to say whether the drivers or the trailers had control as they seemed to want to pass one another going through the corners. After a few hits, some of the trailers had very little left on the frames as fibreglass was scattered around the Langford oval. In the end, Doug Richens came asway with the win although on the last lap he completely lost his whole trailer except for the frame. All of the night's winners were presented with trophies from Kyra Sheard and Rockell Kroppmans on this night.
The next race is schedule for September 24th which is Championship Night for the Stock Cars and Mini Stocks with the OTRA Series also on the program sponsored by O'Dell Slinger. Everyone will be trying to stop the red hot Flyin Ryan Wade as he or his car have won every Feature this season except for the first appearance way back in April. Another hot hand is Alex Mouner in the Mini Stock class winning a pack of Feature races himself. Can they keep the hot hand?? One more chance to find out as they close out 2011.