Clear
skies overcast a great night of racing at Saratoga Speedway on Saturday
sponsored by Interfor. The I.M.C.A Modifieds, Dwarfs cars, Bomber cars and the
Motorcycles put on 4 great main events on Saturday.
The
Motorcycle division was dominated by #68 Bruce Moran. Bruce set fast time in
qualifying with a time of 22.643. Bruce carried over his winning ways into the 2012
season, winning 3 out of 4 races on the night. #5 Ben Duperron was
the only other winner in the Motorcycle division, winning the first of 2 heats.
The 10 lap main saw Bruce start on the backstretch, half a lap down from the
rest of the field. Duperron held the lead until the final lap, but Moran passed
Duperron on the final corner, taking the win in the first main event of the
season for the Motorcycles.
The
I.M.C.A brought out 6 cars on Saturday, with many more to come in upcoming
nights. #00 Bart Smith, who was driving a Modified for the first time in 10
plus years, set fast time in qualifying with a time of 15.335. The only dash
was won by #92 Dano Bryant. Smith dominated from this point on, winning both of
the heats, starting in the back of the pack for both races. Bryant held the
lead for the first 12 laps of the 30 lap main event, but Smith finally got
around him in turn 1 and dominated from that point on. Bryant and #44 Tim
Openshaw had a heated battle for 2nd and 3rd, but in the end Bryant managed to
hold off Openshaw to take 2nd, with 3rd going to Openshaw.
The Dwarf
car division had an amazing 30 lap main event, with 3 cars battling for 1st for
12 laps. Fast time in qualifying went to #11 Mike Meeres with a time of 15.823.
The B dash went to #54 John McNabb, with the A going to #34 Ike Armitage. The
first heat was won by Meeres, with the invert heat going to Armitage. The 30
lap main event saw #34 Ike Armitage take the early lead and stretch his lead to
half a lap. Armitage was involved in a caution on lap 18, putting him to the
back of the pack and giving the lead to #8 Mike Schott. After Schott and Meeres
battled for 5 laps, Armitage finally caught up making it a 3 car battle for
1st. A lap car on lap 28 made it 4 wide on the backstretch, with Meeres getting
the advantage from the lap car taking over the lead from Schott, sending Schott
into 3rd with Armitage taking over 2nd and that's how the main would
end, with the win going to #11 Mike Meeres who after the race said "this
was probably one of the
best races I have ever raced in".
The
Bomber cars also had a great 35 lap main event. Fast time in qualifying went to
#98 Bobby Cyr with a time of 17.944. The B dash was won by #5 Darren Larson,
with the A dash going to #24 Charlie Ackerman. The first heat went to Ackerman
with the invert heat going to last years champion #11 Justin Beaulieu. The 35
lap main saw Ackerman and #72 Stewart Lee pull away from the pack very early
and spread there lead up to over half a lap. #29 Gilles Cyr was battling his
way into 3rd when he got a huge break, with a caution flag coming out on lap
20, putting him on the bumper of 2nd place Lee. The restart saw Lee pass
Ackerman going into turn 2 and taking over the lead. Ackerman had some
mechanical issues, spinning out on lap 25, taking himself out of the race. Lee
and Cyr battled from there, but Cyr couldn't find a way around Lee with the
eventual win going to #72 Stewart Lee. Cyr took 2nd with 3rd going to #9
Darrel Larson.
Extra
laps... Next weekend is our first showing of the Monster Trucks. Rockstar and
California kid will by our 2 car crushing Monster trucks who will be ripping it
up over the weekend. Rockstar has a 2004 Custom Chevrolet Colorado Crew Cab
body and is driven by Bill Payne. California Kid has a 1934 Ford Sedan body and
is Driven by BJ Johnson. If you would like to find out more information of
these 2 trucks, feel free to visit straightupracing.com. These
2 Monster trucks will be accompanied by the
Crash to Pass cars, which we are expecting 15 or more cars over the weekend.
The Figure 8 cars have also been added onto the schedule, with the Hornet
cars and the Roadrunners rounding out the racing card for the weekend. Make
sure to mark your calenders for this amazing Monster Truck weekend.