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#02 Daryl Cahill dominated the 35 lap feature for the Hornet Cars on
Saturday, leading all but 4 laps and taking home his second straight
main event win, inching his way closer to catching his brother #08 Daryn
Cahill for 1st overall in the points race. The I.M.C.A Modifieds,
Bomber cars and the Motorcycles were also on the racing card on Saturday.
The Motorcycles were
up in bikes on Saturday, with a field of 6 taking to the track. #68
Bruce Moran once again dominated the Motorcycle division on Saturday,
setting fast time in qualifying with a time of 23.120. From that point
on Moran had no competition, taking home wins in the dash, heat and
leading all but 4 laps in the main event to win every race in the
Motorcycle division. So far this season, Moran has won 6 of 7 races,
proving that you're going to have to bring your best to beat him.
The
I.M.C.A Modifieds made their second of the year on Saturday.
#00 Bart Smith once again set fast time with a time of 15.312. Smith
took home the win in the dash, with a hard fought win in the heat going
to #53 Kevin Noble. 7 cars took to the track for their 30 lap feature
race. #44 Tim Openshaw battled Smith, Noble and others to hold his lead
for the first 20 laps. A lap car on lap 20 caused Openshaw, #98 Pat
Brown and Smith to go 4 wide down the back stretch, with Smith coming
out of it in 1st place, dropping Openshaw into 3rd place. Smith would
pull away from the pack from there, taking home his 2nd main event win
of the year. Brown, Noble and Openshaw fought for 2nd, 3rd and 4th for
the final 15 laps, with 2nd place eventually going to Brown, leaving
Noble in 3rd, and Openshaw in 4th.
The Bomber
cars were also making their second appearance of the year on Saturday.
Fast time in qualifying went to #98 Bobby Cyr who set a time of 17.677.
The B dash was won by #46 Ryan Monks, which was his first win of the
year; #72 Stewart Lee took home the win in the A dash. #29 Gilles Cyr
battled his way from the back to win his first race of the year in the
10 lap heat race. #5 Darren Larson got out to an early lead in the 30
lap feature. Larson held his lead for the first 10 laps until #72
Stewart Lee fought his way around the outside of Larson coming out of
turn 4 to take the lead. Lee had no competition from there, stretching
his lead over #29 Gilles Cyr to over half a lap and eventually taking
home the win. This is Lee's second main event win of the season, proving
that the former Bomber champion is back and is still one of the best
drivers in the class. Cyr would take home 2nd with 3rd place going to
#11 Mike Dionne.
The Hornet cars were racing
for the second weekend in a row on Saturday. #07 Brandon Phillips set
fast time in qualifying with a time of 18.273. The Hornet cars had 3
dashes on Saturday, with the C going to #59 Mike Ryce, the B going to
#14 Kyle Fallowfield and finally the A going to #08 Daryn Cahill. #81
Jeremy Stormo battled his way from the back to win the B heat, with the A
heat going to #01 Kevin Lawrenuk. The 35 lap feature main event was
dominated by #02 Daryl Cahill who was relatively quiet all night up
until the main event. Daryl took the lead on lap 4 and stretched his
lead from there, lapping several cars in his path. #01 Kevin Lawrenuk
tried to keep up with Cahill but was never able to make a pass on him.
Kevin and Jennifer Lawrenuk would battle for 2nd and 3rd with brother
Kevin eventually taking home 2nd, with 3rd going to Jennifer.
Extra
laps...Next weekend Marine Harvest will be sponsoring a great night of
racing featured by the Crash to Pass cars, Roadrunners and the Hornet
cars. June 16th will be featuring our annual Car tossing competition,
which is one of the more popular events at the Speedway. The record for
the car tossing competition is 64 feet 6 inches set back in 2008; the
Crash to Pass cars, Hornet cars and Roadrunners will also be on the
racing card, so make sure to mark your calenders for these great race
nights and many others this season.
