By Terry Guest
Chances sponsored a beautiful night of racing at Saratoga Speedway on
Saturday. #68 Bruce Moran had his winning streak snapped in the
Motorcycle division at 6; Moran crashed in the second heat, causing him
to sit out for the rest of night. The Bomber cars had an amazing 35 lap
feature that came down to the last lap. The Dwarf cars and I.M.C.A
Modifieds filled out the rest of the night
#57 Ryan Middleton set fast time in qualifying in
the Motorcycle division, setting a time of 22.342. Moran was racing at a
very high level during the dash and the first heat, dominating the
other 5 Bikes to win his 5th and 6th win in a row. In the Inverted heat,
Moran was still dominating the field going into lap 5, but Moran lost
control up in the Hair pin, damaging his bike, putting him out of
contention for the night. #57 Ryan Middleton would take over from there,
winning the inverted heat, and leading all 15 laps of the main to take
his first ever main event win at Saratoga Speedway. #62 Dean Thompson
would take 2nd, with 3rd going to #9 Jim Deas.
The I.M.C.A Modifieds were a bit down in cars on Saturday due to other commitments. #00 Bart Smith once again set fast time in
qualifying, setting a time of 15.349. #98 Pat Brown had a very good
night on Saturday, taking wins in the dash, and the heat. Smith would
hold off Brown to win the inverted heat. 25 laps were given for their
feature race. Brown would find a hole to take the lead early and he
would never look back from there, holding off Smith who gave him
some pressure late put couldn't pull the trigger. Smith would take 2nd
with 3rd going to #53 Kevin Noble.
#34 Ike Armitage held off 2 hard chargers to take home the win in
the exciting 25 lap main event for the Dwarf cars. #8 Mike Schott took
the win in the 4 lap dash, with the win in the first heat going to #11
Mike Meeres. Armitage would dominate from there, taking the win in the
inverted heat and in the main. Armitage and Meeres battled for all 25
laps of the feature, but Armitage put on a great showing of racing
skills, holding off Meeres for the win. Meeres and Armitage are neck and
neck in the points race, so more of this great racing is promised to
continue through-out the year.
The Bomber cars had one of if not the best main event of the season
on Saturday. #72 Stewart Lee, #24 Charlie Ackerman, and #29 Gilles Cyr
were all single filled through-out the first 25 laps of the feature,
until they ran into 5 cars of lap traffic. Ackerman had the lead going
into the lap traffic, but on lap 33, Lee would find a hole through the
lap cars to briefly take the lead. Ackerman would not give up though,
finding his own hole in lap traffic and re-taking the lead from Lee on
the very last lap to take the win in one of the closest races in many
years. Lee would take second with third going to Cyr. Lee, Ackerman and
Cyr are all battling for the points lead in the Bomber division, so make
sure you mark your calenders to watch these 3 go at it all year.
Extra laps...Next weekend marks one of our most
highly anticipated events of the year; the Car Tossing Competition. The
record in this competition is 64 feet, 6 inches set back in 2010. There
will also be a engine removal competition to go along with the car
tossing competition. The 2 trucks will also be trying to rip out the
motor out of there cars in the fastest time. The Crash to Pass cars,
Hornet cars and Roadrunners will also be joining the festivities next
weekend, so make sure to check out this event and many others this
season.