Wyant Group Raceway
Results for Saturday August 26, 2017
The calendar didn’t show a full moon for Saturday night, but it sure
looked like full moon racing at Wyant Group Raceway. Maybe it was a
carryover from the solar eclipse on Monday.
Safety crews were busy picking up fibreglass all night around the track
as drivers bumped and ground their, claiming that little piece of real
estate around their car.
Of course there was a lot on the line. Race teams were not only down to
their second last race of the season, but the Sportsman division was
running their invitational meet, the Race for the Cure 100. That
brought teams from around Saskatchewan and Alberta together with one
goal in mind… raising money for and awareness for the type of cancer
they were representing.
Over the years the Sportsman drivers have raised thousands of dollars
for the Canadian Cancer Society. Even though the drivers are generous
with their time and wallets going into this race, it doesn’t mean they
don’t want that prestigious trophy in their shops. The battle on the
track is fierce from green flag to checker.
The Legends cars were also here running dual duty on the score card,
earning points in the Earthworks Sask Legends series as well as the
Chase for the Western Cup. 10 Legends cars timed in and ran the heats
and 40 lap feature.
The night started out easy enough, with Neil Scheider taking down a
track record that had been on the books since 2012. Qualifying for the
Shell V-Power Sportsman saw the #93 Burco Electrical Contractors Camaro
lay down a lap in 15.152 seconds. Cale Siemens was second in the #28
Lucky Bastard Distillers Impala.
As top qualifiers they would be given the opportunity to pick up some
extra cash for their cancer charity; $600 if they start at the back and
come through to win the race. Both Cale and Neil jumped at the opportunity.
Everything about the race is unconventional. Each driver picked a child
out of the crowd who would throw a bean bag towards a tire target.
Closest to the tire would start in poll. Next closest was outside poll
and so on.
Destiny Klyn’s bean bag was the only one to land in the tire, so the #55
Canadian Diesel Power Trucks from Hanley would start on the poll. The
#77 Crop Pro Consulting Monte Carlo of Shane James from Naicam was
outside poll.
Leading up to the Race for the Cure feature race, Ryan Thompson picked
up the win in Heat A, piloting the newly rebuilt Dodman Homes Camaro to
the winners’ circle. Cale Siemens took the Heat B win in his #28 Luck
Bastard Distillers Monte Carlo.
The Race for the Cure Feature had a quick end for the #15 of Dave
McIntosh. During warm up laps he was having trouble with his car.
Apparently the shift linkage had jammed. The start of the race was held
up while he went to his pits where his crew crawled under the car.
The #15 pulled back onto the track and joined the field, so they were
given the ‘one to green’ signal, meaning they would be getting the green
flag on the next lap. As the pace car brought them through corner two,
the #15 pulled back off into his pit. Because he did not take the green
flag his car was not allowed to re-enter the race once repaired. He
would have to watch the race from his pit.
Disaster also hit Neil Schneider as in lap two he was given a mechanical
flag to report to his pit to fix an issue with his car. The #93 Camaro
was spraying fuel out the right rear corner. It would appear his fuel
cap was loose or the rubber was pinched or something. Pitting under
green cost him 3 laps.
The #55 of Destiny Klym did jump out to an early lead though, leading
the field for the first four laps. That’s when Damen Meier took over,
leading the next 37 laps until caution number three.
Cale Siemens got the jump on that restart. That’s when things got a
little interesting as around lap 47 Neil Schneider completed a pass on
Siemens, gaining back one of the laps he lost earlier. Caution came out
within a lap, but Schneider had already crossed the start line again
saving the pass and preserving the lap gain. When we would go back to
green for lap 48 he would be scoring only two laps down.
A couple more cautions and then the move of the race occurred around lap
90/91. Kerry Neufeld had been working on Siemens for several laps and
suddenly Schneider appears again. He had once again worked his way
through the field and was poking around the leader.
Neufeld had different ideas though, as did Meier. Lapped traffic comes
up and Schneider is in the wrong place and drops back a couple of spots.
Neufeld is on Siemens again and Meier starts working around Siemens.
Siemens and Neufeld get caught in the wrong line as they come up on
traffic and Meier slides by taking over the lead on the back straight.
It’s close coming through corner four when Siemens slips and slides down
the front stretch bringing out the caution.
Because the caution takes everything back to the last completed lap,
Meiers pass was wiped out and the leaderboard went back to 28-2-53.
However, as the #28 was the cause of the caution he moves to the back,
handing the lead to the #2.
Siemens car was in the grass against the inside wall which took a while
to clean up. The last crossing was actually 28-93-2-53, but because we
were inside the last 10 laps of the race the cars are relined with the
lead lap cars at the front. Schneider would have had a chance at the
front row, but that went away as he was pushed back to 10th, behind the
lead lap cars.
The rest of the race remained uneventful as #53 was clearly used up and
the #2 Neufeld Building Movers Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS held on to win.
Second was the #49 Northern Lights Casino Monte Carlo of Ben Busch and
Damen Meier hung on for third in his #53 Chevy SS.
In Legends Chase for the Western Cup Action, Saskatoon driver AJ
Morrison timed in quickest at 16.314 seconds. The young AJ also won the
second heat race and the Earthworks Feature race in his #84 Snooker
Shack Ford Coupe. Brad Blumer was the winner of the first heat in his
#24 Ford Coupe.
Following AJ in the feature was the #19 of Greg Slater from Camrose, and
the #24 of Brad Blumer from Dinsmore.
In the Golf’s Car Wash Street Stocks, #81 Curtis Houben took the Heat
win, while #3 of Craig Katelnikoff took the Qualifier race. Curtis
Houben was back on top in the Golf’s Car Wash feature, taking the win in
the #81 RPM Camaro. Scott Barrand was second in the #1 Tailgatorz
Sports Bar Camaro and Mike Rea was third in his #18 J&L Frame and
Alignment Monte Carlo.
One more in the books for the Tiger Automotive Pro Trucks, one more to
go. Saturday Keven Dyck climbed in his old #10 Silverado now owned by
Rob Naismith. He drove it like he owned it though, winning both the
heat and the Tiger Automotive feature in the #10 Pinnicle Builders
Silverado.
Brennan Kirton’s #92 Cervus Equipment Silverado picked up the Qualifier win.
Behind Dyck in the Tiger Automotive feature was the #01 Family Pizza
F150 of Alex Leschenko and Shantel Kalika in the #49 OK Tire and Auto
Service Dodge Ram.
Next weekend was set aside on the schedule as a rain date, but we got
through the entire schedule intact, so it’s another weekend off at Wyant
Group Raceway. We will return for the final three and biggest event
weekends starting Saturday September 9th with the start of the points
finals for the Bandoleros, the Pro Trucks and the Street Stocks. It is
also the annual Street Stock Invitational, the Martensville Valley A&W
100.
The Golf’s Car Wash Mini Stocks are here too for their second last race
of the season. September 9 will also be our last evening race of the
season, with September 16 and 24 having 2:00 starts.
So remember, mark your calendars for Saturday September 9. Action
starts in Martensville around 9:00 a.m. with a driver meet and greet,
continues through the afternoon with a Show and Shine along Centennial
Drive, and concludes with racing at Wyant Group Raceway. Gates open at
5:00pm, with the first green flag at 6:05pm.
Complete Results
Wyant Group Raceway
Saturday August 26, 2017
Golf’s Car Wash Street Stock Division
Heat Race:
1. #81 Curtis Houben
2. #63 Kevin MacLaggan
3. #88 Brad Wrennick
4. #18 Mike Rea
5. #22 Ryan Fredrickson
6. #34 Mike Schroeder
7. #1 Scott Barrand
8. #43 Dale Osbourne
9. #48 Shawn Conarroe
10. #3 Craig Katelnikoff
Qualifier Race:
1. #3 Craig Katelnikoff
2. #18 Mike Rea
3. #63 Kevin MacLaggan
4. #81 Curtis Houben
5. #1 Scott Barrand
6. #88 Brad Wrennick
7. #43 Dale Osbourne
8. #22 Ryan Fredrickson
9. #34 Mike Schroeder
10. #48 Shawn Conarroe
Golf’s Car Wash Street Stock Feature:
1. #81 Curtis Houben
2. #1 Scott Barrand
3. #18 Mike Rea
4. #63 Kevin MacLaggan
5. #3 Craig Katelnikoff
6. #22 Ryan Fredrickson
7. #88 Brad Wrennick
8. #43 Dale Osbourne
9. #34 Mike Schroeder
10. #48 Shawn Conarroe
Tiger Automotive Pro Truck Division
Heat Race:
1. #10 Kevin Dyck
2. #49 Shantel Kalika
3. #3 Mike Dionne
4. #01 Alex Leschenko
5. #18 Bill Zubrecki
6. #92 Brennan Kirton
7. #21 Kade Thompson
8. #19 Aaron Anderson
9. #5 Ian McLean
10. #14 Logan Derksen
Qualifier Race:
1. #92 Brennan Kirton
2. #01 Alex Leschenko
3. #3 Mike Dionne
4. #10 Kevin Dyck
5. #19 Aaron Anderson
6. #49 Shantel Kalika
7. #14 Logan Derksen
8. #5 Ian McLean (DNS)
9. #18 Bill Zubrecki (DNS)
Tiger Automotive Pro Truck Feature Race:
1. #10 Kevin Dyck
2. #01 Alex Leschenko
3. #49 Shantel Kalika
4. #92 Brennan Kirton
5. #19 Aaron Anderson
6. #3 Mike Dionne
7. #18 Bill Zubrecki
8. #5 Ian McLean
9. #14 Logan Derksen
Legends Chase for the Western Cup
Earthworks Sask Legends Division
Time Trials:
1. #84 AJ Morrison, 16.314
2. #21 Blake Erb, 16.345
3. #19 Greg Slater, 16.439
4. #90 Danny Meier, 16.551
5. #27 Jody Stewart, 16.552
6. #24 Brad Blumer, 16.639
7. #16 Stan Friesen, 16.813
8. #20 Audra Cooper, 16.996
9. #3 Mike Dionne, 17.005
10. #23 Scott Kallal, 17.090
Heat A:
1. #24 Brad Blumer
2. #90 Danny Meier
3. #84 AJ Morrison
4. #21 Blake Erb
5. #27 Jody Stewart
6. #16 Stan Friesen
7. #20 Audra Cooper
8. #3 Mike Dionne
9. #23 Scott Kallal
10. #19 Greg Slater
Heat B:
1. #84 AJ Morrison
2. #21 Blake Erb
3. #24 Brad Blumer
4. #90 Danny Meier
5. #27 Jody Stewart
6. #19 Greg Slater
7. #16 Stan Friesen
8. #3 Mike Dionne
9. #20 Audra Cooper
10. #23 Scott Kallal
Earthworks Legends Feature Race
1. #84 AJ Morrison
2. #19 Greg Slater
3. #24 Brad Blumer
4. #90 Danny Meier
5. #27 Jody Stewart
6. #23 Scott Kallal
7. #20 Audra Cooper
8. #21 Blake Erb
9. #16 Stan Friesen
10. #3 Mike Dionne
Shell V-Power Nitro Sportsman Division
Time Trials:
1. #93 Neil Schneider, 15.152 (New TR)
2. #28 Cale Siemens, 15.368
3. #2 Kerry Neufeld, 15.245
4. #51 Matt Neufeld, 15.542
5. #53 Damen Meier, 15.585
6. #42 Nicole Sheetka, 15.592
7. #49 Ben Busch, 15.667
8. #27 Rick Schurmanns, 15.758
9. #33 Ryan Thompson, 15.769
10. #54 Stefan Klym, 15.840
11. #13 Chelsey Wilson, 15.877
12. #77 Shane James, 15.878
13. #44 Craig Katelnikoff, 15.932
14. #5 Kirk Senger, 15.980
15. #55 Destiny Klym, 16.180
16. #15 Dave McIntosh, 16.483
17. #10 Taylor Krause, 16.549
Heat A (odd from time trials):
1. #33 Ryan Thompson
2. #93 Neil Schneider
3. #49 Ben Busch
4. #53 Damen Meier
5. #2 Kerry Neufeld
6. #13 Chelsey Wilson
7. #10 Taylor Krause
8. #55 Destiny Klym
9. #44 Craig Katelnikoff
Heat B: (even from time trials):
1. #28 Cale Siemens
2. #54 Stefan Klym
3. #27 Rick Schurmanns
4. #42 Nicole Sheetka
5. #51 Matt Neufeld
6. #77 Shane James
7. #15 Dave McIntosh
8. #5 Kirk Senger
Shell V-Power Nitro Sportsman Division Feature
Race For The Cure 100
1. #2 Kerry Neufeld, Saskatoon
2. #49 Ben Busch, Prince Albert
3. #53 Damen Meier, Saskatoon
4. #42 Nicole Sheetka, Saskatoon
5. #27 Rick Schurmanns, Melfort
6. #77 Shane James, Naicam
7. #13 Chelsey Wilson, Paradise Hill
8. #10 Taylor Krause, Irricana
9. #51 Matt Neufeld, Saskatoon
10. #54 Stefan Klym, Hanley
11. #55 Destiny Klym, Saskatoon
12. #93 Neil Schneider, Saskatoon
13. #33 Ryan Thompson, Warman
14. #28 Cale Siemens, Saskatoon
15. #5 Kirk Senger, Dundurn
16. #44 Craig Katelnikoff, Saskatoon
17. #15 Dave McIntosh (DNS), Spruce Grove
Race For The Cure Race Stats:
Race time – on track: 1 hour, 14 minutes, 31 seconds
Green Flag at 9:22pm, Checkered Flag at 10:31pm
Four Race Leaders – 55, 53, 28 and 2
Three Lead Changes – #55 led laps 1 to 4, #53 led laps 5 to 41, #28 led
laps 42 to 92, #2 led laps 93 to 100 (Finish)
7 cautions in laps 8, 21, 41, 48, 50, 64 and 92
0 Caution laps counted, 51 not counted
Richard
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