Varney ON - Mike Westwood from Rockwood showed the fans just how fast and how hard you can push a Pro Challenge car on the highbanks this past weekend at Full Throttle. Westwood overcame an early race run in on the track and drove his #91 to Victory Lane with a hood that was bent up so high it had to block some of his view. The fifty lap feature race saw numerous cautions off the start but once the drivers settled in they showed the skill and speed that is the Ontario Pro Challenge series. Second in the feature would go to #18 young Patrick Freel from London who pulled off a late race pass on #02 Dennis Thomson from Dundas, fourth would be #88 Tim Norris from Dundas and rounding out the top five #00 Ken Lillycrop. Heat winners where #51 Shawn Stones, #18 Patrick Freel, #8 Peter Hatten and #91 Mike Westwood.
In racing action on Friday in the Jr. Late Model division in feature one it was #25 Travis Placzek from Grand Valley getting to Victory Lane and in feature two it would be #14 Cody Wilds from Exeter returning to victory lane after some major repairs to his #14 car. Second would go to #25 Travis Placzek. In Mini Truck action in feature one it would be new comer #29 Kevin McMillen from Palmerston bring home his first checker in front of the #67 of Gord Bennett from Durham. In feature two it would be Gord Bennett getting back to victory lane this time driving the #7 truck. Second would go to #29 McMillen, third #88 Bubba Brown from London, fourth #1 Denny Snyder from Durham and fifth #67 Rob Cox from Cambridge.
In Mini Stocks Friday night it was again all Brandon Crumbie from Cookstown driving his #63 on new tires to victory lane for both features. Second in both features would go to #35 with Tim Tolton behind the wheel this week as he took his turn trying to chase down the #63 of Crumbie. Third in feature one would be #75 Scott Mast from Cambridge, fourth #73 Scott Schlueter from Stratford and fifth #6 Travis McLean from Harriston. In feature two third would go to #6 Travis McLean, fourth #7 Paul Boyd from Harriston after some quick repairs after going out in feature one and rounding out the top five #75 Scott Mast.
The Crazy Trains where back at it again Friday night with eight sets taking on the highbanks and each other in the end in feature one it would be #69 Crazy Till We Die, #23 Texas Traincar Massacre, #95 454 Go Baby Go, #13 Rockford Rednecks and rounding out the top five #7 Shake Rattle N Roll. In feature two the checkers would fly for #95 454 Go Baby Go, #23 Texas Traincar Massacre, #69 Crazy Till We Die, #7 Shake Rattle N Roll and in fifth #12 Confused Till We Die.
The Fun Stock got to do double duty this past weekend running both Friday and Saturday shows. Friday night under the lights in feature one it would be #71 Justin McKague from Teeswater bringing home the first checker of the weekend. Second would go to #14 Luke Bos from Conn, third #25 Billy Lovell from Mildmay, fourth #48 John Green from Drayton and in fifth #34 Alex Hastie from Durham. In the night cap it would be #34 Hastie sitting on the checkers when it would be all done followed by #25 Lovell, #85 Matt Clarke from Mount Forest, #9 Sandy Eccles from Mount Forest and rounding out the top five #48 John Green. For Saturday action the Fun Stocks would go at it for three twenty lap features putting both car and driver to the test on a hot slick track. In the end the conditions worked out well for the #25 of Billy Lovell from Mildmay allowing him to take two out of the three checker flags. In feature one though it would be #85 Matt Clarke from Mount Forest dominating the field for his first checker of the season. Second would go to #14 Luke Bos, third #25 Billy Lovell, fourth #34 Alex Hastie and fifth #71 Justin McKague. In feature two and three Billy Lovell wheeled his #25 car for all it was worth for his best weekend this season. Second in feature two would go to #34 Hastie, third #84 Andrea Parsons from Clifford, fourth #85 Clarke and in fifth #48 John Green. In the wrap up feature of the weekend second would go to #84 Parsons, third #34 Hastie, fourth #94 Tim Van Oastveen from Palmerston and rounding out the top five #14 Luke Bos.
The Street Stock division also took to the highbanks Saturday afternoon and this time for twin twenty five lap features. The afternoon belonged to the #35 Mike Thebeau from Mitchell who drove away with feature one but had all he could do to hang onto feature two as he built an early lead only to start suffering some engine troubles late in the race allowing second place finisher #20 Ryan Edwards-Kiss from Londesboro to make the finish a dash for the cash. Third in the feature would go to #01 Travis Farrow from Holstein, fourth #6 Rob Wark from Chesley and fifth #7 piloted this week by Dave Silverthorn Jr.. In feature one second would go to #6 Rob Wark, third #7 Dave Silverthorn Jr., fourth #20 Ryan Edwards-Kiss and rounding out the top five # 27 Mark Rioux from Hamilton.
Outlaw Late Models returned to the speedway also on Saturday and it was again #11 Cole Weber from New Hamburg taking both features. In feature one chasing duties went to #75 Jeff Cassidy from Cambridge in second, third #40 Mark Dixon from Durham, fourth #00 Trevor Thompson from Elmira and in fifth #3 Jeff Dafoe from Britton. Feature two would see second go to #40 Mark Dixon as #75 Jeff Cassidy would spin out coming out of corner four for the checker but gathering it up in time for third, fourth would go to #85 Jeff Lotspeich from Rockwood and rounding out the top five #4 Bruce Huchinson from Palmerston.
Racing action continues this coming Friday Aug 14th at 7:30PM with Mini Trucks, Fun Stocks, Super Trucks, Mini Stocks, Street Stocks.
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