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"Racin" Calvin Rankin Takes $1500 Top Prize
Shediac - July 3rd, 2011 - It was a great day of racing at the CENTRE for Speed Entertainment Park in Grand Barachois as car counts continued to grow week over week in all divisions and new drivers continued to get their shot to stand on the podium. Race II of the Maritime Super Series once again saw the hot foot go to Calvin Rankin (#45) of Quispamsis who managed a pass on lap 97 of the 100 lap feature event to overtake a hard running Robert Raynes (#41) of Summerville, NB. Raynes lead most of the final 50 laps and held off Luc Bourgouis (#88) of Memramcook as they raced side by side for more than 30 laps and several restarts until Bourgeois got the jump on Raynes on a restart at lap 87 and lead the second segment to the end. Rankin had won the first 50 lap segment and needed to finish 2nd to win the overall 1st place trophy and prize money of $1500. On lap 97 he was able to get by Raynes (#41)for the win. Bourgeois who won the segment segment finished second overall and Cal Hatfield (#11) of Rothesay was third. Bourgoius and Dan "Buzzsaw" Bourque (#15) of Grand Digue were heat winners.
In Street Sportsman action it was Don Marcoux of St Louis in his #27 taking the 50 lap feature in convincing fashion holding off several challengers throughout the event from #00 Martin Landry of Grand Barachois, Tyler Rossiter (#14) of Hillsborough and James "Cooter" Smith (#50) of Moncton. Rossiter and Pettigrew battled for second side by side for multiple laps until Rossiter managed to overtake Pettigrew in the final stages. The battle for second however gave Marcoux a quarter of a lap lead on Rossiter. Rossiter managed to close the gap with just 2 laps to challenge for the lead but his tires were too spent fromt the long Battle for second to do more than ride Marcoux's bumper for the those last 2 laps. Marcoux also won the heat while Smith won the semi.
In Four Cylinder Mini Stock action it was Julien LeBlanc (#07) of Grand Barachois taking his second win of the season with Scott Bourque (#69) finishing second and Stephane LeBlanc (#3) of Memramcook in third. LeBlanc (#3) won both the heat and semi for a stong day of racing for the rookie. In the Four Fun division it was it was rookie Scott Hall of Sackville, NB in his #98 continuing his success with Justin MacDonald (#7) of Springhill finishing a close second and Wilf "Superman" Simon (#10) from Bouctouche finishinig a strong third after leading most of the event. MacDonald won the heat and Hall the semi.
The fund raiser for "Baby Mathis" a local child with a heart disorder was considered a big success by his family with the 50/50 raising just under $500 and with the Winner of the draw (#85) John Baker of Springhill donating his portion back to the family! The speedway and the family thank everyone who purchased a ticket and a special thank you to you, John.
In others items of interest, the speedway continues to receive accolades from fans and drivers as it continues to make enhancements to the facilty. "You've got the best track in the Maritimes" said one Saint John area driver. "It's great to see what you're doing here", he continued. Another long time fan and racer of over 60 years said "the place looks awesome, Tim. Keep up the good work. We love this track". Finally the ServiceMaster Clean Clean-up crew received compliments from several teams after the event related to how quickly and effectively they cleaned up the track and the quality job they were doing. The crew was assisted by sponsorship from ServiceMaster which helped with the purchase of new equipment including a high powered jet blower and by the doubling of the crew to six members. Clean-up Director Joel Ferguson said "This new gear is great for big wrecks and the clean-ups that follow them. When it comes to cautions fans don't want to know that the bigger the track the bigger the clean-up they just want you to get it done and get the action started again. That's our job. More staff and this new equipment help us, big time. I think we're the only track with this type of gear in the Maritimes."
See you at the CENTRE!
Tim
Tim Wile
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