Kawartha Speedway: Someone Left the Track Out in the Rain...

Kawartha Speedway 2008: Someone Left the Track Out in the Rain
By Jim Clarke, Kawartha Speedway PR/Clarke Motorsports Communications

 

Sooner or later, it was bound to happen.  Everyone knew it was just a matter of time.  Perhaps they’d just been tempting fate?  After 2 complete seasons without a cancellation, Kawartha Speedway (Fraserville, Ontario) was forced to pull the plug before their 2008 season opener.  With a major storm front approaching from the west, bringing with it the possibility of heavy rains and thunderstorms, the call went out just after noon.

 

Kawartha’s General Manager and Promoter Derek Lynch says cancelling so early was a difficult call to make, but after checking the radar, Environment Canada forecasts and other available sources, he

 

decided to bite the bullet.  “A number of our drivers come from a fair distance away.  With the OSCAAR Outlaw Super Late Models on the program, we made the call early and then worked to get the word out to as any of the affected teams and fans as possible”, said Lynch.  “With the high cost of fuel theses days, the last thing we wanted was for the teams and spectators to make the effort to get to the track on a night we weren’t going to race”.

 

The cancellation delayed the Late Model debut of Cole Powell.  The 15 year-old from the London, Ontario area was looking forward to his first laps at Kawartha Speedway.  After running in the quarter-scale truck division at a variety of tracks and the Challenger Motor Freight large truck class at Delaware, Powell was anxious to get behind the wheel of his new ride – and run some laps somewhere other than the driveway of his family’s home.  Powell and his family-owned team will run in Kawartha’s headline division every Friday night, joining another youngster Brandon Watson of Stayner, Ontario.  Watson was recently named Up and Coming Canadian Stock Driver of the year by Inside Track Motorsports News.

 

With the rainout, Kawartha Speedway’s 2008 season opener will now take place Friday, June 6th.  The Ontario Pro Challenge cars will join the track’s 4 regular classes of Mini Stock, Thunder Car, Limited Late Model and Late Model action.  Gates open at 3:00, with on-track practise of all divisions set to begin at 5:00.  For more details on the complete schedule see www.kawarthaspeedway.com.