KRISTI WOLFE DEDICATES WIN TO HER FATHER
STROUD, ON - On May 17th under beautiful but cool evening week 2 played out at the fastest 1/3 oval in Ontario known as Sunset Speedway. We had new cars and there will be new cars every week as we were up to 91 cars and the show was tremendous with hard, fast short tracks racing with no prisoners taken.
The big winners on the night were #19 Jason Witty in the HF Smith Home Hardware Late Models, #25 Kristi Wolfe a very popular win in the Domino's Pizza Thunder Cars, # 10 Doug Butler in the Fox's Bakery and Deli 4 Cylinder road Runners, and #35 Myles Jamieson in very exciting 3 car dash to the checkered flag to take the Fox's Four Funs. It was a very emotional victory for Kristi Wolfe and her family as she led flag to flag and the victory was dedicated to her late father John who passed away last November and was clearly the driving force to her racing carer. Congratulations to Kristi, her family and crew on a great and deserving win.
HF SMITH HOME HARDWARE LATE MODELS
As the late models rolled onto the track it promised to be a great feature if the heats were any indication as they raced hard and determined not giving an inch to the competition. On the drop of the green flag # 19 Jason Witty grabbed the point with # 1 Quick Vic Parsons, # 14 Jamie Horner, # 55 Bruce Rankin and # 6 Keith Maiato were the top 5. By lap 5 we had a change in the fast 5 as Witty was still the point man followed closely by Parsons with # 57 Ron Quesnelle, # 47 Tom Walters and Rankin looking for any hole to move up.
The racing was fast and furious with paint being traded on each turn of the track and finally the first yellow appeared on lap 10 as Parsons and Walters made contact and both were summoned to the rear. At the halfway point Witty still paced the field while Quesnelle had moved to the back bumper of Witty looking for any opportunity to pass while in behind Maiato, # 11 Chris Morrow and # 45 Rob Poole were the fast 5. On lap 21 the yellow appeared as Poole and Morrow get together after waging a tremendous battle for 11 laps each taking turns trading positions and both put to the back.
On lap 23 Horner hits the wall hard after making contact with the #05 machine of Brian Davis she limped to the pits looking done for the night but some repairs and back out she came that's a sign of a future great racer never give up you never know! On the restart Witty was still on the point while all the action was in behind him and don't look now but the orange blurr # 47 has moved into the 3 rd spot taking dead aim at Quesnelle for the runner up spot while Maiato and # 40 Charlie Gallant were the top 5 with Parsons and Morrow in sight.
As the laps were winding down Quesnelle and Walters were in a dog fight for second place as they motored down the back shoot Walters tried to get under Quesnelle but neither gave an inch with Quesnelle making a 360 in turn 3 causing a yellow the result both summoned to the rear. As they exited turn 4 to take the checkered flag from Starter Rob Witty managed to hold of the field to take a green to checkered victory while the fast 5 were Gallant, Morrow, Maiato and Parsons. The heat winners were Maiato, Witty, Walters and Morrow.
Congratulations to Jason and the crew on a great win let's hope this is what ' 08 will be like as ' 07 was a nightmare for the 19 car. The feature was an old school race a blast from the past as no one was giving an inch, paint being traded and just good hard short track racing it was fun to watch and promises to be a great season in the ever exciting late model division.
THE DOMINO'S PIZZA THUNDER CARS
There were 18 thunder cars ready to tame the 1/3 mile oval that can be tough to tame and they have battled hard all night long and we should have a great race. On the drop of the green #25 Kristi Wolfe was the leader while #45 Steve Slaughter, # 23 Tammy Milligan, # 69 Rob Skyler and # 36 Chuck Anderson the top 5. They stayed in that order until lap 11 when the first yellow appeared as # 84 Ken Weisbrod and # 57 Steve Lang get together and both done for the night. At the half way point Wolfe still paced the field while in behind Slaughter, Skyler, Milligan and K13 Donnie Beattie were scratching for every inch of the track.
With 5 laps to go Wolfe was still the lead car Skyler finally passed Slaughter and was in hot pursuit of the leader while Milligan was trying to hold off a wild pack of cars including Beattie, # 88 Herb Walters and # 51 Mark Adams. As they made the turn for home for the checkered flag Wolfe holds on for the win while in behind there was a mad dash for position Skyler, Slaughter, Adams and Beattie were the fast 5. If that is any indication of the racing the thunder car class is wide open and anyone can win on any given night. The heat winners were # 58 Stan Coe, Adams, Weisbrod and Beattie. Once again congratulations to Kristi and her family and crew for a great victory that John would have been proud to witness and the Sunset family really misses his smiling face around the pit area but I sure he was turning each lap with you Kristi nice job.
THE FOX'S BAKERY & DELI 4 CYLINDER ROAD RUNNERS
There were 22, 4 cylinders to claim victory on this night a feat not easily accomplished as this field is very deep. On the drop of the green # 10 Doug Butler grabbed the early lead with # 42 Harold Noseworthy, # 78 Jason Martin, # 8 Rob Gibson and # 28 Jim Sutter the top 5. At the halfway point the fast 5 were Butler, Noseworthy, Gibson, # 63 Dave Burrows and # 54 Joe Ireton. As they raced to the checkered flag the top 5 were Butler, Noseworthy, Gibson, # 14 Ken Britt and D. Burrows as Burrows actually finished 3rd but was penalized for passing under the yellow line and lost 2 spots. The heat winners were Ireton, Dave Burrows 2 and Britt. Congratulations to Doug and his crew on a great win and all the 4 cylinder drivers on putting on a great show for the second week and promises to be a great ' 08 season. We would like to congratulate last week's feature winner Colt Carcone as Colt and his wife are the proud parents of a baby girl a future 4 cylinder driver.
THE FOX'S FOUR FUNS
The four funs were 32 strong and growing each week and they put on a great show each and every week. On the drop of the green # 15 Bob Mercer grabbed the point while in behind # 29 Rob Gibson Sr., # 3 Fredrick Lacroix, # 77 Frank Kee and # 18 Rick Drinkwater were the fast 5. By the halfway point Gibson was the leader followed by Lacroix, # 9 Marshall Pender, # 35 Myles Jamieson and # 6 Terry Woodley and it stayed that way until 5 laps were left. With 5 laps to go and lapped traffic coming into play Jamieson wrestled the lead from Gibson and along with him came Pender and Woodley and as they received the checkered flag from Rob the top 5 were Jamieson, Pender, Woodley, Gibson and Lacroix. The heat winners were Woodley 2, Jamieson and Pender. Congratulations to Myles and his crew on a fantastic feature win with many more to come I am sure.
Finally we had our first Jalopy figure 8 race of 2008 and it did not disappoint as we had 7 cars and the fans were thoroughly entertained as they were on their feet the entire race that was won on a last lap pass by # 18 Rick Drinkwater make sure you are in attendance on May 31st as round 2 of the Jalopy figure 8 race takes place.
Once again that was why the place to be on Saturday night for great short track racing is the best track in Ontario Sunset Speedway. The racing was great , the show moved along quickly and a great car count 91 in total and make sure that make it out next week remember we start at 7pm and we will have our 4 regular classes, spectator races and the ever popular school bus races.
SUNSET SPEEDWAY
Innisfil, Ontario // RESULTS: May 17, 2008
LATE MODELS: 1. # 19 Jason Witty, 2. # 40 Charlie Gallant, 3. # 11 Chris Morrow, 4. # 6 Keith Maiato, 5. #1 Vic Parsons, 6. # 45 Rob Poole, 7. # 03 Dario Capirchio, 8. # 2 Dan Robinson, 9. # 55 Bruce Rankin, 10. # 57 Ron Quesnelle HEAT WINS: Maiato, Witty, Walters, Morrow
THUNDER CARS: 1. # 25 Kristi Wolfe, 2. # 69 Rob Skyler, 3. # 45 Steve Slaughter Jr., 4. # 51 Mark Adams, 5. # K13 Don Beattie, 6. # 88 Herb Walters, 7. # 23 Tammy Milligan, 8. # 36 Chuck Anderson, 9. # 97 Roy Anderson, 10. # 58 Stan Coe HEAT WINS: Coe, Adams, # 84 Ken Weisbrod, Beattie
4 CYLINDER ROAD RUNNERS: 1. # 10 Doug Butler, 2. # 42 Harold Noseworthy, 3. # 8 Rob Gibson 4. # 14 Ken Britt, 5. # 63 Dave Burrows, 6. # 54 Joe Ireton, 7. # 64 Beau Burrows, 8. # 28 Mike Weeda, 9. # 78 Jason Martin, 10. # 50 John Kaszab HEAT WINS: Dave Burrows 2, Ireton, Britt
4 FUNS: 1. # 35 Myles Jamieson, 2. # 9 Marshall Pender, 3. # 6 Terry Woodley, 4. # 29 Rob Gibson Sr., 5. # 3 Francois Lacroix, 6. # 4 Mark Kehoe, 7. # 18 Rick Drinkwater, 8. # 52 Jason Brown, 9. # 69 Trevor Martin, 10. # 79 Nicole Podewils HEAT WINS: Woodley 2, Jamieson, Pender
From Brian Watt // Sunset Speedway
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