SARATOGA BOAT RACE

   After 9 boats were destroyed, #66 Billy Brimacombe Jr. came out victorious in our first boat race of the season. We also performed a car tossing competition. Shane who was driving out of Campbell River, through the farthest toss on his 2^nd attempt, throwing the car 57 feet, 7 inches.

            The Hornet Cars, Roadrunners and Crash to Pass cars all ran Dashes, Heats and Mains on the night. The Late Models also performed a test and tune. The dash went to #52 Geoff Morris, the heat to #3 Ray Anderosov, and the main to Morris once again. In the Hornet division, #59 Ted Dimitrov won the B dash, and #21 Gord Fraser took the win in the A. #72 Travis Stevenson picked up the win in the Crash to Pass dash, and #28 Andrew Buchanan picked up the win in the Roadrunner dash. #35 Wilson Hay picked up his first win of the season in the C Hornet heat, #13 Jason Fraser took the win in the B, and #01 Kevin Lawrenuk won the A. The Hornets also ran reverse heats on the night, with the C reverse going to #66 Justin Mchale, the B reverse to #76 Bob Fraser, who managed to hold off his son Jason for the win, and the A reverse to #08 Daryn Cahill. #40 Cam Edward dominated the field in the Crash to Pass heat to pick up his first win of the season, and Buchanan led all 8 laps to take the win in the Roadrunner heat. #59 Ted Dimitrov took the lead in the B main on lap 13 and never looked back from there, picking up his 2^nd B main win of the season. #17 Brad Dimitrov finished 2^nd, and #35 Wilson Hay finished 3^rd. in the A main, #02 Daryl Cahill took the lead on lap 8 and managed to hold off the field from there, taking the win. After some disqualifications, #01 Kevin Lawrenuk finished 2^nd, and #08 Daryn Cahill finished 3^rd. Buchanan once again took home the win in the Roadrunner main, winning his 5^th main event in a row. #72 Travis Stevenson once again dominated the field to pick up the win in the Crash to Pass main event. #11 Dan Kemp finished 2^nd, and #13 Tom Dunn finished 3^rd.

            Next Saturday night, July 16, the ASA BC Late models will be in town for the Thrifty Foods 150 lap race, with no pit stops. In years past, this series was known as the Katana Sportsman series, but over the offseason, the ownership was sold to John Ross, who races the #2 late model. The series then decided to join up with the American Speed Association, an organization based out of Florida. All of the rules have stayed the same from previous years, but the racing has developed tremendously. #86 Tom Berrow who won the series last season, holds onto the points lead after 1 race event, holding a 6 point lead over #52 Geoff Morris. The Island stock cars and the Bomber cars will fill out the racing card next weekend. The Monster trucks will be returning on July 30, and 31^st, bringing 4 monster trucks with them. This night also marks the mid-season championship for the Hornet cars, and the Bomber cars. these are two great events that you don’t want to miss.