Cole Sorenson/Special to the Gazette
Western Speedway celebrated the Canada Day long weekend in style with two days of racing action for the Used.ca Mid Season Championship. The weekend featured racing in five classes, with the AMCA Dwarf Cars, WayneB次元官网网址檚 Trucking Winged Sprint Cars, Galaxy Motors Stock Cars, Sooke Disposal Mini Stocks, and the Marlin Motors Hornets all hitting the track.
Saturday nightB次元官网网址檚 featured main event was the AMCA Dwarf Car Invitational, with Dwarf Cars from all across the Pacific Northwest competing for 30 laps. KelownaB次元官网网址檚 Danny Karslake and VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Derrick Street led the field of twenty-two cars to the green flag, with Karslake leading early.
On lap seven, Brad Struck made a move on Karslake for the lead, and would briefly pull away from the field. Mike Meeres, the nightB次元官网网址檚 fast qualifier, and Stewart Lee worked their way up to second and third respectively, and traded the lead back and forth with Struck for the next 10 laps.
On lap nineteen, a caution flag for a crash involving Riley Carter, Kyle Kennedy, and Tovay Helgesen interrupted the lead battle and tightened up the field for a restart. When the green flag dropped, Lee and Meeres went around Struck for the lead, with all three drivers entering turn one side by side.
Meeres and Lee battled for the next seven laps, but the caution came out with just four laps remaining for Adam Smith and Tyler Peters, who both spun in separate incidents. On the restart, Meeres got the jump, with Lee falling back to fourth. The Courtenay driver hung on for the main event win, with Brad Scafe, Danny Karslake, Stewart Lee, and Derrick Street rounding out the top five.
The next race at Western Speedway is the Tire Exchange Eve of Destruction, featuring the Crusher Car Jump and Van Blow Up, Boat Races, Skid Plate Races, a Total Destruction Demo Derby, and the LORDCO Auto Parts Demo Series.
For full results from the Canada Day long weekend, visit goldstreamgazette.com.
Friday
Hornets
Dash-Mitch Melin
Heat 1-Ryan McHale
Heat 2, Main-Jason Day
Mini Stocks
Dash, Heat 1-Daryl Cahill
Heat 2-Alex Mouner
Main-Ryan Willison
Stock Cars
Dash, Heat 1-Kyle Cottam
Heat 2-Ronnie Kiefert
Main-Rhett Smith
Winged Sprint Cars
Dash-Mike Haslam
Heat, Main-Duane Zeinstra
AMCA Dwarf Cars
Dash, Heat 1, Main-Stewart Lee
Heat 2-Mike Meeres
Heat 3-Riley Carter
Saturday
Hornets
Dash-Gennifer Isles
Heat 1, Main-Jason Day
Heat 2-Evan Pywell
Mini Stocks
Dash, Heat 1-Alex Mouner
Heat 2-Jeremy Waksell
Main-Ryan Patterson
Stock Cars
Dash,Heat 1-Kyle Cottam
Heat 2, Main-Rhett Smith
Winged Sprint Cars
Dash-Mike Haslam
Heat-Duane Zeinstra
Main-Jeff Montgomery
AMCA Dwarf Cars
Dash-Brad Scafe
Heat 1, Main-Mike Meeres
Heat 2-Stewart Lee
Heat 3-Derrick Street
