2007 Results

Oct 6-7 Report by Dave Anthony

Saturday was a great day weather wise for racing although a bit breezy. Sunday was overcast and cold with the odd very light sprinkle of mist thrown in for good measure. We had to wait a few minutes a number of times throughout the day for the mist to pass over and for the start line to dry. Car count wasn’t great but the racing was more then competitive. The R/U in Saturdays gamblers hit .50 lights all day and keep in mind this is with LED’s and no delay boxes allowed at our track. One race had a win margin of .000 this has happened two other times this year as well. All in all a successful season of racing on the Rock and we are looking forward to holding 8-9 events next season.

Saturdays big $$ race ($1400) went 6 rounds and interestingly enough neither driver in the semi's had lost a round up to that point and therefore did not & could not use their mulligan. This type of gamblers race is proving quite popular with the racers. An earlier event this year produced a pot of around $2,000. We’ll definitely do again next year.

Saturdays Results:

Winner was Derek Martin - Mustang

R/U was Dave Power - Javelin

Semi losers - Mark Loveless - Firebird

- Dave Anthony - Dragster

Sunday we ran a gamblers race with a first round by back only. After 5 rounds the results were:

Winner - Derek Martin - Mustang, an excellent weekend of racing for Derek

R/U - Gerard Ronayne - Chev Nova

3rd - Corwin Colbourne - Duster

NEXT RACING WILL BE FATHERS DAYS WEEKEND JUNE 2008. SEE YOU THEN.

October 6-7 Report by Earl Proude

The Annual Turkey Trot Nationals were held at Raceway Park over the weekend and saw lots of action from the good turnout of cars (129, including 19 Juniors). Cold weather and a strong north wind did not dampen the racing and on Sunday morning a familiar voice to New Brunswick racers seemed to cheer everyone up as "the Rooster" made a guest appearance behind the microphone.

Late Sunday afternoon a new Raceway Park points champion was crowned.

After the day's racing was over, the top 16 points leaders for the year went into an elimination to determine the 2007 points champion.

When two rounds were completed Brian Toombs from Hunter River had sidelined Beaudah VanWiechen, Chad Ramsay, and John MacKinnon while Charlottetown's David Constable had defeated Bruce Howatt, Roddy Simpson, and Travis Livingstone. The two were set to face-off for the championship when it was discovered that Constable had hurt his engine in his run against MacKinnon, thus giving the title to a well-deserving Brian Toombs and his strong running 1995 Corvette.

In the day's regular racing, the First Division of the Bracket Bash, saw Charlottetown's Bruce Howatt have a string of fine reaction times and consistent runs in the big 1968 Road Runner to defeat Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's Roddy Simpson in the final. New Brunswick's Peter Hobart in his 1967 Chevy II was third.

In Second Division action, Montague's Beaudah VanWiechen drove her Street Bracket 1985 Capri to an impressive victory over a string of Pro Bracket cars. In the final she bested Saint John's Jeff Stackhouse. Jason Coulson from Kensington, PEI finished third with a win over Summerside's Billy MacKendrick.

Nineteen Junior Dragsters competed in their division on the weekend. On Saturday Kevin Gallant from Bloomfield, PEI defeated Breanna O'Handley from Guysborough, Nova Scotia in the final. Craig Campbell from Cornwall was third. On Sunday Matt MacLean from Hunter River who also was the year's points champion claimed another eliminator title with a final round win over Saint John, New Brunswick's Mary Elizabeth Roach. Kensington's Blake Bell finished third.

On Saturday the Quick Gamblers' race was won by Dartmouth's Roddy Simpson when he defeated Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia's Darrell Poole. Carl Toombs from Mayfield, PEI was third.

The Regular Gamblers' race was captured by Kensington's Jason Coulson in his 1981 Malibu when he defeated Robert Hogan's 1978 Camaro from New Waterford, Nova Scotia. Bill Sheppard from Lakeview, Nova Scotia was third.

This event concludes racing at the local drag strip for the year. The Victoria Day Bracket Bash will begin the 2008 racing year.

The top 16 in the year long points race:

641 Chad Ramsay, Wellington PEI, Pro - 35 points

782 Bruce Howatt, Charlottetown PEI, Pro/Super Pro - 31 points

390 Vaughan Boone, Dartmouth NS, Pro - 29 points

846 Travis Livingstone, Charlottetown PEI, Pro - 28 points

B174 Brian Toombs, Hunter River PEI, Super Pro - 28 points

503 Roddy Simpson, Dartmouth NS, Super Pro - 28 points

C152 Mario VanWiechen, Charlottetown PEI Super Pro - 26 points

151A Carl Toombs, Mayfield PEI, Super Pro - 26 points

69 Jason Coulson, Kensington PEI, Pro - 26 pionts

148 David Constable, Charlottetown PEI, Super Pro - 25 points

454 John MacKinnon, Charlottetown PEI, Super Pro - 24 points

291 Renee Coughlin, Wellington PEI, Street - 23 points

1968 Beaudah VanWiechen Montague PEI, Street - 23 points

1484 Janet Axworthy, Oyster Bed Bridge PEI, Street - 22 points

317 Greg Gillis, Margaree Harbour NS, Pro - 22 points

1166 Glen MacLean Hunter River PEI, Pro - 22 points

A few who were close:

1291 Charles Coughlin, Wellington PEI, Super Pro - 20 points

225 Jody Gallant, Oyster Bed Bridge PEI, Street - 20 points

1984 Kandy Mitton, Sussex NB, Super Pro - 19 points

2005 Roy Matthews, Dunstaffnage PEI, Super Pro - 19 points

D730 Patrick Noonan, Charlottetown PEI, Pro - 18 points

91 Steve Campbell, Cornwall PEI, BIke/Sled - 18 points

337 Ernest Newcombe, Tyne Valley PEI, Pro - 18 points

1992 Peter Hobart, Ballentine Place NB, Super Pro - 18 points

First Round action:

Chad Ramsay defeated Jason Coulson

Brian Toombs defeated Beaudah VanWiechen

John MacKinnon defeated Vaughan Boone

Mario VanWiechen defeated Greg Gillis

Dave Constable defeated Bruce Howatt

Roddy Simpson defeated Janet Axworthy

Carl Toombs defeated Travis Livingstone

(all first round losers got $100)

Second Round:

Brian Toombs defeated Chad Ramsay

John MacKinnon defeated Marion VanWiechen

Dave Constable defeated Roddy Simpson

Travis Livingstone defeated Carl Toombs

(all second round losers got $200)

Third Round:

Brian Toombs defeated John MacKinnon

Dave Constable defeated Travis Livingstone

(all third round losers got $300)

Brian Toombs got $1000. for first

and Dave Constable got $500. to work on his engine

Top ten Junior Dragster Points leaders:

1167 Matt MacLean - 35 points

641 Brett Ramsay - 28 points

9294 Cody Hobart - 20 points

444 Kevin Gallant - 20 points

1150 Blake Bell - 20 points

004 Craig Campbell - 19 points

9 William Newcombe - 15 poibts

1234 Mary Elizabeth Roach - 15 points

139 Breanna O'Handley - 14 points

JRB1 Daniel Collister - 14 points

Greenfield Dragway

Sept 22-23

Report by Mitch Bonnar

This last race of 2007 was an absolute hoot !!!

Total vehicle count (actual) was 259 with approx 3000 spectators for the weekend.

Friday's weather was fantastic and we had more than 125 cars teched in and doing time trials before dark.

Saturday morning it all went to pieces as the ground was wet from the fog and mist. The forecast was perfect all weekend so where did that come from? The race vehicles kept coming and we were heartsick.

The morning went away and it was still wet. All of a sudden it all turned and within 15 minutes were had a drag race cooking at 12:15 PM.

There were 126 or so entries in the No Box Class, 64 in the Box Class, 10 in the Jr. Dragster Class gamblers races. Now it was panic time......how do we get this done. No problem, after a few busted cars and an oil down or 2 we breezed through the sessions and ran the final 2 in each class just a wee bit after official sunset.....if you know what I mean.

Congrats to the winners of the Gamblers races

No Box

1. 367 - Kirk MacDonald - Won more than $1700 CONGRATS !

2. 846 - Travis livingstone

3. 641 Chad Ramsay

3. 2725 Jason Church

Box

1. 429 John Rankin - Won more than $800 CONGRATS !

2. 1331 Bernie Corscadden

3. 176E Wade Nickerson

3. 831 Tommie Vickery

Jr. Dragster

1. 1167 Matt MacLean - Won $35

2. 1280 Morgan Bell - Won $15

At 4:00 AM Sunday morning it was beautiful, you could see every star ( yes I was up having a whiz ) but by 7 it was almost as crappy as Saturday..............oh well panic time again. By 11:00 AM the sun was beaming and we were doing it.

We pounded them straight through lunch and beyond without a break. The priority was to finish the race and in a timely manner as many were as we say here, CFA's. ...means Comes From Away's. We finished up at 5:30 PM....a successfull day.

This was the ADRA final points meet of 2007 as well as the NSDRA's final points meet. There were some close points battles being fought for both. We will soon learn the official results for both but I believe there may have been a comeback in NSDRA from a 55 points deficit to take the points lead and championship. We will need to wait for the official words on that though. lol

We can't thank you racers and fans who turned up in droves, as well as our volunteers, the Region of Queens and the ADRA enough for showing support for OUR track. I am sure we made a profit and you can rest assured that we will be putting it back into the facility and equipment to make it even better for all in 2008.

Speaking of support, please support YOUR NSDRA once more this year by blessing us with your presence at the annual dinner/dance/awards banquet and free for all (which has been very well attended in the past 2 years, thank you, and is sure to be a hoot as usual.)

Bridgewater Legion

78 Church St

Saturday Oct 27 $20/person - For tickets contact:

Darryl Stewart 902-543-8071 / 902-543-8525 / dnn@eastlink.ca or

Lisa Dominix 902-521-6040 lisadominix@eastlink.ca

Please call these folks for tickets before the 17th

Sunday Results

Junior Dragster

1. Matt MacLean Hunter River PEI

2. Mary Roach St.John NB

3. Morgan Bell - Kensington PEI

Bike / Sled

1. Steve O'Handley - Guysborough NS

2. Chris Pozzebon - Sydney NS

3. Donnie Cosnick - Gardner Mines NS

Sportsman

1. Vaughn Boone - Dartmouth NS

2. Mike Ingram - Lr. Sackville NS

3. Beuadah VanWiechen - Montague PEI

Pro

1. Mike Stone - Moncton - NB

2. Darrell Power - Scotchville NS

3. Wayne Harris - Kingston NS

Super Pro

1. Barrett Bonnar - Yarmouth NS

2. Greg Nickerson - Lr Sackville NS

3. Berny Corscadden - Hammonds Plains NS

Sept 22-23 Report by Dave Anthony

We had a very busy weekend of racing but everyone had a blast. Ran the normal gamblers on Saturday. On Sunday the weather was a question mark for later in the afternoon so we started eliminations early. The weather for once this year cooperated and we finished the class racing early in the afternoon and we ran off another gambler race with a ducks race for anyone knocked out in the first 2 rounds. We didn’t see any moisture until we had everything wrapped up. Next racing is in 2 weeks when we are having a high stakes gamblers $50 to enter & $25 for a mulligan, we expect to have between $2,000 - $3,000 on the line.

SUPER PRO FINAL POINTS

1st - Merrill Baker - Camaro - 230 points

2nd - Bobby Maddigan - Chevy II - 220

3rd - Derek Martin - Mustang - 145

PRO FINAL POINTS

1st - Gerard Ronayne - Nova - 180 points

2nd - Brian Tessier - Pontiac Firebird - 140

3rd - Mark Loveless - Pontiac Firebird - 130

Clarenville Dragway

Results & Final Points

After 8 Events

Gamblers - 6 Rounds Sept 22

Win - Paul Power - Dodge Avenger

R/U - Joe McNeil - Dodge Challenger

3rd - Brian Tessier - Pontiac Firebird

Mark Loveless - Pontiac Firebird

Super Pro / Pro Sept 23

Win - Derek Martin - Mustang

R/U - Paul Power - Dodge Avenger

3rd - Gerard Ronayne - Chev. Nova

Tim Whiffen - Mustang

Gamblers Sunday Sept 23rd

Win -Joe McNeil

R/U - Doug Strickland

3rd -Brian Tessier

BUY & SELL DRIVERS AWARDS FOR 2007

1ST - MERRILL BAKER - Win Average - .700

2ND - BOBBY MADDIGAN - Win Average - .650

3rd - GERARD RONAYNE - Win Average - .500

GAMBLERS - Final Points - FAST FIVE

1st - Paul Power - Dodge Avenger - 230 points

2nd - Marl Loveless - Pontiac Firebird - 180

Brian Tessier - Pontiac Firebird - 180

3rd - Joe McNeil - Dodge Challenger - 160

4th - Doug Strickland - Mustang - 150

5th - Dave Anthony - Page Dragster - 140

Derek Martin - Mustang - 140

NEXT RACING OCT 6 & 7. THIS WILL BE

THE FINAL EVENT OF THE SEASON.

TWO DAYS OF GAMBLERS RACING.

CB Dragway Sept 15-16 Report

Continuous wicked headwind at Cape Breton Dragway all day Saturday. At times something in the order of 40 MPH or so - Everyone was down a couple of tenths and a few MPH from normal. It was really cloudy and cold all day and even started raining at 5:30 PM. Sunday the wind turned 180 degrees and contributed to a lot of breakouts and best ever ETs/MPHs for a lot of racers.

Saturday Gamblers Race Results

1. Chris Chapman

2. Mitch Bonnar

Bike/Sled

1. Jeff MacDonald

2. Bruce Courtney

Super/Pro Winner Mitch Bonnar

Pro Class winner Joey King

Street Class Winner Henk Neisten

Super/Pro

1. Mitch Bonnar

2. Dennis Harrietha

3. Doug Wrathall

4. Berny Corscadden

Pro

1. Joey King

2. Malcolm Lewis

3. Greg Gillis

4. Kent MacLeod

Street

1. Henk Neisten

2. Shannon Pastuk

3. Jeff Ehler

Bike/Sled

1. Kevin Ogely

2. Murray Lewis

3. Gordon Ferguson

Bike/Sled Class Winner Kevin Ogely

Race event 7 for 2007 is in the books. Decision was made to have another mulligan gamblers race and everyone had a great time. This is turning into a popular event and putting some decent $$ up for grabs. The final race was a close as you can get with a win margin of .000! Keep in mind that delay boxes are not permitted when looking at the RT's. While it didn't show on the computer or time slip (see attached) the win margin was in the 10,000 of a second range! Unfortunately rain appeared on Sunday when we were about 2/3 through the first round and the remainder of the day was lost. Because of the number of rainouts this year we have decided to add another weekend to the schedule October 6/7 bringing back the Turkey Nationals after a 3 year absence.

Clarenville Dragway

Points as of September 9th

Super Pro:

1st - Merrill Baker - 230 points

2nd - Bobby Maddigan - 180 points

3rd - Terry Walsh - 120 points

4th - 6 drivers tied @ 110 points

5th - 3 drivers tied @ 100 points

Sept 8-9 Report by Dave Anthony

Pro

1st - Brian Tessier - 130 points

Gerard Ronayne

Mark Loveless

2nd - Tony Lannon - 115 points

3rd - Paul Evoy - 90 points

Gamblers - Fast 5

1st - Paul Power - 145 points

2nd - Mark Loveless - 140 points

Brian Tessier

3rd - Dave Anthony - 130 points

Doug Strickland

4th - Derek Martin - 120 points

5th - Merrill Baker - 115 points

Sept 1-2 Report by Earl Proude

Constable Captures Super Pro Honours at Raceway Park Drags

At Raceway Park on the weekend Charlottetown's Dave Constable defeated Hunter River's Brian Toombs to gain top eliminator honours in an excellent field of Super Pro cars.

Constable, in his 1969 Camaro, ran a 10.44 on a 10.42 dial-in to narrowly edge the 1995 Corvette of Toombs who went 9.24 on his 9.19 dial. Constable had a .516 reaction time and Toombs answered with a .522. Kandy Mitton from Sussex, New Brunswick captured third place with a win over Mount Pearl, Newfoundland's Dave Anthony.

The always competitive Pro Bracket Division had a first time winner at Raceway Park even though many of the perennial winners were in attendance. Darrell Poole from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia wheeled his 1975 Chevy Nova to a win over Philip Greene and his 1964 Dodge from Riverview, New Brunswick. Scott Sprague from Hammonds Pains, Nova Scotia took third when he defeated Dartmouth's Vaughan Boone in a run-off for third and fourth.

After a rather extended absence from the winner's circle, Cornwall's Steve Campbell returned with a vengeance by defeating Charlottetown's Nevin Scott for Bike/Sled Class honours. In the final Campbell had a great .507 reaction time and cruised to a 8.71 elapsed time on his 8.60 dial-in. Murray Lewis from Sydney, Nova Scotia defeated Winsloe's Glenn Frizzell for third place in the class.

Vaughan Boone, who did a lot of running between his Pro Bracket AMX and his Street Bracket 1988 Chevrolet Caprice, won the Street Category. He edged East Royalty, PEI's Joan Livingstone in her 1981 Z-28 Camaro in the final. Morley Bingley from Darlington, PEI was third in the class. In the Junior Dragster Division Brett Ramsay from Wellington, PEI beat Kensington's Brett Bell for Sunday's class win. Matt MacLean from Hunter River, who had earlier in the day captured the first annual Pit Bike Competition, got third in the class. Jeremy Poole from Dartmouth won the Junior Duck Race by edging Mayfield, PEI's Daniel Toombs in the final.

Forty of the first and second round losers entered a "Double Duck Race" on Sunday afternoon and from that group Hunter River's Glenn MacLean emerged with a final round win over Kensington's Jason Coulson. Glenn Frizzell took third place on his second snowmobile

On Saturday Carl Toombs from Mayfield won the "All-in-one" Gamblers' Race when he worked his way through six rounds of racing to meet and defeat New Glasgow, Nova Scotia's Faber MacKie. Dan MacLeod from Big Bras D'or, Nova Scotia defeated Charlottetown's Bruce Howatt for third place.

Charlottetown's Ivan Noonan won the Saturday Duck Race by beating Dartmouth's Roddy Simpson in the final.

Saturday's Junior Dragster competition was captured by Hunter River's Matt MacLean with Kevin Gallant from Bloomfield, PEI getting second and Cornwall's Craig Campbell earning third.

There are two events left at the local drag strip. On September 29 and 30 the Sport Compacts, Tuesday Night Street Racers, and anyone else who wants to come are having a "Run What You Brung" fun event. The season wraps up with the Turkey Trot Nationals and points finale on Thanksgiving Weekend.

Moncton's Terry Knapper was crowned the 2007 Maritime Stock/SuperStock Championship on the strength of a semi-final finish at today final Maritime Stock/SuperStock race which saw Lower Sackville Greg Nickerson and his B/FIA 1994 Firebird defeat fellow Nova Scotia's Bill Sheppard H/SA 1973 Duster.

Nickerson package of a .520 light and a run of 10.516 on a 10.51 dial would have been hard to beat but he didn't need it because unfortunately for Sheppard his untimely .489 red-light in the final negated his fine run of a 12.044 on a 12.03 dial.

Maritime Stock/Superstock report By Gerry Clow

Nickerson was also the number One Qualifier with a time of 10.541 at 1.159 under his B/FIA index of 11.70 Along with Terry Knapper semi-final result Rick Wilson made his return today racing with a semi-final finish with his 1969 SS/IA Camaro.

CB Dragway Saturday Results

New Track Record -

Kevin(Capone) Trites - 7.27 @ 193.97

Quick 32 Gamblers

1. Ray Roach

2. Peter Hobart

3. Chick Coughlin

Regular Gamblers

1. Conrad Neisten

2. Bill Sheppard

3. Bruce Howatt

4. Doug Wrathall

Bike/Sled Gamblers

1. Mike MacDonald

2. Ron Dominix

3. Dave Woolridge

Jr Dragster

1. Matt MacLean

2. Morgan Bell

3. Blake Bell

Super/Pro Winner George Estabrooks

Pro Class Winner Joey King

Street Class Winner Robert J. Burke

Bike/Sled Winner Steve Thompson

Junior Dragster Class

Winner Mary Elizabeth Roach

Hot and humid at CB Dragway on Sunday. A major engine "kaboom" at lunchtime oiled down the left lane from the 1/8 mile to well past the end of the 1/4 mile. The first cleanup didn't work since the next bunch of Super/Pro cars started skating around in that lane. A second cleanup didn't improve things too much. In the end it took a huge propane torch and two applications of compound to even make it right. Highlight of the day was when Kevin "Capone" Trites ran a 7.10 @ 180+ in the "bad" lane.

Super/Pro

1. George Estabrooks

2. Ray Roach

3. Peter Hobart

4. Tommy Vickery

Pro

1. Joey King

2. Robert Hogan

3. John Turnbull

4. Bill Sheppard

Street

1. Robert J. Burke

2. Jeff Ehler

3. Richard Leger

4. Henk Neisten

Bike/Sled

1. Steve Thompson

2. Glen Frizzell(1)

3. Gordon Ferguson

4. Glen Frizzell(2)

Junior Dragster

1. Mary Elizabeth Roach

2. Cody Hobart

3. Matt MacLean

Greenfield Dragway

August 18-19

Report by Mitch Bonnar

Friday night was great with 80+ vehicles through tech and time trials were had until we could not safely see the end of the track.

Saturday - The big bracket bash was a washout (pardon the pun). Don't want to talk about that any more but I must say that most people found amusement somewhere and a lot of socializing etc.

Sunday we were blessed with (unofficial) 160+ vehicles and 1200+ spectators. We got down to it at 9:00AM sharp as usual. It was a beautiful day and was not too hot, which was helpful while sweeping 6 bags of floor dry off the track, 3 times………that's racing. Carnage did well, with 3 motors destroyed, a transmission or 2, a broken axle and various other small disasters but only the pocket books got injured so it is not all bad. At the end of the day, which was about 7:00PM or so everything worked out well. The tracks Saturday Bracket Bash Money was added to the Sunday purse making the winnings very worthwhile for the top 3 in each class.

Jim Green was the winner of $100 for being the fastest Dodge and Warren Cottreau cleaned up on the Mahone Funeral Home $100 for the first .500 light in Competition as well as $50 for the best light.

Alvina has plenty of pictures to post and promises to get them up just as soon as my shop fixes her computer………under warranty I suppose…………….lol I saw Keith up 20+ feet into the air with a camera as well so I expect to see some photos from that camp as well.

Here is how it all shook out:

Junior Dragster

1st Jeremy Poole - Lawrencetown

Bike / Sled

1st Glenn Frizzell - PEI

2nd Dean Bishop - West NorthField

3rd Ron Dominix - Fauxburg

Sportsman

1st Kenney Mansfield - Pinehurst

2nd Vince Hazel - Windsor

3rd Adam Fowler

Pro

1st Ray Ingram - Lwr Sackville

2nd Scott Gates - Kingston

3rd Nick Ulman - Liverpool

Super Pro

1st John Rankin - Mt Uniacke

2nd Tom Oakley - Lakeville West

3rd Faber Mackie - New Glasgow

Again we want to thank all the Racers, Fans and Volunteers, Firefighters, the food vendors, cleanup crew and the Region of Queens. It is wonderful to see people working together just to have fun.

See you all at the next and last race of 2007 on Sept 22nd - 23rd which, if like last year, promises to be the big one and is also the final ADRA event of the year.

Another weekend in the books and the weather finally cooperated. Racer and spectator turnout was strong with the high $$ gambler race on Saturday, pot was $1,875 and the annual street car shootout on Sunday. There was a lot of very close racing both days

Results:

Gamblers - 8 Rounds

Winner - Mark Loveless - Firebird

R/U - Dave Anthony - Dragster

Super Pro / Pro Combo - 5 Rounds

Winner - Merrill Baker - Camaro

R/U - Brian Tessier - Firebird

August 4-5 Report by Dave Anthony

Street Car Shootout

Outlaw:

1st - Paul Power - Avenger

2nd - Joe McNeil - Challanger

3rd - Dean Anthony

Eliminator:

1st - Paul Evoy - Scamp

2nd - Mark Loveless - Firebird

3rd - Don Stevens - Mustang

Cruiser:

1st - TBA

2nd - Ken Powell

3rd - Tony Lannon

Next racing will be in 2 weeks, August 18th & 19th. For additional Information contact Clarenvilledragway.com or call 758-RACE or call Dave Anthony 682-5817.

August 4-5 Report by Dave Anthony

Racing August 18th cancelled due to rain. Results for Sunday August 19th as follows as well as points and win averages to date. Track record was reset this weekend by Kevin Trites in his Widowmaker alcohol dragster with an ET of 6.941 (First 6 second run in track history) and a speed record on the same run of 199.82!

Results:

Gamblers - Not Contested - Rainout

Super Pro / Pro Combo - 5 Rounds

Winner - Bobby Maddigan - Nova

R/U - Dave Powell Jr. - Thunderbird

Next event is September 8th and 9th.

Super Pro Points

1st - Merrill Baker - 230

2nd - Bobby Maddigan - 180

3rd - Terry Walsh - 120

Pro Points

1st - Brian Tessier - 130

Gerard Ronayne - 130

Mark Loveless - 130

2nd - Tony Lannon

3rd - Paul Evoy

Super Pro / Pro - Win Averages

1st - Bobby Maddigan - .733

2nd - Merrill Baker - .700

3rd - Gerard Ronayne - .4667

Gamblers Points

1st - Paul Power - 125

2nd - Mark Loveless - 120

3rd - Dave Anthony - 100

Doug Strickland - 100

Brian Tessier - 100

Livingstone Has Double Win In Weekend Drag Racing

Aug11-12 Report by Earl Proude

Travis Livingstone from Charlottetown, PEI drove his 1968 Dodge Coronet to victory in Saturday's quick division of the Gambler's Race at Raceway Park and then backed it up with a win in the always tough Pro Bracket class on Sunday afternoon.

Saturday's quick Gamblers' field consisted of mainly Super Pro cars, bikes and sleds, against whom Livingstone seldom competes. However, he certainly was up to the task defeating Super Pro drivers John MacKinnon in the quarter-finals and Roddy Simpson in the final.

On Sunday he sent Rob Baxter, Bruce Howatt, Lewis MacDonald, and Matt Clow to their trailers before meeting Wellington, PEI's Chad Ramsay and his 1983 Monte Carlo. Up until the finals, Ramsay had mowed through the competition himself, but pushed a little too hard and “red lit” with a .499 reaction time. Livingstone had a .510 reaction time and ran 11.67 at 115 mph.

In the Super Pro division Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's Roddy Simpson driving his big block 1979 Camaro prevailed over Dunstaffnage's Roy Matthews and his 620 cubic inch 1965 Chevelle wagon in the division final. Simpson managed a .517 reaction time and ran 9.74 on his 9.73 “dial-in” for the win. Charles Coughlin from Wellington, PEI took third in the class.

For years Winsloe's Glenn Frizzell has been running two different snowmobiles in the Bike/Sled division at Raceway Park. On a couple of occasions, after qualifying, he has found himself in an awkward position on the competition ladder, namely the two sleds had to run each other.

At this point he had to make a decision and continue on one. On Sunday, however, he managed to get his #2 snowmobile into the finals with a win over Summerside's Dave Wooldridge and then defeated Oyster Bed Bridge's Mike MacDonald with his #12 sled to set up a final against himself. Late Sunday afternoon Frizzell was seen smiling all the way to the starting line knowing that he was both winner and runner-up.

The Street Bracket class came down to a run between Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's Vaughan Boone in his 1988 Caprice and Wellington's Renee Coughlin and her 1994 Chevy S-10. Coughlin had a .602 reaction-time and ran 13.87 on a 13.77 index but Boone bettered her with a .518 light running 13.60 on a 13.50.

The Junior Dragster class was also well represented on the weekend but the final run on both days came down to Hunter River's Matthew MacLean against Cody Hobart from Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick. On Saturday Hobart defeated MacLean but on Sunday MacLean got his revenge when Hobart lit the red light with a .436 “ reaction time.

Sunday's Junior Duck race was won by Moncton's Jason Freeman when he defeated Cornwall PEI's Craig Campbell in the final.

The Duck race for all first round losing cars, bikes and sleds was won by Sussex, New Brunswick's Kandy Mitton in her Chevy powered Mustang. She defeated Charlottetown's John MacKinnon in the final round.

This coming weekend will see the first ever Harley Davidson Meet. It is an all Harley show except for an invitational class of eight of the quickest motorcycles in Atlantic Canada including Steve Campbell, Billy Horton and Joey MacInnis which are all eight second or faster bikes.

Congratulations to Colin Buchanan for taking the King of the Street honors at the Cape Breton Drag Racing's first King of the Street contest.

Getting the street slick's to harness the BBC power was no easy task but Colin persevered and layed down some mid ten second passes with lots of improvement still available.

It was a great event with even the weather cooperating.

Computer bugs plagued the Street Car Shootout prompting a change to the race format which was agreed to by all of the racers. After some close contests the final came down to Shawn Reashore's Toyota against Bruce Buchanan's Mercury Marquis. Shawn had come up with super reaction times when needed during the competition while Bruce had been "killing" the tree all evening. The FWD vs RWD final saw Bruce pushing the tree too hard and being rewarded with a red-light while handing the win to Shawn. Congratulations to Shawn Reashore, the 2007 Street Car Champion!

Thanks to all who participated !!

- Ron D.

Super Pro

1st Roddy Simpson

2nd Don Auffery

3rd Hilton Lee

Pro

1st Bill Campbell

2nd Dennis Murry

3rd Bill Sheppard

August 3-4-5 Race Results

Sportsman

1st Beaudah VanWichen

2nd Vaughan Boone

3rd Jason Godfrey

BK/Sled

1st Chelsea Wilson

2nd Barry Naugle

3rd Alan Macdonald

JR'S

1st Kyle Forbes

2nd Cory Hall

3rd Brett Ramsay

Moncton's Terry Knapper with his 1979 Camaro and Saint John NB's Malcom London with his 1980 Malibu were declared Co- Winners of the third race of

2007 Maritime Stock/Super Stock Championships at Miramichi Dragway Park after a "Wild Thunder & Lighting" Storm passed through Saturday to bring a end to racing after a long and "Hot and Muggy" day at the track.

Maritime Stock/Superstock report By Gerry Clow

London after Qualifying number One with a pass of 11.963 which is 1.037 under his L/SA index of 13.00 defeated Bill Sheppard 1973 Duster and then received a bye to the finals where Terry Knapper reach the finals after first defeating Gerry Clow 1969 Mustang and then Ray Ingram 1969 Malibu.

The next race in the 2007 Maritime Stock/SuperStock Championship at Miramichi Dragway Park is on September 2, 2007

July 27-29 Report by Don Phillips

Norm Pickrem Memorial Maritime Nationals ADRA Points Meet

After two days of 30+ celsius weather some clouds and lower temperatures on Sunday was a welcome relief for everyone. While it threatened rain all day we only had a few sprinkles just before the final rounds were to start. After a 20 minute delay it dried up and we got the event in the books. Soon as the last pair left the starting line there was another shower. The 3rd and 4th racers in Super/Pro decided to add both payouts and split the money rather than settle it on the track while dodging the raindrops.Final results below - Next ADRA event August 11-12 Raceway Park PEI.

Super/Pro

1.John MacKinnon

2.Blair Buchanan

3/4 Split - Jason MacNeil - Kelly MacKay

Pro

1.Scott Sprague

2.Lewis MacDonald

3.Gerard Bryden

4.Dave Reardon

Street

1.Henk Neisten

2.Kevin Johnson

3.Richard Legere

4.Beaudah Van Weichen

Bike/Sled

1.Gussie O'Regan

2.Glen Frizzell

3.Bruce Courtney

4.Steve Campbell

Jr Dragster

1.Hillary Capstick

2.Matt MacLean

3.Craig Campbell

4.Brianna O'Handley

Well our 4th weekend of racing for 2007 in the books and the weather played a significant role Saturday & Sunday, fortunately we were able to salvage Saturday and get in a Gamblers race but Sunday was a complete washout.

The next racing in Clarenville will be August 4th and 5th. On Saturday the 4th we will be holding our rescheduled 1st ever high stakes gamblers shootout where we expect the prize money to come in around $2,500 for the day. On Sunday we will be hosting the annual Newfoundland Street Machine Association (NSMA) STREET CAR SHOOTOUT which is always the highlight of the summer for the street car folks. The 4th & 5th promises to be a super weekend, now all we need is for the weather to cooperate.

Clarenville Dragway

July 21-21 report

June 21(Saturday) Gamblers Results:

Winner - Paul Power - Dodge Avenger

R/U - Joey McNeil - Dodge Challanger

Third - Dave Powell Sr. - Ford Fairlane

Mark Loveless - Pontiac Firebird

Points Standing - Top 3 only

Super Pro

1st - Merrill Baker

2nd - Bobby Maddigan

3rd - Doug Strickland

3rd - Dave Powell Sr.

Pro

1st - Tony Lannon

2nd - Mark Loveless

2nd - Gerard Ronayne

3rd - Brian Tessier

Gamblers

1st - Paul Power

2nd - Merrill Baker

3rd - Dave Anthony

3rd - Mark Loveless

Next racing will be in 2 weeks, August 4th and 5th. For additional Information contact Clarenvilledragway.com or call 758-RACE. By Dave Anthony

VanWiechens Earn Double Win at Strip

July 14-15 Report by Earl Proude

Montague racers fared very well at Raceway Park drag strip on the weekend, especially the husband and wife team of Albert and Beauah VanWiechen.

On Sunday afternoon Albert drove his 1965 Ford Falcon to victory over newcomer Shane MacEachern and his big block Chevy powered dragster from Tea Hill. It was MacEachern's first appearance in the finals of a Super Pro event at the track and he acquitted himself very well. He actually had a better light than VanWiechen, a .541 to a .595, but the dragster only managed a 10.90 on a 10.68 dial-in. Van Wiechen ran a 9.83 on his 9.75 dial for the win.

Meanwhile Beudah worked her way through a tough field of Street Machines to face Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia's Michael Ingram in the final. Ingram had a very good .549 light in the final but was bettered by VanWiechen's .523 which proved to be the slight margin needed to send the VanWiechen family home with a trophy each and the two envelopes of cash.

In the always competitive Pro Bracket division, it was “deja vu all over again” as Yogi would say. It seems that Lakeview, Nova Scotia's Billy Sheppard never gets tired of coming to the Island and taking home top honors in this class. This time he faced Wellington's Chad Ramsay who was no pushover, but never-the-less Sheppard found a way to prevail.

He ran a perfect 12.25, right on his dial, with a .525 light. Meanwhile Ramsay had a fine .531 light himself, but pushed a little too hard to get in front of Sheppard and broke out with an 11.50 on his 11.51 dial.

In the Bike/Sled Class, two snowmobiles managed to work their way through the motorcycles and other sleds to face-off in the final. Summerside's Dave Wooldridge emerged victorious by defeating Lana Reid. Wooldridge ran an 11.19 on his 11.15 dial at 110 mph for the win.

In the Junior Dragster class, Kensington's Blake Bell defeated Cody Hobart from Grand Bay-Westfield, NB in the final of the strong 16 car field of juniors. Moncton's Jason Freeman won the “Duck” race for the junior cars when he defeated Charlottetown's Daniel Collister on his Junior Drag Bike. On Saturday Hobart had won the division with a win over Wellington's Brett Ramsay in the final.

On Saturday another Montague racer, Dave MacKinnon, took home top money in the Quick Gamblers' race by defeating Memramcook, New Brunswick's Ray Bourque and his 1983 Camaro.

In the Regular Gamblers' race two Wellington, PEI racers, Chad Ramsay and Renee Coughlin, met for the money with Ramsay winning and earning the lion's share of the cash

One of the highlights of the weekend for the fans was seeing Mt. Pearl, Newfoundland's Dave Anthony make several beautiful straight passes down the track between 7.35 and 7.40 at 185 mph in his 527 cubic inch dragster.

The Atlantic Drag Racing Association returns to Raceway Park on August 11 and 12 for a combined points series event.

Greenfield Dragway

July 7-8

Report by Mitch Bonnar

Friday setup went very well, not that I had much to do with it but my gauge of how it went is if it is all done when I arrive at 3-4PM it must have gone well....lol

Friday evening saw 40+ vehicles for time trials until near dark.

Saturday was a great day. Everything worked well and there were many runs with the help of our new return road. We had a first, that is, we actually ran 2 gamblers races back to back. finishing at 7:30PM or so.

Many people thought we were just being accomodating but notwithstanding the forecast of 0% chance of rain, we were skeptical of what was to be on Sunday so we wanted to run as much as possible on Saturday.

The winners of the #1 Gamblers were:

1. Roddy Simpson

2. Barrett Bonnar

3. John Rankin

The winners of the #2 Gamblers were:

1. Tommie Vickery

2. John Rankin

Sunday, race wise, was pretty much a disaster. We accomplished a time trial, qualifying and 1st round of Pro and part of Super Pro and there was a major big block explosion covering the track with an oil mist from the 990 all the way to the return road turnoff. It took about an hour to clean up with 20 or so helpers. As the clean up finished the rain started.

With hope in our hearts we waited until 2:30 to make that call, the one we didn't want to make.

We were not able to finish the race but I believe most people had a pretty good weekend and got home earlier than usual as a bonus. I spoke to a number of people that were happy and one fellow was estatic that he was able to get 17 runs on his car. Hey, that's what it is all about. All in all I believe we had a pretty great weekend thanks to the Racers, Fans, Volunteers.

For all those in attendance this past Sunday (we know who you are by the tech cards) we will be offering a credit for weekend vehicle registration, valid only at our next scheduled event in the following amounts:

1. Super Pro $30 Credit

2. Pro $ 25 Credit

3. Bike/Sled and Sportsman $ 20 Credit

Thanks again to all the Racers, Fans and Volunteers. We could not do it without all of you.

See you all in at the next event, which is the BRACKET BASH, B/S BASH August 18th & 19th.

Maritime Stock/Superstock report By Gerry Clow

The second race of the 2007 Maritime Stock/Super Stock Championship is in the books even with all the rain delays that mother nature could throw at us today.

June 30 2007

New Brunswick's Chris Howe and his 1970 "Hemi" B/SA Dodge Challenger defeating Gerry Clow 1969 428CJ Mustang in close race decided with the Brake Pedal. Chris's light of 507 and a run of 10.618 at 112.29 MPH! on a 10.54 dial-in was all he needed to defeat Gerry's run of a 11.467 at 111.94 MPH! on a dial-in of 11.39 with a light of 533. Malcom London of Saint John, NB with his L/SA 305 1980 Malibu was both the lone semi finalist and number One Qualifier with a run of 11.976 which is 1.024 under his index of 13.00.

Terry Knapper won the Bounty by defeating last race winner Bill Sheppard in the first round.

Well our 2nd weekend of racing for 2007 in the books and the weather played a role Saturday with a downpour just as we were to send the 1st pair in the gamblers race. In the end we had to call off the racing for the day. Sunday proved to be a much better weather day and the event went off with out a hitch with some very close racing. Con Dunphy lost is the semi with a .500 light but he was .001 under his dial for the breakout loss. Not a bad way to jump back in after a year's absence. The Powell's figured out a way to get the T Bird down the track, limit the throttle to about 2/3rds, set the clutch very soft and go out and run a 7.60!

Clarenville Dragway

June 23-24 report By Dave Anthony

Not to be outdone Powell Sr. decided that 7 cylinders were not enough in the Fairlane and got all 8 working (long story ) the result a move from the low 10's to an 9.45! Willie Brewer hit a 7.60 in his Ford power dragster but is still encountering a few growing pains, good new is that there seems to be a lot of potential left yet.

Results:

Gamblers - Not contested

Super Pro / Pro Combo - 5 Rounds

Winner - Bobby Maddigan - Nova

R/U - Gerard Ronayne - Nova

Third - Con Dunphy - Dragster

Next racing will be in 2 weeks, July 7th & 8th . On the 7th we will be having our first high stakes gamblers race. We expect the pot to be in the $2,500 range for the day. For additional Information contact Clarenvilledragway.com or call 758-RACE.

June 23-24 Report by Don Phillips

Really low car count this past weekend at Cape Breton Dragway due mostly to the poor weather on Saturday morning and the doom and gloom forecast for Sunday. Truth is we got 75% of the day in on Saturday and on Sunday Cape Breton Dragway was probably the only place it wasn’t raining. Final results as follows:

Super/Pro

1 J. D. Muggah

2. Gary Pozzebon

3. Ryan MacNeil

Pro class

1. Joey King

2. Mike MacPherson

3. Noel Peach

Street

1. Keats Biron

2. Rosa Neisten

3-4 Bill Faulkner / David MacMillan