Maritime Drag Racing 2010 Race Results
Maritime Drag Racing 2010 Race Results

 Cape Breton Dragway
August27-29 Report

Report and Photos
by Gerard Bryden

Greeting guys,
Here are the results from Sunday August 29th at Cape Breton Dragway. Worth noting with all the big names in town, Steet Class and Pro Class were both won by New Waterford guys, as well 2nd in Pro and 3rd in Bike/Sled were also from New Waterford. So Team NewWaterford had a picture done to mark the occassion. Robert Burke, Sheldon Pastuck, Robert Hogan, and Blair Tighe.
Wishing you all a great day. Gerard
Junior Dragster
Brett Ramsay 1st
Joceyln Campbell 2nd
Breanna O'Handley 3rd
Street Class
Robert Burke 1st
Crystal Niesten 2nd
Richard Leger 3rd
Bike/Sled Class
Steve Campbell 1st
Donnie Cosnick 2nd
Blair Tighe  3rd
Pro Class
Sheldon Pastuck 1st
Robert Hogan 2nd
Terry Hendrix 3rd
Super Pro Class
Richard Boyd 1st
Kandy  Mitton 2nd
Jason MacNeil 3rd

Greenfield Dragway
August 21-22 Report
by Mitch Bonnar

A small malfunction on the 186E car caused a thrash until 12:30 AM Sunday AM. Sorry about the short converter stall test at 11:30PM. I misread the
watch and thought it was 10:30. I need to thank Kevin Brown and Mike Wynot for great help. They were there until the finish.

Saturday was the Super bracket bash. Weather was warm. There were the normal messes to clean but we had the dreaded big one. Didn't keep track but it
must have been 2 hours to clean up. In the end we got her done before dark and had a great BBQ sausages, hot dogs and chat session. Thanks to all those
that cooked and cleaned up. Great crowd gathering and the BS was flying all round lol.

The Saturday Super Bracket Bash paid out more than $6500.00

Gamblers Box winners:
1st George Estabrooks Sackville NS
2nd Danny Walker Sackville NS
3rd Daryl Stewart Bridgewater NS

Gamblers No Box winners:
1st Vaughn Boone Dartmouth NS
2nd Alan Bent Kingston NS
3rd Mike Ingram Lower Sackville NS

Jr. Dragsters winners:
1st Mariah Smith Scottt Village NS
2nd Tyler Pickerm Mt. Uniacke NS

King of the Hill George Estabrooks Sackville NS - Congrats and well deserved.
Sunday was another beautiful day. Another oil disaster but again we got er done by before 6  I believe, don't exactly recall.

The winner of the 7000Watt Electric Generator was Ray Ingram. He claims he is going to park alongside Billy Sheppard at the next race and run the
generator just to make him crazy.

There were 232 seperate entries for the weekend which is up by 15 from last year. We were looking for 2000 runs for the weekend but we ran out of cars
at 1988 runs. Again thanks to all the volunteers, we couldn't do it without you.

Sunday winners:
Jr. Dragsters
1st Courtney Munroe JR1044 Sackville NS
2nd Rebecca Lawrence JR1496Lawrencetown NS
3rd Robbie Chase JR1022 Sydney NS

Bike/Sled
1st Glenn Frizzell S2 Charlotttetown PEI
2nd Joe Patterson B1512 Truro NS
3RD Ron Dominix B2135 Fauxberg NS

Sportsman
1st Ian Banks 2793 Kentville NS
2nd Bunny Allen 343 Dartmouth NS
3rd Wendell Oickle 2141 Blockhouse NS

Pro
1st Kelly MacKay 1231 Mineville NS
2nd Vaughn Boone 390 Dartmouth NS
3rd Jesse Murphy 2680 Yarmouth NS

Super/Pro
1st Brian Mansfield 336G Liverpool NS
2nd Roddy Simpson 503 Dartmouth NS
3rd Darrell Poole 71 Dartmouth NS

Aug 14-15 Report by Dave Anthony

Wow what a weekend. Great weather both days and in the mid 80’s Sunday, on top of that we had our largest single day turnout ever. The annual NSMA Street car Shootout always brings out a crowd and this year with the great weather we had an extra boost. Also the fact that there was strong competition for bragging rights as to who has the fastest street car piqued everyone’s interest as well. Let’s just say the 2 quickest cars ran 8.803 and 8.809 respectively, read on for details.

Results Saturday – Gamblers Race – After 6 rounds
Winner – Dave Anthony - Dragster
R/U – Jim Powell - Camaro

Results Sunday Super Pro/Pro Combo – After 5 rounds
Winner – Mark Loveless - Camaro
R/U – Con Dunphy - Dragster
3rd -  Jerry Rice – Trans Am

Bike Gamblers Race – Sunday
Winner – Jeff Hutchings
R/U –  Corey Adams




NSMA STREET CAR SHOOTOUT RESULTS:
Sport Compact
1st – Greg Kelly – 99 Mits Eclipse
2nd – Jim Spurrell – 97 Mits Talon
3rd – Mike Penton – 96 Mits Talon

A&W Cruiser Class
1st – Paul Evoy – 73 Scamp
2nd – Mike Rideout – 97 Trans Am
3rd – Rick Squires – 11 Ford Shelby

Open Competition Class
1st - Paul Power – 95 Avenger
2nd – Curtis Pennell – 75 Datsun 280Z
3rd – Joe McNeil – 75 Challenger

Now for the rest of the news. Really the Big news from this past weekend.  Paul Power in his ’95 Big Block Avenger not only repeated as overall champ but set top ET with a best of 8.803 and 159.73 mph followed very closely by Doug Strickland in his ’67 Camaro Small Block with a very close 8.809 and a top mph of 155.67. Considering the limited traction due to the sun & heat both of these runs were absolutely outstanding. Both cars have more left in the tank but need optimal track conditions to get peak performance. Unfortunately for Doug he encountered engine damage prior to the semi final and could not make the call. It would have been a great final if Power and Strickland had faced off. We’ll there is always next year, or maybe later this year??

 The next scheduled racing in Clarenville will be August 28th and 29th when we will be hosting our rescheduled All Ford Mustang Show/Shine and Shootout.

Safe Racing Everyone - Dave
Aug 7-8 Report by Earl Proude
Vaughan Boone from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia drove his 1970 AMX to a very unusual “Triple Win” on the weekend at Raceway Park. A term usually associated only with circle track racing, the “triple” was accomplished on the dual-lane drag strip at Oyster Bed Bridge on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday afternoon Boone started his weekend dominance with a victory over Charlottetown’s Travis Livingstone in the Non-Electronic division of the Gamblers’ Race.

On Sunday he continued in the Pro Bracket class by defeating Kensington’s Donald MacLeod in the final pairing, this time with an unbelievable package combining a .502 reaction time with an 11.51 elapsed time on a 11.50 dial-in.

In the tower, after the run, MacLeod said, “Usually when I lose I can blame myself, but a person could run 50 years and never beat that combination in a final.”

And then there were three.... Boone was a last minute entrant in the prestigious Super Pro class, “double dipping” as they say, and dialing in at the very bottom of the class at 11.49. Not many gave him much of a chance against some of the best in Atlantic Canada, but as the rounds went by and Boone continued to “hot lap” the little AMX, the giants began to fall. Boone’s last three conquests were against Saint John’s Ray Roach, Memramcook’s Ray Bourque and then ousting the seven second dragster of Jim Green from Sussex, New Brunswick in the final.

Ben Trites from Lakeville, NB was third in the Super Pro class with his big-block dragster and Randy Langille from Tatamagouche, NS finished third in the Pro division.

In the Bike/Sled class, Winsloe’s Glenn Frizzell ran a 10.22 on a 10.21 dial with a .543 light to defeat Trenton, Nova Scotia’s Bill Horton in final pairing. Charlottetown’s Steve Campbell finished third after losing in the semi-final to Horton.

Richard Leger from Shediac, NB moved into the points lead in the Sportsman class with a win over Marie Myers from Miscouche in Sunday’s final. Irwin Mossman from Winsloe was third.
The Consolation Race for all cars ousted in the first round of all classes was won by Mary Roach from Saint John who defeated Hunter River’s Brian Toombs in the final.

The Junior Dragster division was also busy on the weekend. Lisa Carroll from Sherbrooke, NS was a “double winner” taking top eliminator on both days. On Saturday she defeated Rylie Green from Sussex, New Brunswick and Tyne Valley’s William Newcombe in Sunday’s final. Wellington’s Brett Ramsay was third both days.

The Consolation Race for the Juniors was won by Hunter river’s Dawson Toombs when he edged out Rylie Green from Sussex. Charlottetown’s Jocelyne Campbell was third.

Also on Saturday the suspended/rain delayed race of July 25 was completed. In the Pro division Tyne Valley’s Ernest Newcombe edged Winsloe’s Matt Clow, while Travis Livingstone was third.

In the Super Pro class three local racers were dominant. Two Charlottetown racers faced off in a final which saw John MacKinnon defeat Roy Matthews while Glenn MacLean from Hunter River was third.

Charlottetown’s Steve Campbell defeated his frequent rival, Glen Frizzell, in the final of the Bike/Sled class while Mike MacDonald from Oyster Bed Bridge was third.

In the Sportsman class, Charlottetown’s Joan Livingstone was first, Christine Leeman from Letang, New Brunswick was second and Shediac’s Richard Leger was third.

Wellington’s Brett Ramsay won the junior Dragster class while Caleb Sargent from Quispamsis, NB was second and Dawson Toombs was third.

The next points race at the local track will be the combined ADRA and Raceway Park points finale on Labour Day Weekend. In the mean time Tuesday Night Street Drags continue for another four weeks
On of these days maybe the weather man will get it right. Someone said it right when they called them aftercasters and not forecasters! After calling for rain basically all weekend which kept a number of racers home as well as spectators we encountered 1 shower late Saturday afternoon and that was it.

Sunday was a great day for racing and we saw performance numbers to prove it! Again it proved to be a banner weekend for Mark Loveless who won the gamblers race on Saturday and followed that up with the Super Pro win on Sunday. The second time this season that Mark has doubled up.
Results Saturday
Winner - Mark Loveless
R/U – Derrick Martin Semi – Paul Power

Results Sunday Super Pro/Pro Combo
Winner – Mark Loveless R/U – Jerry Rice
Semi – Con Dunphy, Jerry Rice

The next scheduled racing in Clarenville will be August 14th and 15th when we will be hosting our Annual Street Car Shootout.
Safe Racing Everyone
Dave
July 31 - Aug 1 Report by Dave Anthony

There were 2 outstanding runs made on Sunday, first Dave Powell Jr. in his Top Sportsman Cougar ran his quickest time ever in Clarenville with a stout 7.118 second pass at 193.05 mph(all motor no power adders). Every bit as impressive was the run Doug Strickland put down with his street legal ’67 Camaro (NOS assisted sbc) shutting down the clocks with a 8.73 second pass at 155mph which is the quickest et by a street legal car ever and getting close to the mph record. With the Annual Street Car Shootout taking place at our next event August 14th and 15th the line has been drawn in the sand. Will be very interesting to see who comes out on top!

Local Renous NB racer Tom Coughlan who was entered in his first ever Stock/SuperStock race won Saturdays 2010 Maritime Stock/SuperStock Championship Series race at Miramichi Dragway Park.
Conghlan defeated Moncton's Terry Knapper I/S Camaro first round,  Sackville NB Blair MacDonald SS/GT/GA Camaro second round and then received a bye run in to the finals where he posted a ET of 11.01 on a 10.97 dial with his
C/CM1988 Mustang defeating Bill Sheppard H/SA 1973 Duster when Sheppard redlighted. The A&J Automotive number one qualifier award was won by Chris Howes and his B/SA 1970 Dodge Challenger with a ET 10.35 on a IHRA index of 11.55
July 31-Aug 1 Report by Gerry Clow

Halifax's NS area racer Kelly MacKay with his 1972 G/SA Duster won Sundays second race of 2010 Maritime Stock/SuperStock Championship Series double
header weekend when Middle Sackville NS Ray Ingram red lighted the win away with a .496 red eye. MacKay defeated Saturdays winner Tom Coughlan first round before winning a thriller against Billy Sheppard where they both cut
.506 lights. Sundays  A&J Automotive number one qualifier award was won by Blair MacDonald SS/GT/GA Camaro with a ET of 10.15 on a IHRA index of 11.20
The next race in the 2010 Maritime Stock/SuperStock Championship Series will be held on October 2nd & 3rd at Miramichi Dragway Park, Miramichi NB
July 24-25 Report by Earl Proude
Third Points Event Raceway Park 2010

Abbreviated Weekend

Well we tried! We got a short window of weather Sunday afternoon, gave everyone a time trial, a qualifying round and managed to bang of enough rounds to get to finals and semi-finals in all classes. Then it just got too wet. The remainder of the event will be finished on Saturday (Aug 7) at the next Raceway Park points event.

In Super Pro Roy Matthews and the “War Wagon” will face the roadster of Mike Sargent, while John MacKinnon and Glenn MacLean are set to go in the other semi.

One half of the Pro Bracket semi was run and saw Matt Clow oust Tony Lyons, while Travis Livingston and Ernie Newcombe have yet to decide who will face Clow in the final. Lyons and the loser will run for third.
In the Bike/Sled class Glenn Frizzell and Mike MacDonald will race to get the chance to face Steve Campbell in the final.

Christine Leeman and Joan Livingstone are in the Sportsman final, while Richard Leger finished third in the class.

Caleb Sargent and Brett Ramsay will run off in the Junior Dragster final while William Newcombe and Dawson Toombs will decide third place.

On Saturday two gamblers’ races were run. In the Box class Glenn MacLean bested Mario VanWiechen in the final. Roy Matthews was third after losing to MacLean.

In the No-Box division Travis Livingstone defeated Bruce Howatt in the final.

Caleb Sargent defeated Brett Ramsay to take top honors in the Junior Division.

The fourth event in the Raceway Park points series will be August 7/8, and the final will be on Labour Day Weekend. Labour Day event is also an ADRA event.
 Cape Breton Dragway
July 16-17-18 Report

Winners Photos
by Gerard Bryden


Cape Breton Dragway Race Results  July 18, 2010
Super Pro
1st Kandy Mitton
2nd Sheldon Brewer
3rd Bruce Howatt

Pro
1st Travis Livingstone
2nd Conrad Niesten
3rd Vaughn Boone

Street
1st Michael Ingraham
2nd Don Phillips
3rd Donnie Cosnick

Bike/Sled
1st Stephen Campbell
2nd Chris Pozzebon
3rd Joe Patterson

Junior Dragster
1st Breanna O'Handley
2nd Lisa Carroll
3rd Brandon Smith

July 3-4  Report by Earl Proude

Excellent racing with minuscule margins of victory was the topic of discussion on everyone’s lips after the weekend of drag racing at Raceway Park.

It was the second race in the points’ series at the local track, as well as an Atlantic Drag Racing Meet.

The prospect of fine weather and great competition brought 147 race cars, plus 18 Junior Dragsters vying for top honors in the different divisions.

On Sunday Hunter River’s Glenn MacLean drove his 1984 Trans Am to victory in the Super Pro Division with a long string of runs right on his dial-in and consistent reaction times in the low .500's. In the final he defeated the 1995 Firebird of Liverpool, Nova Scotia’s Gary Keans. Bruce Howatt from Charlottetown was third in the class and also garnered the ADRA’s "Best Reaction Time in Competition" award with a .5002.

In the Pro Bracket Division, Wellington’s Chad Ramsay saved his best reaction time of the day, an excellent .502, to oust the always tough Bill Sheppard from Lakeview, Nova Scotia in the final. Sheppard had a fine .517 of his own. Malcolm London from Saint John completed a very good weekend by placing third in the 45 car field.

Winsloe’s Glenn Frizzell again won top honors in the Bike/Sled Division on his Arctic Cat snowmobile when he beat the big Kawasaki of Kevin King in the final. King is from Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia. Mike MacDonald from Oyster Bed Bridge was third in the class.
In the Sportsman Division, Mike White from New Maryland, New Brunswick drove his 1978 Buick Skylark to a final round win over Carl Leeman from Letang, New Brunswick in his 1979 Camaro. Winsloe’s Irwin Mossman was third.

Tyne Valley’s William Newcombe worked his way to victory in the Junior Dragster Division with a final round win over Chris Hobart from Grand Bay-Westview, New Brunswick. Third in the class was Wellington’s Brett Ramsay.

After six rounds of stiff competition in the Consolation Race for first round losers, Peter Hobart from Grand Bay-Westview defeated Charlottetown’s Nevin Scott and his big 8 second Suzuki motorcycle.

Saturday’s action was high-lighted by a visit from the Maritime’s Stock/Super Stock contingent. The final of the eleven-car field saw Sackville, Nova Scotia’s Jody Noble wheel his 1965 Chev Malibu to victory over the number one qualifier in the field, Saint John, New Brunswick’s Malcolm London.

In the Electronic Gamblers’ Race, Mark Green’s big 1969 Road Runner defeated the 1995 Firebird of Liverpool’s Gary Keans.

Vaughan Boone from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia defeated Glenn Frizzell’s Arctic Cat in the final of the Non-Electronic Gamblers’ Race.

On Saturday Chris Hobart defeated Caleb Sargent from Quispamsis, New Brunswick in

the Junior Dragster Division final.

Next action at the drag strip is the weekend of July 24/25 when the third points’ event will be held. Meanwhile street drags continue every Tuesday night at 6:30.
The weekend belonged to Mark Loveless who won gamblers on Saturday with a win over Paul Power, knocked out in the semis were Dave Anthony and Corvin Colbourne.
On Sunday Mark did the job again in the super pro/pro combo by again taking out Paul Power in the final. Paul has a very good weekend as well in getting to the finals both days. Brian Waddleton took home 3rd. In the consolation race Dave Anthony took out Doug Strickland for the win.The weekend was not without drama and there was more then one wounded car trailered home for needed repairs. Hopefully the repairs will not be too serious.

As many will probably by now be aware Willie Brewer had a very serious accident with his dragster on Saturday. Worst one I have ever witnessed in 30+ years of racing when his throttle stuck after crossing the finish line. The car X Dave Anthony Chandler dragster was absolutely destroyed in the incident HOWEVER the driver area was 100% intact! No other vehicle was involved. Very pleased to report that all the safety features did their job as designed and after being checked out at the track and then again at the Clarenville hospital he was released and was back at the track in the evening sipping on a cold one. Willie was certainly knocked around and will have a few bruises, singed an eyebrow and will be a little stiff for a few days but luckily nothing long lasting.
June 26-27 Report by Dave Anthony

If this wasn’t enough one of the drivers wives who escorted Willie to the hospital on Saturday was herself admitted for a medical emergency (nothing race related and fortunately not life threatening in any way) on Sunday morning and is having surgery Monday morning!

Hopefully we got all our excitement out of the way in one 24 hour period!!

Next racing will be July 10th and 11th. We will be having our 1st big $$ gamblers race of the season on Saturday. On Sunday we will be hosting our 1st All Ford Mustang Show/Shine and Shootout in addition to our regular Sunday race program. Should be a great weekend at the track.

Safe Racing Everyone

Dave
 Cape Breton Dragway
June 27 Report

Photos by Gerard Bryden


Cape Breton Dragway Race Results  June 27, 2010
Super Pro Class
1-Jason MacNeil
2-James Lyons
3-Faber Mackie
Pro Class
1-Joey King
2-Conrad Niesten
3-Noel peach
Street Class
1-Robert Burke Jr.
2-Henk Niesten
3-Benny Niesten
Bike & Sled Class
1-Kevin King
2-Gordon Ferguson
3-Paul Metcalf
Junior Dragster Class
1-Lisa Carroll
2-Hannah Ranni
3-Kyle Kenny


Next Event - July 16th, 17th, 18th
Quick 8 ET Event + ADRA Points

Greenfield Dragway
May 29-30 Report
by Mitch Bonnar


It was a warm one. 30+ degrees. There were 144 through Tec Friday evening. Time trials were from 6 til 9 PM. There were 225 entries for the weekend. That is 40 more than the same race last year. We can't thank all the volunteers, racers, sponsors and fans enough for our success.

Saturday saw the first S/SS event as well as the firsrt 10.90 event.

The S/SS, from all accounts, was a huge success. It was attended by some 18 entries. The master himself, Mr John Armstrong was one of the entries in attendance and expressed his pleasure with the track prep being A1. He was requiring more front end weight because of the traction but still obtained 1.18 60' times.
The 10.90 class was great however more participation will be required to sustain the class. There were 8 entries, quite a few less than expressed their interest.

Saturday winners were as follows:

S/SS
1st  Fred Thibault Middleton NS
2nd  Chris Howes Rothsey NB

10.90
1st  Jim Morrison Enfield NS
2nd  Jason MacNeil Stellerton NS

Jr. Dragsters
1st  Brandon Smith
2nd  Chris Hobart Grand bay NB

No Box
1st  Tim Penney Clarks Harbour NS
2nd  Bill Sheppard Lakeview NS
3rd  Dale Walker Bridgetown NS

Box
1st  Jason MacNeil Stellarton NS
2nd Glenn MacNeil Dartmouth NS
Sunday morning looked a little iffy on the weather side. We dislike modifying the program but we have an ultimate goal to get the race finished so we steppped  it up by asking the racers to pay close attention and boy, they were great. We called a class and presto they were in the lanes.

We did the ADRA battle, the Greenfield battle as well as I did the annual verbal battle with Mario Saturday evening over a hot dog and all went well. I believe everybody had a good time.

The Sunday winners were as follows:

Jr. Dragster
1st  JR1496 Rebecca lawrence Laurencetown NS 2nd  JR2119 Gabrielle Bruhm Barss Corner NS 3rd  Tyler Pickerm Mt Uniacke NS

Bike/Sled
1st  B91 Steve Campbell Cornwall PEI 2nd  Glenn Frizzel Charlottetown PEI 3rd  Shawn Weaver Middleton NS

Sportsman
1st  2120 Cindy Pettipas Deep Brook NS 2nd  Chris Chapman Belmont NS
3rd  Mike Ingram Lower Sackville NS

Pro
1st  1933 Mike Stone Moncton NB
2nd  396 Sheldon cassavechia Dartmouth NS 3rd  2084 David Joudrey Milton NS

S/Pro
1st  Glenn Maclean Hunter River PEI - That's one great weekend! 2nd  Roddie Simpson Dartmouth NS
3rd  Scott Sprague Hammonds Plains NS

Well I finally get to make my first report of the year and I am pleased to report that we had sunny skies and great racing all weekend. No oil downs any only a couple of minor breakage issues to report. For the first weekend we had an excellent turnout of cars and it looks like we’re going to have a great season based on the interest shown. Several new cars were at the track, with several drivers hitting personal bests, most notable being Jim Powell and Terry Walsh.   Dave Powell Jr. was back with the repaired Cougar and made the quickest pass of the weekend with a 7.25 with a soft clutch and about 3/4 throttle! It’s a definite 6 second car on a national calibre track! Not to be outdone the old man Dave Powell Sr. has stepped up the performance of the T Bird as well
On Saturday after 5 rounds Bobby Maddigan with his ’65 Chevy II took the win over Doug Strickland in his ’67 Camaro. Both were running with new engine combinations so needless to say they were both pleased with a final appearance. Derek Martin & Con Dunphy were knocked out in the semis.

On Sunday we ran a Super Pro/Pro combo. After 5 rounds of racing Dave Anthony running his new dragster came out on top with a win over Gerry Rice’s Trans Am, taking the win by a .005 package. Con Dunphy picked up 3rd place in his dragster. Doug Strickland in his Camaro took out Bobby Madigan in his Chevy II to win the consolation race in a reversal of the Gamblers final on Saturday.

 That’s it for now next racing in 2 weeks June 26/27.

Dave Anthony
June 12-13  Report by Earl Proude

The first event of the year in the Points Series of Drag Racing at Raceway Park was held over the weekend.

Jim Green from Sussex, New Brunswick drove his Chrysler powered dragster to victory in the prestigious Super Pro Class. In the final pairing, he defeated Mike Sargent’s 1927 small- block, Chevy-powered, Ford Roadster from Quispamsis, New Brunswick. Charlottetown’s Bruce Howatt defeated Janet Axworthy, from Oyster Bed Bridge, PEI for third place in the division.

Local racers dominated the Pro Bracket Class. Wellington’s Chad Ramsay wheeled his 1983 Monte Carlo to victory over Charlottetown’s Matt Clow in his 1985 Camaro. Jody Gallant from Oyster Bed Bridge was third with his 1980 Camaro.

The Bike/Sled final came down to two racers who have met many times over the years. The snowmobile from Winsloe, PEI of Glenn Frizzell sat at the starting line across from the big Suzuki of Cornwall’s Steve Campbell. This time around Frizzell’s snowmobile prevailed. Luke MacKay from Charlottetown was third on his Suzuki.


In the Sportsman Class, Richard Leger from Shediac, NB driving his 1980 Trans Am, defeated last year’s points champion, Ray Smith from Charlottetown, PEI. Third place in the class went to the 1995 Toyota Tercel of Gus Longaphie from Cornwall when he edged out the 1969 Chevy Nova of Charlottetown’s Ivan Noonan.

The Junior Division winner was Daniel Collister from Toronto Road, PEI when he defeated Kyle Kenny from Hopewell, Nova Scotia. This made Collister a double winner on the weekend. He had won the class on Saturday with a final round victory over North Rustico"s Dawson Toombs. Third on Sunday was Wellington’s Brett Ramsay.

On Saturday two Gamblers’ Races were held. In the Electronic Division, Ray Bourque from Memramcook, New Brunswick defeated Charlottetown’s Dave Constable. Jody Gallant won the Non-electronic Division by beating Glenn Frizzell in that final.

Visit the track web-site: www.racewaypark.biz for a schedule of upcoming events and all the latest drag racing news.

Greenfield Dragway
May 29-30 Report
by Mitch Bonnar



It has been a long winter and everybody has been chomping at the bit to get racing. It turned out to be quite a weekend. We wound up with 19 more entries this year than last with 175. I believe everybody had a great time and got some runs in.

There were a few breakages including a couple engines, transmission, couple rear ends, a battery tray and battery skidding down the track, the
normal assortment of nuts and bolts and yes a full liter of transmission fluid, still in the bottle. If I have to pick up fluid off the track thats the best way, in a bottle.

There were a few small glitches with the equipment but nothing serious. Someone got a little close to the center reflector at the finish blowing it out of the box, now that makes the operators screen turn red with
warnings. We did a couple of reruns due to a top led bulb failure; you know those never fail ones.

Friday night showed us 103 vehicles through tech.
Time trials were had by all until the staging lanes were literally empty and even a call on the PA could not entice anyone more.

Saturday was a great day, sunburns included. There was a slight breeze so there were very few winged animals to be seen all weekend.
The winners of Saturdays Gamblers Races were:

No- Box
1. 2054 Warren Cottreau Yarmouth
2. 1318 Bill Sheppard Lakeview
3. 1158 Greg Nickerson Lower Sackville

Box
1. 1632 Jim Rankin Mount Uniacke
2. 503 Roddy Simpson Dartmouth
3. 304G Chris Naugler New Elm

Sunday AM it rained a touch, you know, enough to bugger the track, but by 1:30 PM we were at full song with bright sun and 20 +weather.
Unfortunately 30 or so entries decided not to wait and left earlier in the morning. We were completed by 5:45PM which included one dilly of a cleanup
by not less than 30 volunteers. Keith will likely post a picture of that one.

All in all it was a great weekend and thanks to all those volunteers another one is in the records books.

The winners of Sunday's Races were:

Jr. Dragster- oops forgot to write the car numbers down, sorry ladies.
1. Mariah Smith Scotch Village
2. Gabrielle Bruhm Barss Corner
3. Courtney Munroe Sackville

Bike/Sled
1. B2135 Ron Dominix Fauxburg
2. B 2097 Aaron Joudrey Maitland
3. B2410 David Coombs Milton

Sportsman
1. 1090 Chris Chapman Belmont
2. 2195 Kirk Shupe Charleston
3. 36 Daryl Bishop Greenfield

Pro
1. 396 Sheldon Casavechia Dartmouth
2. 2218 Diana Hirtle Liverpool
3. 1462 Ray Ingram Middle Sackville

Super Pro
1. 1632 Jin Rankin Mt Uniacke
2. Bob Morse Mahone Bay
3. 105 Gary Keens Liverpool
May 22-23  Report by Earl Proude

DRAG RACING
SEASON BEGINS

Raceway Park kicked off a new season of drag racing over the long weekend under sunny skies.

Although it was not a Points Race event, over eighty cars participated from all around the Maritimes. Four classes were run on Sunday: a Box Class, a No-Box Class (depending upon whether the car was equipped with an electronic delay box), a Junior division, and a Duck Race for first round losers.

In the Box Class, Glenn MacLean from Hunter River, PEI drove his Trans Am to victory over Dartmouth, Nova Scotia’s Vaughan Boone in his AMX . Third place went to Sackville, New Brunswick’s Bob Partridge in his 1965 Chevy II.

The No-Box category worked its way down to a final between the replica cars of two best friends. Bruce Howatt with his "Sox and Martin Plymouth" and Travis Livingstone’s "Dick Landy Dodge" faced off for the first time in seven years for a class final. It was a highly anticipated race, but it was over almost before it started as Livingstone "red lit" at the starting line, giving the win to Howatt’s Dodge. Terry Short’s 1974 Ford Capri from Moncton, New Brunswick was third in the class.


The same Bruce Howatt was second in the Duck Race when he was defeated by Trevor Johnston from Truro, Nova Scotia in his Plymouth Valiant. Howatt actually got into this class when he had suspension problems and had to drop out of the first round of the Box Class. Glen Frizzell from Winsloe, PEI was third on his Arctic Cat snowmobile.

In the Junior division, Dawson Toombs from Hunter River defeated Wellington’s Brett Ramsay in Sunday’s final. Daniel Collister from Rustico finished third.

On Saturday the same names were near the top in the Junior Class. This time Collister was first, Ramsay again was runner-up and Tyne Valley’s William Newcombe was third.

On Saturday two Gamblers’ Races were run. In the Box Class, Vaughan Boone emerged victorious over the Dragster of Tea Hill, PEI’s Shane MacEachern. The No-Box Class was captured by Travis Livingstone when he defeated Jason Coulson from Kensington.

The next drag race at the local track will be the first points event of the year, June 12 and 13 and the first Tuesday night Street Drags are scheduled for June 8, beginning at 6:30 PM.