Cruise Weekend Results

Friday night's races were nothing short of being action packed.  For the first time this season the track had to run four different classes to make up for the rained event the previous weekend.  With it being cruise weekend we had some extra Late Models in attendance.  The #6 car of Chris Skelton made the trip from Calgary, as well as the #94 car of Ernie Richard came down from Edmonton and Jason Gervais was also out in the #88 car from here in Saskatoon.  Unfortunately Ernie Richard had engine troubles in hot laps keeping him in the pits for the rest of the night.  So when the green flag dropped there were 12 late models battling for the lead.  In the first heat race the car was running decent picking up positions but after getting involved in an incident with the 44 car we ended up in fifth spot.  In the qualifier we had a little better luck pushing #70 LA Weight Loss Impala SS up to the 2nd spot, just to be edged out in the closing laps by Glen Hertzke in the #14 car, for a 3rd place finish.  For the first time this year the feature race started completely under the lights of the track, and with 12 cars (our biggest field this year) it looked really good.  With it being cruise weekend we were given a 50 lap feature, but the way things started off it seemed like the boys thought it was a 5 lap shootout.  We seemed to be really good on restarts, being able to make up a spot or two but then losing them again.  With five cautions, 2 black flags, non stop position changes and a whole bunch bumping and banging the fans definitely got there moneys worth.  After the dust settled we ended finishing in the 6th position, not the finish we were looking for.  Going into the final points race of the year we now a have an 18 point deficit to the 14 car and we are 4 points back from the 55 car of Jim Gaunt.  Our next race is September 5th when we run the points final for the Super Truck.