Ok 20 min rundown time.. Good night of racing once again from an on track action standpoint, despite a smaller car count in a couple of the divisions.. At 5pm when it rained a little bit I didnt think we'd get this one in, but kudos to the owners for stickin it out.. Was also amazed how fast we got the track completely dry after the rain hit..

In the track's featured LLM division #8 Dave Lewis took the evening's first 30 lap feature win .. First win for Lewis since the first feature of the year ironically enough..The race would see #5 Steve Quesnelle and #6 Keith Maiato making up the front row, with Quesnelle taking control of the point, after 5 laps door handle to door handle with Maiato.. Lewis, was quick to follow Quesnelle through on the inside line underneath Maiato, to take over 2nd. Lewis, would soon challenge Quesnelle for the lead, and on lap 10 completed an inside pass between 1&2 to assume control of the race. Quesnelle, would continue to get shuffled further back in the running order, as both #10 Gord Shepherd and #69 Al "Red Rocket" Inglis would make their way past , leaving Quesnelle to scrap it out with brother Ron for 4th place. Lewis, would open up a 2 car length lead at the front of the field with laps right at 15 sec. flat, as Ron Quesnelle would win the hotly contested duel with brother Steve for 4th place in behind. The only caution flew on lap 26, as Ron Quesnelle spun on his own accord in corner 4, just as Inglis was really turning up the heat on Shepherd for 2nd.

On the restart, Lewis would power to the front and again opened up a 2 car length advantage on Shepherd, with the best battle taking place for 4th, as silky smooth #22 Rick Walt passed Steve Quesnelle with only 2 laps remaining.. But this one belonged to Lewis, who maintained the 2 car length advantage over the duration, as Shepherd claimed 2nd at the checkered..Point leader Al Inglis would get his night off to a tidy start with a 3rd place showing, while Walt and Steve Quesnelle completed the fast five..

The 2nd feature was a bit more entertaining than the first, and it saw Maiato power to the front from the pole, as Ron Quesnelle cleared brother Steve in behind by lap 2 to take over 2nd..On the very next lap Ron Quesnelle would dive down inside Maiato entering 3, and become the race's new leader. Quesnelle, would open up a half straightaway advantage with laps in the 14.8 sec range, as the duo of Shepherd and Inglis had their hands full getting around the pesky Maiato. On lap 18, Shepherd would make a brilliant inside pass of Maiato entering 1, as Inglis was quick to follow into 3rd.. Maiato, would manage to get back to the inner line in front of Lewis to maintain 4th, but on lap 24 he would run into the back of Inglis out of 2, causing the 69 to spin on the backstretch for the only caution.. The result would see Inglis be given his spot back, with Maiato sent to the rear.

This turn of events would set up a 4 lap shootout, with front runners Quesnelle and Shepherd making up the front row.. Quesnelle, would power to the point once again, as Shepherd would get trapped up high and was passed by the duo of Lewis and Inglis for position.. They would come to the stripe in that order with Ron Quesnelle taking his 8th feature win of the season, to tie point leader Inglis in that dept.. Speaking of Inglis, he had a runner up finish in this one, as Lewis, Shepherd, and Walt comprised the rest of the top 5..

The OLG SLOTS Thunder Cars would go caution free for the 5th time in 10 features this season in the 30 lap main, as point leader and CRO's own Jim "Polish Prince" Belesky recorded his 6th feature win of the season. It was #67 Jeff Smith gaining the early advantage from the drop of the green, getting the jump on rookie contender #38 Steeve Melson.. Melson, would soon make his mark felt, as the young prodigy would execute a stunning crossover move in corner two, relegating Smith to 2nd in the running order.. In behind this duel, the battle was on between the front running duo of Belesky and #14 Thayne Hallyburton for the third place position.. The two battled door to door for several laps not laying so much as a fender on each other as Belesky would eventually get past the 14, and begin to hunt down the leader Melson..

After looking to the low side for several laps and unable to get a nose to the inside, Belesky pulled to the high side of the 38 on lap 18, and finally took the lead entering 1.. Also on the fly was the sleek looking #3 of Ken Denhollander, as the third year driver would pass the #24 of Leonard Johnston for 4th on the outside, and then took 3rd from Hallyburton who was beginning to smoke from the rear end.. As has happened so often this season once "The Prince" finds the front it was "turn out the lights the party's over".. and thats how this one played out at the checkered...Rookie Melson would have a career best feature finish in a Thunder coming home 2nd, while DenHollander, Hallyburton and Johnston made up the fast five.

New driver in the field tonight as #55 Shawn Goggins made his BSW debut in the former Slavish car, and he finished a respectable 8th in the feature and on the lead lap..I hear he's got some type of whiz on his pit crew.. not to mention any names!! 😉 Shawn is the owner of Walker Logistics a sponsor of the 12 car, so watch out Thunder Car division "The Prince" now has a teamate.. If night 1 is any indication I would expect the odd top 5 finish outta this guy before the year expires..

Heat wins to DenHollander and Belesky..

A season high 19 Pure Stocks took green, including the return of 2008 Charger champion #14 Billy Melenhorst.. It was another track champ winning the 20 lap main, as 2005 track champ Brian Murray took over the wheel of brother Shawn's #02 2004 Mustang for the night, and drove it to the feature the win.. Impressive charge for Murray, who started 18th and had climbed to 5th just 5 laps in.. #99 Drew Stieler, was also impressive on this night and finished 2nd, after leading for the first 18 laps from the pole position, until passed by Murray racing into corner 1. Melenhorst, would finish 3rd in his return to the track, with #09 Dean Curry, and #39 Travis Hallyburton the top 5..

Heats wins went to the 02 of Murray, Melenhorst, Curry, and #36 Corey Young a visiting driver from Sauble. Bit rough of a feature, and at least one of the heat races had a few cautions but nice to see the car counts increasing in this starter division when compared to beginning of year...There you have it.. FROM THE CHEAP SEATS..