Ok really quick rundown of the nights events.. For the 2nd time this year both LLM features won by #57 Ron Quesnelle in his Sunrise Toyota Camry.. Make that 5 feature wins in 7 races for the dominant team based out of Penetang.. Clearly Ron is showing himself to be the class of the field early on, driving from 6th and 8th place starting positions to take both 30 lap wins.. First feature was pretty entertaining.. Second feature was a bit more of a slow moving caution filled affair, and featured a bad wreck involving the 8 of Lewis and 69 of Inglis, leaving a badly damaged Inglis' car (heard it needs a new front clip but not totally sure)..Basically what happened was Lewis got extremely loose and crooked outta 4, and as he tried to save it, he over corrected and caught Inglis' right rear and turned him into the wall.. Hard lick just before the flagstand outta 4, hardest hit I had personally seen in a while..

As mentioned first 30 was pretty decent, with only a single lap 17 caution when #54 Randy Bull and #55 Steve Quesnelle tangled in turn 1.. #2 "Hometown" Mike Brown took the early lead from pole, and continued to lead by a couple car lengths, with Quesnelle and #11 John Gaunt dueling for the runner up spot..Quesnelle would eventually take 2nd, with a inside pass of Gaunt racing out of corner 4, with Brown still looking cool out front running laps in the 14.9 range.. After the lap 17 caution, Quesnelle powered around Brown on the restart after a real tough battle for a few laps side by side. Just past midway, defending champ Inglis would pass Lewis for 3rd to the inside as the duo raced into turn 1.. Lewis, would then fall back into the clutches of #10 Gordie Shepherd, with Shepherd making an inside move down the backstretch on lap 20, to notch 4th in the running order.. At the checkered it was Quesnelle taking the win by a half straightaway over Brown.. Inglis would get a solid 3rd, with Shepherd and Lewis the remainder of the top 5.

Second 30 was a bit of a mess to be honest, with the Lewis/Inglis wreck taking a fair bit of time to be cleaned up.. Early on it was #11 John Gaunt and the 54 of Bull  battling door to door, with Bull even tagging the front stretch wall to bring about an early debris caution.. Oddly enough, Randy hit the wall at or just past the flagstand thus being deemed the leader of the race and given the preferred inside line.. Once again the battle was on for a few more laps up front between Bull and Gaunt, only this time Gaunt powered around on the outer groove, and from there opened up a marginal lead on Bull, as Shepherd cleared #55 Steve Quesnelle to take third place in behind..On lap 5, Shepherd then pulled off an inside pass of Bull between 3&4 to claim 2nd in the running order..Gaunt, was looking pretty solid out front with laps right at 15 flat, but Shepherd was closing quickly with each passing lap, while Quesnelle began working Bull over for 3rd approaching the midway point. On lap 15, Quesnelle made a inside move on Bull entering turn 3 and notched 3rd, when the caution would again appear a couple laps later, as Steve Quesnelle spun around in turn 3 on the nose of #2 Mike Brown.. On the restart, with Shepherd set to challenge Gaunt on the outside, the 10 would brush the wall along the backstretch, allowing Gaunt to move out to the point once again, when the caution again came about for #55 Steve Quesnelle who came to rest against the tire barrier in turn 2. Shepherd, would then pit from 2nd in the running order, as the crew began to look at the front end of the car . This time it was Ron Quesnelle who would find himself to Gaunt's outside for the restart, and the 57 was quick to take lead after a brief battle with the silky smooth Gaunt.. Quesnelle would open up about 2-3 car lengths on Gaunt over the closing laps, with Brown and Bull locked in a fierce battle for 3rd.. Give the win to Quesnelle, with Gaunt, Brown, Bull, and #8 Dave Lewis the top 5.

The story of the night in Thunders, was the "invasion of the barnstormers" as Sunset Speedway's #66 Marty Monette and #49 "Flyin" Frank Davey graced the BSW faithful with their presence.. This was the best race of the night bar none, and especially amongst the top 4 drivers.. A couple of Barrie's hot shoes #55 Shawn Goggins and CRO's own #14 Thayne Hallyburton both were unable to finish in this one due to mechanical woes suffered around the midway point. The race would start off with Goggins moving out front from outside pole, after getting the jump on #34 Pete Marquardt.. Fast on the move in the early going, was the duo of #10 Rick Walt and Monette, as they would also shoot past Marquardt on the outside to take 2nd and 3rd respectively.. This is where the race would turn really interesting when Barrie Speedway's own #12 Jim "Polish Prince" Belesky would put on a charge outta nowhere to find himself running right behind the Monette/Walt battle.

Belesky, would eventually dispose of Walt then snatched the lead from Monette, getting to the inside as they raced into corner 3, and completing the pass as the pair raced down the backstretch on lap 6..Over the next 16 laps Belesky and Monette battled like two titans for the lead, in one of the better displays of tough, clean short track racing I've seen in quite a while.. All the while the battle in behind was just as fierce for 3rd, with Walt having to fight off the challenge of 4 time track champ Davey.. Flyin Frank would eventually wrestle the position away from Walt, with Monette re taking the lead from Belesky with a brilliant inside pass down the backstretch on lap 22..They would come to the line separated by no more than 3-4 car lengths, with Monette taking the 30 lap feature in his return to the track.. Point leader Belesky would come home a solid 2nd, with Davey, Walt, and #24 Leonard Johnston rounding out the fast 5.

Both heats were won by Belesky...

Pretty decent 4 banger race, with the super fast #02 Mustang of Shawn Murray coming home the winner for the 2nd week in a row... I had his laps very,very close to track record territory in this one.. Throughout the early going a few different drivers took turns at leading, with #76 Ian Burney up front for the first couple laps, when an early caution would appear as #11 Adam Misener would tap #91 Kyle Lethbridge from the rear in turn 3, sending Lethbridge around and Misener to the rear of the field.. The 91x would eventually retire as a result of the contact a few laps later.. On the restart, it was young rookie contender #17 James Campbell who made a daring inside move from his 3rd place starting spot, to pass both Burney, and another division upstart #57 Ryan Toon.. The man on the move though, was #14 Billy Melenhorst, who by lap 5 had charged from 14th, to wrestle away the lead from Campbell.. Melenhorst, would continue to lead for the next 5 laps when he was caught by the fast Murray Mustang, who had just worked his way around the current point leader #39 Travis Hallyburton.. Hallyburton, would also eventually move past Melenhorst for 2nd, with Murray stilll solidly out front running laps in the 17.1 range.. Over the closing laps Hallyburton would marginally cut into the Murray lead, but it was not to be as the 2006 track champ Murray would cruise to the win by a single car length at the finish.. Hallyburton finished a very game 2nd, with Melenhorst, #88 John Mitchell, and #91 Andre Pepin completing the top 5..

Four different heat winners came in the form of Murray, Hallyburton, Melenhorst, and #26 Ben Melenhorst... Would add a bit more but I'm pretty tired... Hope to comment more later on in the weekend... Well there you have it... FROM THE CHEAP SEATS!!! 😉