Ok after a one week hiatus its time for the 20 min rundown this evening.. Nice efficient night, racing started at 7pm sharp and was completed by 9:10pm.. Really helped that both the LLM 30 lap features went caution free.. Can remember having a single caution free feature, but NEVER two in the same night.. Me thinks the closed door drivers meeting played a rather large part in that.. 😉

Ok onto the racing where the track again would see a few first time feature winners, as #3 Ken Denhollander took the Thunder main, in what amounted to his first ever feature win.. Nice to see a class act like Kenny finally bag one.. In Pure Stocks it was #15 Charlie Smith taking the 20 lap feature as a substitute driver for the current point leader Will Davies, who had a prior commitment and couldnt be in attendance.. Charlie also won a heat race, but didnt make the start for his 2nd heat in what I believe might of been an electrical or starter issue..Not a bad night for Chuckles all in all, as he took his first Barrie feature win in a 4 banger and first since winning the Thunder Car Mid Season championship of 2007.

In the Late Model division, as mentioned earlier both 30 lap features went green to checkered and the night was capped off with #6 Keith Maiato of Caledon taking the win in the second feature from pole position, despite heavy pressure over the last 10 laps from the current point leader #69 Al Inglis.. Maiato, would get the jump on #22 Rob Inglis from the drop of the green, and by lap 4 #69 Al Inglis would charge to the inside of the 22 to take over 2nd.. This move would lead the way for #8 Dave Lewis to take over 3rd..Approaching 5 to go, Inglis was all over the back bumper of Maiato and looked to the inside of the #6 TripleCrete Monte Carlo SS racing down the frontstretch.. Maiato, would remain poised at the front and was able to halt the 69's momentum to record his 2nd LLM feature win at Barrie, and first of the 2010 season.. Inglis ran a smart race as to not turn Maiato over the final 10 laps in finishing 2nd, thus maintaining the point lead.. #8 Dave Lewis would finish 3rd, with #10 Gord Shepherd and #57 Ron Quesnelle rounding out the top 5.

In the first 30 lapper, it was pole sitter #57 Ron Quesnelle moving out front after getting the early advantage on the 10 of Shepherd from the drop of the green.. Shepherd, would quickly fall back into the clutches of Lewis, who was able to negoiate his way past on the inside entering turn 1.. By this point in the race, Quesnelle had opened up a half straightaway lead, turning laps in the 14.8 sec. range. Shepherd, battled back and executed a brilliant outside pass of Lewis to retake the runner up post, as that duo raced out of corner 2 just shy of the midway mark. Over the late going, the 69 of Inglis and #5 Steve Quesnelle were waging war for the 4th position, in a battle eventually won by Inglis..At the finish it was #57 Ron Quesnelle easily taking the win by almost a full straightaway.. Shepherd would finish 2nd , with Lewis, Inglis, and Steve Quesnelle comprising the remainder of the fast five.. 10 Lates in attendance once again...

In Thunder Car it was DenHollander who drove a miraculous and clean race, in charging from his 8th place starting position to take his first ever feature win over a very game #9 of Chris Burrage who finished 2nd.. #99 Rick Walt set the pace in the early going, with DenHollander locked in a side by side battle with the 24 of Leonard Johnston for 2nd.. This was clearly not a night to be out front as Walt would retire to the infield with mechanical gremlins on lap 9, and then one lap later the 24 of Johnston spun to the infield grass racing out of 4, handing the point to the stout DenHollander ride.. I really don't know what caused the 24 to spin to the infield and eventually retire??? Can you shed any light on that LENNY?? Denhollander, now had his mirror full of the duo of #12 Jim Belesky and #14 Thayne Hallyburton, who had progressed to 2nd and 3rd respectively..On lap 22, Hallyburton drove hard to the inside of Belesky racing into turn 1, with the ensuing contact between the pair spinning Belesky, with both sent to the for the restart and only 8 laps remaining.. "The Prince" would have a few words for Hallyburton on track, but I'm sure the pair worked things out in the pits post race.. I don't think it was intentional on the part of the 14, just trying a little too hard and accidents like that happen at times.. These two drivers have had some of the cleanest and meanest battles over the past 3 weeks and it would be a shame to see the respect lost for each other after this incident.. The Thunders as a whole seem to have the utmost respect for one another, so lets keep that effort going guys.. On the restart DenHollander would power to the front of Burrage, after a solid lap and a half side by side.. Also on the move was the super fast rookie #38 Steeve Melson, who seemed to be biding his time seeing how the race between the "big dogs" in front of him would shake out.. DenHollander was not to be denied on this night however, taking the win by 4-5 car lengths over Burrage at the finish..Rookie contender Melson recorded his first podium in a Thunder in taking third, with Belesky and Hallyburton battling back after the lap 22 mishap to finish 4th and 5th respectively..

Fourteen cars in attendance with 4 separate heat winners coming in the form of Burrage, Melson, Belesky, and Hallyburton.

Too bad the 59 of Craft couldnt make it out after blowing his motor last week, as he was just starting to come into his own and get some good results.. Awesome job by both #01 Tim Tremblay and #10 Ray Shepherd tonight, as they seem to be making gains in the speed dept and running closer to the top 5-6 guys.. The duo would finish the feature race in 6th and 7th respectively I believe..

The Pure Stocks would see their lowest car count of the season as only 8 cars showed.. Quite disappointing really with the increased purses (300 to win, 190 for 2nd).. I cant figure out for the life of me why some mid pack to back markers at other tracks wont come test their luck at Barrie with that kinda Pure Stock money at stake??? There were 3-4 cars who suffered mechanical issues last week not in attendance , so heres for hoping the #'s rise in the coming weeks..

Despite the low counts the racing in the division was top notch as #23 Terry Tompkins held the lead for the first half of the race, despite increasingly heavy pressure from #15 Charlie Smith to the outside.#16 Bryan Penny was also making his presence fely at the front, tucking in the pocket behind the lead duo and looking for any type of slip up.. On lap 12, Penny would spin in 1&2 on his own accord, moving the #90 of CRO's own Jim MacDonald up to third..Smith would open up a 5-6 car length advantage at the front, with MacDonald passing Tompkins with 2 laps remaining entering corner 1. At the finish it was Smith, MacDonald, Tompkins, #76 Ian Burney, and Penny the top 5.. First ever top 5 for the 76 of Burney, another class act.. WAY TO GO IAN!!!..

Heats went to Smith and Penny.. And there you have it....FROM THE CHEAP SEATS..