Ok pretty brief report again as I have to head out the door for job #2 soon.. Pretty decent and clean night of racing in the LLM division, as #10 Gordie Shepherd of Oro Station would take home both 30 lap feature wins in his BFI Canada/Montana's Cookhouse Ford Fusion.. 1st feature went caution free, while the second one only featured one early lap 9 caution, when #11 John Gaunt and #8 Dave Lewis got together while racing out of corner 4.. Nice to see a larger crowd on hand tonight (best turn out of the season to date) after I was slightly disappointed in last night's crowd considering the events going on next door at Burl's Creek..

In the first 30, it was Shepherd moving immediately to the lead, with pole sitter #55 Steve Quesnelle slotting into second, just ahead of the 8 of Lewis.. On lap 4, Lewis would make his move getting to the inside of Quesnelle racing into corner 3, to inheirit the runner up spot.. One lap later, Quesnelle would continue to get shuffled further back in the running order, as #2 Mike Brown and #57 Ron "The Dominator" Quesnelle were also able to negoiate their way past.. By this point Shepherd was out front by a half straightaway, completing laps in the 14.7 sec. range. Over the duration, Ron Quesnelle would complete an inside pass of Lewis between 1&2 with 6-7 laps remaining to take over the runner up post.... At the finish it was Shepherd taking his first win of 2011.. Ron Quesnelle finished a steady 2nd, with Lewis, Brown, and #11 John Gaunt the remainder of the top 5.

In the 2nd 30, it was pole sitter #54 "Raging" Randy Bull moving out front, after an intense door to door battle with Steve Quesnelle from the onset. On lap 3 the car on the move was the 11 of Gaunt, as the former NCATS and Hooters Pro Cup driver would complete an inside pass of Quesnelle to claim 2nd in the running order.. Quesnelle's woes wouldnt end there however, as he got trapped to the high side and in turn was passed by the trio of Lewis, Shepherd, and Ron Quesnelle.. As mentioned the only caution flew on lap 9, when Lewis and Gaunt would make contact between 3&4.. The result of this sent Gaunt for a spin on the exit of 4, with Lewis sent arrears and Gaunt being given back 2nd place positioning.. This set up another Gaunt/Bull battle from the front row, oddly enough the same scenario that played out one night earlier.. This time it was Bull powering out front in his gorgeous Randy's Tree Service and Landscaping Camaro SS, while Gaunt fell back into the clutches of Shepherd, who completed an inside pass entering turn one just shy of the midway mark.. The best battle on track at this point was the race for 4th, with Ron Quesnelle really beginning to work over Lewis for that position, while Bull now had his mirror full of the 2 of Mike Brown..

Over the duration, Brown would finally pass Bull for 2nd to the low side in corner 3, with Bull soon dropping further back as Lewis and Quesnelle would also find a way around the Haliburton resident..On lap 24, Lewis would make his move for 2nd, completing a pass of Brown entering turn 3 once again, allowing Ron Quesnelle the opening he need to also file past Bown's A&R Disposal Services Dodge.. It was clear nobody was catching leader Shepherd, who was now out front by nearly a full straightaway, as the rest of the front runners were jockeying for positions in behind.. Shepherd takes his 2nd feature of the night, with Lewis, Ron Quesnelle, Brown, and Bull comprising the remainder of the fast five..

Once again the best race of the night took place in the OLG Slots at Georgian Downs Thunder Cars.. This race featured a thrilling late race battle with #24 Leonard Johnston and CRO's own #14 Thayne Hallyburton.. Hallyburton, led for much of this one until he was passed by Johnston with two laps remaining on the enterance of turn 1.. Hallyburton, would put in a last ditch effort on the last lap to get inside of Johnston while racing out of corner 2, but it was not to be as Johnston gets his 2nd career feature win is his brilliantly prepared Sprint Cup replica Impala SS.. Hallyburton would cap off a solid point night with a valiant 2nd place effort, as #55 Shawn Goggins, #80 Doug" Shaky" Shakell, and #52 Greg Callow rounded out the top 5..

Tough night for 1-2 in the points in this division with defending track champ #12 Jim Belesky being forced to retire early on, after some early race contact with teamate Goggins.. #10 Rick Walt broke in the heat races, but would manage to finish the feature in the borrowed #17 of Pete Getliffe.. Great gesture by the Getliffe gang to lend their car out so Rick wouldnt take too bad of a points hit..

The Pure Stock division would see a first time feature winner as #400 Dan Nolan took the checkered, beating a stout #13 Dave Glaze to the stripe literally by a few inches.. Slow start to this race seen 3 cautions before the race was 5 laps old, but once the field sorted itself out a little there was a solid 20 plus green flag run.. Glaze, as mentioned finished 2nd, with point leader #39 Travis Hallyburton, #09 Dean Curry, and #91 Andre Pepin the top 5.. Big shoutout to those last two guys, who seem to be gaining strides week to week and should finding themselves challenging for feature wins as the season progresses..

Big pile up along the backstretch just as the leaders took the checkered, as 5 cars clogged the backshoot.. heard it all started when the 88 of Mitchell got crossways while trying to run down Pepin for 5th.. I didnt really see it as I was watching the lead Nolan/Glaze dogfight so can't really comment much more on that..

I'm really interested to see how the points chases will shake out after the double header this weekend.. Should be some major shake ups for sure.. Again sorry for a bit of a shotty report, once again I plan on commenting on some of the weekends festivities a bit later on... Have a good remainder of the weekend everyone.... FROM THE CHEAP SEATS... ;D