Larry Jackson is again the man to beat at Kawartha Speedway. Jackson took the checkers in tonights 100 lap feature but he was pressed hard by Dan McHattie. Jackson was at the front from the drop of the green but McHattie challenged him hard several times, including numerous side by side battles. McHattie was able to take the lead at one point but a flat tire mid-way thru the event put him pitside. McHattie charged thru the pack like he was shot out of a cannon and by lap 70 was again challenging Jackson for the lead. He again took the lead on a restart but Jackson took the point for good around the 75 lap mark. Bryan Mercer also made a great recovery from a flat tire to finish 5th. Dave Morgan has rebounded form a tough 2007 and finished 4th and young gun Brandon Watson shook the early season monkey off his back and finished 3rd. Also on hand driving a Brian Cathcart LM was Pete Shepherd III. Unfortunately he broke in the heats, as did Darrin Thring and Norm Mayhew. None of them were able to make the feature so only 21 of the 24 cars on hand took green. Some of the Capital City cars also made the trip. Winners in the other classes were LLM Vic Parsons and Mini 27 Mike Wallace. Sorry didn't see the Thunder winner but I'll guess either Mayhew od Rhynes. It looks like Lynch's decision to go to ACT rules 4 years ago is starting to pay off. 18 cars first night and 24 tonite ( all 18 from night 1 returned ). Also was a nice gesture to give free pit passes and gift certificates to the minis for having to call there race due to curfew on opening night. He also gave them 40 laps to boot.
For those of you that are interested the LM on hand were
84 Jackson, 71 McHattie, 9 Watson, 10 Morgan, 81 Mercer, 99 Brown, 31 MacPherson(CCS), 2 Baird(CCS), 01 Kimmerly, 29 Smith, 55 Thring, 13 Shepherd III, 60 Mayhew, 16 Kimball, 00 Munro(CCS), 7 Sinopoli, 88 Mitchell, 5 Maroney, 85 Powell, 77 Fernandez, 72 Peterson, 07 Baker, 17 Holtom and 10 Kirby.
Another great night at the Downs. If you want to see some incredible racing KD is the place. The fight between Jackson and McHattie is worth the price of admission. Really looking forward to ACT in 3 weeks.
Larry Jackson is again the man to beat at Kawartha Speedway. Jackson took the checkers in tonights 100 lap feature but he was pressed hard by Dan McHattie. Jackson was at the front from the drop of the green but McHattie challenged him hard several times, including numerous side by side battles. McHattie was able to take the lead at one point but a flat tire mid-way thru the event put him pitside. McHattie charged thru the pack like he was shot out of a cannon and by lap 70 was again challenging Jackson for the lead. He again took the lead on a restart but Jackson took the point for good around the 75 lap mark. Bryan Mercer also made a great recovery from a flat tire to finish 5th. Dave Morgan has rebounded form a tough 2007 and finished 4th and young gun Brandon Watson shook the early season monkey off his back and finished 3rd. Also on hand driving a Brian Cathcart LM was Pete Shepherd III. Unfortunately he broke in the heats, as did Darrin Thring and Norm Mayhew. None of them were able to make the feature so only 21 of the 24 cars on hand took green. Some of the Capital City cars also made the trip. Winners in the other classes were LLM Vic Parsons and Mini 27 Mike Wallace. Sorry didn't see the Thunder winner but I'll guess either Mayhew od Rhynes. It looks like Lynch's decision to go to ACT rules 4 years ago is starting to pay off. 18 cars first night and 24 tonite ( all 18 from night 1 returned ). Also was a nice gesture to give free pit passes and gift certificates to the minis for having to call there race due to curfew on opening night. He also gave them 40 laps to boot.
For those of you that are interested the LM on hand were
84 Jackson, 71 McHattie, 9 Watson, 10 Morgan, 81 Mercer, 99 Brown, 31 MacPherson(CCS), 2 Baird(CCS), 01 Kimmerly, 29 Smith, 55 Thring, 13 Shepherd III, 60 Mayhew, 16 Kimball, 00 Munro(CCS), 7 Sinopoli, 88 Mitchell, 5 Maroney, 85 Powell, 77 Fernandez, 72 Peterson, 07 Baker, 17 Holtom and 10 Kirby.
Another great night at the Downs. If you want to see some incredible racing KD is the place. The fight between Jackson and McHattie is worth the price of admission. Really looking forward to ACT in 3 weeks.
McHattie COULD have won the 100 lapper if he'd have stayed on the outside as he was faster but he doesn't like it out there and a couple of times young Brandon Watson would have got the # 71 if he hadn't made his usual dive for the inside ......................... way to go Jackson "you rule Kawartha in my books" !
What happened to Holtom and Kirby? Did the crash or break? or did they just not have their cars set up right? Good to see a bunch of CCS cars made the trip. Hopefully a bunch of KAwartha cars make the trip to CCS on June 28!
The Thunder winner was 77b Brian Strone (not sure about the spelling). Definitely a great show put on by the late models tonight. The other classes were also up for the challenge as there were numerous battles in each division.
Anyone know why Shannon is only running her mini at Kawartha and only running LLM at Mosport? She definitely had a tough break in the semi feature.
81 of Mercer probable and 10 Morgan possible for CCS on the 28th. Didn't really ask anyone else but hopefully a couple more will come with us.