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Another week has come and gone but it was certainly an exciting one.
The Carquest Maritime Pro Stock Tour took to the Geary oval last weekend and proved once again that their show is as good as any around. The race was very exciting with lots of tight competition and saw St. John's Lonnie Sommerville climb the mountain for his first victory on the Tour. He led almost every lap on the way to his victory at the track he used to patrol in their Pro Stock division. Sommerville was challenged for the win by the senior citizen on the Tour, Rollie MacDonald. MacDonald spoke highly of Sommerville's performance in the post race presentations.
For local Pro Stock Tour racer, Sandy Livingston Jr., this was a breakthrough weekend. After a good time trial run, Livingston followed that up with a fifth place finish in his heat. While that was a good result, the best was still to come. In the "last chance" race for qualification into the big one, Livingston drove hard and was rewarded with his first podium finish of the season, a third. Unfortunately, Livingston was caught up in a wreck on lap 39 of the feature and had to retire do to damage to his vehicle. Livingson's left elbow and side were also badly bruised in the accident but he will be ready to go this coming Sunday at Centre for Speed when the Tour runs the eighth race of their 2008 season.
Both Lockhart brothers, Ryan and Bradley will be performing at River Glade Motorsport Park this weekend when the AMP Nationals attack the gruelling River Glade Motorcross track. Look for a strong result from both as well as a numbers of local racers in this event. This event goes both Saturday and Sunday.
Billy Hickey is to be congratulated for his efforts in organizing a great drag racing event in Miramichi last weekend. It was the 40 year reunion of the old Scoudouc Raceway where many of the Maritime drag racing fraternity plied their trade years ago. The event was exciting and ran smoothly, actually finishing ahead of schedule, a rarity these days. The final race came down to a close finish and then Jim D'Arsey took to the track in his old car from Scoudouc (rebuilt of course) and raced to an exhibition victory over another former Scoudouc racer. "What a fitting way to finish it" Billy stated afterward.
Belated sympathies are extended to race car owner George Collins and the family of Ken Butler on his sudden passing last Monday. Ken was an avid sportsman and racing enthusiast and will be missed.
It seems that Goodyear and NASCAR are still having problems finding a suitable tire for use on many of the tracks for the Sprint Cup races. Last weekend at Indianapolis, the race turned into a shambles as tires constantly failed. As a result, the longest green flag run amounted to only ten laps and was an embarrassment to drivers, owners, NASCAR officials and Goodyear themselves, but it was the fans who who paid the big bucks to see the race that were the biggest losers. If they don't find a solution to this ongoing problem soon, there will be a glut of empty seats on race day and sponsors that will no longer want to be involved. Many who watched the race on the tube were turning the station part way through, and looking for replacement viewing. This cannot continue!!!
That's this week's scoop from the world of motorsports. Let's go racing !!!
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