Mother Nature once again came away the winner at Saratoga Speedway as rain cancelled the Saturday night racing program for the 2nd time in three weeks. With an infield full of Hornet, Bomber and Dwarf cars and they were just beginning hot laps when the rain started to pour down at around 4:30 forcing the nights racing program to end before it got started.

Next weekend a big night is shaping up with the always popular Old Time Modified Stock cars headlining the night. There first night was cancelled due to rain making this there first appearance of the season. The Island mini stocks are also a feature class on the night making there 2nd appearance of the season. Accompanying these 2 great classes are the Dwarfs Cars, I.M.C.A Modified and the Bomber cars. The Wilroc Lites have been added to the September 11th show which includes the Bomber cars, Hornet cars, and Dwarf cars. One of our biggest events of the year is closing in, the Canadian American demolition derby is coming up on September 4th and 5th after a 1 year absences the popular event is back at the track. If you have never heard of the Can-Am the rules are very simple. Build a car meeting the rules expectations, paint it red and white for the Canadian team or blue, white and red for the American team and go hit everything on the track! Accompanying these big night are the Hornet cars, Roadrunners and Crash to Pass.

Extra laps…. The top 3 in points for the Island mini stock class are: 1st place #96 Alex Mourners with 1346 points, 2nd place #33 Mike Deepening with 1101 points, and 3rd place #7 Justin Woodsmen with 1052 points. The top 5 in points for the Bomber cars are as followed: 1st place #48 Stewart Lee with 940 points, 2nd place #11 Justin Beaulieu with 573 points, 3rd place #87 Brandon Steen with 542 points, 4th place #20 Kyle Harrison with 531 points and 5th place #99 Gilles Cyr with 483 points. The top 3 in points for the I.M.C.A modified are: 1st place #91 Chris Beaulieu with 352 points, 2nd place #53 Kevin Noble with 298 points, and 3rd place #99 Tony Johnson with 290 points. In Victoria Saturday night the Campbell river owned and sponsored #44 sprint car driven by Duncan’s Scott Aumen won the 50 lap main event as part of the two day 50th Daffodil Cup which had $50,000 up for grabs….Condolences go out from the speedway staff who knew and worked with Bill Beaudin. “May your last motorcycle ride be your longest “