The Brian Sullivan memorial race was one of excitement. The former bomber car driver Brian Sullivan showed up for every race in the only ford of the class and parked in the same pit stall every race night. For many years, Brian struggled with cancer, and sadly he could not fight anymore as he passed away 3 years ago. Brian believed racing should be fun and not super competitive and every race night he proved this statement as he would be usually give out his trophies to young kids. Brian was such a big part of the racing at Saratoga that having a Brian Sullivan memorial race was defiantly the right thing to do. The nights racing was also accompanied by the dwarf cars and the hornet cars.

The bomber car class brought out a great 12 car field for this special race night. The qualifying session really proved the improvements the race car drivers have made for this season as #48 local driver Stewart Lee set a new track record as he posted an impressive 17.594 beating his old track record of 17.650. The dash was a quick 4 laps as #20 Kyle Harrison started pole with 48 back in 4th. On lap 2 #99 Gilles Cyr passed Harrison and never looked back as he took the dash. The B heat race saw rookie driver #4 Gordon Schellenberg sit pole. On lap 2, #97 Ken Hallgarth Jr has taken the lead away from #4 but on the same lap he spins out, #9 Darrel Larson sees the opening and fly’s through and take the lead and doesn’t relinquish the lead as he take the B heat. The A heat saw #11 Justin Beaulieu start pole with 48 back in 6th. On lap 7, Lee has moved his way up to 3rd with #90 Johnny Zeneti challenging for the lead. On lap 9, Beaulieu gets wide going into the turn 3 and #90 and 48 both pass him as #90 take the A heat. The main event saw a 50 lap race as #4 sits pole. On lap one, 97, 5, and 9 all pass car 4 with 97 in 1st. on lap 5, #5 takes the lead and Beaulieu moves up to 3rd, in the back of the field, 48 has moved up to 8th. On lap 7, Beaulieu has moved into 2nd, 48 in 5th with #87 Brandon Steen following 48, on lap 10, #91 Travis Steven and #5 come in contact with 11 and spin him out, after seeing this, #90 jumps up into the lead. Lap 17 saw 48 move up into 2nd, with 87 up into 3rd, then Zeneti spins out leaving the door open for Lee to take the lead, with 87 now in 2nd and 91 in 3rd, lap 26 saw 320 move up into 3rd with 87 still challenging for the lead. On lap 47, out of nowhere #87 breaks a rotor and goes right into the bushes, making #20 in 2nd and 91 in 3rd. #48 was to much as he takes the Brian Sullivan memorial race, Harrison in 2nd and 91 in 3rd.

The Dwarf car class saw there first action at the speedway with a 10 car class showing up for the race night. The dash saw #24 Jim Pridge sit pole and he never gave up the lead as he took the first dash for the dwarf cars for the 2010 racing season. The heat saw all 10 cars in the race for a 10 lap heat race. #85 Jason Waters starts pole and holds onto the lead until lap 5 as #24 takes the lead away from Waters, lap 6 saw last years champ #11 Mike Meeres move up into 2nd and 85 falls back to 3rd, but In the end, 24 was to much as he is now 2 for 2 on the night as he takes the heat race. The main was a exciting 30 laps as #85 Jason waters starts pole with 24 in 7th, #9 Tyler peters takes the lead on lap 1 with 24 now up to 4th, on lap 5 24 takes the lead away from Peters, with #89 Jim Meeres in 2nd and son #11 Mike Meeres in 3rd. in the back on the field, #16 Gord Kraus takes 4th from #9. #24 leads until lap 15 when #11 passes him on turn 1 but he goes in to fats and spins himself out, with #89 now in 2nd, and 16 in 3rd. on laps 20-25 11 and 16 fight for 3rd and on lap 25 11 finally passes Kraus. But once again Pridge was to much as he goes an amazing 3/3 on the night as he won the dash, heat and main, #89 finishes 2nd and #11 in 3rd.

The Hornet car division had a 26 car field hit the track for the race night. As in the Bomber another track was broken by #02 Daryl Cahill with a speedy time of 18.542. The dashes were all very quick with some great racing, The C dash winner went to #20 William Boyes, The B dash went to rookie driver #35 Wilson Hay, and The always exciting A dash went to #08 Daryn Cahill. The C heat saw #40 Dave Erdman sit pole. On lap 2 #59 Ted Dimitrov takes the lead and never looks back as he wins the C heat. The B heat saw #35 sit pole. Lap 1 saw #84 Jake Townsend move up into 2nd and #01 Kevin Lawrenuk move up into 3rd. 84 takes over the lea don lap and 01 drafts him and moves up into 2nd. The back and forth action continues as 84 missed a shift leaving the lead for 01 and 35 follows, in the end 01 takes the B heat. The A heat Saw 313 Jason Fraser take the lead on lap 1, but charging to the front is #67 Cory Sanderson as he takes the lead on lap 2 and never looks back as he take the A heat. The B main was a 20 lapper with #44 Harley Robinson sitting pole. #20 William Boyes take the lead right of the start with 59 closely following with #55 Trevor Dicus in 3rd. Car #95 Carolyn Thomas is moving up the field as she takes over 4th on lap 7, then 3rd on lap 9. Boyes and Dimitrov race the rest of the race side by side with Boyes have the inside position and Thomas waiting for any opportunity to pass, but as the acre went on it was obvious these 2 weren’t budging as #20 went on to take the win, With 59 in 2nd, 95 in 3rd and #76 Bob Fraser in 4th. The A main was a 30 lap exciting race with #93 Jake Johnson sitting pole. The faster cars start to move up as #08 Daryn Cahill is up to 2nd on lap 2 with #84 leading. On lap 5-6 #02 Daryl Cahill takes over 2nd from his brother Daryn, with 67 in 4th. 02 takes lead on lap 7 with 08, 67, 21, and 13 all following suit by passing 84 and eventually pulling away from the rest of the field. As the race goes on the real battles are for 2nd and 3rd with 67 trying to find away around #08 but in the end the field stays the same with #02 Daryl Cahill take the win, #08 in 2nd, 67 in 3rd, 21 in 4th, which surprisingly was the exact same top 3 finish as last weeks A main event.

In other news local race car drivers Jason and Chris Beaulieu who are long time friends and competitor of the speedway were racing up in Elmo Washington in there Dirt modifieds for there first races of there season. Jason won his heat race and his 25 lap main event, and Chris finished fourth in the main. Great racing from all the Beaulieu’s on Saturday night whether here or in Washington. Also in other news next weeks racing schedule will feature the Crash to pass boat race on Saturday May 22 with the Hornet cars, Roadrunners and figure, and the Sunday will feature the same classes but without the boat race. This is a guaranteed must see event so mark your calendars for this Double header.