Harris on a Roll to Start 2009 Season!!!

Fredericton, NB, May 31, 2009 – After an impressive start to the 2009 season last week everyone was geared and ready for the Max 1 Advanced Synthetic Best of the Best Pro Stock 100 under the lights at Speedway 660.  Unfortunately Mother Nature had other plans that forced the rescheduling of Saturdays events to Sunday.   The good news is, it was a gorgeous day for racing.

Today’s event featured regular points racing the in the Coast Tire Street Stock and the Martin’s Home Heating division as well as the Max 1 Advanced Synthetic Best of the Best Pro Stock 100 presented by COASTAL Blending & Packaging.

In the Coast Tire Street Stock division Roger Slocum was the big winner of the afternoon picking up a win in his heat, dash and feature for the Robin’s Inn Hat Trick Award.  Slocum started the 20 lap feature on the pole and dominated the race. Also ending up with a podium finish were Mike Francis and Robert Raynes. The feature went very smoothly only having one caution for a car leaking fluid on the track.

In the Martins Home Heating Sportsman Division Glynn Nott of Burton claimed his first victory of the year in a rough and tumble 30 lap feature.  Competition was fierce as the teams are already focusing on trying to gain every position possible in search of the 2009 Championship.   Richard Atkinson finished 2^nd and Dan McNeil finished third with one of his best career finishes.

There were 20 cars in the field for the Max 1 Advanced Synthetic Best of the Best Pro Stock 100. Also in attendance at the speedway nine months after his accident in a qualifying heat for the Peterbilt 250, was Hal O’Neal.  Hal dropped the green flag for the Max 1 Advanced Synthetic Best of the Best Pro Stock 100.  Starting on the pole was New Denmark’s Glenn Rasmussen in the # 81 big black dodge. Rasmussen led the first part of the race until he was challenged for the lead by Travis Benjamin. Benjamin led for many laps until he was overtaken by Fredericton Junction’s Matt Harris with an outside pass for the lead.  Kevin Moore charged up to challenge Harris for the lead.  Moore would get a great run on the outside and briefly took over the lead but a caution reverted the field to the last completed lap.  Harris would lead the remainder of the race to make it 2 for 2 to open the 2009 season.  With his win in the Max 1 Advanced Synthetic Best of the Best Pro Stock 100 Harris has also secured a provisional spot in the Peterbilt 250 Labour Day weekend event. Rounding out the Pro Stock podium were Greg Fahey in 2^nd and Kevin Moore finishing 3^rd.

Tune into Speedway 660 next weekend for the DQ Kids day, plus District School Challenge.  There will be regular racing in the Coast Tire Street Stock, Martin’s Home Heating and Irving Lubricants Pro Stock divisions, as well as the AOW. For DQ Kids Day young race fans under the age of 15 will be admitted to the speedway for free. Also any parent with a child that has a voucher given out at school will get in for five dollars. DQ will be on hand to give out some yummy treats. There will be face painting and bouncy castles from GoGo Gymnastics there for the young fans. Also fans will see the traditional candy scramble on the track at intermission.

Make sure you don’t miss another action packed weekend of racing at Speedway 660, it is sure to be WicKID!  Racing starts at 7 p.m. on June 6, 2009