(Shediac, N.B.)  — Luc Bourgeois (#88) of Memramcook picked up where he left off last Sunday and captured a flag-to-flag win in the Maritime Super Series for Sportsman 75 to celebrate the Acadian Holiday on Saturday evening at the Centre for Speed (CFS), Atlantic Canada’s Super Speedway and “Metro Moncton’s Playground of Power”.

Meanwhile, Mike Rayburn (#98) of Hampton made a triumphant return to CFS by capturing the win in the Atlantic Open Wheel (AOW) Modified Series 35-lap feature. A few years ago, Rayburn was a regular driver in the Sportsman division at CFS where victory had always eluded him. On Saturday, he picked up his second career AOW win at the CENTRE crossing the stripe ahead of Shelley Stewart (#43) of Emerald,
PEI and Mark Price (#9) of Rothesay in the main event of the evening.

Stewart had earlier picked up a win in the first heat to go along with a very close second place finish in both the semifinal and feature. Price had als0o visited victory lane after capturing the second semi while Byron Bartlett (#77) of Saint John was victorious in both the second heat and first semi-final before a heartbreaking end to his evening in the feature. Bartlett and Price set the pace in the 35-lap main event and battled hard over the first 28 laps of the event. Coming out of turn #4 on lap #28, Bartlett and Price got together sending
Bartlett’s rear passenger-side wheel flying off into the corner. While he was able to drive the car on three wheels into the pit area, his crew could not make the necessary repairs and his evening was over. Price, who restarted at the tail-end of the lead lap was able to salvage a third place finish after the unfortunate collision.

In the Maritime Super Series 75, Bourgeois, who started on the pole, beat back all

challengers to capture his second consecutive Sportsman feature win at CFS to go along with his earlier win in the 10-lap heat. With the win, Bourgeois vaults from 5th to second position in the Series point chase heading into next weekend’s International 145 at Riverglade Speedway. Veteran Dan Bourque (#15) of Grande-Digue crossed the stripe second followed closely by Ken MacKenzie (#85) of Salisbury and series defending champ, Claude Gaudet (#22) of Grand-Barachois. Gaudet continues to lead the Super Series point standings with 91 points, 6 points up on the surging Bourgeois (85 points). Bourque now finds himself in the third spot with 81 points followed closely by MacKenzie at 79 points and Marc Gautreau
(#99) of Grand-Barachois at 74 points.

In Streetstock action, division points leader Victor Vienneau (#03) of Cocagne took advantage of a late race mishap to capture his third feature win of the season ahead of division rookie Gerald Brun (#33) of Moncton and Doug MacEwen of Charlottetown. Gary Stewart (#43) of Emerald, PEI had the car to beat in this division on
Saturday evening having captured wins in both the heat and semifinal. However, the racing gods had a different plan for him in the 25-lap feature. After once again setting leading the field for 22 laps, Stewart’s night came to a sudden end when he blew a rear tire and limped into the pit area in time to see Vienneau cross the finish line for the win.

Both the Mini Stock and Four Fun drivers had the weekend off.

Next Sunday, August 23rd at 2:00 p.m., the action switches to Riverglade Speedway for the 45th Annual International featuring Sportsman drivers from the Maritime Super Series for Sportsman in a 145-lap main event. Regular points racing in Streetstock, Mini Stock and Four Fun divisions will also be part of the program.

The next event at the Centre for Speed (CFS) will be the Maple Leaf MONSTER TRUCK Spectacular and ‘Eve of Destruction’ Demolition Derby on August 29th at 7 p.m.

Full schedule details are available at www.centreforspeed.com

About CFS

The CENTRE for Speed, built in 1996, is home to the Atlantic region’s largest and fastest paved 3/8 of a mile stock car oval as its centerpiece. The
CENTRE overlooks the Northumberland Strait and is located 5 kilometers east of Shediac’s Parlee Beach on Route #133 in the village of Grand Barachois.