Post by Todd Chase on Aug 31, 2015 6:56:11 GMT -4
Berny's Race Report:
THE FOURTH EVENT OF THE TRANS-WORLD DISTRIBUTING ATLANTIC PRO TREE SERIES WAS HELD AT CAPE BRETON DRAGWAY SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH. THE WEATHER WAS EXCELLENT, AND THE STAFF AND TRACK PREP WERE GREAT, ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR AN EXCELLENT SHOW. CAR COUNT WAS A BIT LOWER THAN NORMAL, BUT THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION WAS GREAT, AND LED TO SOME INTERESTING MOVES IN THE SEASON LONG POINTS CHASES.
IN THE 8.90 QUICK ROD CLASS, JASON MacNEIL WITH HIS SMALLBLOCK DRAGSTER PUT ON A DRIVING SEMINAR WITH A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE, EARNING BOTH THE #1 QUALIFYING POSITION AS WELL AS THE EVENT TITLE, DEFEATING A VERY GAME MARK GREEN IN A TIGHT FINAL RACE. JASON LEFT NO DOUBT THIS WEEKEND AS TO WHY HE IS LEADING THE POINTS CHASE FOR THE QUICK ROD CLASS IN 2015. AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON HE HAS A HUGE LEAD OVER THE SECOND PLACE RUNNER TODD CHASE, AND LOOKS TO BE HEADING FOR ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT THE FINAL EVENT IN MIRAMICHE WILL TELL THE TALE.
IN THE 9.90 SUPER ROD CLASS, SERIES POINTS LEADER GLEN MacLEAN WAS THE #1 QUALIFIER, BUT BOWED OUT OF COMPETITION IN THE FIRST ROUND WITH A RARE RED-LIGHT, LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN TO HIS COMPETITORS TO CLOSE UP THE GAP SOMEWHAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WAS BENNY NIESTON COLLECTING THE BIG CHEQUE WITH HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT THE PRO TREE STYLE RACING OVER A VERY BUSY GREG POWERS. GLEN ALSO HAS A VERY LARGE LEAD IN THE SEASONS POINTS FOR THIS CLASS, AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER ANYONE CAN CATCH HIM BY SEASONS END
IN THE FINAL HEADS UP CATEGORY, THE 10.90 HOT ROD CLASS, THE ACTION WAS QUITE INTENSE WITH A VERY GOOD FIELD OF COMPETITORS COMPRISED OF HEADS-UP VETRANS AS WELL AS FIRST TIME COMPETITORS, AND THERE WAS SOME VERY TIGHT RACING AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF SURPRISING UPSETS. TONY MacNEIL WAS THE TOP QUALIFIER FOR THE CLASS, AND HE FINISHED THE DAY IN THIRD POSITION. TWO OF THE BEST 10.90 RACERS IN THE AREA LINED UP IN THE FINAL, BRETT RAMSEY AND (AGAIN) GREG POWERS, WITH RAMSEY EKING OUT A CLOSE WIN. GREG POWERS’ PERFORMANCE, GOING TO THE FINAL ROUND IN NOT ONE BUT TWO CLASSES WITH THE SAME CAR WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, HE LOOKS TO BE SOMEONE TO WATCH FOR IN BOTH THE 9.90 AND 10.90 CLASS OF COMPETITION. THE 10.90 CLASS HAS BY FAR THE MOST COMPETITIVE POINTS CHASE WITH ANY ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE COMPETITORS BEING WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THIS YEARS CHAMPIONSHIP, SINCE THE SPREAD BETWEEN FIRST AND FIFTH PLACE IS CURRENTLY ONLY 21 POINTS!
UPDATED POINTS TOTALS AFTER 4TH EVENT
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8.90
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1629 – JASON MacNEIL- 158 POINTS
1500 – TODD CHASE - 75
1871 – TREVOR COWIE - 61
1060 – JIM GREEN - 50
G106 – MARK GREEN - 50
201 – JOHN HILL - 50
3849 – LORNE BUCHANAN- 20
1234 – MARY ROACH- 20
813 – CHRIS ONEILL - 10
1127 – KYLE FORBES - 10
722 – DOUG WRATHALL- 10
1460 – GLEN WALKER - 10
9.90
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1166 – GLEN MacLEAN - 137 POINTS
1122 – JOSH GOODWIN - 76
1080 – GREG POWER - 70
1993 – KANDY MITTON - 70
1521 – VITO BOSCA - 60
2261 – SPENCER PHILLIPS - 50
1918 – DWIGHT CUMMINGS- 40
1872 – TYSON COWIE - 40
1179 – RAY BOURQUE - 30
3118 – RAY ROACH - 20
10.90
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429 – JOHN RANKIN - 102 POINTS
1080 – GREG POWERS - 100
1769 – TONY MacNEIL - 95
164 – BRETT RAMSEY - 86
1830 – GEORGE ESTABROOKS 81
782 – BRUCE HOWATT - 50
1115 – RICHARD BOYD - 40
1015 – RICK NOWLAN - 40
155 – STEVE COOK - 30
2006 – SHELDON PASTUK - 30
1814 – FRED ESTABROOKS - 30
1641 – CHAD RAMSEY - 20
THE FOURTH EVENT OF THE TRANS-WORLD DISTRIBUTING ATLANTIC PRO TREE SERIES WAS HELD AT CAPE BRETON DRAGWAY SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH. THE WEATHER WAS EXCELLENT, AND THE STAFF AND TRACK PREP WERE GREAT, ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR AN EXCELLENT SHOW. CAR COUNT WAS A BIT LOWER THAN NORMAL, BUT THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION WAS GREAT, AND LED TO SOME INTERESTING MOVES IN THE SEASON LONG POINTS CHASES.
IN THE 8.90 QUICK ROD CLASS, JASON MacNEIL WITH HIS SMALLBLOCK DRAGSTER PUT ON A DRIVING SEMINAR WITH A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE, EARNING BOTH THE #1 QUALIFYING POSITION AS WELL AS THE EVENT TITLE, DEFEATING A VERY GAME MARK GREEN IN A TIGHT FINAL RACE. JASON LEFT NO DOUBT THIS WEEKEND AS TO WHY HE IS LEADING THE POINTS CHASE FOR THE QUICK ROD CLASS IN 2015. AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON HE HAS A HUGE LEAD OVER THE SECOND PLACE RUNNER TODD CHASE, AND LOOKS TO BE HEADING FOR ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT THE FINAL EVENT IN MIRAMICHE WILL TELL THE TALE.
IN THE 9.90 SUPER ROD CLASS, SERIES POINTS LEADER GLEN MacLEAN WAS THE #1 QUALIFIER, BUT BOWED OUT OF COMPETITION IN THE FIRST ROUND WITH A RARE RED-LIGHT, LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN TO HIS COMPETITORS TO CLOSE UP THE GAP SOMEWHAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WAS BENNY NIESTON COLLECTING THE BIG CHEQUE WITH HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT THE PRO TREE STYLE RACING OVER A VERY BUSY GREG POWERS. GLEN ALSO HAS A VERY LARGE LEAD IN THE SEASONS POINTS FOR THIS CLASS, AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER ANYONE CAN CATCH HIM BY SEASONS END
IN THE FINAL HEADS UP CATEGORY, THE 10.90 HOT ROD CLASS, THE ACTION WAS QUITE INTENSE WITH A VERY GOOD FIELD OF COMPETITORS COMPRISED OF HEADS-UP VETRANS AS WELL AS FIRST TIME COMPETITORS, AND THERE WAS SOME VERY TIGHT RACING AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF SURPRISING UPSETS. TONY MacNEIL WAS THE TOP QUALIFIER FOR THE CLASS, AND HE FINISHED THE DAY IN THIRD POSITION. TWO OF THE BEST 10.90 RACERS IN THE AREA LINED UP IN THE FINAL, BRETT RAMSEY AND (AGAIN) GREG POWERS, WITH RAMSEY EKING OUT A CLOSE WIN. GREG POWERS’ PERFORMANCE, GOING TO THE FINAL ROUND IN NOT ONE BUT TWO CLASSES WITH THE SAME CAR WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, HE LOOKS TO BE SOMEONE TO WATCH FOR IN BOTH THE 9.90 AND 10.90 CLASS OF COMPETITION. THE 10.90 CLASS HAS BY FAR THE MOST COMPETITIVE POINTS CHASE WITH ANY ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE COMPETITORS BEING WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THIS YEARS CHAMPIONSHIP, SINCE THE SPREAD BETWEEN FIRST AND FIFTH PLACE IS CURRENTLY ONLY 21 POINTS!
UPDATED POINTS TOTALS AFTER 4TH EVENT
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8.90
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1629 – JASON MacNEIL- 158 POINTS
1500 – TODD CHASE - 75
1871 – TREVOR COWIE - 61
1060 – JIM GREEN - 50
G106 – MARK GREEN - 50
201 – JOHN HILL - 50
3849 – LORNE BUCHANAN- 20
1234 – MARY ROACH- 20
813 – CHRIS ONEILL - 10
1127 – KYLE FORBES - 10
722 – DOUG WRATHALL- 10
1460 – GLEN WALKER - 10
9.90
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1166 – GLEN MacLEAN - 137 POINTS
1122 – JOSH GOODWIN - 76
1080 – GREG POWER - 70
1993 – KANDY MITTON - 70
1521 – VITO BOSCA - 60
2261 – SPENCER PHILLIPS - 50
1918 – DWIGHT CUMMINGS- 40
1872 – TYSON COWIE - 40
1179 – RAY BOURQUE - 30
3118 – RAY ROACH - 20
10.90
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429 – JOHN RANKIN - 102 POINTS
1080 – GREG POWERS - 100
1769 – TONY MacNEIL - 95
164 – BRETT RAMSEY - 86
1830 – GEORGE ESTABROOKS 81
782 – BRUCE HOWATT - 50
1115 – RICHARD BOYD - 40
1015 – RICK NOWLAN - 40
155 – STEVE COOK - 30
2006 – SHELDON PASTUK - 30
1814 – FRED ESTABROOKS - 30
1641 – CHAD RAMSEY - 20