The third FASTRAK Northeast
Tour event of the season was scheduled to take place at Dog Hollow Speedway on
April 27th, but due to rain the event was postponed to May 4th.
Unfortunately, storms hit the speedway shortly after the heat race line ups
were posted and the event was once again postponed, this time to June 8th.
We made our first of two
visits to Eriez Speedway for the FASTRAK Northeast Tour on Sunday, May 13th.
We drew a #46 pill and started the heat event in 5th place, but
Butch fell back to a 6th place finish, relegating him to running the
B-main event. He took the green in the B-main from the second starting
spot and quickly jumped into the lead and went on to win the event in
convincing fashion. His win put him 22nd on the starting grid
for the 25-lap feature event, but a last minute scratch from the field moved
him up to 21st for the drop of the green. Butch, methodically
worked his way through the field and missed quite a few crashes in the
caution-filled event. With ten laps to go, he had worked his way into the
top 10, and kept moving forward, crossing the finish line in 5th
place, right alongside the 4th place finisher. He ended up
advancing 16 spots but missed capturing the Hard Charger of the Race by one
spot. His second top 5 finish in a row in a Tour Event kept him in 2nd
place in the FASTRAK Northeast Tour points.
On tap for this weekend is
the second annual Canadian National Championship at Humberstone Speedway in
Port Colborne, ONT Canada on Sunday, May 20th. The team is
hoping to improve on last year’s 9th place finish (without power
steering) in our inaugural visit to the track. We will follow that up
with the Bill Emig Memorial Wild Card Weekend at Sharon Speedway on Saturday,
May 26th and Sunday, May 27th.
We are looking forward to
competing in as many of the FASTRAK Northeast Tour events as we can this
season, and continuing to race at Sharon Speedway on our nights off from the
Tour. Our schedule for the remainder of May and all of June is listed
below.
Schedule it is tentative and subject to change.
5/20/12
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Sunday, May 20 Humberstone Speedway
(Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada)
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($2,000 to-win "Canadian National Championship")
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5/23/12
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PRACTICE AT SHARON
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5/26/12
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Saturday, May 26 Sharon Speedway
(Hartford, OH)
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($1,500 to-win "Bill Emig Memorial Wild Card
Weekend" Night 1
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5/27/12
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Sunday, May 27 Sharon Speedway
(Hartford, OH)
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($1,500 to-win "Bill Emig Memorial Wild Card
Weekend" Night 2 plus Point Fund
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6/2/12
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Sharon Speedway - Regular Event
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6/8/12
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Friday, June 8 Dog Hollow Speedway
(Strongstown, PA)
($1200 to-win)
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6/16/12
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Saturday, June 16 McKean County Raceway
(East Smethport, PA)
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($1,200 to-win)
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6/23/12
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Saturday, June 23 Sharon Speedway
(Hartford, OH)
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($2,000 to-win 2nd Annual "Gary Knollinger
Memorial")
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6/27/12
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PRACTICE AT SHARON
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