Cape Breton Speedway Season Finale Sunday Afternoon September 25, 2015 Regional This Sunday is the season finale at Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway with three divisions crowing season champions; the NAPA Sportsman Series, Cape Breton Trailer Sales Street Stock and Atlantic Cat/Hewitt Rentals Mini Stock will see their final event of 2015 start at 2 p.m. After taking the win in the Highland Home Building Centres 75 at Riverside International Speedway on September 12, Kyle Reid (Fort McMurray,AB/Sydney) is closing in on his first NAPA Sportsman Series championship. Reid enters the Gillis Home Hardware 100 with a 17 point advantage on Darren Price (Main-A-Dieu), who is also in search of his first championship. Fans will be treated a feature with some of the best Sportsman talent in the area, including Shawn Waterfield (Sydney), Kenny Magliaro (Sydney), John Biron (Sydney), Dave Timmons (Inverness), Ross Lewis (Prime Brook) and Brian MacLeod (Sydney), among others. Joey Rudderham (Marion Bridge) will look to clinch the Rookie of the Year title over an impressive freshman class that has included Lynden MacDougall (Sydney), Trevor King (Port Hastings), James Sample (Antigonish) and Jason Lund (Dutch Brook). In the Cape Breton Trailer Sales Street Stock division, Vance MacDonald (Sydney) will look to cruise towards the championship in the class. The gap sits at 35 points between the leader and John Halliday (Sydney) heading into the final Saf-way Auto Parts 25 of the season. In the Atlantic Cat/Hewitt Rentals Mini Stock JR Lawson (Shubenacadie) has a slim two point lead over Kody Quinn with Brandon MacMillan (Glace Bay) only 29 points out of the top spot. A number of cars from outside the area are expected to compete in the final Ramsay’s Honda 50 of the season, including last year’s Jay’s Chicken and Ribs feature winner Tim Webster (Beaver Bank). Over 20 Mini Stock drivers are expected to drive under the green flag Sunday for their big finale. Admission prices for Sunday’s championship point finale are $20 for adults over the age of 19, $8 for students aged 13 to 18 with free admission to children 12 and under. Pit admission is $25 and restricted to those 18 years and older. Pit gates open for competitors at 9am, with racing beginning at 2 p.m. About Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway: Formerly Island Speedway, Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway was re-opened by Bill and Lynne Vasil for racing in July 2014, bringing life to the motorsport and stock car racing scenes on Cape Breton Island. The track features three classes, the NAPA Sportsman, the Cape Breton Trailer Sales Street Stocks, and Atlantic Cat/Hewitt Rental Store Mini Stocks, with five dates throughout the summer of 2015. The track is located at 1162 Grand Lake Road in Sydney, Nova Scotia. For more information please visit CBMinersMemorialSpeedway.ca.
