NAPA Sportsman Series, Round Six of Seven, Expected to Highlight Show SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway is gearing up for the third race event of their 2014 season on Saturday, September 27. The oval will play host to the Gillis Home Hardware 100, the sixth race on the NAPA Sportsman Series, along with regular point paying features in the Cape Breton Trailer Sales Street Stock and the Cat Rental Store Mini Stock divisions. Racing action is slated to go green at 3 p.m. with qualifying heat races to set the field for what will be three features of stock car racing. While the NAPA Sportsman Series is led into Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway by Dale Richardson (Stellarton), it has been Chris Reid (Fort McMurray, AB) that has had the winning combination in the first two races at the track. Richardson sailed to a dominating win at Riverside International Speedway the last time the series raced with Chris Reid’s car not finishing the race due to crash damage. The result is a 23 point deficit for Reid to make up on the #55 Dartmouth Metals and Bottles Chevrolet. Squeaking into second in points with Reid’s misfortune is Dave Timmons of Inverness. Timmons, who enters 21 points in the rearview of Richardson and a slim two points up on Reid, was on the podium at the end of the August running of the Gillis Home Hardware 100 and a well timed win on Saturday would more than put him in the championship discussion with one event to go following this weekend’s races. Darren Price and Shawn Waterfield, both of Sydney, complete the top five in points heading into competition Saturday at their home oval. Joey Rudderham is the Cape Breton Trailer Sales Street Stock point leader by a single point over Mike MacLeod. Neither can rest Saturday though as Vance MacDonald and Mike Roziki are well within striking distance and will be bringing their skills to the oval in an attempt to unseat the top two in the standings. Rookie Kody Quinn will be looking to stay on top of the Cat Rental Mini Stock standings with Josh Benac and Brandon MacMillan his closest competition heading into Saturday. With most race tracks wrapped up in the Maritimes for 2014, the field for this Saturday’s and the season finale on Saturday, October 18 are expected to be augmented by visiting cars. Last time out, Shane Coffen from Newfoundland made his first career NAPA Sportsman Series start and Patricia Taylor of Riverview, New Brunswick has been a familiar face in the Cat Rental Store Mini Stocks. At intermission, fans will be treated to an exhibition from the Fast Go Karts group of Sydney. Racing starts at 3 p.m. Saturday. Main gates open at 1 p.m. with pit gates opening at 9 a.m.; practice starts at 11. Adult admission is $18, student admission (13 to 18) is $8 and children 12 and under are admitted free. Pit admission is $25 and restricted to those 18 years and older. 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 and Trucks, and The Cat Rental Store Mini Stocks, on four race dates in their inaugural season. The track is located at 1162 Grand Lake Road in Sydney, Nova Scotia. For more information, please visit CBMinersMemorialSpeedway.ca or find the track on Facebook, at Facebook.com/CBMinersMemorialSpeedway. source – track communications (edited)
