Antigonish Mall 100 Saturday, August 18 at 6 p.m. Riverside Int'l Speedway James River, NS

PST Event # 8 of 10, for 2007

Feature Race Distance: 100 laps

Year-To-Date Results & Point Standings: click here

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Wayne Smith (left) gets the winner's trophy from Paul McLean, general manager of the Antigonish Mall - and Riverside International Speedway

Smith Grabs Win Number Four on Season
Posted August 20/07; Source: CARQUEST Tour (edited)

JAMES RIVER, NS (Augsut 19, 2007) - Wayne Smith of Timberlea won the ANTIGONISH MALL 100 for the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour at Riverside Speedway on Sunday afternoon. Smith took the lead on lap 19 and never looked back to take his fourth win of the season. Kent Vincent of Crapaud PEI finished second, ahead of Fredericton’s Shawn Tucker. Shawn Turple of Enfield and Chris Hughes of Brackley PEI rounded out the top five.

Smith won the Most Laps Led Award. Over 3500 fans saw five cautions, including one for a 20-minute rain delay, slow the event which took one hour and 26 minutes to complete.

Antigonish’s Donald Chisholm, Tucker and Dale Holmes of West Covehead PEI won heat races. Vincent won the Dash for the Pole, featuring the top nine finishers in the Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials. Vincent also had the fastest time on the 1/3 mile oval, at an average speed of nearly 94 miles per hour. Lonnie Sommerville of St. John NB took the Pole Challenge and came back to finish eighth.

Twenty nine of the Maritimes top drivers attempted to qualify for the Main Feature. The Urquart MacDonald Associates “B” Feature determined the final qualifying positions for the main event. Mike Stevens of Salisbury, NB won the race over Dana Duncan of Saint John, NB. and Darren Vanderaa of Winsloe PEI.

The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour returns to action for its second last stop of the season next Saturday, August 25th at Raceway Park in Oyster Bed Bridge, PE.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS - ANTIGONISH MALL 100 – August 19/07
Pos - No. - Name - Make - Hometown - Prov. - Laps Completed
1. 44 Wayne Smith Monte Carlo Halifax NS 100
2. 8 Kent Vincent Charger Crapaud PEI 100
3. 52 Shawn Tucker Monte Carlo Fredericton NB 100
4. 0 Shawn Turple Monte Carlo Enfield NS 100
5. 32 Chris Hughes Fusion Winsloe PEI 100
6. 23f Craig Slaunwhite Monte Carlo Whites Lake NS 100
7. 81 Bob White Grand Prix Kennetcook NS 100
8. 23 Lonnie Sommerville Monte Carlo Saint John NB 100
9 88 George Koszkulics Monte Carlo New Glasgow NS 100
10. 35 Brad Mann Monte Carlo Campbellton NB 100
11. 26 Mike Stevens Monte Carlo Moncton NB 100
12. 13 Rollie MacDonald Monte Carlo Pictou NS 100
13. 97 John Flemming Charger Halifax NS 100
14. 72 Stacey Clements Monte Carlo Halifax NS 100
15. 19 Tim Rodgers Monte Carlo Moncton NB 100
16. 81m Darren MacKinnon Monte Carlo Charlottetown PEI 99
17. 37 Kris Fournier Charger Charlottetown PEI 99
18. 1 Dean MacInnis Monte Carlo Whycocomagh NS 99
19. 19v Darren Vanderaa Monte Carlo Winsloe PEI 98
20. 34 Graham Spinney Monte Carlo Barrington Pass. NS 97
21. 65 Dana Duncan Monte Carlo Saint John NB 97
22. 76 Roger Crane Monte Carlo Montague PEI 95
23. 39 Sandy Livingstone Monte Carlo Springhill NS 95
24. 29 Greg Proude Charger Charlottetown PEI 89
25. 66 Daryl Mahar Monte Carlo Halifax NS 76
26. O1 Robbie MacLean Monte Carlo Charlottetown PEI 67
27. 21 Shawn Pierce Monte Carlo Blockhouse NS 43
28. 89 Donald Chisholm Monte Carlo Antigonish NS 37
29. 4 Dale Holmes Monte Carlo Charlottetown PEI 17

Fast Wrap - Race Notes
Posted August 20/07; Source: CTW.com

Dale Holmes took a hard hit when his No. 4 racecar slammed the concrete wall entering turn one on lap 17 of the Antigonish Mall 100. Holmes limped away from the wreck (literally), refusing medical attention. When interviewed later by a track announcer, Holmes said he was bruised, and that his car was pretty much wrecked....

Kudos to Craig Slaunwhite for his run in Frank Fraser's No. 23; Slaunwhite started sixth and kept the car in the top six the entire race, running as high as fourth. This was Slaunwhite's first-ever pro stock race; Fraser was at River Glade Speedway fulfilling a commitment to sponsor Mountain Wild Blueberries to race in the International 100...

Slaunwhite was also the winner of the 50-lap sportsman feature race, driving his familiar No. 99 to the win. Jerome Kehoe was second and Scott Allen was third.

Fast Wrap - Top 10
Posted 8:30 p.m. August 19/07

UNOFFICIAL TOP 10 FINISHERS
1. Wayne Smith
2. Kent Vincent
3. Shawn Tucker
4. Shawn Turple
5. Chris Hughes
6. Craig Slaunwhite
7. Bobby White
8. Lonnie Sommerville
9. George Koszkulics
10. Brad Mann
Complete results and more Monday...

Race Day Weather Update - Sunday

7:00 a.m. Clear skies. All systems go according to the schedule below.

Sunday Format
8:00 a.m. - Pit Gates open
10:15 a.m. - Sportsman practice
10:30 a.m. - Pro Stock practice
11:00pm - Grandstand Opens for Advance Ticket Holders
11:15 a.m. - Sportsman practice
11:30 a.m. - Pro Stock practice
12:00 p.m. - Box Office Opens
12:00 p.m. - Sportsman practice
12:10 p.m. - Pro Stock practice
12:30 p.m. - Track Closes
12:40 p.m. - Drivers Meeting (Tour Trailer)
1:10 p.m. - Atlantic Tiltload Time Trails
2 p.m. - Pit Gate Closes - no more pit entry until after show is over

2 p.m. - Racing

Pro Stock Dash

Pro Stock Heats

Sportsman Heats 10 laps

Pro Stock B Feature

Bandolero Demo

On Track Meet & Greet

Sportsman Feature, 75 Laps over 25 cars/ 50 Laps under 25 cars

Pro Stock Driver Intros

Antigonish Mall 100

Schedule subject to change without notice.

Race Day Weather Update - Saturday

10 a.m. - The Antigonish Mall 100 has been postponed until Sunday at 2 p.m.; the forecast calls for rain all day and into tonight. Pit gates will open at 8 a.m. - a complete Sunday schedule will be posted by Noon.

9:30 a.m. - It's raining. Just talked to track manager Paul McLean; right now everything is still a go for tonight. They are monitoring the forecast and will provide hourly updates starting at Noon. We'll let you know as soon as we hear something, or you can call 902.867.1635...

Preview #2: The Antigonish Mall 100
Posted August 16, 2007; Source: CARQUEST Tour

Twenty-Seven Ready for Action

Halifax, NS (August 15, 2007) – Twenty-seven teams have ordered tires for The Antigonish Mall 100 at Riverside Speedway in James River, NS on Saturday, August 18th.

A pair of Shawn’s are at the top of the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour championship point’s standings. Shawn Turple of Enfield, NS continues to lead the championship point’s standings with a 35-point lead over Shawn Tucker of Fredericton, NB. Kent Vincent of Crapaud, PE sits in third place, 35 points back of Tucker. Wayne Smith of Timberlea, NS and Chris Hughes of Winsloe, PE round out the top five in points.

The remaining top ten is made up of Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, NB, Bobby White of Kennetcook, NB, Brad Mann of Glen Livet, NB, Dale Holmes, West Covehead, PE, and Greg Proude, North Wiltshire, PE.

A number of drivers who are not running fulltime on the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour in 2007 will be on hand and have the potential to make an impact. George Koszkulics of New Glasgow, NS finished third in the Parts For Trucks 100, the last race at Riverside Speedway, while Rollie MacDonald of Pictou, NS was fourth. Donald Chisholm of Antigonish, NS is the hometown favourite with Riverside Speedway located just outside Antigonish. Chisholm is always strong on the high banks. John Flemming of Halifax, NS will be on hand, trying to right a season fraught with car problems. Flemming hasn’t run many races in 2007 and when he has, he has suffered with car woes.

The EIT Race Rookie of the Year race has seen Sommerville with a comfortable lead over Darren MacKinnon of Winsloe, PE, who lost ground when he hit the wall in Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials and couldn’t continue his day. Gary Bursey of Moncton, NB is a rookie driver and has more points than MacKinnon, but Bursey had vacated the driver’s seat for an experienced driver, thus forfeiting rookie points for those races.

The Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials have seen six different drivers set the fastest qualifying time at the seven races run to date. Turple is the only driver to accomplish the feat more than once. Other fast times were set by Flemming, Sommerville, Vincent, Hughes and MacDonald. This coveted award sets the tone for race day and ensures the top eight drivers of a good starting position in the Antigonish Mall 100.

The Urquhart MacDonald Associates B Feature is a last chance race for those drivers who fail to qualify for the feature through the dash and heats. It is always a hotly contested contest. Previous races have seen wins go to Daryl Mahar of Hubley, NS, MacKinnon, Holmes, Frank Fraser of Shubenacadie, NS. and Stacey Clements of Five Island Lake, NS.

Mike MacKenzie of Dartmouth, NS and Shawn Pierce of Bridgewater, NS are unsure of their participation Saturday night. Mackenzie has suffered with a crew shortage this year and Pierce has an engine problem.

The long distance award continues to go to Dean MacInnis of Kansas. MacInnis, who is originally from Whycocomagh, NS flies back and forth for the races. An option made available by his brother, who has assumed responsibility for preparing the car.

Racing starts at 6 p.m. Saturday night featuring qualifying heat races to set the starting grids for the Antigonish Mall 100 pro stock feature and for the Riverside Sportsman Super Series, whose feature race length will be determined based on car count - either 50 or 75 laps...

Preview: The Antigonish Mall 100
Posted August 15/07

Riverside International Speedway is ready for Saturday's running of the Antigonish Mall 100. The race is round eight of 10 on the 2007 CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour chase for the championship, and the final super late model event on the historic high banks of Riverside in 2007. The race also marks the first anniversary of the re-opening of the historic facility last August 17.

If the CARQUEST Tour race held at Riverside two weeks ago is any indication, competition will be keen when the green flag falls. The August 4 event was dubbed by many as "one of the best" races they have seen in a long time.

That race was won by PEI's Kent Vincent, definitely deserving of the win, as he held off repeated challenges by several others throughout the race including second-place Shawn Turple - the current leader of the series point standings, and defending champion of the Antigonish Mall 100.

Turple, who has yet to score a win this year, is among those hungry for a checkered flag Saturday at Riverside International Speedway. But with just 35 points separating him from 2004 series champion Shawn Tucker, and only three races to go to determine who gets the coveted title, which is stronger: the desire to win a race, or a championship?

"Definitely a race," said Turple without hesitation Tuesday morning. "If we're running second with 10 to go this weekend, and we think we can win, we'll go for it. We won't just ride for points, trust me."

Turple's primary car was wrecked last month at Riverside while being driven by Maine's Cassius Clark. Turple's backup car was parked last weekend at Scotia Speedworld when an axle broke, causing the rear end to seize up. Turple's team is scrambling this week to finish repairs on the primary car in time for Saturday.

Vincent's win at Riverside moved him to third in the standings - just 35 markers behind Tucker; the series inaugural champion Wayne Smith is fourth - only five points behind Vincent, and Chris Hughes is fifth - just two behind Smith.

The series has seen five different winners in seven events this year; Smith is the only repeat winner with three visits to Victory Lane. Vincent, Tucker, Bobby White and Mike MacKenzie round out the 07 "Winner's Club."

The grandstand gates open Saturday at 1 p.m. for advance ticket holders; the box office opens at 2 p.m. Time trials for the pro stocks go at 5:10 p.m. Racing starts at 6 p.m. and features the Riverside Sportsman Series along with the pro stocks. Both divisions will run heat races to determine the starting lineups for the features.

Admission to the grandstand is $25 for adults, $8 for youth, children seven and under are admitted free. Pit admission is restricted to 16 and older and costs $30. Grandstand ticket upgrades to pit tickets cost an extra $10.

Race Day Format

12 p.m. Pit Gates open
1 p.m. Grandstand Opens for Advance Ticket holders
2 p.m. Box Office Opens
2:15 p.m. Sportsman Practice
2:30 p.m. Pro Stock Practice
3:10 p.m. Sportsman Practice
3:30 p.m. Pro Stock Practice
4 p.m. Sportsman Practice
4:10 p.m. Pro Stock Practice
4:35 p.m. Track Closes
4:40 p.m. Drivers Meeting (Tour Trailer)

5:10 PM Pro Stock Time Trials
6 PM Pit Gate Closes

6:00 PM - RACING

Pro Stock Dash

Pro Stock Heats

Sportsman Heats 10 laps

Pro Stock B Feature

Autograph Session

Sportsman Feature (50 laps less than 25 cars/ 75 laps more than 25 cars)

Antigonish Mall 100

Schedule subject to change without notice.

Photo Gallery
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Track Info...
Riverside Speedway, a 1/3-mile high banked asphalt oval, is located in James River, between New Glasgow and Antigonish, at exit 30 off Trans Canada Highway 104. Opened in 1969, the facility was totally rebuilt in 2006 to become a premiere motorsports site, comparable to the best short tracks in Canada and the U.S. The 2007 schedule sees three CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour events (June 9, August 4 and August 11), the Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series event (September 15) and the IWK 250. For more information about Riverside Speedway, please visit www.riversidespeedway.ca or call 902.863.2410.



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