Scott Kelly Memorial 100 Presented by Parts for Trucks Saturday, Aug 16 at 6 p.m. Riverside Int'l Speedway James River, Nova Scotia

PST Event # 8 of 11, for 2008

Feature Race Distance: 100 laps

2007 Race Winner: Wayne Smith

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

Area Weather Forecast: The Weather Network - click here; Environment Canada - click here


Craig Slaunwhite (right) celebrates his win with Parts for Trucks's Robert Goodwin...

Slaunwhite Gets First Series Win

JAMES RIVER, NS (August 16, 2008) - Craig Slaunwhite broke into the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour Victory Lane Saturday night winning the Scott Kelly Memorial 100 presented by Parts for Trucks at Riverside International Speedway. It was an event that came to conclusion when a heavy mist settled over the facility with 23 laps to go - ironically while the race was being led by cars 23s and 23: Slaunwhite and Lonnie Sommerville, who finished second. Shawn Tucker was third; Wayne Smith and Donald Chisholm rounded out the top five.

The two 23's, with Sommerville on the pole, led the field to the green flag after a late afternoon rain delay pushed the start time back one hour. The two swapped the lead five times pulling the 29-car freight train around the fast 1/3-mile high-banked oval. Slaunwhite - an '08 rookie of the year contender, and Sommerville - the '07 series rookie of the year, raced each other hard and clean while former series champs Tucker, Smith and Chisholm methodically worked their way through the field from their 16th, 15th and 13th place place starting spots, respectively.


Wayne Smith's tribute to Scott Kelly and SK Racing crew: his racecar was wrapped to become a replica of the No. 12 Scott Kelly drove in the 90s...

While there was action throughout the 29-car starting field the crowd was keeping their eyes on Smith as his racecar had been transitioned to become a commemorative replica of the No. 12 car that had been driven by Kelly during his MASCAR days in the 1990s.

The 77-lap race took just 44 minutes to complete and saw only six caution flags - the worst of which came on lap 77 during a restart in the mist with a five-car wreck that started when Rollie MacDonald got sideways coming off turn four with four more cars spinning behind him. The checkered flag was shown the next time by with the final running order reflecting the way the field was running on the restart.

Sommerville set fast time in the time trials, drew number one in the redraw and won the Dash. Heat race winners were Jonathan Hicken, Mike MacKenzie and Dave O'Blenis. There was no B Feature.

While it was a night Slaunwhite and the rest of his SFR Racing team will not forget, it was a night full of memories for the entire crowd of more than 3,000 - as the event celebrated the life and racing career of Scott Kelly, a regional racing star who lost a battle with cancer in 1999; he was only 28 years old.


A 4' x 16' tribute to Scott Kelly was displayed in the pedestrian concourse area...

Besides the Smith car bearing a likeness to Kelly's car, there was a memorable 4' x 16' montage on display entitled "Remembering Scott Kelly" showing dozens of Kelly photos. Members of Kelly's crew were on hand in their SK Racing uniforms and the event was attended by Kelly's parents Junior and Brenda Kelly, along with his wife Wanda Kelly.


Wayne Smith presents the hood from his car to Junior and Brenda Kelly.

The hood on Smith's car bore the Scott Kelly Memorial 100 logo and during driver introductions was signed by every driver in the race; the hood was presented to the Kelly's post-race.

During the sportsman feature race the pro stock drivers went through the crowd with their helmets collecting donations from the audience - totalling $3,146 which will go to the IWK Health Care Centre in a trust fund established in Kelly's name following his passing.


Victory Lane with the SFR team and the SK Racing team - a bittersweet moment for many maritime race fans...

Slaunwhite's win came exactly two years since the SFR team last visited the series Victory Lane with its first protege, Shawn Turple; and exactly one year since Slaunwhite made his maiden voyage in the SFR seat - while filling in for team leader Frank Fraser, who was "double-booked" that day. Slaunwhite was named as the full-time driver for SFR just a few months later; SFR remains dedicated to helping talented young drivers get their start in pro stock racing - just as so many helped the late Scott Fraser - for whom the team is named.

The sportsman feature was won by Jerome Kehoe with Paul Blenkhorn in second and James Graves third.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Pos	No.	Name	Laps	Sponsor	Hometown
1	23s	Craig Slaunwhite	77	Atlantic CAT	Terence Bay NS
2	23	Lonnie Sommerville	77	AE MacKay Builders	Saint John NB
3	52	Shawn Tucker	77	Rockico Truck & Trailer	Fredericton NB
4	12	Wayne Smith	77	ICI Paints	Timberlea NS
5	89	Donald Chisholm	77	Nova Construction	Antigonish NS
6	13	Rollie MacDonald	77	King Freight Lines	Pictou NS
7	48	Dave O'Blenis	77	Burger King	Boundary Creek NB
8	92	Pete Miller	77	ACL Construction	Kennetcook NS
9	0	Shawn Turple	77	Dexter Construction	Enfield NS
10	32	Chris Hughes	77	Pauley Equipement	Brackley Beach PE
11	29	Greg Proude	77	Challenger Farm Equip.	Charlottetown PE
12	6	Lowell Affleck	77	Barter Centre Used Cars	Summerside PE
13	19v	Darren Vanderaa	77	Chappell Construction	Milton PE
14	66	Daryl Mahar	77	Inglis Jewelers	Five Island Lake NS
15	88	George Koszculics	77	Wear Well Garmet Co.	New Glasgow NS
16	76	Roger Crane	77	Montague Tire	Montague PE
17	1	Robbie MacLean	77	Robbies Truck and Trailer	Charlottetown PE
18	26	Mike Stevens	77	R. Stevens Mechanical	Salisbury NB
19	35	Brad Mann	76	Subway Restaurants	Glen Livet NB
20	77	Gerry Curtis	76		Fredericton NB
21	18	Darren MacKinnon	72	Shaws Towing	Winsloe PE
22	4	Dale Holmes	66	Castle Building Centres	West Covehead PE
23	5	Jonathan Hicken	66	Reynolds Well Drilling	Montague PE
24	8	Kent Vincent	65	Atlantic Turbines	Crapaud PE
25	21	Shawn Pierce	58	Steve's Iron Works	Bridgewater NS
26	37	Kris Fournier	77	Totally Tile	Charlottetown PE
27	80	Roger Miller	27	Stan's Auto	Kennetcook NS/font>
28	39	Sandy Livingston, Jr.	20	Key Base Financial	Springhill NS
29	2	Mike MacKenzie	18	Forbes Chevrolet	Dartmouth NS

Race Stats
Cautions: 6
Lead Changes: 5
Lap Leaders: Lonnie Sommerville (1); Craig Slaunwhite (2-18); Sommerville (19-28); Slaunwhite (29-61); Sommerville (62-66); Slaunwhite (67-77).
Dash Winner: Lonnie Sommerville
Heat Winners: Jonathan Hicken, Mike MacKenzie, Dave O'Blenis
Fastest Qualifier: Lonnie Sommerville (14.441 seconds, 99.924 mph)

Race-Day Weather Update

Saturday at 1 p.m. It's overcast, hot and humid - no rain. All systems remain on track (LOL) and according to schedule. Further updates, if necessary, on the track hotline at 902.867.1635...

Event Preview

Scott Kelly Memorial 100 Set for Saturday at Riverside
Posted August 14/08; Source - PST Communications

JAMES RIVER, NS (August 13, 2008) - After what has turned out to be a three-week hiatus the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour returns to action at Riverside International Speedway Saturday August 16 for the Scott Kelly Memorial 100 presented by Parts for Trucks.

The series event August 3 at Centre for Speed in Shediac, NB, was halted due to rain with only half of the qualifying round completed. And the series was off this last weekend, so the last racing action many of the series competitors has seen was on July 26; they'll be chomping at the bit to get back in the driver's seat as they work toward the series season finale now set for September 13 at Scotia Speedworld - moved from September 6 to accommodate the rescheduled Shediac race.

Scott Kelly at the 1997 Oxford 250. Click here for our pictorial tribute to Scott Kelly.

The fast historic high banks of Riverside - and the event tribute to Scott Kelly - will combine to add extra incentive in getting to Victory Lane. Riverside is a track each and every racer in the Maritimes wants to win at, and Kelly was a racer respected by his peers. Scott Kelly, at just 28 years old, lost a battle with cancer in 1999; the Scott Kelly Memorial 100 is a tribute to him from his longtime sponsor and many good friends at Parts for Trucks.

Rudi Foster, Parts for Trucks, recalled one Friday when Scott was released from the hospital and together with his No. 12 S.K. Racing team drove directly to Prince Edward Island to race in the 100 lap feature in 90 degree heat. It was this kind of determination that made Scott a very special person.

"Scott was a young man who loved to race, and he never let his sickness interfere with his passion for racing," said Foster. "Scott also loved to be around kids and to share with them his love for racing. He and S.K. Racing were always doing everything possible to make sure that kids had a chance to see and sit in the car, even if this meant taking the car to a young man’s house, who was too sick to come out and see the car on display."

Concurrent with Scott Kelly's desire to brighten the lives of young children there will be a fundraiser at the Scott Kelly Memorial 100 with proceeds going to the trust fund established in Scott Kelly's name at the IWK Health Care Centre for Children in Halifax.

In keeping with Scott Kelly's passion for racing, the Scott Kelly Memorial 100 will surely see a race Scott would have enjoyed - at the site where he won his last race, the MASCAR season opener in May 1998 - an emotional day for all who were watching this brave young man during a time when he was undergoing cancer treatment.

Scott Kelly's all-too-short racing career started in 1988. He raced three years in the street stock division, then three years in the open wheel division. In 1994 he moved to late model/pro stock and won the MASCAR Rookie of the Year title; in 1995 he was second in MASCAR points; in 1996 he finished third in the prestigious Oxford 250 in Maine; and in 1998 he won the inaugural International Pro Stock Challenge title. Scott's dad, Junior Kelly - the 1985 MASCAR champion, was his mentor.

Thirty-one teams are expected to enter the Scott Kelly Memorial 100 presented by Parts for Trucks including series point leader Wayne Smith (Halifax), defending champion Shawn Tucker (Fredericton, NB), defending rookie of the year and currently second-place in points Lonnie Sommerville (Saint John, NB), the only two-time winner on the series this year and third-place in point standings Shawn Turple (Enfield).

Local racers expected to be vying for a spot on the 26-car starting grid include Donald Chisholm (Antigonish), George Koszkulics (New Glasgow) and Rollie MacDonald (Pictou).

Time trials and qualifying heats will determine the starting lineup for the 100-lap feature. The Highland Home Hardware Sportsman Series will provide support class action.

The Scott Kelly Memorial 100 is round three of four for the 2008 edition of the Parts for Trucks Challenge, a mini-series that will see the top three points getters in the four Parts For Trucks sponsored events each take home a year-end bonus. After two of four races Sommerville leads the mini-series with 400 points, followed by Greg Proude (N. Wiltshire, PEI) with 388 points and Kent Vincent (Crapaud, PEI) with 383 points.

Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials start Saturday at 5:10 p.m. Racing starts at 6 p.m.

EXPECTED ENTRY LIST showing Car No., Name, Sponsor, Make, Hometown, Prov.
01 Robbie MacLean® Charlottetown Bottle & Metal Monte Carlo Winsloe PEI
01Z Dean MacInnis Zutphen Contracting Monte Carlo Whycocomagh NS
02 Mike MacKenzie Forbes Chevrolet Monte Carlo Dartmouth NS
0 Shawn Turple Dexter Construction Impala Enfield NS
1 David Heino® D.C. Huskins & Sons Trucking Monte Carlo Shelburne NS
4 Dale Holmes Castle Building Centres (Maritime) Monte Carlo West Covehead PEI
5 Jonathan Hicken® Reynolds Well Drilling Impala Brudnell PEI
6 Lowell Affleck® Barter Centre Used Vehicles Monte Carlo Summerside PEI
8 Kent Vincent Atlantic Turbines Charger Crapaud PEI
11 Marty Prevost Mega Enterprises Monte Carlo Fall River NS
12* Wayne Smith ICI Paints/Color Your World Bayers Lake Monte Carlo Halifax NS
13 Rollie MacDonald King Freight Lines Fusion Pictou NS
18 Darren MacKinnon Shaws Towing; MacKinnon Bros Svce Ctr. Monte Carlo Milton PEI
19V Darren Vanderaa Chappell Construction Monte Carlo Milton PEI
21 Shawn Pierce Steve's Iron Works Monte Carlo Bridgewater NS
23 Lonnie Sommerville A.E. MacKay Builders Impala Saint John NB
23S Craig Slaunwhite® Mountain Wild Blueberries; Atlantic CAT Monte Carlo White's Lake NS
26 Mike Stevens R. Stevens Mechanicals Monte Carlo Riverview NB
29 Greg Proude Challenger Farm Equipment Charger North Wiltshire PEI
32 Chris Hughes Pauley Equipment Camry Brackley PEI
35 Brad Mann Subway Monte Carlo Glen Levit NB
37 Kris Fournier Totally Tile Charger Charlottetown PEI
39 Sandy Livingston Keybase Financial Group Monte Carlo Springhill NS
48 Dave O'Blenis Burger King Camry Boundary Creek NB
52 Shawn Tucker Rockico Truck & Trailer Impala Fredericton NB
66 Daryl Mahar Inglis Jewellers/ A1 Towing & Recovery Impala Hubley NS
76 Roger Crane Montague Tire; Chapman Bros Constr. Impala Montague PEI
80 Roger Miller Stan's Garage Monte Carlo North Noel Road NS
88 George Koszkulics Pioneer Coal Impala New Glasgow NS
89 Donald Chisholm Nova Construction Impala Antigonish NS
92 Pete Miller® A.C.L. Construction Monte Carlo Kennetcook NS

Expected entry list is subject to change without notice.

Driver bios and current point standings can be found here.

*SPECIAL NOTE: Wayne Smith is running a commemorative paint scheme bearing car number 12 this week to honour Scott Kelly; Smith will be scored as, and points will be awarded, his regular number 44.

About CARQUEST Auto Parts
With nearly 4000 locations in North America, CARQUEST Auto Parts supplies the professional automotive service repair industry as well as do-it-yourselfers with replacement parts, tools and equipment.

About the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour
The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour is owned and operated by Maritime Pro Stock Tour Limited and features an annual series at five venues in the three Maritime Provinces of Canada. Former champions include John Flemming (2002, 2003, 2006), Shawn Tucker (2004, 2007), Wayne Smith (2001) and Rollie MacDonald (2005). For more information, call 902.481.2531 or click www.maritimeprostocktour.com.

Event Format

Saturday August 16
11:30 a.m. Pit Gates Open
11:45 a.m. Tech Opens (Sportsman/Pro Stock)
2:00 p.m. Sportsman Practice
2:30 p.m. Pro Stock Practice
3:10 p.m. Sportsman Practice
3:30 p.m. Pro Stock Practice
4:10 p.m. Sportsman Practice
4:30 p.m. Pro Stock Practice
4:45 p.m. Track Closes
4:50 p.m. Pro Stock Drivers meeting (Tour Trailer), followed by Time Trial lineup

5:10 p.m.

Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials

Pro Stock Dash Draw

6:00 p.m. Racing

Pro Stock Dash

Sportsman Heats

Pro Stock Heats

Sportsman Semi

Pro Stock Semi

Sportsman Feature

Driver Introductions

Scott Kelly Memorial 100 presented by Parts for Trucks

Tour Frequency 463.4250

Format Subject to Change without Notice

Ticket Info

Advance tickets are now available from the Riverside International Speedway office in the Antigonish Mall. Call 902.863.241 or click www.riversidespeedway.ca for more info.

Track Info
Riverside International 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, compared to the best short tracks in Canada and the U.S. The 2008 schedule includes two CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour events on June 7 and August 16; the IWK 250 event on July 18-19, also sanctioned by the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour; and the Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series event on September 20. For more information about Riverside Speedway, please visit www.riversidespeedway.ca or call 902.863.2410.



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