INNISFIL, ON – Dwayne Baker #48 found victory lane with his G.D. Coates Used Car Superstore Pro Late Model after a great battle in feature #1. #39 Travis Hallyburton jumped to the early lead over pole sitter #46 Billy Zardo. Baker followed Hallyburton past Zardo and the two distanced themselves from the battle for 3rd.
Zardo’s night came to an end early as contact sent him into the outside retaining wall in turn 1. As the race went back to green, Hallyburton had a momentary issue and lost several spot allowing Baker to pull away from the field. Hallyburton rallied, getting back to second with #82 Samantha Shaw making a last lap pass on #10 Gord Shepherd for 3rd and #16 Dustyn Mombourquette to complete the top 5 in feature 1.
The next feature on track were the Bone Stocks which saw 2022 Track Champion #26 Jacob Booth lead all 20 laps en route to his first feature win in 2023. After some contact on the initial start that saw #13 Nicolas Reece sent through the infield the caution flew.
From there, the Bone Stocks ran the remainder of the race caution free as Booth dominated for the win, ahead of Brandon Steele #55, #68 Jordan Owen, #17 Aundrea Lusk and #54 Cash Ireton.
#10 Doug Butler had a long week and a lot of damage to repair on his Nissan 240SX after an incident late in the going as part of our Victoria Day card. The work paid off as he found himself in victory lane for the second time this season.
Butler led the Struyk Energy System Mini Stocks to the green. Butler was chased by reigning track champion #23D Jason D’Antimo but Butler was ultimately too strong and pulled away from D’Antimo. #23 Tyler Seaboyer battled to a 3rd place finish with #77 John Bird and #81 Blaise Shaw rounding out the top 5.
The St. Onge Recreation Super Stocks put on a great show with several battles throughout the field. #71 Cory McAllister and #48 Dwayne Baker battled early with McAllister working hard on the high side of the track to stay with Baker.
As McAllister started to slide back, #83 Johnny Morrison and #28 Nick Tooley looked for a way by. Morrison and McAllister battled with Morrison, taking the spot. Tooley muscled his way past, as well, moving McAllister back to 4th. A late race caution for #63 Cole Burrows bunched the field back up.
On the restart, Baker and Morrison broke away from the pack with Morrison using the bumper to move Baker up the track with 2 to go. The pair raced side by side through the remaining turns with Baker holding on by mere inches at the line. Tooley finished 3rd with McAllister in 4th and #65 Matt McGrath rounding out the top 5.
The second feature race for the G.D. Coates Used Car Superstore Late Models saw Travis Hallyburton and Dwayne Baker lead the field to Green. Baker jumped to the early lead with Hallyburton right behind. Gord Shepherd worked quickly to catch the front pair as the battle up front intensified.
Contact was made as Hallyburton looked to the inside of Baker into turn 1. As they raced off of two, the contact continued with Baker spinning to the infield and body damage done to both cars. Gord Shepherd led the field back to green and fended off challenges from Samantha Shaw and #2 Kendra Adams.
A few great restarts for Shaw saw her move to second and challenger Shepherd in the closing laps but ran out of time to make a move. #8 Jordan Howse finished third, with Baker and Hallyburton rallying to 4th and 5th at the line.
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