Ed Evans
The Daily News

There were hot times at the Terrace track last weekend as the third annual Hot August Nights was run off.

The Hugh Ridley Racing team was predicting to take down the track record that Ridley had set himself last year. Ridley’s new driver, Gary Ormsby Jr., was surprised at the traction after the first run on Sunday and said to crank up the clutch on the next run. The existing record was run down with a blistering 4.16 and followed later in the day with the new track record of 4.08 seconds. Ormsby suggested that he was shooting for a three second pass on Sunday, but the car didn’t run quite as fast the next day.

With hot weather and a sticky track, the racing all weekend was great. A new feature on this weekend was the “Quick 8”. with the fastest 8 cars running off against each other.
Ryan Macdonald was the #1 qualifier as he met his friend, Bruce Daum from Kitimat, in the finals. Friendship may be one thing, but racing is another, Daum beat Macdonald and took home a $1350 Prize for his trouble.

Bruce’s son,Tanner, did one better than dad. On Sunday he took home a second in “Junior dragster” and a First in “King Junior” on Monday.
Running his first passes in his new ride an Alcohol , Big Block 1963 Corvette, Lee Thompson ran right to and then past the elapsed time (E.T.) cap on Sunday. The cap is for cars that are not Certified or the drivers are not licensed. Lee’s car had just passed certification but the driver licensing takes a little more time.
On Monday, while working on the car, excess fuel in a valve cover exploded, hitting his mechanic, Paul Soares, in the face. Paul was taken to the hospital but he was alright and was back later.

Street Series
Sheldon Wiebe
Quick 8 Bruce Daum  Sunday finals Junior  1st-Shawn Parker  2nd-Tanner Daum  3rd-Brianna Ray   Snow/bike Jim Braid  Leland Hovland  Peter Gunanoot   Pro Class Clinton Dalavecchia  Tyler Latimer  Sheldon Wiebe   Super Pro Harley Bell  Russ Gutnecht  Tony deMelo   Monday  King of the YXT  Randy Baker  Junior King Tanner Daum  Gamblers Sheldon Wiebe For more information or to check out the photo’s go to www.terracedrags.ca or www.princerupertautoclub.com

Airport Photo:  Lee Thompson’s new 1963 Corvette picking up a tire at the Hot August Nights