Ed Evans
The final act of the 2009 Northwest drag racing season played out last weekend at the Terrace Regional airport.
Billed as a ‘Rain-out day’ to replace the June 27th race day that was rained-out and also to wrap up the year long points series.
Living up to it’s namesake, Saturday was ‘Rained-out’, as a torrential downpour set in over the countryside.
After spending Saturday under the tarps and awnings at various campsites around Terrace, (I have been told rupertites have the biggest tarps) racers emerged Sunday morning to bright sunny skies.
It was still a little chilly in the morning as time trials ran, making for a slightly slick track. The cooler denser air however made for more horsepower. As the morning went on the traction improved ten fold as heat built up in the track under the sunny skies.
In ‘Super Pro’, Terrace’s Chris Bie was prevented from making it a Hat trick ( he had won the last two races). Bie made it to the final four against Prince Rupert’s Aaron MacIntyre, who was running Paul Anderson’s Altered . MacIntyre was sunburned with a red light as Bie made it to the finals. Bie had used up all of his luck as he went down to Paul Soares. Bie however,did hold on to 1st place in the points series by beating Kitimat’s Paul Amado earlier on in the day.
The ‘Pro’ class had no fewer than 17 cars chasing points leader Ben Monroe from Kitimat. Monroe’s title went out the window when Kitimat’s Randy Baker running in his first race since May 24th ,took down Monroe’s Vega.
The finals pitted Baker against Ron Nuis and his beautiful 1930 Hudson. Both racers were not only racing for the weekend ‘Pro’ title but also the points series. Nuis outlasted Baker and took home both wins.
In ‘Bike/Sled’ class Kevin Enmark kept up the blistering win pace with another first place finish against his brother Shawn. The two sled brothers also took home first and second in the Points series, Shawn having jumped in the standings over four bikes that were no shows.
In ‘Junior Dragster’, two Kitimat racers lined up in the finals. Tanner Daum took home first place over Lou Ribeiro. Daum also had a solid lead in the points series over Ribeiro.
Snow/Bike
1st Kevin Enmark
2nd Shawn Enmark
3rd Randy Sarell
Pro
1st Ron Nuis
2nd Randy Baker
3rd Steve Burkett
Super Pro
1st Paul Soares
2nd Chris Bie
3rd Aaron Macintyre
Jr Dragster
1st Tanner Daum
2nd Lou Ribeiro
3rd Delaney Ribeiro
Gambler
Mike Weinhart
Next Up:
Thats a wrap on the 2009 season. A big Thank You goes out to all of the organizers and volunteers who worked tirelessly to bring this exciting year to us. See you next year.
Photo:
Prince Rupert’s Aaron Macintyre took home a third place in ‘Super Pro’ last weekend, loosing out to Chris Bie and his Chevelle in the semi finals.
Photo: Ed Evans
