Round one of five drifting competitions took place at Saratoga Speedway on Saturday.
Nine drift cars arrived at the track, varying in different drifting styles making for some great drifting throughout the night.
The motorcycles made their first appearance of the year sporting a new track. In previous years they would go around the track averaging 20-25 seconds, now they are using the dirt jumps located on turn 4, making for a motocross style of racing.
Joel Forth and Brad Taddeo battled hard in the lap 10 lap main event, with Forth taking the lead on the last lap and not looking back from there.
Three different winners were declared for three different races in the I.M.C.A Modified division.
Tim Openshaw took the dash, Gregg Sagmoen took the eight-lap heat, and Dano Bryant who had been struggling all night, found his way in the main, holding off Openshaw to win their 20 lap feature.
Eleven cars took to the track in the Bomber car division. Travis Stevenson won the B heat, with the A going to Mike Dionne.
Last year’s bomber car champion Stewart Lee continued his winning ways in the main event, taking the lead on lap 31 of 40 from Stevenson, and he never looked back from there, winning his first Brian Sullivan memorial race.
In the drifting division, Hayden Barnes and Alex Davidson out drifted the rest of the field to get themselves to the final drift off. Barnes and Davidson were matching each other drift for drift, but Barnes would edge out Davidson to take first place and win the first round of the drifting competition.
Extra laps… The Crash to Pass, Hornets, Roadrunners and Figure 8’s are all on the card for next weekend sponsored by Surfwood Equipment.
Going into the night, Raymond Fortier holds a 65 point lead over second place Jeremy Stormo, who is on a two main event winning streak in the Hornet B class.
In the Hornet A class, Kevin Lawrenuk holds a 74 point lead over second place Kyle Fallowfield. Jeff May holds a 69-point lead over his cousin Matt May in the Crash to Pass division.
Finally, Dan Kemp holds a 131 point lead over Nick Leavitt in the Roadrunner division. With all these point races heating up, this Saturday will be a night you wont want to miss.
