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Stock car races bring crowds

Yellowhead International Speedway hosted another day of stock car races on Sunday, August 28th. Although the day was threatened with periods of rain in the early afternoon, the races were able to proceed shortly after 2:00 p.m.
Yellowhead International Speedway
Thunderstock cars about to take off for their race on Sunday, August 28th at the Yellowhead International Speedway in Yorkton.

Yellowhead International Speedway hosted another day of stock car races on Sunday, August 28th.

Although the day was threatened with periods of rain in the early afternoon, the races were able to proceed shortly after 2:00 p.m., and a large crowd gathered to watch the excitement.

Race winners are listed below along with their car numbers.

Thunderstock
Heat 1: 70 Denis Perron
Heat 2: 28 Darren Frampton
Feature: 11 Neil Matkowski

Hobby stock winners
Heat 1: 76 Marty Sharp
Heat 2: 24 Ken Wicks
Feature: 24 Ken Wicks

Street Stock Winners
Heat 1A: 44 Ryan Atkings
Heat 1B:  3 Alvin Dube
Head 2A: 44 Ryan Atkings
Heat 2B: 3 Alvin Dube

Mechanics Race
20 Grant Carter

Ladies Race
(Thunder)

11 Tania Thomas

After his victory lap, Marty Sharp paused to talk about his win.

“It was pure luck,” he joked. “But the track is really good right now. It’s a lot of fun.”

Denis Perron addressed his car and getting it back into racing shape after some roadblocks.

“It took a lot of long hours to get it back where it should be. But now, we should be okay,” he said.

The next event is the annual demo derby on Sept. 18 at 2:00 p.m.

The next and final race day is on Sept. 25 @ 2:00 p.m.


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