Steven Pfeifer took first place in the modified feature for the second straight race program at the Estevan Motor Speedway on June 13.
“I just kind of found myself right place right time last time and this week I had to make some moves to get there, but no matter how you get there, it’s pretty good (to win),” said Pfeifer.
It was quite the wild start to the modified feature, with a pileup after the first lap in the front straight away going into turn one.
In the pileup, Jett Big Eagle flipped his car and four other drivers were unable to finish the race. All drivers escaped the crash unharmed.
Once the race continued, Pfeifer started making his way to the front after starting in the middle of the pack. Midway through the 24 lap feature, Pfeifer was in fourth. With nine laps remaining he got passed three cars ahead of him and never looked back for the win.
“Those three guys in front of me were running pretty consistent lines, so you have to be pretty confident about running on the outside of them,” said Pfeifer. “Once I got to the lead it was just hitting your marks and making sure it’s consistent."
Ed Turnbull passed Tyler Wagner right before the finish line to take second, and Jim Harris placed fourth.
In the stock car feature, Gregg Mann took the top spot out of the 23 cars as he led the race from start to finish.
“We had a good car, we kind of played around with it a little bit here for this race,” said Mann. “I hate being out front for that long, you never know where anybody is.”
Throughout the race there were a couple of cautions, which gave the other racers a chance to take the lead from Mann, but he continued to hit his marks and drive smoothly.
Chris Ellis finished second, Sterling Labatte was third and Jeremy Swanson came in fourth.
Carl Hanson was the winner in the Weatherford hobby stock feature, which consisted of 24 cars in a 15 lap race.
“We had a good starting spot tonight, we started outside front row in the feature … and we just kept it straight and in line and brought home first,” Hanson said.
Hanson said the track was nice and smooth, which led to his win. Despite the cautions, Hanson was able to keep that number one spot.
“I was thinking this race couldn’t get over fast enough, caution after caution, and on that last caution I ended up breaking a ball joint, but still ended up winning the race."
Cody Dignan finished in second, Dylan Crozier was third, and Leevi Runge came in fourth.
The next program at the Estevan Motor Speedway will be a doubleheader on June 26 and 27, which will feature the Northern Super Truck Racing tour.
