Aug. 1 was Military night at Full Throttle Motor Speedway.
The Canadian Veteran Freedom Riders were in attendance to kick off the night along with Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Larry Miller. There was also an opportunity for fans to get a look at the Portraits of Honour mural and meet the artist behind it, Dave Sopha.
Pro Late Model action highlighted the night again, with a good car count and a few first time runners.
Everyone is working hard on getting their cars dialed in for “The Big One” – the Aug. 31 race.
In feature one, it was all #83 Dale Shaw from Guelph, as he jumped into an early lead.
The #11 of Cole Weber from New Hamburg worked his way through the field, but could only make it to the back bumper of Shaw. Third went to Dave Elliott in #37 from Stoney Creek.
In feature two, Elliott took advantage of his outside pole starting position to jump into an early lead, but had to defend it after a lap five caution. On the restart he found Justin McLellan, #12, from Mount Forest on the outside.
McLellan worked the highline the best he could but Elliott was too strong and McLellan was forced to drop in behind. At the finish it would be Elliott, then McLellan, and third would go to Weber, fourth to #1 Kent Nuhn and rounding out the top five this time was Shaw.
Mini stock action had some of the fastest laps of the season, with a lighter than normal field due to scheduling conflicts for some drivers.
In Pure Stock action, feature one saw #70 Josh Shantz totally dominate the field.
In the Crazy Trains fans were treated to one of the most entertaining runs of the season in feature one.
Jonathon Bates Roofing out of Owen Sound survived to get the checkered flag followed by Rockford Rednecks and Texas Traincar Massacre.
Next racing action will be on Aug. 8 at 7:30pm. Officials say it will be an action-packed night of Pro Late Models, V8 Thunder Stocks, Mini Stocks with three 20 lap features, Pure Stocks and Crazy Trains.
For complete details visit www.fullthtottlemotorspeedway.com or visit the Facebook page (at Full Throttle).
