Terry Guest
Special to the Record
On a wet and wild double points Saturday night at Saratoga Speedway, four track champions were crowned for the Hornets, Roadrunners and Crash to Pass classes.
Car #01 Kevin Lawrenuk came into the night with a 229-point lead in the Hornet A division and #59 Ted Dimitrov held a three-point lead in the Hornet B division. Fast time of 18.266 seconds in qualifying was set by #02 Daryl Cahill.
Due to weather conditions, there was only one dash, with the win going to #81 Jeremy Stormo. The C heat went to #09 Cameron Phillips, the B to #76 Bob Fraser and the A to #01 Kevin Lawrenuk.
Going into the 50-lap main event, Lawrenuk held a 215-point lead over #02 Daryl Cahill and Dimitrov held a five-point lead over his son Brad Dimitrov. Lawrenuk led all but 10 laps to take the win and be crowned Hornet A champion. Ted Dimitrov held off son Brad to win the Hornet B championship by 15 points. Car #02 Daryl Cahill finished second in the Hornet A championship and #08 Daryn Cahill finished third.
Going into the race night, #25 Andrea Cannon had already won the Roadrunner championship with a 1,171 point lead. She became one of the first-ever champions to capture a crown without winning a main event.
Car #11 Derrik Senft set fast time of 19.351 in qualifying and also won the dash. The only heat of the night was won by #19 Tyrome Pollock, who led every lap. Pollock carried his winning ways into the main, once again leading every lap of there 15-lap main event. Senft finished second with third going to #66 Nick Leavitt.
In Crash to Pass, #72 Travis Stevenson held a slim 35-point lead over #01 “The General” Jeff May going into Saturday night. Stevenson held the early advantage, setting fast time of 18.553 in qualifying. Car #11 Dan Kemp won the only dash, and #8 Brad Kotscherofski won the only heat.
Stevenson’s lead diminished to 28 going into the 15-lap main event, where #31 Cody Young took an early lead. On lap 10, Stevenson had to pit to clean his windshield (due to heavy rain), putting him a lap down.
Young held his lead from there, taking the win. May finished second and #24 Brandon Young was third. After all was said and done, May over took Stevenson to win the championship by 15 points. Third place went to #11 Dan Kemp.
EXTRA LAPS Saratoga Speedway thanks all the fans, drivers and sponsors for their great support throughout the year ... this weekend is the Wild Turkey 200, open to all cars for a day of enduro-style racing ... Oct. 22 is the year-end banquet with ticket information on the speedway website ... see you all next year ...