The premiere pavement Sprint Car sanctioning body in the Pacific Northwest will stop at Saratoga Speedway this weekend (July 12-13) for the track’s Quinsam Sprint Car Classic.
The Northwest Sprint Tour is in its third season of sanctioning Winged Sprint Car racing in the Pacific Northwest. Winged Sprint Cars are the fastest short-track oval race cars in the world, with over 800 horsepower and capable of reaching speeds approaching 200 kph at Saratoga Speedway.
One of the drivers to watch this weekend will be Langley B.C.’s Aaron Willison. Willison is coming off a $10,000 win last weekend at Colorado National Speedway outside of Denver, Colorado.
“The Rendle Willison Racing group has been working really hard to build on our program,” Willison said in victory lane at CNS.
Last December Willison won the inaugural Open Wheel Showdown at the Bullring at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, claiming $50,000.
Langford’s Jeff Montgomery will also compete. The racer known as “The Hurricane” finished second to Willison on night one of the Quinsam Classic last year and is looking to score the win in his Rob Leighton owned 33J.
Montgomery was also in Colorado last weekend and rounded out his weekend with a third-place run.
“It’s always great when you can run up front with these guys (Aaron and former NASCAR Modified champion Bobby Santos III), they are both class acts,” said Montgomery.
A full field of Winged Sprint Cars will race both Friday, July 12 and Saturday, July 13 for the Quinsam Communications Group Sprint Car Classic. Also in action will be the Non-Winged Sprint Cars, Old Time Racers Association and the Island Dwarf Cars.
