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Rain postpones I-37 Raceway championships to Oct. 2

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September 23, 2009 | Comment on this article

PLEASANTON -- San Antonio’s Mark McGahey worked speed and consistency into a formula good enough to win his first IMCA Southern Sports Modified championship at I-37 Raceway last Friday after a change in the IMCA national calendar made the Sept. 18 race the last race of the year for the sports mods. The other classes at I-37 Raceway will decide their championships Friday, Oct. 2.

McGahey’s timing was good, though, as the heat wave finally let up and produced the best crowd and the largest racecar count at I-37 since the early Spring. The track also set a record for cars in the new Front Runner class starting the feature as 11 cars took the green flag.

Marc Roy won his second Pure Stock race, leaving him battling with William “Heat” Saunders and only a few points ahead of the consistent Janel Hilla with just one race left. Saunders and Sean Terry both lost ground, Terry because his work schedule wouldn’t allow him time to race, Saunders due to a spin in what was one of the best races of the year, not just the night. Roy himself had to spin to win as an early spin put him behind, but he made up the ground to take the win. One spectator was overheard saying he’d pay fifteen bucks to see the race again.

Jourdanton’s Wade Jones, last year’s rookie of the year, may have the Street Stock title locked up and may not, but he’s sure getting an argument from Chico Cox and A.J. Wernette, with San Antonio veteran Tommy Casey also in the mix. Jones won again on Friday, but with Wernette, Cox, and Casey behind him in that order. The way things are shaping up in all classes; this Friday may be the one race this season you don’t want to miss.

One more thing: Defending champ Moe VanKirk from Kerrville may be winning most of the Limited Late Model races, but if you want to see six or eight cars racing in a pack, the “Limited Lates” are the guys to watch. VanKirk has only won “most” of the races, not all of them, and none without a serious challenge from Richard Bartosh, Howie Marcx, Patrick Kelly, who ran second last Friday, and Charlie Henley, among others.

Championship night, once again, is next Friday, Oct. 2. Only one
points race left in the season. Time, as they say, to bring it. And time to come to the track. As the Pure Stock spectator pointed out last week, they don’t have instant replay or DVDs. If you aren’t there, you may miss better races than you can see on TV. No kidding.

They return to action with hot laps at 8:00 pm. If the weather gets hot, though not very likely, there is nearly always a cool breeze blowing and the grandstands are comfortable after sundown. The gates open at 4 p.m., and racing starts at 8:30 p.m.
 


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