ESTEVAN — It was another successful night for southeast Saskatchewan drivers during the June 21 program at the Estevan Motor Speedway, as four drivers from Estevan and one from Lampman won feature races.
Lampman's Leevi Runge, fresh off his championship in the Tougher than Dirt Tour earlier this month, was the feature winner in the sport modified class. He moved up eight spots on the starting grid, as did Gabriel Deschamp, who finished second, and Stan Tomlinson, who was third. Keenan Glasser was fourth.
Eli Turnbull, who won the slingshot division during Tougher than Dirt, was the winner of the June 21 slingshot feature. He finished ahead of Hudson Mann, Gunner Raynard and Halle Turnbull.
Aaron Turnbull of Estevan won the modified feature. Steven Pfeifer was second, Kody Scholpp was third and Kyler Jeffrey came in fourth.
The event was a tribute night to Devon Gonas, a former racer who died earlier this year at the age of 37. The Gonas family donated to the purse for the stock car and hobby stock classes – divisions that Devon Gonas competed in.
In the stock cars, $1,100 was presented to the winner and a special $300 hard charger award went to the driver who passed the most cars in the feature. Kyle Scholpp was the feature winner in the stock car class, finishing ahead of Deschamp. Adam Goff was third and Connor Hanson came in fourth. Brennor Grinstead passed eight drivers to win the hard-charger award. Twenty-two drivers were entered in the stock car division.
Hobby stocks raced for $550 to win, and a special $200 hard charger award was presented to the driver who passes the most cars in the feature.
Kaiden Tuchscherer captured the hobby stock feature after starting from the pole position. Cash Saxon was second, Tyson Grinstead was third and Diezel Raynard came in fourth. Raynard was in his first Estevan feature race since winning the hobby stock division on the Tougher than Dirt Tour.
Pat Smith moved up eight spots on the grid to win the hard charger bous.
The program was held on a clear, calm night in Estevan. Strong winds blew through the city for most of the day, but diminished in time for the races. And while the Estevan area was hit by heavy rains in the late afternoon, the track was not affected.
The next event will be the annual Dakota Classic Modified Tour on July 7, starting at 7 p.m. Drivers from throughout North America will be in Estevan that night for modified and stock car special races.
