Sunday was a great race at the PASS
sanctioned Riverside Speedway. The second annual Pre Hangover 150 took
place. The weather was clear and not too cold, making for great conditions.
Forty three cars started the
race, but only three actually finished. All types of vehicles were
represented from big Caddy’s to station wagons, to pickups. The race started
slow, as track conditions weren’t perfect. It looked more like they should
have been racing dirt bikes with all the bumps, but it did make it pretty
entertaining. The larger vehicles seemed hard to handle as they were loose
most of the time, sliding and spinning all over. The small pickup, actually
lost the bed of the truck during the race. Many racers, simply got too far
off the track and got stuck in the snow. My early pick for contention Brock
Davis to punted to the infield and his day was over. Lots of suspension parts
were broke, and some cars just died. All in all it was a great race
Doug Bandy from Lyndonville took the
early lead. I knew he would give it his all, but wondered if his body would
take it. Doug was the one airlifted to Dartmouth this past October, during
the Frostbite 400. Doug stayed out in front the entire race. With 20 or so
laps to go he got off turn 3 and looked as if his day might be over, but
rocked the car out and got back into the race, with a completely snow covered
windshield. Ryan Avery, and Michael Dearden swapped back and forth for
second throughout the end of the race with Dearden picking up the 2nd
spot. Rounding out the top five were David Wilds and Lawrence MacDonald.
Already can’t wait for the car show.
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