CARSTAR Weekly Racing Series
Race Wrap & Full Results

Beginner Bandolero

Heat Race 1: 44 12 99 47 43-1

McKenna Little captured her first Bandolero win in the Beginner division during the Season Opener. Little, who enters her second year of competition in 2023, held off fellow sophomore driver Shelby Chisholm in an entertaining battle for the victory.

Chisholm held second behind Little and in front of Bristol Matthews, who made a late race move to get by Irelyn Rose for the final podium position. Rose and newcomer Ryder Smith completed the top five in the Beginner feature.

Little also took home the heat race victory.

Bandolero Outlaw

Heat Race 1: 14 13 2 92-2 85-8
Heat Race 2: 45 19 97 27 5

Wild does not begin to describe the final lap of the Bandolero feature on Friday night at the Speedworld.

After Brett Pashkoski dominated the event, his car gave up on the final lap of the night. As the car sputtered after exiting Turn Two on Lap 15, the field scrambled around No. 45 Cobb Co Sign Design Bandolero onward to the checkered flag. As they did, Hailey Bland looked to make a move on Samantha MacDonald into the final corner, which resulted in Bland losing control of her car. MacDonald was able to exit the final corner and hold off Avery DeCoste, the youngest driver in the field, to pick up her first Bandolero victory since leaving the Beginner division.

Pashkoski was able to limp his car around to take third, followed by Daniel Vandenburg and Ethan Hicken.

Ten cars started the night. Pashkoski and MacDonald captured heat race victories.

Toursec Mini Stock

Heat Race 1: 99 11 47 20 0 92 05-1
Heat Race 2: 45 58 13 87 68 34
Heat Race 3: 84 17 96 8 53-1 80-3

It might officially be a new name to the division, but it is still the same front runners pacing the field.

Dave Matthews was able to hold off Jamie Dillman as the inaugural winner of the Toursec Mini Stock division. The class was amalgamated in the off-season combining select Thunder car competitors with the Lightning class. Ross Moore looked poised to take a feature victory early in the night but had to settle for a close third after holding off Truro’s Chad Sinton. Sophomore driver Chris McMullin, in a Bobby Labonte throwback scheme, completed the top five.

Nineteen drivers began the night of racing with Matthews, Moore and Travis Keefe picking up heat wins. Keefe was a contender during the feature before he lost a wheel in Turn Four, ultimately ending his night eight laps shy of the finish.

The Toursec Mini Stocks return to action on June 9th for the return of the Thunder on the Hill 100.

Strictly Hydraulics
& Industrial Supply Legends

Heat Race 1: 24 81 20 73 13 71 7
Heat Race 2: 18 19 8 39 07 27 3-1
Heat Race 3: 03 25 71M 8X 14 17-3

Josh Langille is finally a Legend car winner at Scotia Speedworld.

The 2017 Bandolero Champion threw his name into the ring as a championship contender Friday evening by holding off rookie Ayden Christensen for his first Legend car victory. The battle came down a restart in the late laps with Christensen putting the pressure on the No. 18 Scotia Wealth Management Legend as the two raced for the checkered. The top eight in Friday’s 25-lap feature were all former Bandolero graduates with Colton Noble, Chase MacKay, Nathan Langille, Nate Singer, Devin Wadden and Dawson Noble each racing to a top ten finish.

The top three in the feature event were also heat race winners with Christensen, Josh Langille and Colton Noble each taking the checkered flag first in their respective qualifiers. Christensen was the top Tim Hortons at the Airport Rookie in the field between six freshmen on track.

The Legends return Friday evening during Pepsi Night.

Bay Equipment Rentals
Sportsman

Heat Race 1: 14 27 31 37 01 96 56
Heat Race 2: 51 25 62 85 92 88 47

What looked like a calm, caution free race for the Bay Rentals Late Model Sportsman got turned on its head in the second half.
All the action though happened behind Alex Johnson though, who picked up his first victory of the season in a new to him racecar.

After acquiring a car from Dale Richardson, the No. 14 Celtic Air Services Chevrolet team spent little time getting down to business in the season opener. Johnson won his heat and was in firm control for the duration of the 38-lap feature on Friday night. Behind Johnson, several in the field got up close and personal with each other with several front runners, including heat winner Dylan Dowe and Andrew Lively getting shown the rear due to separate incidents in the late laps of the feature.

Kyle Bent started his sophomore season with a runner-up finish to Johnson in the feature. Pete Miller rallied to capture third on opening night. Darren Hilchie and Brentley Pirri completed the top five of the 14 cars that started on Friday evening.

Johnson will take the early point lead on the season as the Bay Rentals Late Model Sportsman return to action Friday night during Pepsi Night.