We supported the 60th Anniversary for River Glade Speedway in New Brunswick like we had scheduled but most cars on the list did not show up. Only 6 of us graced the River Glade Rebuild.
The track had been closed for 14 years or more and excitement was in the air with this 3 day event. Night one was Pro Late Models. The gates opened at 10 am and races started at 6. On a Thursday night that may have scared some from coming but they had months notice.
The last time I was here was in 1984 in our Hobby car and we won a heat race. I wanted so bad to maybe take my first checker in the Maritimes since coming here in 20220, but it wasn’t meant to be.
We did time trials, then a heat race. We finished 4th in both. I decided to change the gears for more RPM, but only had enough to get another 70 RPM and could have used about 100.
There was a driver intro and the national anthem. We would start 3rd in this race.
On the green I felt right away the throttle not going all the way to the floor. No matter what I did in that first lap[ could not get the throttle wide open. I had to pull over and let the field go by.
I got lapped but to our surprise we were able to pass 2 cars to put us 4th, they were also a lap down. When the 30-lap caution came out I pitted and Shannon came over right away and then Bob.
The track was lining up the cars for the restart as we were trying to find out why the throttle would not open…..then Bob found a large stone jammed in the linkage acting as a stopper.
Once removed I headed back to the track and just got there as the field got the green.
It took about 10 laps to catch the 2 cars I passed earlier but I was so far behind the leaders they caught me again with one to go. My spotter said “the yellow is out” so I was happy because I would be on the lead lap and have a chance for a top three…..I let off the gas as the leasers were coming and then the spotter said ..”no that was the white”, but I had already slowed down enough for the leader to pass me.
Not sure where we finished, nothing has been posted yet, I would think 4th.
Our next race is September 7th at Riverside Speedway.
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Thanks to Tanya Everett for the photo.