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The Southern Ontario Sprints
kicked off their 13th season at
the Brighton Speedway on Saturday
May 10th. It also marked the first
race of the year for Dick Mahoney
and the #79 race team.
It
was one of those nights for 'The
Pig' as upon arrival to the pit
area Dick found himself stuck in
the mud while trying to get their
hauler into position. It seemed
the rest of the evening would
unfortunately follow a similar
fate. The
new look #79 would start tail in
the second qualifying heat on the
evening. He would manage to get by
Daryl Turford but was never able
to work his way up through the
rest of the field and finished
seventh. Come feature time
Dick would roll off from the 13th
start spot in the 15 car main
event. The 20 lap race would
nearly go green to checkers before
a major pile up in corner one
would bring out the red flag with
2 laps to go. Dick had
pulled off the track earlier in
the feature but the red flag would
allow the #79 to rejoin the field.
Dick would finish out the night in
9th place several laps down.
Dick Mahoney and the rest of the
Southern Ontario Sprints will be
back on the road on Saturday May
31st for the first ever visit to
the newly refigured Brockville
Ontario Speedway.
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