|
 The
Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
bring out the best of the best and
the 2006 edition was no different.
Dick Mahney and the #79 team were
on hand for the annual classic and
once again had the legendary Jack
Hewitt as a pit crew member.
The
two night show was filled with the
top names in 360 sprint car racing
and that made making the show
difficult. On Friday night
it was go or go home right off the
bat. With no non-qualifier races a
driver had to finish in the top
five in their heat or they were
done for the night. Dick managed
to bring the #79 to a 9th place
finish but that meant had to watch
the rest of the event from the
grandstands. On
Saturday night a two lap time
trial session would set the heats
and consi lineups. Dick
qualified 65th fastest of 76 cars
with a lap of 15.517. That put him
into one of two non-qualifiers
race where he would finish 9th and
be finished for the remainder of
the evening. The
weekend was a fun one for all the
teams. After some wild crashes and
close racing thankfully everyone
walked away and had a good
experience. One of the drivers who
had a major crash was the #42w of
Rick Wilson (above). As his car
was coming to a halt with engine
failure on the backstretch he was
hit hard by the A-Main race leader
Justin Barger at close to 120mph.
Rick was uninjured though and can
be seen riding his wing as it was
being towed through the pits later
on that night. More photos in the Photo
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