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Southern Ontario Sprints returned to Brighton Speedway
for round two of the tours 15th Anniversary Season.
Driving in his 50th year of competition Dick Mahoney
brought the #79 sprint car to the track in looks of
improving on his 6th place finish in the opener on May
22nd.
Early
in the evening it was apparent though that it would be
a hard fought night at the track. Mechanical problems
kept the #79 team from competing in the 8 lap
qualifying heat race. Dick would be forced to start
tail in the feature.
When feature time rolled around
Mahoney would line up 14th in the 17 car field.
Mid-way through the race the #79 was as high as 7th
but as the track began to dry off and become slick the
cars setup proved to be slightly off for the
conditions. Dick would finish the race in 11th
position.
Jamie Collard of Burford won the 20
lap main event with a last lap pass of Glenn Styres.
Keith Dempster, Rick Wilson and Warren Mahoney rounded
out the top five.
After two events Dick finds himself 9th
in the overall standings heading into the tours next
stop. The #79 Mahoney Racing Team will return to
action on Friday, July 2nd at 7:45pm at Ohsweken
Speedway as the Southern Ontario Sprints continue
their 15th Anniversary Season at the Ohsweken Speedway
as part of the Northern Summer Nationals.
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