The Estevan Motor Speedway held another doubleheader, with races on Friday and Saturday night that attracted more than 60 drivers between its five divisions.
It was also the Dirt Wars Weekend, with a focus on the hobby stocks.
Lampman’s Landon Runge was the winner for the Dirt Wars, as he finished the weekend with 59 points, thanks to a first place finish on Friday and a second place finish on Saturday.
Manor's Kruz Wilson won the hobby stock feature on Saturday.
On Friday night, Torquay's Conner Hansen, Lampman’s Riley Raynard and Estevan’s Kaiden Tuchscher rounded out the top four.
Saturday night saw Wilson, Runge, Estevan’s Kayden Hjorteland and Hansen finish in the top four.
Wilson and Runge engaged in wheel-to-wheel racing in Saturday’s feature, with several lead changes and no caution flags, creating an entertaining program for the fans present.
Other feature winners for the weekend were:
Ryder Raynard of Estevan won the slingshot feature both nights. Ty Saxon and Cash Saxon of Lampman were second and third, respectively, and Jace Emmel of Estevan came in fourth.
In Saturday’s program, Ty Saxon was second, Emmel was third and Jenna Emmel of Estevan was fourth.
Lampman’s Leevi Runge was the sport mod winner each night. Kyle Scholpp of Lampman was second on Friday, followed by two Manitoba drivers: Brandon Rehill of St. Andrews and Bailey Cousins of Morden.
Cousins was second, Rehill was third and Scholpp came in fourth in Saturday’s program.
Austin Daae of Estevan was the feature winner in the stock car class each night. He won by about 13 seconds on Saturday in one of the most convincing victories ever at the speedway.
Estevan’s Chris Hortness, Jeremy Istace and Jeremy Swanson rounded out the top four Friday.
Swanson came in second, JJ Barnstable of Estevan was third and Davidson finished fourth on Saturday.
Ed Turnbull of Estevan was the feature winner Friday night, followed by Kody Scholpp and Les McLenehan, both of Estevan, and Wagner, who was fourth.
Tyson Turnbull, also of Estevan, was the winner of Saturday night’s feature, with Scholpp second, McLenehan third and Wagner fourth.
The speedway also crowned its track champions Saturday night. The Mercury will have more on this later.
