The McLaughlin Roof Trusses Best of the Best 150 highlights a full Saturday night of action at Speedway 660. Racing begins at 6:30PM and fans will be on the edge of their seats for one of Atlantic Canada’s most important Pro Stock races of the season.
Two spots available for the Pro Stock 250!
“The Best of the Best 150 is a great opportunity to punch your ticket to the Irving Blending and Packaging 250 on SpeedWeekend, so we`ll be going all out on Saturday night” said Lonnie Sommerville, the REMAX Group Four Realty Pro Stock point leader. “Pro Stock racing here at Speedway 660 has been phenomenal this year and with so much on the line we’re apt to see some outside drivers show up, which will make a great show for the fans.”
Lonnie Sommerville (#23) is a two-time Irving Blending and Packaging 250 winner. Lonnie, who already has two feature victories this year and leads the RE/MAX Pro Stock points race, will be a strong contender to win the McLaughlin Roof Trusses Best of the Best 150.
There are two important format changes for the 2015 edition of the Best of the Best 150. Both the winner and runner-up will earn guaranteed provisional starting positions in the Irving Blending and Packaging 250 on SpeedWeekend. And the competition caution that gave drivers a mid-race break has been eliminated.
“It`s a big deal to now have two chances to get into the Irving Blending and Packaging 250 and I know from first-hand experience how a great run at the Best of the Best 150 takes the pressure off a race team heading into SpeedWeekend” said Dave O`Blenis, a four-time Best of the Best winner. “Eliminating the mid-race break makes the 150 more like the 250 and race teams are going to have to decide if and when they are going to pit during the race.”
Dave O’Blenis, who has won four Best of the Best races, figures this weekend is a good time to win his first Pro Stock feature of the year.
Race fans will also see the Martin`s Home Heating Sportman, DMR Auto Sales & Service Street Stock, Fredericton Gun Shop Sharp Shooters and West Wood Estates Bandolero division drivers.
Adult ticket prices are $25; Youth tickets, for kids between 8 and 16 years of age are $15 and; admission is always free for fans seven and under. Pit passes for fans 16 and over are $5,
The rain date for the McLaughlin Roof Trusses Best of the Best 150 is Sunday at 2PM. If the weather is unsettled on Saturday morning fans and race teams should call the race line at 506-454-7223 or visit www.speedway660.com for race day status updates.
This is the last race before Speedway 660 takes a break for the New Brunswick Day Holiday Weekend. Racing resumes on Saturday, August 8th and goes every weekend until the season wraps up on SpeedWeekend, which is scheduled for September 4th through 7th.
The racing season wraps up on SpeedWeekend. Last year Travis Benjamin (center) Ben Rowe (right) and Austin Theriault were on the podium for our biggest race of the year.
Speedway 660 is one of Canada’s premier stock car racing facilities. Located in New Brunswick’s Fredericton region, it attracts race teams and fans from the Maritimes, New England and Quebec. The Speedway 660 racing season runs from mid May until Labour Day Weekend. SpeedWeekend 2015, one of the most prestigious short track events in eastern North America, wraps up Speedway 660’s racing season.
