Photos by Michelle Roy
(GEARY, NB – June 27th, 2021) – Ryan Messer (Harvey, NB) scored his second Pro Stock win at Speedway 660 in as many races, taking home the RE/MAX East Coast Elite Realty Pro Stock 100 on Saturday evening. Messer, who won his heat race, made a pit stop on a competition caution at Lap 40 and wasted little time coming back to the front of the field. Messer would lose the lead momentarily to Kevin Moore (Fredericton, NB) on the final 20 lap sprint to the finish, but regained the lead for the final time on Lap 86. Moore would come home in second with Ian Rasmussen (New Denmark, NB) besting Dave O’Blenis (Boundary Creek, NB) and Brent Roy (Hanwell, NB) for the final podium position.
“I didn’t expect Kevin to be that strong on the final run but that was really fun,” said Messer of the run to the checkered flag. “This is a huge way to start off our season and hopefully we have more races like this one.”
Richard Atkinson (Geary, NB) scored a popular victory in the Late Model Sportsman feature. Atkinson outdueled reigning track champion Curtis Collins (Barnesville, NB) in a caution free, 40-lap feature. Atkinson and Collins spent the final seven laps side by side before Atkinson got the final advantage heading into Turn Three on the final lap. Courtney O’Blenis (Boundary Creek, NB) was able to edge out her older sister Alexandra O’Blenis (Boundary Creek, NB) for the final podium position. Clark Moore (Saint John, NB) was fifth. Courtney O’Blenis and Collins took heat race victories.
Shawn Hyslop (St. Stephen, NB) made good on his first start of the season by winning the DMR Auto Street Stock feature. Hyslop raced to a convincing win ahead of Riley Goodwin (McAdam, NB) and a close battle for third that saw Rick Cashol (Saint John, NB) best Michael Cormier (Grand-Barachois, NB) and James Matchett (Miramichi, NB) for the spot. Matchett and Cormier were heat race winners.
Malcolm Suley (Clarendon, NB) made his return to Speedway 660 and secured the win in the No. 57T in the Fredericton Gun Shop Sharp Shooters division. In a field of 26 cars, Suley masterfully navigated lapped traffic late and kept BJ Gillespie (Harvey, NB) far enough behind him to race to the checkered flag first. Randy Titus (French Lake, NB) was third followed by early leader Darren Wilcox (Fredericton, NB) and Randy Storey (Royal Road, NB). Matt Martin (Geary, NB), Gillespie and Wilcox captured heat race wins.
Yves McCray (Neguac, NB) returned to Riverview Ford Lincoln Victory Lane in the Atlantic Modified Tour Bryn Enterprises 35. Joe Hoyt (Waasis, NB) was second at his home track with Zean Dutcher (Miramichi, NB) third in the caution free affair. Braxton Stafford (Miramichi, NB) was the heat race winner. Full results will be available for the Atlantic Modified Tour on Sunday through their media outlets.
Tim’s Corner Motorsports had a video crew on site to record the racing action. A full on-demand archive of the event can be found at www.timscorner.tv beginning Sunday morning.
The next race for Speedway 660 is the Sportsman 200 on Saturday, July 3rd at 6:30pm. The DMR Auto Street Stocks and Fredericton Gun Shop Sharp Shooters will play support. More information can be found later this week at Speedway660.com.
For more information about events at Speedway 660, visit Speedway660.com, like @Speedway660 on Facebook or call the Speedway 660 Raceline at (506) 454-7223.
About Speedway 660:
Speedway 660 is one of Canada’s premier stock car racing facilities. Located in New Brunswick’s Fredericton region, it has attracted race teams and fans from the Maritimes, New England and Quebec since 1994. The Speedway 660 racing season runs from mid May until late September. SpeedWeekend, one of the most prestigious short track events in eastern North America, is the marquee event of the Speedway 660 season on Labour Day Weekend.
UNOFFICIAL FEATURE RESULTS – JUNE 26TH AT SPEEDWAY 660
*Please note, these results are unofficial and are subject to change without notice. Official results will be posted with championship points later in the week at Speedway660.com.
RE/MAX EAST COAST ELITE REALTY PRO STOCK 100
1st – #1 Ryan Messer
2nd – #88 Kevin Moore
3rd – #81 Ian Rasmussen
4th – #48 Dave O’Blenis
5th – #26 Brent Roy
6th – #83 Jeff Doherty
7th – #24 Ben Pelletier
8th – #41 Robert Lee
Heat Winner – #1 Ryan Messer
LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN
1st – #40 Richard Atkinson
2nd – #27 Curtis Collins
3rd – #48C Courtney O’Blenis
4th – #74 Alexandra O’Blenis
5th – #54 Clark Moore
6th – #42 Matt Rodgers
7th – #11 Luc McLaughlin
8th – #52 Destiny Enkel
9th – #94 Ryan Raynes
10th – #19 Chuck Mercer
Heat Winners: Curtis Collins and Courtney O’Blenis
DMR AUTO STREET STOCK
1st – #99 Shawn Hyslop
2nd -#77 Riley Goodwin
3rd – #54 Rick Cashol
4th – #68 Michael Cormier
5th – #55 James Matchett
6th – #11 Caleb Urquhart
7th – #7 Tristin Harris
8th – #00 Karl Schaefer
9th – #41 Rob Raynes
10th – #25 Christian Savoie
11th – #40 Andre LaHaye
Heat Winners: James Matchett and Michael Cormier
FREDERICTON GUN SHOP SHARP SHOOTERS
1st – #57T Malcolm Suley
2nd – #69 BJ Gillespie
3rd – #75 Randy Titus
4th – #32 Darren Wilcox
5th – #92 Randy Storey
6th – #15 Daniel Atyeo
7th – #61 Wesley Harnish
8th – #91 Jason Duffield
9th – #13 Austin Harnish
10th – #3 Charles Cyr
11th – #29 Lacey LeBlanc
12th – #28 Andrew Mitton
13th – #55 Hal Kilfillen
14th – #73 Lorri Hall
15th – #42 Timothy Hohmann
16th – #98 Jennifer Harnish
17th – #14 Alex Lawson
18th – #44 Stephen Rose
19th – #51 Bryan Suttie
20th – #19 Mitchell Harvey
21st – #33 Matt Martin
22nd – #82 Clifford Biggart
23rd – #60 Grey Owl
24th – #21 Brandon Young
25th – #15A Alex Gallant
26th – #16 Jesse Madore
Heat Winners: Matt Martin, Darren Wilcox, BJ Gillespie
ATLANTIC MODIFIED TOUR BRYN ENTERPRISES 35
1st – #58 Yves McCray
2nd – #17 Joe Hoyt
3rd – #55 Zean Dutcher
4th – #7 Travis Conroy
5th – #75 Doug Matchett
6th – #91 Braxton Stafford
7th – #81W Jamie Weston
8th – #05 Brody Levesque
Heat Winner: Braxton Stafford
