August 2 Barrie Speedway

The Giant Tiger race team was in Barrie to race with the Ontario Legends Series. Practice was delayed an hour due to ...what else..rain. The team fought a loose race car during practice and made many changes to get the car right. Paul started 7th in the 1st heat and made his way through the field to finish 2nd. Paul started 3rd for the 2nd heat and made his way to second just behind the #88 car for the second time tonight. Paul qualified 3rd for the feature race but they inverted the top 4 meaning Paul started outside pole. Paul took the lead with a good start and lead for 4 laps. The #88 car slid by on the bottom, and the #24 was right there. Two laps later we were in third and now had to fend off a very aggressive Tim Fernandes in #77. Paul was still in third after getting the two laps to go flag. On lap 23, when a lapped car let the first two cars through, and then slid high at the last moment and blocked us. We tried to cut to the bottom, but Tim and Adam Cuthbertson shot by on the bottom to push us back to fifth place on the last lap. It was a disappointment to have a lapped car cost us two positions, but the Giant Tiger team had a great race anyway. The next race is this Sat. Aug. 9th in Ottawa at 2:00 pm.