Peterborough Speedway Aug 23

After a good run in Kawartha last night the team has travel a few km up the road to Peterborough Speedway. After the first practice we changed the gear in the car and lined up for our first heat. Paul drew pole position for the first heat and managed to stay ahead of the pack for his first Ontario Legends Series heat win. The second heat was a reverse of the 1st and Paul started last and was able to make his way up to 7th place. At intermission the speedway held a Fan Appreciation night and allowed all the fans on the track to get autographs and see all the cars close up. Paul started 6th in the feature race. 10 laps into the race the red flag came out and all cars were stopped on the track while the ambulance tended to someone in the pits. Once the ambulance was back in position the race resumed. 8 laps later a serious accident occurred and the red flag came out again. The #33 car of Paul Peirek spun between corners 3 and 4 , Paul Dejong just missed him as he was directly behind Peirek as he started to spin. Peirek touched the infield and caused a huge cloud of dust and the number #15 car of Rick Cook slammed into the drivers side door of Paul Peirek. The race was red flagged at at that point as they tended to both drivers. It took so long to separate the 2 cars that the tracks 11pm curfew had been exceeded and the race was called at lap 19. Paul finished 6th. Both drivers appeared to escaped any serious injury but Paul Peirek has a hopefully minor leg injury as you see the bars of the drivers door completely collapsed and contacted the seat and pushed it in on him.