Saturday, September 26, 2009

Back to back races Sept 11-12

The Giant Tiger race team was finishing off the year with a back to back race weekend starting Friday night at Kawartha Speedway and Saturday afternoon in Ottawa. Friday nights races saw Paul finish 4th in the first heat and while running 3rd in heat 2 the car spun in corner 3 with 2 to go. Paul ended up finishing 5th. The car wasn't as good as it has been at Kawartha and the cooler weather had something to do with that. Paul started 6 in the feature and finished 4th. Saturdays race in Ottawa as part of Monster Jam 4 saw the team arrive early at the track to swap gears and get some practice in. Paul started 6th in the first heat and quickly made his way to second following #6 Jeremy Coulter. Paul made his move exiting corner 4 as Jermey's car got a little loose and as Paul went under him , Jeremy's car came back down and both cars spun. On the restart from 7th Paul managed to make his way back to finish 3rd. In the feature Paul started 8th in the 30 lap feature. Early on Paul and #88 Dave Riopelle ran many laps door to door and put on a great show for the fans. Dave eventually got around Paul but later spun after contact with the #20 car of Frank Johnston. Paul followed the #20 car to the checkered flag and finshed the feature 4th. The monster trucks were back again and put on a great show for the fans.

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