Race Recap: Victory To Klumper, Moesker, & Clarke Road Secondary School

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Former RaceCanada Formula 1600 driver Kris Fairweather (2nd from left) took third place in the Bone Stock class for North Lambton Secondary School.

 
By: Delaware Speedway
June 1, 2014
 
 
In one of the most well attended opening days on recent record at Delaware Speedway Jamie Klumper (#07) of Mitchell won his first-ever Transmission Direct Enduro 100 Saturday afternoon.
 
Klumper shot out to an early lead in the event that he would later stretch to a full straight over next closest challenger Barry Watson (#45) of West Lorne. Watson, however, had a last trick up his sleeve when with eight laps to go he turned up the heat on Klumper and began to aggressively bite into his lead. 

With three laps to go Watson has made it to Klumper in an astonishing demonstration of determination. Heading into turn two with two laps to go the pair caught John Wurm (#81) of who was having mechanical trouble and lost partial control of his car. Watson was able to take advantage and threw to the high side of Klumper staying alongside him through the final lap. Though Watson would make a final effort to cross to the inside in the final turn it ultimately would not be enough for him to take the victory. Klumper would come home in first, Watson for second, David McCullough (#46) of Glencoe finished third.
 
===Bone Stock Chaos Cars===
In the Bone Stock Chaos Cars, two-time Pumpkin Smasher and 2012 division champion Derek Moesker (#51) of Beachville came home the winner in the 50-lap opening event. The field was one of the largest ever for the division with forty-five drivers registered to compete. Moesker made it out front early leading from the second lap through to lap eleven when he was passed by Kyle Neumeister (#92) of Stratford. Moesker would get back out front again on lap sixteen and lead the way to the finish. Second in the event was Piet Blaauboerr (#777) representing Clarke Road Secondary School, third was Kris Fairweather (#6) representing North Lambton Secondary School.
 
===High School Challenge===
Clarke Road Secondary School took the victory in the High School Challenge not only beating the other schools in competition but also placed on the podium in the overall event finishing second out of forty-five cars. North Lambton Secondary School placed second in the challenge and also placed on the overall podium with their third place overall finish.
 
High School Challenge vehicles were built and prepared by local high school students and entered into competition with Delaware Speedway drivers behind the wheel.

High School Challenge Results:

1. Clarke Road Secondary School
2. North Lambton Secondary School
3. Wheable Secondary School (#37)
4. Saunders Secondary School
5. West Elgin Secondary School
6. Beal Secondary School
7. Parkhill District Secondary School
8. Huron Park Secondary School
9. Wheable Secondary School (#137)
10. Westminster Secondary School
11. Arthur Voaden Secondary School
12. Thames Secondary School
 
===Spectator Attendance Spike: Track Takes Action===
Saturday's event saw a nearly threefold increase in attendance from the same event last season. The increase in attendance is a welcome sign at the track, which aims to speed up the gate line by opening night next week. The increased attendance has given the track and competitors renewed momentum as the 2014 season gets underway.
 
"We want to apologize to spectators who were caught in the line to get into the facility," explained track PR director John Houghton. "Our intention is to allow
spectators speedy entry to the facility and will be taking steps to correct any issues for opening night. We are grateful for the patience of the spectators and
are thankful for their support of local racing."
 
Along with steps being taken internally to speed the lines, the track is also encouraging regular spectators to purchase their tickets online in advance to help
the speedway alleviate pressure at the gate. Tickets purchased online do not have service fees and cost the same price as tickets purchased at the gate but carry the major advantage of allowing immediate entry to the facility.

===UNOFFICIAL RESULTS===

BONE STOCK CHAOS CARS
50-LAP FEATURE
POS # NAME
1 51 Derek Moesker
2 777HS Piet Blaauboer
3 6HS Kris Fairweather
4 19 Ron Proulx
5 37HS Norm Roy
6 07 Jack VanHerk
7 03 Matt Langford
8 52HS Steve Marche
9 5 Kevin Lay
10 34 Nick Ramsay
11 38 Don Armstrong
12 88 Scott Fortune
13 72 Roy Lewis
14 87 Mike Ebert
15 73 Jordan Morris
16 25 Jay Chappell
17 16HS Mike Howard
18 92 Kyle Neumeister
19 64 Nathan Taback
20 11HS Doug Stewart
21 4 Jeremy Howard
22 98HS Darryl Timmermans
23 88HS Rick Verberne
24 184 Cam McRae
25 070 Ben Davey
26 13 Lloyd Mailloux
27 84 Greg Lindsey
28 143 Dennis Fish
29 137HS Chad Proulx
30 2 Don Tomlinson
31 0 Shauna Beak
32 536 Jake Middlebrook
33 68HS Kris Lawrence
34 21HS Matt Pritiko
35 28 Bradley Marchand
36 1 Lou Fucile
37 3HS Shae Gemmell
38 76 Dave Dickson
39 3 John Gillespie
40 14 Justin Thibodeau
41 21 Dan Horne
42 81 Michael Muller
43 12 Mike Neumeister
44 69 Shane Gibson
45 47 Nathan Hawkins

TRANSMISSION DIRECT ENDURO
100-LAP FEATURE RACE

POS # NAME
1 07 Jamie Klumper
2 45 Barry Watson
3 46 David McCullough
4 776 Rob Paff
5 32 Shawn Fucile
6 57 Gary Triska
7 117 David Rumble
8 727 Stuart McQueen
9 55 Curtis Shildrick
10 128 Don Yorke
11 181 Dean Thomas
12 69 Roy Lewis
13 04 Tony Rumble
14 224 Jeff Drummond
15 68 Dan Francis
16 74 Stan Cook
17 39 Tom McCullough
18 92 Kyle Neumeister
19 47 Nathan Hawkins
20 58 Jared Verellen
21 73 Jordan Morris
22 777 Piet Blauuboer
23 23 Jeff Ferguson
24 81 John Wurm
25 25 Jay Chappell
26 94 Tim Ingram