Estevan Motor Speedway, 2006

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Estevan Motor Speedway, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Canada Day Sprint Car Special
Saturday, July 1, 2006

Mack Attack Claims Canada Day Special in Estevan

When you hold a Sprint Car race on Canada Day, what would one expect but fireworks? That is exactly what an enthusiastic crowd of race fans got as they were treated to a wild, fast-paced green to checkered flag feature on Saturday night, July 1 at southeastern Saskatchewan's premier dirt track racing facility, Estevan Motor Speedway.

Following a brief tribute to the late Fred Brownfield which was read by track announcer Pat Boyle, 14 NOSA Sprint Cars were pushed off for the feature race of the night. Casey Mack had the pole position but it was his front row partner, Chris Shirek of Thompson, ND who grabbed the early lead, rocketing out of turn one on the first lap. Not to be outdone, Winnipeg's Lou Kennedy Jr passed Mack for the second spot and worked his way up to Shirek and made the pass for the lead.

Just when you thought Kennedy would reclaim his Estevan title, Casey Mack worked his way through lapped traffic closer to Lou Jr until he was able to make a charge and take the lead from Kennedy for good. After taking the checkered flag and running his cool down lap, something went terribly wrong as Casey Mack ended up flipping his #8 sprinter, landing against the fencing on the front stretch under the flag stand.

After the speedway's rescue crew got Mack out of the car, he was escorted to a waiting ambulance. The East Grand Forks, MN native was cleared and was able to compete again on Sunday night at Nodak Speedway in Minot, North Dakota.

Canada Day Sprint Car Special
Estevan Motor Speedway, Estevan, Saskatchewan
Saturday, July 1, 2006

Heat #1 1. #1 Chris Shirek (2) 2. #21K Lou Kennedy Jr (4) 3. #81 Chris Burke (6) 4. #35 Brendon Wilde (1) 5. #20 Kevin Lawson (5) 6. #91K Kyle Fedyk (3) 7. #11 Nick Shirek (7)

Heat #2 1. #8 Casey Mack (4) 2. #34 Scott Butz (2) 3. #6 Greg Nikitenko (7) 4. #12 Jeff Vonasek (1) 5. #33 Scott McDonald (6) 6. #31 Shane Roemeling 7. #44S Stan Mayer (5)

"A" Main (30 laps) 1. #8 Casey Mack (1) 2. #33 Scott McDonald (9) 3. #12 Jeff Vonasek (8) 4. #31 Shane Roemeling (12) 5. #11 Nick Shirek (13) 6. #35 Brendon Wilde (7) 7. #91K Kyle Fedyk (11) 8. #20 Kevin Lawson (10) 9. #1 Chris Shirek (2) DNF 10. #81 Chris Burke (5) DNF 11. #6 Greg Nikitenko (6) DNF 12. #21K Lou Kennedy Jr (3) DQ 13. #34 Scott Butz (4) DQ 14. #44S Stan Mayer (14) DNS