ASA Advance Testing
Race 3 – Gold Pan Speedway – Prism Towing 100
The ASA late model tour headed to Quesnel last weekend for race three of series. Twenty one late
model cars showed up to try their luck in winning the coveted gold pan trophy. As in the past races this year, mother nature was involved with a downpour before practice. Thankfully the track dried quickly and the cars were able to practice. Qualifying was interrupted by a brief shower. The last car to qualify, Ian Graham was able to knock Korbin Thomas off of the top spot with a 15.087, less than a tenth faster. The entire field was close with the majority of the cars being with three tenths.
The heat races were set and the 22 Ford of Chris Babcock won
the C heat. The winner of the B heat was points contender Dave Olson in the 71
car. Local racer Bruce Bentley took home the gold pan Trophy for his top performance
in the A heat.
The 100 lap feature sponsored by Prism Towing had Dan Ursel in
the 74 on the inside, and Bob Williams on the high side, leading the field to
green. Williams was able to hold the high groove and make the pass on lap 1 and
take the lead. The field was double file and racing hard. The points contenders
working through a 14 car invert, has the 1car of Matt Stephenson in second, Wes
Mader in the 10 third, Logan Jewel in
fourth, and Trevor Adelman rounding out the top five at lap 15. Caution flew as
the 89 car spins out of turn four, collecting the 86 of Tom Berrow with a hard
impact to the front stretch wall, and Ian Graham into the inside fence. Both
Berrow and Graham are done for the night. On the restart, it is the 5 car, Stephenson
and Mader in the top three. A couple of cautions reset the field, and the tight
racing continues. At lap 50, Rookies Derek Christenson, Cam Graham, Jarrett
Bonn, and Shane Berrow are racing into the top ten. Patience is key, and the
rookies are moving forward. At lap 66, Points leader Korbin Thomas in the 19
has moved into second with past champion Matt Stephenson in third. Let the chess
game begin. Olson, Mader, and Cornett- Ching continue to race hard. A late race
caution on lap 87 bunches the field. The restart has the 10 of Mader spinning the
tires, and nearly hitting the inside wall, he saves it, but a the 73 of Kyle Day,
74 of Dan Ursel are collected and the race is red flagged for heavy damage on the
driver's side of the 73. The driver is ok 
and the race is lined up for the final
laps. A single file restart and Thomas looks
high on the five, Stephenson looks for second but Thomas drops back inline. The
racing is hard and fast through the field. With 6 laps to go, the 41 or Trevor
Adelman blows a motor and is able to get off of the track and the race
continues. The white flag flies and Thomas is challenging on the high side. The
race finishes up with Williams the winner, Thomas 2nd, Stephenson 3rd,
Olson 4th, Jewel 5th, Cam Graham 6th, Steve
Hancock 7th, Derek Christenson 8th, Shane Berrow 9th,
Cornett-Ching 10th, Mader 11th, Dan Ursel 12, Mayert 13,
Bonn 14, Adelman 15, Day 16, Bentley 17, Haworth 18, Babcock 19, Graham 20, Berrow,
21.
Next event is the ever exciting Agassiz Speedway, come on
out the see Race 4, August 9th.
- photos by April Sedlock
- photos by April Sedlock
