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NASCAR’s Smith takes IWK 250 at Riverside
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By GLENN MacDONALD Sports Reporter
NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Regan Smith travelled north of the border and left with a Carquest series victory.
Smith captured the much-delayed IWK 250 Saturday night in front of 10,000 spectators at Riverside Speedway in James River. The NASCAR rookie takes home the $10,000 first-place prize from the $103,000 event.
Smith, a 24-year-old originally from Cato, N.Y., who now lives in North Carolina, and NASCAR teammate Aric Almirola were the feature attractions at the one-third mile track near Antigonish.
Johnny Clark of Hallowell, Me., led for much of the race before a flat took him out of contention. Charlottetown’s Greg Proude was ahead late before a flat ended his night. That opened things up for Smith.
Smith, who has earned $1.8 million during his NASCAR rookie campaign, led for the final 17 laps to take the checkered flag.
Smith was the 11th different leader in the race, which had 10 stoppages and took almost three hours to complete.
Enfield’s Shawn Turple and Mike MacKenzie of Dartmouth finished second and third, respectively. Kennetcook’s Bob White was fourth and Halifax’s John Flemming fifth.
Crowd favourite Donald Chisholm of Antigonish earned the pole in the 31-car starting grid after winning the Dash for the Pole, which featured the top 10 cars in time trials.
Heat winners included Flemming, Travis Benjamin of Belfast, Me., and Chris Hughes of Brackley, P.E.I. Semi winners were Pictou’s Rollie MacDonald and Robbie MacLean of Winsloe, P.E.I.
The B feature was won by defending Carquest champion Shawn Tucker of Fredericton.
The Carquest Pro Stock Tour returns to action Saturday at Speedway 660 in Geary, N.B.
Note — Heavy rain on Friday night postponed the conclusion of the NAPA 100 Sportsman Series on lap 21 at Riverside. A make-up date is expected to be announced soon.
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