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IHRA smokes Grand Bend
Sherri Wedlake takes a hard cut during blastball action Saturday morning
in Exeter. (photo/Pat Bolen)
The Exeter Legion hosted the Senior Games Pepper tournament May 31
with 39 teams participating. Mitchell earned both the gold and silver
medals, St. Marys won the bronze.Above left are Exeter resident Mary
Ellen Williamson and Lucan resident Marilyn Dixon.(photo/Nina Van
Lieshout)
Hensall Public students James Taylor, Darrin Smith and Jarrett Renning
dash for the finish line of a 100 metre race during the school track and
field competition held May 31. (photo/submitted)
Snowmobile racing was just one of the events on the Grand Bend Motorplex track over
the weekend during the IHRA Mopar Canadian Nationals which saw 32,000 fans take in
the tree day event. (photo/Pat Bolen)
GRAND BEND — Thirty
two thousand fans filled the
stands of the Grand Bend
Motorplex over the weekend
for the Mopar Canadian
Nationals and didn't let rain
Saturday night affect their
spirits, although it dampened
the planned `Night of Fire.'
Defending alcohol funny
car champion Rob Atchison
had a tough weekend, going
out in the first round of elim-
inations while Bobby Lagana
Jr. defeated five -time defend-
ing champion Clay Millican
in the final of the top fuel
race.
Lagana captured his first
Torco Racing Fuels Pro Nitro
Top Fuel Ironman by snap-
ping Millican's win streak at
Grand Bend Motorplex.
Lagana took the win at
236 miles per hour to top
Millican.
"I wanted to win worse
than any other run I've ever
made in my entire life,"
Lagana said.
While Millican is the five -
time defending IHRA Top
Fuel World Champion it was
Lagana who had the better
car all weekend.
He qualified in the number
three position and made two
clean passes during the
rounds of eliminations, all in
the four second -range,
before the run that produced
his first victory.
Dale Creasy, Jr. defeated
Bob Gilbertson in the Torco
Racing Fuels Pro Nitro
Funny Car final.
It was Creasy's first career
win in a Nitro Funny Car and
put him into second place in
the eMax Drag Racing Series
point standings.
Creasy was pleased to be
able to get by Gilbertson in
the final.
"I'm worried about every
driver out here, but
Gilbertson, in my opinion,
has the best car out here,"
Creasy said.
The Torco Pro Modified
final matched Alan Pittman
from South Carolina against
Calgary, Alberta, resident
Glen Kerunsky.
"Like I told my crew before
the final round, I love
Canada," Pittman said.
Thomas increased his
points lead while Atchison
continues to look for his first
event win of the season.
Atchison fell to Fred Tigges
in the first round of elimina-
tions.
7-1 loss for Fury to Curinga
EXETER —
The Exeter
Fury suffered a
7-1 loss
Sunday in
London to a
talented
Curinga squad.
The Fury
were never in
the contest as
the home
squad notched
two goals in
the first 10
minutes with
the second
coming on a
penalty shot
after a Curinga
striker was
hauled down in
the box by
Fury defender
Joe Forrester.
Exeter's best
scoring chance
in the first half
came from Ben
Willis -Leake
who cracked a
nice shot from
the left side
that the keeper
was able to
make a good
save on.
Just before
the break a
number of Fury
players had a
chance to clear
the ball out of
the box but the
Curinga player
managed to
maintain con-
trol and pick
the corner to
make the score
5-0 at halftime.
Exeter's play
picked up in
the second
stanza in front
of fill-in keeper
Ryan Ralph but
still gave up
two goals
before tallying
their only
marker of the
game.
After a couple
of passes from
Matt Strano
and Ryan
Carroll, Tom
Phouttharath
fired a shot to
the far corner
of the net to
break the
shutout.
The Fury are
in Cup action
tonight
(Wednesday) in
London against
Benfica and
tackle St.
Thomas at
home Sunday
night in regu-
lar season
play.
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