2007 Award Winners - The Details!
Congratulations to all our 2007 Award Winners! These special awards are in addition to weekly event payouts.
Battery Direct Top Gun Award = $200 Awarded to the team who has the most top three finishes on the season. Cars competing for this award are required to run the Sponsors Decal.
WINNER - Luc Bourgeois - Sportsman
Holley Performance - Pride in Ownership Award = $200 This award goes to the team, in any class or series, that has the best looking car throughout the race season.
WINNER - Marcel Maillet - Sportsman
Wilwood Brakes - Hard Charger Award = $200 This award goes to the team, in any class or series, that passes the most cars on the season.
WINNER - Luc Bourgeois - Sportsman
Best Themed Car Award = $500 This award will go to the team, in any class, with the best theme for the season. The car must display a speedway decal and race for the points fund to receive the award. Positive Themes such as "Pokemon", "Batman", "Superman" etc. are welcomed and encouraged.
WINNER - Mark Ferguson - Street Stock
Moosehead - Pit Crew of the Year Award = $500
To recognize the dedication and hard work of everyone involved in getting (and keeping) the race car on the track and to the Finish line each week the speedway is announcing the PIT CREW OF THE YEAR AWARD. This award is presented to the Pit Crew and Driver in any class who raced the most laps during the entire season as a % of the total laps raced for the class (including invitationals).
WINNER - Gerard Doiron - Street Stock
Maple Leaf Foods - Rookie of the Year Award = $500
The top Rookie overall will be Rookie of the Year. Ties will be broken by a random draw from the hat.
WINNER - Don Marcoux - ThunderCat (3rd Place)
East Coast Trophies Points Championship Awards - $4800 The following competitors were awarded Points Championship Trophies and purse in their respective divisions for their dedication to weekly racing. In order of finishing position, by class, the winners are:
Sportsman
Luc Bourgeois Dan Bourque Claude Gaudet Marcel Maillet Hubert Cormier Marcel LeBlanc
Street Stocks
Remi Gaudet Gerard Doiron Mark Sherwood Mark Ferguson
TigerCats
Gaetan Boudreau Marcel Goguen Pierre Gautreau Daniel Gautreau Martion Landry Michel Brun Denis LeBlanc Brad Daley
ThunderCats
Chris Powers Josh Simon Don Maxcoux Serge Robichaud Wilfred Simon Eldon Campbell Ovide Brun et al Michael Broderick
Race In Convenience CFS Points Championship Jackets - $1250 Each Division / Series Champion will be awarded a high quality, unique, CFS NASCAR Style Championship Jacket ($250 Value) in addition to their respective points fund and trophy.
WINNERS
Luc Bourgeois - Sportsman Champion Remi Gaudet - Street Stock Champion Gaetan Boudreau - TigersCats Champion Chris Powers - ThunderCats Champion Wayne Wormel - Sportsman Super Series Champion
Lounsbury's GM Performance Parts Bonus Awards = $350 Each week during weekly and series racing any Sportsman or Street Stock who wins a feature who is using A new GM Crate Engine will win an additional $150 or $50 bonus per win from GM and Lounsbury's. A total of $2400 additional bonus dollars are available for 12 points races. For information on GM Crate Engines click here.
WINNERS
Remi Gaudet - Street Stock (6 time winner) Mark Sherwood - Street Stock
PerformanceParts.com Mid Season Champions Award - $500 The leader of the points at the Mid Season Race (Aug Long Weekend) will receive an awards package of gift certificates and racing apparel.
WINNER - Luc Bourgeois
Lightning Light Hard Charger Award - $500 The Team that passes the most cars during the season and runs the sponsors decals will recieve a Lightning Light body parts of a value of approximately $500.
WINNER - Wayne Wormel
Via Rail Dedicated Driver Award - $1850 This trip for two to Montreal or Tronto from either Halifax or Moncton aboard Via Eastern Class Service including sleeping accomodations goes to a competitor who attends Weekly, Series, or Atlantic Speed Weeks events and has their name drawn at the drivers banquet. Each event attended adds another chance to win. Attend more events and have more chances to win.
WINNER - Michael Broderick
JE Pro Seal Rings Sportsman of the Year Award - $300 This year end bonus is awarded to the competitor in the speedways top class who best exhibits the qualities sportsmanship. * The winner of the award at the CENTRE will also have their name entered into a draw with other JE customers for approximately $1000 in additional JE Pro Seals Product.
WINNER - Hubert Cormier - Sportsman
Note: Huberts name has also been placed into a hat for a draw among JE Po Seal award winners at other tracks to take place later this season for over $1000 in JE Pro Seal Product, etc. Winner is TBA. Check in January.
Lounsbury's Crate Engine Bonus - $1000 Any new approved crate engine purchased from Lounsbury Chev that competes in ANY speedway division or series will be eligible for a $500 contingency bonus. This package is only available from the CENTRE for Speed and Lounsbury's.
WINNERS
MARK SHERWOOD - Street Stock REMI GAUDET - Street Stock
Top Performer Awards
Stage 1 - $13,000 These Contingency Sponsor Bonus' goes to Series and Weekly competitors who meets the criteria at each of the events, as set out throughout the seaosn. See the Event Day schedule for the Contingency award criteria and availability for that date.
WINNERS
Mathieu Nima - ThunderCats (Weekly Racing) Pierre Gautreau - TigerCats (Weekly Racing) Mark Sherwood - Street Stock (Weekly Racing) Dan Bourque - Sportsman (Weekly Racing) Claude Gaudet - Sportsman (Weekly Racing) Kris Fournier - Pro Stock (Super Series) Shawn Pierce - Pro Stock (Super Series) Eldon Campbell - ThunderCats (Weekly Racing) Dan Duke - Sportsman ("Pole Award") Mark Williams - Street Stock (Weekly Racing) Roger LeBlanc - TigerCats (Weekly Racing) Gilbert Patles - ThunderCats (Weekly Racing) Michel Brun - TigerCats (Weekly Racing) Frank Fraser - Pro Stock (Atlantic Championships) Glenn Rasmussen - Pro Stocks (Atlantic Championships) George Kozkulics - Pro Stocks (Atlantic Championsips) John Flemming - Pro Stocks (Atlantic Championships Lonnie Sommerville - Pro Stocks (Atlantic Championships) Frank Fraser Jr - Sportsman Super Series (Atlantic Championships) Mike Power Jr - Sportsman Super Series (Atlantic Championships) Ron Lane - Sportsman Super Series (Atlantic Championships) Glyn Nott - Sportsman Super Series (Atlantic Championships) Steve Ross - Sportsman Super Series (Top NS Car) Marcel LeBlanc - Sportsman (Most Improved)
Stage 2 - $1000 This Contingency Sponsor Bonus goes to any Team who wins 2 or more Super Series events. Ten awards of $500 are available to be won at Stage Two.
WINNERS
Wayne Wormel Gary Hicks
Stage 3 - $1000 This Contingency Bonus goes to the Sportsman who is successful in winning 3 Super Series events.
WINNER
Wayne Wormel
Stage 4 - Super Series Awards - $2000 All competitors who attend and attempt to qualify for 80% (6) or more of the CENTRE's Sportsman Super Series Events in 2007 will participate in the '07 Super Series Points Fund of more than $5000 in cash and / or sponsor awards ($250 per position) to be distributed to those in attendance at the YE Banquet. All other competitors who attend at least 7 series races will be eligible for the Super Series Points Fund of $5000. Local competitors must race for points at the speedway and miss no more than 20% of all races. Champion will be determined based on total points average per event. Drivers who attend 7 or more events will have their worst event discarded for the Series championship. No events will be discarded in calculating the track Sportsman title.
WINNERS
LUC BOURGEOIS DAN BOURQUE CLAUDE GAUDET MARCEL MAILLET CORY LITTLE WAYNE WORMEL YVES MCCRAY BERT CORMIER
Richmond Gear "Weekend Warrior" Awards - $600 At the end of the season six competitors will be drawn from those in the points race in both weekly and series events. Each of the six will receive certificates and product from Richmond Gear to a value in excess of $100 each.
WINNERS
Marcel Maillet Luc Bourgeois Marcel LeBlanc Dan Bourque Claude Gaudet Hubert Cormier
PerformanceParts.com Super Series Champions Bonus - $250 The leader of the Super Series at the end of the season will receive an awards package of gift certificates and racing apparel value at more than $250. This is in addition to the Series points fund contingencies.
WINNER - Wayne Wormel
Hedman Hedders - Trans Dapt Weekly Racing Points Champions Bonus - $500 The champion of the weekly points racing in the Sportsman Division, at the end of the season, will receive an awards package from Hedman Trans Dapt for product with a value of $500
WINNER - Luc Bourgeois
Note: Awards are cash and / or product of equal value from a sponsor and are the maximum available to be won. Additional awards may also be offered based on sponsor requests and outstanding sponsorship proposals as of this announcement. Unless otherwise agreed all awards will be paid only at the drivers banquet and drivers must be in attendance to receive their award. All Bonus' will be awarded at the Drivers Banquet.
To be eligible for these awards teams must run the associated sponsorship decals and remain eligible for the points championships and points fund. Any disqualification or suspension in any Super Series event event will reset the Top Performer Counter to "0" for that competitor. To date for 2007 Events will be held here at the CENTRE and at Blue Mountain Speedway in Bathurst. Inquiries from other maritime tracks who wish to participate in dates are welcome. Check the schedule for details.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS AND REMEMBER TO HAVE FUN!
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