Langford BC.,-- Western Speedway hosted the first day of Weekend Of Mayhem Friday night sponsored by IslandCarBuyers.com and Wayne's Trucking with Trophy Dashes, Heat races, and Feature events. Also on the card was a school bus race that saw them pull boats for the first time. Trophy Dash wins went to Dennis Stewart and Brad Kotscherofski in the Bomber Series, Kevin Knight in the Demo Trucks, Greg Sagmoen, and Rhett Szevics in the Figure 8 class. Kevin Knight, Sean Welch, Dan Madden, Greg Sagmoen, Brenden Moore, and Jamie Morgan all won Heat races in their respective classes.
Sixteen cars were led to the green flag by Kris Foley and Ronnie Kiefert in the Figure 8 Feature event and it was mayhem from start to finish. Kiefert led for the first two laps and was taken out by Cam Wilkinson for the lead. Several cars traded positions in the early going with lots of big hits along the way. Sean Welsh led several laps with Rhett Szevics running in second. The race was red flagged as there was a huge hit when Rhett Szevics had nowhere to go and slammed hard into Dawn Olsen at the crossover. No one suffered injuries but several cars that were disabled were also pulled from the track during this stoppage. On lap 20, Dan Madden took out Sean Welsh and took over the lead. Madden hasn't raced in several years but he took the chequered flag on his return in a very tough Feature event. Ashton Campbell placed second followed by Kyle Rizok rounding out the top three. When the dust settled only five cars survived to cross the finish line after forty laps of racing.
Jake Matthews had the pole for the start of the Demo Car Feature event but lost the lead after the first lap to Greg Sagmoen. Troy Tarbuck quickly took the second spot and tried to find a way by Sagmoen for several laps. This race also featured lots of spinning take-outs as the two fastest cars continued to lap cars tapping them again as they sped by. Tarbuck tried all he could to get by but had to settle for second place behind Sagmoen who completed the clean sweep taking the chequered flag in the Demo Car Series Feature event. Bryce Muir finished in third.
Bruce Knight and Mike Rutty, driving the #17 truck, shared the front row for the start of the Demo Truck Feature event. Rutty led for the first two laps until he got passed by Mark Keeler followed quickly by Richard Milne. Milne took over leading on lap six as Kevin Knight, also looking for a clean sweep, moved into contention running third. On lap ten, Keeler again took over the lead going on to the chequered flag as the laps ran out leaving Knight to finish second followed by Paul Scotthorne another member and sponsor of the The Team Punishment Knight Racing.
Brenden Moore and Daniel David shared the front row for forty laps of racing in the Island Bomber Championship two day total points race. Moore got the advantage on the gree flag and went into the lead followed by David and Tyler Woods picking up the third spot three laps down. On lap nine Chris Broughton, after a lengthy absence, moved up to run in third. very early, in this race, Bill Lushaw slammed the turn three wall very hard bringing out a red flag to so emergency crews could check on the driver. He was unhurt but his night came to an abrupt end. On lap thirteen, Broughton took over the lead passing Moore and just as quickly, Brandon Steen moved up to run in second as the faster cars were charging from the back. Over the next several laps, Broughton and Steen ran bumper to bumper and door handle to door handle each taking a turn at crossing the finish line by the slightest of margins. Meanwhile behind them, Travis Stevenson and John Zanette, along with Giles Cyr, were battling for position as well. When the chequered flag dropped, Broughton hung on for the win followed by Steen, Stevenson, Zanette, and Jamie Morgan rounding out the top five positions. Twenty-one cars started this race with many competitors dropping in from Saratoga Speedway to challenge for the first ever Island Bomber Championships.
Colin Heacock, the Crazy Canuck, again was successful in jumping three buses parked end to end and hitting his intended target of catch cars in another great car jump much to the delight of the many spectators on hand.
