Rocky Mountain Nostalgia – Round #1

by editor on Jun.06, 2014, under ACE MFG Northern Exposure

Rocky Mountain Nostalgia – Round #1

Western Canada’s “Rocky Mountain Floppers” had their first stop of the 2014 season at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton last weekend. The opener was weather affected but also did run to a partial conclusion…..

It was the first of five MT/Trail Tire-sponsored points races. It was set up as a Chicago style shoot out where only the #1 and #2 qualifiers return for the last run of the day to provide the daily winner. It was the first opportunity to try out the new soft index, closest to 6.90 on either side of the number. Rain delayed the final until Sunday and when Shane Reykdal went red, Cal Tebb, driving his fan favourite GTO Judge, had his first win of the year running a 6.941.

2X defending circuit Champion – Cal Tebb

After one day of racing the tuners were now getting a handle on the cars, lots of mid 80 and mid 90 runs. Cal’s .022 light and a 6.907. was good enough to hold for Sundays #1 spot. They had to go to the mph to declare the 2nd qualifier, Landon Goudreau ran 6.869 at 204.9, Wild Al Weich ran 6.869 at 204.1. So Landon would move on to his first final of the year.

But, once again, the clouds and rain rolled in late afternoon and final was postponed. It was agreed that it will be run off at the next race during qualifying.