The month of May means different things to many people, but what it means to the dirt track faithful is the kickoff to a new season of dirt-slinging action at their local race tracks.
A beautiful sunny sky and warm temperatures were in stored for Estevan Motor Speedway during their season opener on Saturday night. The same conditions were enjoyed just south of the border by the Western Renegade Non-Wing Sprintcar Series as they were part of opening weekend at Devil's Lake Speedway.
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| Western Renegade winner, Myles Tomlinson in victory lane. Samantha Tomlinson photo |
Myles Tomlinson held off a hard charging Steve Nordrum to win the Western Renegade Non-Wing Sprintcar Series season opener on Saturday night. Nordrum started in the 11th position and was closing on the leader by the end of the 20 lap feature.
Devil's Lake Speedway, Crary, North Dakota May 3rd Results
Western Renegade Non-Wing Sprintcar Series (17 cars) Feature: 15T Myles Tomlinson, 37 Steve Nordrum, 21 Cory Palm, 25 Eric Guyot, 96 Jeremy Lizakowski, 21N Bryan Nordrum, 85 Brenton Wiesz, 8 Parker Vilandre, 15B Doug Mccambridge, 2T Mike Tomlinson, 5F Rick Fabian, W5 Shawn Wedge, 38 Xander Coleman, 52 Emma Sobolik, 95B Dan Edwards (DNF), 5H Nick Shirek (DNF), 18 Paul Tharalson (DNS)
Heat Winners: 25 Eric Guyot, 85 Brenton Wiesz, 15T Myles Tomlinson
Next scheduled event for the Western Renegade Non-Wing Sprintcar Series is May 22nd, McLean County Speedway, Underwood, North Dakota
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| IMCA Stock Car winner, Kyle Scholpp in victory lane. Mason Eisenzimmer photo |
Some notable moments in Estevan as Kyle Scholpp of Lampman, Saskatchewan started in 13th position and charged his way to victory lane in the IMCA Stock Car 20 lap feature.
Gabriel Deschamp from Westhope, North Dakota pulled double duty, running in 2 car classes. Gabriel won his heat plus the feature in the IMCA Northern Mod. He then went on to win his heat before settling for a 2nd place finish in the IMCA Stock Car class.
Estevan Motor Speedway thanks Peyton Beeter for assisting with running victory lane last night.
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Estevan Motor Speedway, Estevan, Saskatchewan May 3rd Results
IMCA Hobby Stocks (16 cars) Feature TOP 5: 96R Diezel Raynard, 99 Cash Saxon, 8 Brody Singleton, 41 Ty Saxon, 22 Kyler Satran
Heat Winners: 22 Kyler Satran, 99 Cash Saxon
IMCA Northern SportMods (18 cars) Feature TOP 5: 21D Gabriel Deschamp, 25R Leevi Runge, 95 Rylan Raynard, 18 Ryder Raynard, 89 Tim Goodwin
Heat Winners: 0 Robby Rosselli, 22 Keenan Glasser, 21D Gabriel Deschamp
IMCA Stock Cars (20 cars) Feature TOP 5: 2 Kyle Scholpp, 21D Gabriel Deschamp, 21C Chase Davidson, 68 Jeremy Swanson, 44A Ryan Atkings
Heat Winners: 21D Gabriel Deschamp, 21C Chase Davidson
IMCA Modifieds (10 cars) Feature TOP 5: 21 Aaron Turnbull, 02 Kody Scholpp, 11 Steven Pfeifer, 29 Les McLenehan, 5T Marcus Tomlinson
Heat Winners: 02 Kody Scholpp, 21 Aaron Turnbull
Slingshots (12 cars) Feature:221E Eli Turnbull, 50 Gunner Raynard, 195 Hudson Mann, 16 Jase Skjerdal, 8 Tatum Singleton, 3 Dane Skjerdal, 44 Owen Atkings, 21CH Halle Turnbull, 53 Sophie Skjerdal, 9 Karter Fichter, 19J Jake Skjerdal, 14 Kolby Fichter (DNF)
Heat Winners: 221E Eli Turnbull, 50 Gunner Raynard
Next event scheduled for Estevan Motor Speedway, Saturday May 17th
Musings
Victory Lane Speedway
In the previous writing, I had talked about the possibility of Victory Lane Speedway ceasing operation at the end of this racing season. Well since then, the local dirt track community has come out in full support of helping to keep the facility going.
In addition, Victory Lane is pulling out the stops to attract families to their Thursday night show. Included this year will be a kids trophy giveaway and the always popular candy toss.
Not only has the speedway been the home of Thursday night racing in the Winnipeg area for decades, but the loss of Victory Lane could be a logistic nightmare for some racing teams in the province. Currently, the closest dirt track to Victory Lane is Morden's Dead Horse Creek Speedway which is running 6 weekends this season. To the North is Swan Valley Speedway in Swan River which currently has 5 weekend scheduled between June and August.
East of Winnipeg, two popular destinations are Kenora, Ontario's Lake of the Woods Speedway and Emo Speedway.
Let's hope that Victory Lane has a successful season of racing and will continue to operate going forward. If not, the racing scene in Manitoba will take on an entirely different look in 2026.
Prairie Dirt Racing Association
The PDRA is set to kick off it's new season. The series is running further West in Saskatchwan this season as it will make stops at Tisdale Motor Speedway, Outlook Stockcar Track, Flatlanders Speedway (Kinderlsey) and Swift Current Speedway.
In addition to Modifieds, Hobby Stocks and Street Stocks, the PDRA is introducing a new introductory class, KidMods. KidMods Canada is a dirt racing league for young people between the ages of 10 and 16 and will serve as a transitional series for those aspiring to continue racing as they get more experience.
Fun With Food
Estevan Motor Speedway will be featuring a concession food item special each race night. Just looking at the menu makes a person hungry. I couldn't help but to notice the August 9th special of wings night for the Western Renegade Non-Wing Sprintcar Series. Chicken wings for a non-wing show. Oh, the IRONY! Looking forward to the Renegades' visit to Saskatchewan AND very first sanctioned race in Canada!
We will have more about wingless "wings" night, and a whole lot more in the near future.
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Until next time, take care and good racing.
