On Saturday night at Scotia Speedwrold 20-year-old Cole Butcher (Porter’s Lake, NS) became the youngest driver ever to win the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour championship. Butcher clinched the title in style by dominating the season finale Dartmouth Dodge 200 as he paced the field for 157 laps en route to his third win and seventh top-three finish of the year. Darren MacKinnon (Charlottetown, PE) finished second with two-time series champion Shawn Turple (Enfield, NS) third. Donald Chisholm (Antigonish, NS) was fourth with Dylan Gosbee (Cornwall, PE) finishing the season off strong in fifth. Butcher is the seventh different champion in the 16-year history of the series. Chisholm, the 2015 series champion, finished second overall and MacKinnon third. Harry Ross White (middle) receiving Rookie of the Year Harry Ross White (Kennetcook, NS) takes home the 2016 Exide Batteries Rookie of the Year title, edging out his season-long competition Nevin Scott (Marshfield, PE). Scott’s sixth place finish in the Dartmouth Dodge 200 earned him the King Freight Lines Future Winner Award after starting the race from the pole position. Starting positions for the Dartmouth Dodge 200 were set by Atlantic Tiltload heat races which were won by Rookie contender Nevin Scott (Marshfield, PE), DJ Casey (Prospect, NS) and Turple respectively. Butcher’s performance Saturday also earned him the Linde Most Laps Led Award. Twenty teams entered the Dartmouth Dodge 200. The lead changed twice; DJ Casey (Timberlea) led the first 43 circuits until being overtaken by Butcher. The race saw 10 cautions including the halftime break. The Upper Clements Park Maritime League of Legends kicked off the day’s festivities with a 50 lap feature. Cory Hall (Jolicure, NB) came home first, followed by Adam Meehan (Rawdon Gold Mines, NS) in second and 2016 Rookie of the Year recipient Craig MacDonald (Waverley, NS) in third. Waylon Farrell (Conception Bay South, NL) took home the 2016 championship for the series. Butcher will officially receive his championship awards at the 2016 Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour Year End Awards Banquet on November 12, in Charlottetown, PE. Race Results A special presentation to Pierce Racing acknowledging 40 years in Maritime motorsports The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour (PST) is considered the highest level of stock car racing in Canada. The Tour is recognized in the industry as one of the healthiest stock car racing series in North America. PST visits five tracks throughout the Maritimes during its May through September season. The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour is owned and operated by Maritime Pro Stock Tour Limited. For more information, call our administration office at 902.481.2531 or clickwww.maritimeprostocktour.com . You can also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/prostocktour and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/prostocktour Scotia Speedworld (SSW) is a 3/10-mile asphalt oval racing facility. SSW is the only track in Nova Scotia to host a weekly racing series, which runs May through September and features six different classes of racecars. SSW also hosts special events, including Monster Jam and the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour. SSW is located at Exit 6 on Highway 102, across from the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. For more information please click on www.ScotiaSpeedworld.ca or call our Event Hotline at (902) 873-2277 or our office at (902) 481-2514. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sswracing and follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/sswracing
