Cape Breton Speedway to Host Post-Season Show This Weekend October 16, 2015 Regional SYDNEY, NS – For the Cape Breton Trailer Sales Street Stock and Ramsay’s Honda Mini Stock competitors at Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway, the stakes this Sunday are high. Officials at the speedway have announced two big, non-point, extended lap races to close off the season with an increased purse for both classes. The Ramsay’s Honda Twin 50’s for the Mini Stocks and Cape Breton Trailer Sales 50 presented by Saf-way Auto Parts for the Street Stocks will be front and center on the card, which gets the green flag at 2 p.m. Both features on Sunday afternoon carry purses of over $1,000 for two divisions that are considered the “undercard” at many tracks throughout the country. The winner of the Ramsay’s Honda Mini Stock Twin 50s will receive $500 to win, as a part of a $1200 plus purse on the line. The Cape Breton Trailer Sales Street Stock 50 presented by Saf-way Auto Parts winner will receive $150, but with over $1,000 in lap leader money on the line put up by various marketing partners, the winner’s share of the purse could quickly grow with every lap. While the augmented purse and laps are expected to draw competitors from across the region, they will have to bring their best to compete with the drivers that compete on the tough Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway bullring on a regular basis. Kicking off the weekend will be the first annual Racers Swap and Sell at the track on Saturday, October 17. The Swap and Sell will feature everything under the sun for sale from racing related material to general goods. Sellers receive free admission to the event while admission for buyers is just $1. Set up for sellers begins at 8 a.m. with the event being open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission prices for Sunday’s finale are $10 for adults over the age of 19, $5 for students aged 13 to 18 with free admission to children 12 and under. Pit admission is $25 and restricted to those 18 years and older. Pit gates open for competitors at 10 a.m, with racing beginning at 2 p.m. About Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway: Formerly Island Speedway, Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway was re-opened by Bill and Lynne Vasil for racing in July 2014, bringing life to the motorsport and stock car racing scenes on Cape Breton Island. The track features three classes, the NAPA Sportsman, the Cape Breton Trailer Sales Street Stocks, and Atlantic Cat/Hewitt Rental Store Mini Stocks, with five dates throughout the summer of 2015. The track is located at 1162 Grand Lake Road in Sydney, Nova Scotia. For more information, please visit CBMinersMemorialSpeedway.ca or find the track on Facebook, at Facebook.com/CBMinersMemorialSpeedway.
