Thunder & Lightning Twin 50’s Friday at Scotia Speedworld August 24, 2017 Regional HALIFAX, NS – The Toursec Thunder & Lightning will take centre stage at Scotia Speedworcenters week as they do battle for 50 grueling laps in the Toursec Twin 50’s. Joining Atlantic Canada’s best four-cylinders are the Affordable Fuels Sportsman and the Strictly Hydraulics Legends. Grandstand gates open at 5:00 pm with CARSTAR Weekly Racing Series action slated for 7:00 pm. Dave Matthews (Kennetcook) is the point leader in the Toursec Thunder division and is looking for his third division title. Matthews also took home the first Toursec 50 for Thunder in July. Tim Hortons at the Airport Rookie leader Neil Miousse (Kentville) enters second in the standings, ahead of Jesse Deveau (Greenwood), who is coming off his first podium finish on Atlantic Cat 250 weekend. Megan Parrott (Beaver Bank) will make her Toursec Thunder car debut behind the wheel of the Mark Williams owned #23 Civic. Williams, of Elmsdale, enters tied for fifth in the point standings. Scott Thibodeau (Williamswood) enters Friday as the point leader and the most recent Toursec 50 Lightning winner in July, but it has been “Rational” Richard Drake (Halifax) making a majority of the headlines in the month of August. In fact, Drake has not lost a feature in August. Drake will try to extend his win streak to four and close the five point margin between he and Thibodeau on Friday night in the extended lap feature. Admission for the CARSTAR Weekly Racing Series is $15 for adults, $5 for youth (8-15yrs), children seven and under are free all season at Scotia Speedworld! Grandstands open at 5:00PM with racing slated for 7:00PM. For more information on this event or the 2017 season please visit www.scotiaspeedworld.ca About Scotia Speedworld: 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. source – track communications
