2005 Track Champion Will Enter Field for Match Race, APC 300
Delaware, ON (August 29, 2006): Pete Vanderwsyt of St. Thomas, the 2005 Delaware Speedway Track Champion, is returning for the “Great Canadian Race Weekend” (September 1, 2 and 3). Vanderwyst has accepted his “Past Champion” provisional to run in Friday’s inaugural “Match Race” and will also compete in the all-new APC 300 on Sunday in a new car built by McColl Racing Enterprises and sponsored by Peterbilt of Ontario.
Asked why he was coming back, Vanderwyst said: “Because it’s Delaware. It’s Labour Day and I want to be a part of it.”
Though Vanderwyst has been registered to run at Delaware Speedway this year, he has competed just once (June 2nd) at his home track this season. He has been busy with a racing schedule that has taken him throughout parts of the United States.
“We’ve been running ASA (American Speed Association) North and M.A.A.R.A. (Mid Atlantic Asphalt Racing Alliance) events,” Vanderwyst said of his 2006 schedule. “We’ve been in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio. It’s been great to see what the competition is like at other tracks.”
The experience has given Vanderwyst some additional perspective. “It was a whole lot more humbling than we ever would have anticipated,” he said. “It’s tough.”
Labour Day will not be a restful weekend for Vanderwyst, who is planning to run the M.A.A.R.A. race at Holland Speedway in New York on Saturday night in addition to competing in the Friday and Sunday events at Delaware.
“Hopefully I get enough sleep,” said Vanderwyst. “After Friday night, we’ll get out the other car and leave home Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. We should get to Holland around 1:00 or 2:00 p.m. We’ll run the 100-lapper there and should be home at 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. We’ll get three or four hours of sleep, switch cars again and then it’s back to Delaware.”
Vanderwyst’s return adds to an already deep field that will compete for a $5,000.00 first prize in the Match Race on Friday and $10,000.00 to win on Sunday.
“At the end of the day, Delaware has the best racers in Ontario,” said Vanderwyst. “This is something new for Labour Day and I want to be a part of it.”
Advanced tickets and weekend passes are available at participating Auto Parts Centre stores, TSC Stores, PartSource on Wharncliffe Road in London or online at www.delawarespeedway.com.
From Delaware Speedway
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