Action Packed Fun at the Vegreville Speedway Drag Races

Action Packed Fun at the Vegreville Speedway Drag Races

Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent

Vegreville Speedway’s first drag race for the 2021 season saw around 32 people who participated in the July 16 night race and 38 people who took part in the July 17 race. There were 285 spectators in total at both of these races at the Vegreville Airport.

Pat Dowhaniuk from Seba Beach competed with his hand-built 1927 Roadster race car. “This is the second year I owned this vintage vehicle. I used to have a 1969

Vegreville Speedway Drag Race had Action Packed fun. Burnouts are a regular part of racing to warm up the tires.

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Camaro that I raced. I used to participate in drag races with my more modern vehicle. The newer vehicles have more power. There is nothing unique about racing with an older car; I just wanted to try it out to do something different and to come back to my hometown,” Pat said.

Lisa Dupuis from Ardrossan raced with a 2021 Never 2 Late Racing car. “This vehicle just had seven runs of racing. This was my first time I participated at drag DRAG RACES - CONTINUED ON PAGE 20

One of the many racers.

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racing. I always wanted to drag race and I wrote down a goal 20 years ago to participate in a race and to go eight seconds. But it was awesome to race. You just have to get out of your head; overcome your mental fear, and just do it!” Darren Berezan, President of Vegreville

Speedway said the races on both days went good. “There were no bad mishaps. We had people from Saskatchewan and all over Alberta who attended the races.”

The winners from the July 16 race were: Aaron Tillapaugh, Runner up: Sean Chilbecki, and Semi Finalist: Mike Yarmuch.

Winners for the July 17 race were: Winner: Jon Lansdell, Runner up: Darrell Sabrowsky, and Semi Finalist: Kendall Freed and Tom Dwyer.

One of the many racers.

(Rosanne Fortier/Photo)

One of the many racers.

(Rosanne Fortier/Photo)

One of the many racers.

(Rosanne Fortier/Photo)