McComber celebrates monster year at PGARA

Veteran stock car driver Lyall McComber was recognized repeatedly for his stellar 2018 season at the Prince George Auto Racing Association’s awards banquet on Saturday night.

At the banquet, held at the downtown Marriott Courtyard hotel, McComber was handed hardware for his PGARA street stocks points championship, as well as for having the most fast times, most A-dash victories and most main-event wins.

McComber took the points championship with 162, ahead of runner-up Darrell Horwath (154) and third-place finisher Desiree Case (96). A total of 19 street stock drivers earned points over the course of seven race weekends. McComber missed the first event on May 26 but was behind the wheel for all the rest. In his six events, he was the top point-getter five times.

McComber’s mechanic, Chad McComber, was named street stocks mechanic of the year.

Other points champions who were saluted on Saturday were Tristan Bruvold (hornets), Nathan Linfitt (mini stocks) and Jeremy Floer (pro minis).

Bruvold finished at the front of the hornet pack with 100 points, 21 more than second-place driver Keely Rommel and 47 ahead of Warren McCann, who placed third in the title chase.

Linfitt, the mini stocks champ, finished the year with 242 points. For the crown, he edged Spencer Forseth, a mini stocks rookie who rolled to a 235-point season. Floer – who competed in mini stocks as well as pro minis – was third with 175 points.

In the pro mini class, Floer accumulated 109 points, which placed him ahead of Terry Braman (77) and Steve Jackson (64).