Drivers announced for regional championship
Truro Raceway staff pleased with first race card of the new season
The field of drivers for the Atlantic Regional Driving Championships at Truro Raceway has been set.
The June 29 event will feature drivers Gilles Barrieau, Marc Campbell, Darren Crowe, Redmond Doucet, Jason Hughes, Gerard Kennedy, Ken Murphy and Todd Trites.
“The team at Truro is excited and looking forward to hosting this competition,” said Kelly Maceachen, general manager of Truro Raceway. “It is one of our signature events for the season and this group of Atlantic Canada’s premiere drivers will attract a great crowd of racing fans.”
Truro Raceway track announcer, Joe Kelly, made the announcement during Friday night’s race card, which kicked off the 2018 season at the Bible Hill oval.
“We couldn’t have asked for better weather for our season opener,” said Truro Raceway employee, Daphne Cooper. “The crowd here was really feeling the excitement. Our regulars were eager to be back and there were actually quite a few new fans too.”
The wager was $ 8,469 and about 300 fans attended the race card.
A total of 53 horses entered the races for the spring opener and an additional 14 entered to qualify for future events.
Truro Raceway president Anthony Stymest was happy with the turnout.
“It was encouraging to have over 50 horses race Friday, with more qualified we will soon have 10-dash race cards with full fields and welcome any additional entries from other Maritime locations.”
Live racing continues at Truro Raceway on Friday. Post-time is 6:30 p.m.