Friday night saw quite a bit of rain fall on Yorkton and area resulting in Day One of the two day PRA Inivational cancelled.
鈥淯nfortunately we tried our best on Saturday but we just got too much rain Friday night and we couldn鈥檛 save the track,鈥� said Parkland Racing Association (PRA) president Cortney Matkowski, adding that the PRA club members tried their best to save the day but in the end decided that it was better to take Saturday as a track prep day. 鈥淲e tried until about 11:30 or 12 o鈥檆lock Saturday before we gave up on it because we just couldn鈥檛 bring the track back to racing shape and if we raced we might have wrecked the entire track for Sunday.
鈥淧lus it was so cold and miserable out that it wasn鈥檛 good for the fans either, although Sunday was a lot better.鈥�
Sunday was a lot better as the rain stayed away, resulting in nearly 30 cars from all over Saskatchewan taking to the Yellowhead International Speedway in the hopes of winning either a significant cash prize or one of several other prizes; something that is relatively new to the PRA. 鈥淭his is actually our second invitational where we have been offering cash prizes as we tried it last year,鈥� suggested Matkowski. 鈥淏eing a small budget club we were a little bit worried about putting up money for prizes and stuff like that, but we got a lot of local support from businesses and stuff to bring in the special cars and modifieds and put up prizes and cash purses so we鈥檙e really grateful for all of our sponsors and without them this invitational wouldn鈥檛 be as big as it is today.鈥�
Invitational results
Thunderstock: Heat One - Denis Perron, Heat Two - Neil Matkowski, Feature - Neil Matkowski.
Hobby stock: Heat One - Destiny Klym, Heat Two - Destiny Klym, Feature - Destiny Klym.
Street stock: Heat 1A -Stephan Klym, Heat 1B - Kyle Deck, Heat 2A - Stephan Klym, Heat 2B - Glen Maga, Feature - Michael Dionne.
IMCA Modified: Heat One - Kody Scholpp, Heat Two - Tyler Wagner, Feature - Kody Scholpp. Mechanics Race - Carson Stadnick, Ladies Race - Brittney Kroeker.
聽Points winners
Thunderstock: First - Neil Matkowski (36 Points), second - Denis Perron/Marty Sharp (tied at 32 Points). Hobby Stock: First - Destiny Klym, second - Tyler Carter, third - Rich Lindquist. Street Stock: First -Glen Maga, second - Stephan Klym, third - Robert Pickering. IMCA Modifieds: First - Kody Scholpp, second 鈥� Tyler Wagner, third - Cody Smith.
