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  1.   Steve posted:
  11.08.2009 - 9:46 pm
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I'm not sure of the winner of this race: Bill Schmitt or attrition?

Maybe it was a tie.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.10.2009 - 12:48 pm
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Only Winston West at Race City Speedway in Calgary, Alberta


  3.   ii posted:
  10.30.2010 - 8:04 am
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Mike Van Amberg's lone West Series start


  4.   Graham Clayton posted:
  04.09.2015 - 3:39 am
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The last Winston West race to be held in Canada.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.26.2017 - 5:59 pm
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Father and son Chuck and Chad Little race against each other in Winston
West for the first time. Chad finished far in front of his old man as he
turned in a strong runner-up run.

This was Chuck Little's first West start in just under 11 years and in
all likelihood he was just starting and parking Chad's backup car.


  6.   rm posted:
  11.05.2020 - 8:16 pm
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Race name - Canadian Players 500

Similarly, race winner Bill Schmitt raced against his son Kenny for the
first time in West competition here, with Kenny pulling field-filling
duty as well. Drivers commented that the track was very fast and smooth,
leading to drivers hitting 130 mph on the straightaways - an impressive
feat for a track under a half-mile in length. The attrition was
predicted to be very high, but even this exceeded the expectations of
the most pessimistic drivers and mechanics. Schmitt, meanwhile, ran near
the front all day and took it easy while his competitors took themselves
out over the course of the three-hour affair - taking much less time
than had been anticipated thanks to the lack of cars running by the end.

Third caution - 04, 27 accident turn 2
Fifth caution - 12 accident frontstretch
Ninth caution - 26, 98 accident frontstretch

One of the stories leading into the race was the effectiveness of the
two main West tire options, McCreary and Goodyear. Much of the field
opted for the McCreary tires, said to be more reliable here, while
polesitter-turned-race-winner Schmitt stuck to his guns with quicker
Goodyears. Hershel McGriff was pulling away from Schmitt as the leader
when he cut a tire and hit the wall, collecting lapper Bobby Schukar in
the process. Terry Petris had a spectacular tire blowout and crashed
hard coming out of turn four later on. Both McGriff and Petris,
interestingly, were using McCreary tires.
John Kieper - relief-driving for Garrett Evans - brought out the final
caution of the day when he had a tire (of unnamed brand) go flat and
bounced off the frontstretch wall. Sending sparks up as he careened back
down the track, Kieper just barely caught second-place Chad Little and
sent Little crashing as well. Little was still on the lead lap at the
time and had been gaining significant ground on leader Schmitt until
that incident. Little pulled in for serious repairs but was still able
to hold onto second - and the championship lead - over top Canadian
finisher Billy Hitchcox.

3 owner - Bill Schmitt
6 owner - George Jefferson


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