Saturday, November 7 - It was Saturday and the sun was shining. That alone was unusual. Bruce and I had a decision to make and that was where would we go to see racing. We had four area choices: The rescheduled Eastern States 200 at Orange County Speedway in New York, the rescheduled National Open for micro sprints at Linda’s Speedway, the rescheduled Candy Bowl events at Susquehanna Speedway for which we had a raincheck and the first day of a two day show at Delaware International Speedway. We chose the conclusion of the Candy Bowl. The bad news was the ARDC midgets would not be on the card as in the previous week but there would be two enduros that were scheduled to be run on this Saturday.

We arrived at the track at 12:45 for the 1:00 start and the first race took the green flag at 1:15. The heats were run the previous week with the exception of the classic cars who did not make it to the track last Saturday before the rain came. The 20 lap micro sprint feature was first with eventual winner Shane Lewis taking the lead on lap 2. A race for the lead never materialized but there was some good racing back in the pack. Following Lewis was Eric Spahl and Jeff Shaw. Next up was the first of two 10 lap features for the mini vans. Watching the mini vans is strange. You really do not hear the engines at all. It is like watching a silent race. One of them almost flipped at the start and first and second place runners collided with one lap to go. Daryl Sipe then inherited the lead and won the event. This first mini van feature was followed by three classic car heats and the first of these three events saw three cars cross the finish line side by side. The next two were not quite as good.

The thundercars were also on the card and these guys always put on a good show. Unfortunately only 8 thundercars showed for the event limiting the competition. Still the race for third was a good one with Kyle Martin taking the position. Winner Sam Gallagher apologized to the fans for the lack of thundercars. This is one division I think should run here more often. The legend car feature was all Leppo, meaning it was the Leppo brothers, Blaine and Harlan, that took the two top honors in this 15 lap event. Following the legend feature was the second mini van event won by Butch Richcreek and the classic car feature, the least competitive of the lot. This event we thought would be the best and instead turned into a caution filled crash fest. There were 7 cautions in the 20 lap event that was won by Bill Brown Jr.

Next up was the 75 lap enduro for the small cars, 4 cylinders and 6 cylinders combined. By now it was 4:00 and the sun was heading downward in the skies and the temperatures were getting colder. I chose to head to the car while Bruce remained in the stands to catch this event. Jason Stoner took the lead in this one when long time leader, Buddie Jeffers, suffered a flat tire and had to pit with just three laps to go. The show was run very efficiently and we were on our way home prior to 5:00. This was Susquehanna’s final event until the 2010 season.