Bullwinkle Speedway set to host ‘boat’ race

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The Fourth of July weekend is a great time to put that boat on the trailer, attach it to the car or truck and head to your favorite lake, river or ocean.

Or, you could also head to Bullwinkle Speedway in Greenville Junction, a quarter-mile dirt track, and enter a race/demolition derby.

For the second straight year, there will be such a race at the track as vehicles pulling boats will square off Saturday. The last vehicle running with part of the boat still on the trailer is the winner.

And you can expect the other entrants to try to make that feat difficult to accomplish.

“The boat must be bolted on to the trailer if you want to win,” said Doris Peterson, who manages Bullwinkle Speedway for owner Doug Whitney.

Obviously, it behooves the racer to drive a beat-up vehicle with an inexpensive boat on the trailer.

Peterson said the race has returned due to popular demand.

“People thought it was a riot last year,” said Peterson.

The boat race will follow a busy day of racing at Bullwinkle Speedway, with six classes of competition beginning at 4 p.m.

The classes are big enduro, little enduro, trucks, super streets and two divisions for children.

There will also be qualifying races for Sunday’s 100-lap feature for four-cylinder vehicles that will put $1,000 in the pocket of the winner.

On Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. there will be a consolation race to qualify the final five cars for the 100-lapper and there will also be a demolition derby.

She said this weekend, leading into the Fourth of July, is “usually our biggest weekend. We get a lot of out-of-towners. Last year, we must have had 2,000 people.”

Peterson said it has been a good year for the speedway despite four rain-outs.

“We’ve been getting 45 to 50 cars every weekend,” said Peterson.

Points racing will continue until Labor Day.

The races will be held on Saturdays at 4 p.m. but there also will be some two-race weekends with Sunday’s features beginning at 2 p.m.

“We’ll have more races after Labor Day but they will be just for fun. They won’t be points races,” said Peterson.

Cup drivers to run PASS race

Jimmy Spencer and Kenny Wallace, who have run 793 Nextel Cup races between them, will race in the Pro All-Stars Series’ North Super Late Model Series 75-lap race at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway on July 12.

Spencer, nicknamed ‘Mr. Excitement’ for his aggressive driving style, had two wins, 28 top-five finishes and 80 top-10s in 477 career Nextel Cup races while Wallace doesn’t have a win in 316 Cup races but has posted six top-fives and 27 top-10s.

Spencer has 12 wins, 44 top-fives and 93 top-10s in 211 Busch Series starts and one victory, four top-fives and 11 top-10s in 31 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races.

Wallace has nine victories in 364 Busch Series races to go with 63 top-fives and 155 top-10s. In nine truck races, he has two top-fives and four top-10s.

Wallace will drive a car provided by Mulkern Racing and prepared by PASS North driver Scott Mulkern of Falmouth.

Spencer’s ride has yet to be announced.

Speed Television host John Roberts will call the action.

There will be a full race card, including the modifieds.

The grandstands will open at 2 p.m.