East Coast Drag-N-Drive Completes First Event at Miramichi Dragway Park in New Brunswick, Canada to Crown Five Winners
After working at it for a few years, Jason Richardson put together his first drag and drive event, the East Coast Drag-N-Drive, in New Brunswick, Canada.
A three-day event based around Miramichi Dragway Park as the starting point, with two separate drives, drivers would compete in five classes to determine winners.
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Day one, Friday June 27th, would include passes at Miramichi Dragway Park to start the day, followed by a 165 mile drive, with two checkpoints along the way. Saturday brought the competitors back to Miramichi Dragway Park, and then a 135 mile drive with a pair of checkpoints.
The second drive on Saturday would complete the drive portion of the event, with competitors due to get a third day of competition at Miramichi Dragway Park on Sunday. But mother nature had other ideas, so the final day of racing was cancelled, averages computed from two days of racing, and the first event winners were crowned.
The quickest of the five classes, 9.50-second Index, was also the quickest of the three index classes. Matieu Cry would land at the top of the list for the first East Coast Drag-N-Drive helmet.
The 10.50-second Index class only had one competitor survive, and that was Frank Viel with a 10.75 average, to earn the win and the helmet.
Gerald Sauliner owned the 11.50-second Index class, posted an 11.524 average for the win over Terry Goodin in second and Ivan Crewdson in third.
The DYO (Dial Your Own) class was offered for both quarter-mile and eighth-mile options. The DYO quarter-mile found Jacques Hebert in first, only varying .024 thousandths of-a-second among his time slips, just four thousandths better than Richard Leger in second. Philip McAllister finished third with a .038 thousandths of-a-second variance.
The DYO eighth-mile class option was a little more spread out amongst the top three finishers, and Chris BreHaut scored the top spot with .060 thousandths of-a-second between his time slips. Dylan Bolger slid into the second spot, and Shane Bolger in third.
Four additional awards were handed out, with Jake House earning the Longest Traveled with just over a 3100 kms round trip.
Best Trailer Burnout went to Vincent Vinneau with his ’69 Chevrolet Chevelle.
Brandon McNeil laid claim to the Fastest Overall with an 8.97 average.
Finally, the Hard Luck went to Walter Brown.
Written by Derek Putnam. Photos courtesy of East Coast Drag-N-Drive and various participants.
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