August 31, 2003 - Sunday certainly was one of the wildest nights of racing we've seen all year, as a near capacity crowd witnessed some of the best racers in Ontario go at it for extended features. The Canadian Vintage Modifieds were also on hand with their second event in as many days. B & B Decals was on hand to sponsor the night's events and give out the trophies to the winners.

The Limited Late Models hosted a 50 lap Invitational, and Don Jacobson was able to hold off the pack of 26 fast cars to win his first feature of the year. It was a wild one, with several cautions bunching the field. And, as they say, cautions breed cautions which kept the lead pack together. Jacobson had serious pressure on his back bumper as Ken Bemrose, Ron Quesnelle and Mark Gordon had quick cars and were looking for a way past. They would finish second, third and fourth, with Brendan Adams completing the top five. Tom Walters started eighth and quickly worked his way forward, but an early incident with another car sent him to the back - he would finish a hard fought sixth. Ron Tracey ran with the leaders for the better part of the race, but got caught up in bad deal on the back stretch and ended up wrecked in the wall. A big congrats has to go out to Jacobson, who showed his elation with loop-to-loop burnouts for each of the fan-filled grandstands, truly finishing off a brand new set of tires. Way to go Jake!

The Four Cylinders ran their second points event of the weekend. Rob Poole (filling in for Bob Deasy in the #21 Honda) went from tenth to first on the first lap and claimed victory. Poole was obviously having entirely too much fun in the little CRX, and definitely showed some great racing talent running most of his passes on the high side. The Phinnemore cars fought it out behind Poole, with Bob claiming second and Tim third. Visiting driver John Baker Jr. (from Peterborough) got his Honda Prelude seriously hooked up in time for the feature, grabbing fourth, and John Cole got fifth. This was a 35 lap feature, and there was plenty of action through the entire event. Jimmy Carter, our points leader, once again had a miss develop in the engine during the feature, putting him way down on power - he would still hang on for a eleventh place finish. Carter has a substantial points lead (compared to the other two classes) and likely has a well-deserved championship in the bag, but as seen on this night anything can happen.

The Canadian Vintage Modifieds ran their second feature of the weekend as well, and Ron Easton managed to pull off the "double". Easton started fifth and made his way forward as the leaders dropped out, claiming the 25 lap feature for the second night in a row. Steve Trendell, Jeremy Riopelle, Dan Fraser and Phil Shaw completed the top five. Although caution filled, it was a great show nonetheless with plenty of action throughtout the entire field. These great looking hobbies are one of the most favourite touring classes that Sunset hosts, and we certainly look forward to CVM's return in 2004.

Quote of the night: "Hey, he paid me a thousand bucks! Well, he said the cheque is in the mail anyway..." - Ron Tracey, commenting tongue-in-cheek about giving Lambert Yake his #72 car for the feature last week. True sportsmanship is alive and well at Sunset Speedway.