As part of the summer stretch of races for the OSCAAR Modifieds, the Modifieds head for Peterborough Speedway this weekend for the Touring Chase for the Colors event.
While the event counts as a normal points event for the OSCAAR competitors, it also begins the qualifying procedure for the one of the biggest events in the season – the Autumn Colors Classic in October. The drivers that finish one-two on Saturday night will start the Autumn Colors Classic feature on the front row in October.
Last year, Gary McLean won the Autumn Colors event and will look to begin his road to repeating by winning the Chase for the Colors. The Chase for the Colors event comes at a good time for McLean as he was able to pick up the win last weekend at Sunset Speedway for his 10th career Modified win. He has also finished in the top four in six of the seven races so far this year. Peterborough has also proven to be a good track for McLean in the past as beyond his AC win, he also won the first event at Pete for the Modifieds last year at Peterborough.
With his seventh place finish due to being involved in an incident, Brent McLean fell to second in points, now five points behind Gary McLean. Brent will look to regain the points lead by scoring his sixth top five in the eighth race of the season. Brent had success at Peterborough last year finishing second twice and seventh in the three races.
Brian McLean scored his first career OSCAAR win last year at Peterborough, followed by fifth and third in the other two events. This year, Brian has had some struggles though could turn his season around this weekend.
Branden Bullen scored his first podium finish last weekend at Sunset Speedway for his second top five of the year and will look to score another solid finish after some bad luck to start the year.
Davey Terry will look for his third straight top five finish this weekend at Peterborough after finishing eighth, sixth and fifth in his three starts at Peterborough last year.
Brad Pearsall has four top fives in five OSCAAR starts so far this season and will be one to watch if he is at Peterborough. Pearsall made two starts at Peterborough last year finishing sixth in one and having radiator problems in the other.
Shane Stickel has run strong so far in his rookie season, though hasn’t had the best of luck. He will look to change his fortune this weekend.
Josh Gruntz will make his first start of the 2013 OSCAAR series season as he has his modified ready to go. Gruntz broke home a fifth place finish at Peterborough last summer and will look to repeat that success. Chad Strawn will not be bringing his modified for this event as he will serve as a team member on Gruntz’s team.
Following problems at Sunset Speedway, Bobby Tolton put in the hours to have modified ready for Peterborough, however ran into problems on Friday night that will keep him from competiting.
David McCullough won his last OSCAAR start that came at Sauble Speedway as he was not in attendance at Sunset so there is a question as to whether he will be there.
Max Beyore finished second last week in his OSCAAR Modified debut last weekend. If he shows up at Peterborough, look for him to do well.
