Midgley Wins By Inches:                 Although Darrell Midgley never accepts a winning trophy, in Hornet Car racing, he sure makes it interesting and exciting. Such was the case this afternoon in yet another run for the Steve Copp Construction sponsored Winter Series Enduro race for Hornet Cars. Twenty cars lined up for two hours or two-hundred laps of racing on a cool day with light showers for most of the race that didn't seem to slow the drivers down by a whole lot.                 Phil Lagan, who has won two such events, held the pole flanked by George Newell as the green flag fell on the field. Lagan gained the early advantage jumping quickly into the lead with Cody Aumen and Howie Mace moving up to run second and third after only seven laps. On lap ten, Mace moved into the second spot sending Aumen into third while Brandon Carlson moved up to run fourth and Midgley moving into fifth from his eleventh starting spot two laps later. For several laps Lagan, Mace, Aumen, Carlson, and Midgley were running bumper to bumper until lap twenty-one when a car spun in front of the leaders spreading this pack out a bit. Aumen dropped back to fifth while Midgley moved up to fourth and Carlson took over the third spot in this brush up. Another close call, on lap twenty-eight, shook up the front runners again and this time Aumen regained the third spot, Rob Newell jumped into fourth, Midgley dropped to fifth and Carlson dropped to sixth.                 On lap thirty-two Midgley took over the fourth spot and then moved quickly to run third two laps later shoving Carlson to fourth and Aumen into fifth. Darren Yates quietly made his way into the fifth spot on lap forty-five sending Aumen back to run sixth. On lap fifty-one, Mace entered the pits with a blown tire after running second for several laps. This gave the second spot to Midgley with Yates in third Carl Jones fourth and Aumen back to run fifth. Mace was only in the pits for a short time and was able to get back to racing only losing a couple of spots in the running order. The three top runners didn't change much over the next several laps but Aumen, Jones, and Mace waged a good fight for positions every lap. On lap eighty-nine Aumen entered the pits ending his great run. The front runners were still Lagan, Midgley, Yates, Jones, with Mace now moving into the fifth spot.                 Over the next several laps, Lagan had Midgley in his rear view mirror trying everything to get by. On lap one-hundred and four Yates entered the pits due to a flat tire on his #91 car. This allowed Jones to take over third Mace fourth, and now Kevin Knight into fifth spot driving the #14 car. On lap one-hundred and six Midgley used a great pick and took the inside of Lagan through the chicanes on the front stretch to take over the lead. Once Midgley got the lead he worked it into the biggest advantage that anyone had had all afternoon.                 On lap one-hundred twenty-eight, Mace took over the third spot sending Jones back to fourth. On lap one-hundred thirty three Midgley received a stop and go penalty and as he reentered the race had only given up one spot and that was the lead to Lagan. Yates returned to racing and made his way back to the top five by lap one-hundred and forty-nine while up front the cat and mouse game was still on with Lagan, Midgley, with Mace still in the chase. On lap one-hundred seventy-eight, Knight dropped out handing the fifth spot to George Newell. Over the remaining laps Midgley and Lagan continued to run very close with sometimes a pretty good space between the two drivers while other times bumper to bumper. At one point in the last few laps it looked like a clear win for the old veteran Lagan as Midgley lost a bit of ground to the leader. On the very last lap Midgley got to the inside of Lagan setting up a drag race for the checkered flag down the frontstretch. By a mere few inches Midgley got the win in one of the best races of the Winter series.                 As mentioned Midgley runs for the fun and doesn't accept the trophies but as also mentioned he does create some excitement. At victory square Lagan said: "I slowed up to make it interesting" and that he did. Thoughout the whole day, Midgley, Lagan, and Mace put on a great show as at one point all three were side by side in the waining laps giving up very little precious inches to the other. Lagan took home the first place trophy with Mace second and Jones the third place trophy. There is only one more event in the Winter Series scheduled for March 21st. Opening night for the regular season of racing begins on April 3rd with the Demo Cars, Demo Trucks, Mini Vans, Bombers, and the Figure 8s. We will see you there for another exciting season of racing at Western Speedway; Canada's oldest track. HERE ARE THE FINISHING RESULTS (MARCH 7TH, WESTERN SPEEDWAY):   #81  Darrell Midgley #59  Phil Lagan #28  Howie Mace #96  Carl Jones #98  George Newell #91  Darren Yates #56  Joe Demoors #23  Ryan White #14  Kevin Knight #11  Rob Newell #911 Alex Atkinson #86  Richard Carey #51  Devin Fournier #15  Brandon Carlson #04  Cody Aumen #6    Kerry Morrison #58  Darwin Schellingberg #76  Alex Carey #50  Sean Staniforth #18  Scott Aumen