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CARLSON CLAIMS CHAOTIC CLASSIC
BLACK CREEK, BC (June 13) – A fantastic night for Team NPP drivers at the inaugural Kennedy Classic 150. Darrell Midgley finished fourth, Jason Frost was eighth but the night belonged to Brandon Carlson. The Victoria, British Columbia driver survived some late race carnage and drove to victory Saturday night at Saratoga Speedway. Carlson started on the pole and led every lap in his Northern Provincial Pipelines/Silver Tiger Metals #81c Dodge. "Dwight has entrusted me to drive for him. I'm just honored and happy to bring a win back to the 81 camp. It couldn't have gone any better." Carlson was fastest in practice and qualifying in his brand new Port City/Jefferson Racing built machine. Several times in the race Carlson had built a 4-second cushion over the rest of the field. Caution flags however narrowed the gap between himself Kyle Cottam, Darrell Midgley and Michael Haslam who were in contention the entire event. The 150 Lap race saw 8 yellow flags. Five of those caution flags flew in the final 28 laps. All three Team NPP drivers were involved in separate incidents near the end of the race which resulted in spins and damage. There were two yellow flags for Lap 130. Team NPP driver Jason Frost was struck from behind for the second time in seven laps. On the restart of Lap 130 a multi-car incident where Brandon Carlson was spun in front of the pack in turn one. "Got hit from behind. Had my back tires off the ground." Spencer Carlson had no where to go and slammed into the side of his brothers car. With no laps completed courtesy back to back cautions on the same Lap 130, all drivers got their position back. Carlson admits he was just hanging on for the last 20-Laps which went caution free. "The right front tire was going down. The steering wheel was a half turn off. I just got to hang on." With a damaged race car Carlson again built a commanding lead and drove on to victory. Carlson had a chance to survey the damage of his race car in victory lane. "Winning fixes everything. We'll just put it back together and go again."
#81m Darrell MIdgley
Darrell Midgley qualified the Northern Provincial Pipelines/Silver Tiger Metals #81m Dodge 4th quick Friday evening with a 15.011. Saturday nights Kennedy Classic 150 saw Midgley occupy third for more than 50-laps early in the race. On Lap 83 Midgley got by Kyle Kottam to take over second. "The car was excellent all weekend," exclaims the Sidney, British Columbia driver, "we couldn't have asked for more." For 16 laps Midgley attempted to chase down teammate Brandon Carlson. Midgley however would get loose going into turn 4 on Lap 99 allowing Kyle Kottam to reclaim second. The beginning of several consecutive cautions began on Lap 122 with Midgley getting tagged and spun. He would head to back of the pack for the restart. "You can only control what's in front of you. You can't control what's going on behind you. When you get run over its really out of your control." Teammate Jason Frost brought out the next caution on Lap 123. after being spun. Midgley used the late race restarts to his advantage and regained several of the spots lost as the field of cars dwindled to just 8 cars. A multi-vehicle crash on Lap 130 saw his teammate being spun and then run into. Midgley was also involved in the melee. "When you get one repeat offender out there just doing the same thing twice in a row, That's a pattern." Damage to his car was mainly cosmetic. "We'll send it over to Teds (Alien Race Cars) and he'll put some new stuff on it." Midgley crossed the finish line Saturday night in fourth.
#81f Jason Frost
Team NPP driver Jason Frost got behind the wheel of the Northern Provincial Pipelines/The Keg #81f Dodge at the inaugural Kennedy Classic. WIth his focus firmly on family and business (The Keg Restaurant) the Victoria, British Columbia driver was competing in his first race in almost two years. This race car Frost was driving last saw action at Arizona's Tucson Speedway back in January with Darrell Midgley behind the wheel. It did not take Frost very long to get back into the racing groove. Frost qualified 5th Friday evening running a lap-time of 15.127. Saturday nights redraw would see Frost starting on the front row with teammate Brandon Carlson. Frost would lose several positions by lap 10 but held down 5th spot for more than 80 laps. By Lap 100 Frost was back up to 4th and looking towards challenging teammate Darrell Midgley for third. "Everything was going according to plan until about lap 120." After watching Midgley get turned on Lap 122 it would be Frost's turn to get hit from behind and spun on Lap 123 while running third. Frost would have to go to the back of the pack. On Lap 130 Frost was again tapped from behind and spun "I got tangled up on the restart with the 33," admits Frost who took out his frustration on Christopher Kalsch intentionally running into the Oregon drivers car under the yellow flag. "I was trying to voice my displeasure I don't think he meant to dump me but he did and I didn't mean to rip his nose off (his car) but I did." Frost would be sent to the pits for his actions. He would be credited with an 8th place finish. "I was really happy with the car. It was an absolute privilege to race with NPP again. Wish I could have got it to the end."
KENNEDY CLASSIC 150
Saratoga Speedway
Saturday, June 13
-results-
1.(1) #81c Brandon Carlson - Victoria, BC
2.(6) # 4 Kyle Cottam - Victoria, BC
3.(5) #22 Mike Haslam - Victoria, BC
4.(4) #81m Darrell Midgley - Sidney, BC
5.(7) #33 Christopher Kalsch - Hillsboro, Oregon
6.(11)#3 Andy Beaman - Selah, Washington
7.(9) #72 Spencer Carlson - Shawinigan Lake, BC
8.(2) #81f Jason Frost - Victoria, BC
9.(10)#72 Geoff Robinson - Langford, BC
10.(12)#05 Dave Smith - Sidney, British Columbia
11.(8) #28 Chris Preston - Abbotsford, BC
12.(3) #84 Daryl Crocker - Langford, BC
DNS #98 Kyle Wade - Courtney, BC
DNS # Corey Meers - Brentwood Bay, BC
- RECENT TEAM NPP VICTORIES -
#81 Brandon Carlson - June 13, 2026 (Saratoga Speedway - Black Creek, BC)
#81 Lane Zerbin - September 6, 2021 (Westshore Motorsports Park - Victoria, BC)
#81 Lane Zerbin - September 5, 2021 (Westshore Motorsports Park - Victoria, BC)
#81 Lane Zerbin - September 3, 2018 (Grays Harbor Raceway - Elma, WA)
#81 Shawn Kennedy - July 21, 2018 (Castrol Raceway - Edmonton, AB)
#81 Lane Zerbin - September 3, 2017 (Grays Harbor Raceway - Elma, WA)
#81 Lane Zerbin - July 22, 2017 (Grays Harbor Raceway - Elma, WA)
#81 Shawn Kennedy - September 26, 2016 (Central Alberta Raceways, Rimbey, AB)
#81 Lane Zerbin - August 27, 2016 (Grays Harbor Raceway - Elma, WA)
#81 Lane Zerbin - July 3, 2016 (Willamette Speedway - Lebanon, OR)
#81 Dwight Kennedy - August 8, 2012 (Castrol Raceway - Edmonton, Alberta)
#81 Dwight Kennedy - September 5, 2009 (Grays Harbor Raceway, Elma, WA)
