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Knocking out the competition at the 3rd Annual King Of The Hill drag race event in North Bay, Ed Wellwood made his trek to the quarter finals on Sunday, and red lighted and taking himself out of the running for the semi-final round.

The celebratory mood that encompassed fans and drivers from both sides of the border this holiday weekend was nothing compared the one you would find in Victory Lane this past Friday night at the Kinross Speedway.

SUDBURY -- The Sault Sabercats limped away from Queen's Athletic Field in Sudbury on Friday after suffering their second loss of the season.

Early on it looked as though Rob Sartini would not be a major factor in the bounty hunt the in the Laird International Raceway Late Model Division.

A Soo Greyhounds release: ************************************************************ The Soo Greyhounds made a deal with the Guelph Storm early Wednesday morning, to obtain the 13th overall selection in the 2005 CHL Import Draft.

A balanced offence and a stingy defence was the difference as the Rezolution Raiders defeated Lop Lops 42-22 for their first myte division win of the season in Sault Minor Football Association play in week three.

This past Friday night at the Kinross Speedway will be remembered by a select number of drivers and their fans for some time to come. For a few of them it marked the night they would win their first career race.

George Wilson decided the best thing to do on Monday night was collect his own Laird International Raceway bounty.

The Soo Greyhounds went off season shopping on Monday and pulled off a couple of major deals.

The Sault Steelers used a solid team approach to silence the Toronto Maddogs and cruise to their third Northern Football Conference victory of the season.