By David McKenney Aka "VeeHive" Qualifying (best of 2 sessions): 1    Gary KITTELL          1:15.675 2    Justin BARKER        1:15.709 3    Ray CARMODY        1:15.905 4    Jim KEARNEY          1:16.255 5    David SCALER        1:16.438 6    Rick SHIELDS          1:16.478 7    Charlie ROGERS        1:16.685 8    Eugene GRIMES      1:17.006 9    Gary BLANARIK        1:17.076 10  Ed WOMER              1:17.486 11  Dale RADER            1:17.504 12  Dean CURTIS          1:17.637 13  David GREEN            1:17.679 14  Harold JOHNSTON    1:18.336 15  Tim WOODS            1:19.171 As usual, the changable weather at Nelson Ledges factored into the day's results.   First session of qualifying was held under sunny skies, and Justin Barker made the most of it by posting the top time of 1:15.709. Jim Kearney, Gary Kittell, Rick Shields and Eugene Grimes rounded out the top 5. Just after lunch, a storm front came through (only a light rain but driven by strong winds) and left the Vee competitors wondering whether they would run the 2nd session, but by the time group 7 was called to the false grid the sun was out and the track had mostly dried. About halfway through the 2nd session, Gary Kittell got down to business, visibly reeling in the cars of David Scaler and Ray Carmody and passing both of them on his way to a time of 1:15.675 and the pole, bumping Justin Barker back to 2nd. Ray found the second session to his liking as well, improving 1.2 seconds to move up to 3rd. Looking like a good race tomorrow. Y'oughta come on out and see! Results: 1    Justin BARKER               01:15.515 2    Ray CARMODY               01:16.130 3    David SCALER                01:16.247 4    Jim KEARNEY                 01:16.243 5    Gary KITTELL                  01:15.859 6    Rick SHIELDS                 01:16.614 7    Eugene GRIMES             01:16.755 8    Charlie ROGERS             01:16.668 9    Dean CURTIS                  01:16.021 10  Ed WOMER                     01:17.211 11  Dale RADER                   01:17.442 12  David GREEN                  01:16.310 13  Gary BLANARIK              01:16.978 14  Harold JOHNSTON          01:17.155 15  Tim WOODS                   01:18.006 What a race! Off the green, polesitter Gary Kittell (CaracalD) took the point, followed by Justin Barker (Protoform P2), Ray Carmody (Mysterian M2), Dave Scaler (Mysterian M2), and Jim Kearney (Protoform P3). A pass on the second lap put Barker in the lead, and from this point Barker, Kittell, and Carmody started working together and began inching away from the field. Eventually, though, the lead pack broke apart (a missed shift in Turn 13 cost Ray Carmody, and a lapping F500 a few laps later broke the draft between Kittell and Barker). It looked like it would be an all-black-car podium until, on the last lap, Gary Kittell put 4 wheels off at Turn 4 and lost 3 positions, allowing the battling duo of David Scaler and Jim Kearney to slip by for 3rd and 4th, respectively. Great racing was found throughout the field. Just behind the leaders, Rick Shields and Eugene Grimes  had a race-long battle for 6th place. Grimes pulled off a textbook drafting-up-the-front-straight pass into Turn 1 to take the position from Shields; a few laps later Rick retook 6th from Eugene. Twelfth place starter Dean Curtis worked his Womer EV-3 up to 4th before going off course in Turn 1 to avoid an F500; he rejoined and finished 9th. And, Tim Woods, David Green, Harold Johnston and Dale Rader had a great ol' slice-and-dice amongst themselves that lasted almost the entire race. An excellent weekend of Vee racing. Thanks to all who let me hang around, and I look forward to seeing you all again at BeaveRun next month! Cheers! ~David McKenney