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Grand Prix de Kincardine race held in Listowel By Rob Noakes |
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![]() Racing in the kids' class are Justin Noakes (L) of Inverhuron, Reese Williamson of Tiverton, Justin Hutchison of London, and Remington Hilderley of Orangeville photos courtesy of Rob Noakes ![]() The youth class racers are Griffin Williamson (L) of Tiverton, Troy Denning of Grand Valley, Ben Hart of Mitchell and Luke Hendriks of Lucknow | |
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The Grand Prix de Kincardine racers headed to Listowel on Sunday, Feb. 13, to put on an exhibition race in front of a crowd of 300 at the 14th annual COSDRA Snow Belt Challenge. A group of 38 racers on 30 sleds battled it out on the Grand Prix snow track in 10 classes to take home $750 in prize money and some great trophies supplied by the Listowel Agricultural Society and event sponsors. Local racers Justin Noakes, 7, of Inverhuron and Reese Williamson, 7, of Tiverton went head-to-head in the kids' class with Justin Hutchison, 8, of London and Remington Hilderley, 8, of Orangeville. Griffin Williamson of Tiverton also raced against Troy Denning of Grand Valley, Ben Hart of Mitchell and Luke Hendriks of Lucknow in the youth class for kids up to 16 years of age.
Newcomer Dave Lee (L) of Utopia tries to get past Grand Prix de Kincardine veteran Pat Boucher of Kingsbridge
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Racers from all over the region
competed and put on a great show for the local fans.
The Noakes family of Inverhuron will be making further donations to Autism Ontario and Epilepsy Ontario as a result of support at the event. Please check out www.gpkracing.com for event pictures and follow-up information about upcoming activities.Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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