It was a busy, jam-packed weekend at Estevan Motor Speedway and at the very end, Aaron Turnbull hung on for his second consecutive McComb Automotive Fast 40 victory.
Turnbull took home the $3,000 prize from the 40-lap feature by overtaking brother Tyson midway through the modified feature and holding off Allen Kent and father Ed at the finish.
"(Tyson) was probably a little bit faster than me, but I was just waiting for the track to go away a little bit and then maybe I could've found a better line and gotten around him. No telling what would've happened if he would've finished, but stuff happens sometimes. I'm glad I could hold Allen off, he was coming hard there at the end. He was fast too, so it feels good to win it again," said Turnbull.
"I was just praying for no more cautions, because Allen was so close to me after that last restart and I did not want to have to do that again."
Ed Turnbull finished second, followed by Riley Emmel, Kent and Travis Hagen.
The Turnbull family started the race 1-2-3 and all three stayed at the top for awhile. Tyson had to withdraw late in the race.
Hank Berry was also challenging near the front before being sent to the back on a yellow flag with 14 laps left.
"I was kinda just biding my time most of the race, trying to save my tires, because 40 laps is a really long race and you don't want to burn up your tires halfway through the race and then have everybody go driving by you," said Turnbull. "I was kinda taking it easy, but I was trying not to let (Tyson) get away from me in case it went caution-free."
Kent, who won the stock car feature moments before beginning the Fast 40, said he didn't have enough juice at the end to pass Turnbull.
"I thought I had a shot there for a little bit, but then my car went away with about six or eight (laps) to go and I couldn't go anywhere, burned the tires off or something. I just didn't have enough at the end," Kent said.
Kent led the stock feature earlier virtually start to finish to earn his first win of the year at Estevan. The race was stopped for some time when a four-car collision took place five laps in.
"I found a good line up on the outside there. It was real fast and I felt comfortable, so I stuck with it. I didn't see anybody else getting down underneath me, so I just stayed with it," Kent said.
The Beeter brothers continued to hold a monopoly over the hobby stock class, with Brandon earning his third Estevan win this year. His brother Brock won the other two features here so far, including the one during Friday night's program.
The brothers worked their way toward the front and were sitting 1-2 on a restart with six laps left. Dana Brandt finished second and Brock was third.
"I knew at the beginning that it was going to be a lot of traffic, so I knew to work the bottom. I wanted to work the bottom until I got far enough forward, then I wanted to try the high side," said Beeter.
"When I got up, Brad King elected the bottom on that restart and gave me the high side and I just held 'er wide open and buried it in there. I didn't know if it was going to stick or not. It was either wreckers or checkers on that one."
Beeter said he enjoys battling his brother on the track.
"We choose to race hobby stocks because we can race it together. We want to race together because we have fun. We respect each other, we work on each other's cars and we have a blast."
Both nights of the doubleheader featured an appearance by the Northern Super Truck Racing circuit from Winnipeg.
On Saturday, George Bulcan won the feature after battling with Jamie Vernaus throughout the race.
Vernaus won Friday's feature, with Bulcan taking second.
Another 40-lap modified feature took place Friday, with Berry winning that one. The veteran driver from Sidney, Mont., defeated Ed Turnbull to take the checkered flag and $3,000 prize. Joren Boyce was third, followed by Steven Pfeifer and Tyson Turnbull.
Joe Flory took first place in the $2,000-to-win stock car feature.
The Speedway's next race program is June 28, the first night of the Can-Am Shootout involving the Estevan and Williston tracks.