The CKG Billings Harness Driving Series has new formats this
year one being that there will be regional division finals periodically
throughout the season. The $12,000 Eastern Division 1 Final is
slated for Thursday, July 25 at Yonkers Raceway.
Steve “You’re Never Too” Oldford, who will be one of the
eight drivers in the Eastern Division finale, tuned up for the big purse race
at the Hilltop oval with a Billings trotting victory at the Fowlerville, MI
Fair on Monday afternoon, July 22 when he reined Garbarino to a 2:05.4
victory over Striking Lightning, driven by Kelly “Sky” Walker. Third
place went to Pat “the Write Stuff” Miller and Hay Look Out while Mike “the Mortgage
Man” Mitchell finished fourth behind Themilkman’skid
“We had a short field because of the dismal racing scene in
Michigan,” Oldford said by telephone after his driving victory. “But we had
four longtime Billings members in the race although I had to enter two horses
so we could get a field together.”
It was a wire to wire effort for Oldford and the fifth
seasonal driving victory for the automotive manufacturer representative from
Croswell, MI.
At Yonkers Raceway on Thursday Oldford is one of the eight
drivers who qualified for the $12,000 Division 1 Final. Joining him will
be “Bullet Bob” Davis, Robert “Rapid Rail” Krivelin, Alan ”the
Intimidator” Schwartz, Harvey ”Doc” Stein, Bob “the Headhunter” Hechkoff, Dave
“Yes its True” Offenberg, and Billings president ,Tony “the Capo”
Verruso.
That race, an eight-horse trot, will go to post at 6pm as a
non-wagering affair prior to the first race on the betting card on July
25.
