Photo by VelocityMotorsportsNews.com Edmonton International Raceway (EIR)
Evolution CupCar Series are Mini Cup Cars that are 1/2 scale stock cars built just like the Monster Energy Cup cars you see on TV. It is a class specifically designed for youth ages 9 to 16 who could be the next Kyle Busch or Danica Patrick. These race teams are different than Nascar as crew chief and crew are made up of family. Mom, dad, brother & sister these are families having fun at the race track. They are also out helping each other, if a car breaks you have other teams helping out to make sure no kid misses a race. With Mini CupCars & Baby Grand Cars the whole family can go racing & with this group that’s exactly what they are doing. This is one of my favorite oval classes, it is great to see these young people getting faster & improving their skill. If your kid wants to go racing this might be the right class for them with the specs being even racing & the safety of the cars.
Photos by VelocityMotorsportsNews.com Edmonton International Raceway (EIR)
Photos by VelocityMotorsportsNews.com Medicine Hat Speedway
It was another exciting season of Evolution Cupcar Series racing at 3 Race tracks, Edmonton International Raceway EIR, Medicine Hat Speedway & Hythe Motor Speedway. 22 Scheduled races with 4 Championships: Evolution Cupcar Series, Edmonton International Raceway EIR, Medicine Hat Speedway & Hythe Motor Speedway. There is one more weekend of racing that we are hopping the weather holds off long enough to get the last weekend in at Edmonton International Raceway EIR on Sept 30 & Oct 1. This is your chance to see these young racers race with great skill at such a young age fighting for the last championship.
Evolution CupCar Series Drivers
Car 23 Kaylee Wilkie
Car 77 Faith Luther
Car 7 Brooklyn Clark
Car 78 Rylan Griffith
Car 20 Owen Harbour
Car 71 Carissa Elliot
Car 79 Natasha Wilkie
Car 99 Ryerson Whissel
Car 13 Emma Fitzpatrick
Car 12 Rylyn Malone
Car 95 Rylee McKennit & Car 59 Tegan McKennit
Car 01 Douglas Voisey
Car 1 Blaine Kopeck & Car 28 Autumn Kopeck
Car 11 Chelsea Cramer
Car 88 Olivia Whissel
Car 26 Destiny Cramer
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Car 14 Wyatt Graham
Evolution Cupcar Series 2017 Schedule
May 27 Edmonton International Raceway
June 3 & 4 Hythe Motor Speedway
June 17 Edmonton International Raceway
July 1 Edmonton International Raceway
July 8 & 9 Hythe Motor Speedway
July 15 & 16 Medicine Hat Speedway
July 28 & 29 Edmonton International Raceway
Aug 12 & 13 Medicine Hat Speedway
Aug 19 & 20 Edmonton International Raceway
Sept 2 & 3 Hythe Motor Speedway
Sept 9 Medicine Hat Speedway
Sept 16 Edmonton International Raceway
Sept 30 & Oct 1 Edmonton International Raceway
Evolution Cupcar Series Statement:
Since 2010 (when i started keeping data) there have been:
– 93 Feature Races run at 5 different facilities through Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
– 44 different drivers aged 8-16 have started a Feature Race
– Autumn Kopeck has the most starts with 68.
– 21 different Feature Race winners.
– Only 3 drivers have won 10 or more Features (Layne Hamilton – 18, Jaycob Masciangelo – 10, Alex Krause – 10)
– 255 Heat races.
– 46 different drivers aged 8-16 have started a Heat Race.
– Autumn Kopeck has the most starts with 133
– 30 different Heat Race winners
– Only 8 drivers have won 10 or more heat races (Layne Hamilton – 34, Jaycob Masciangelo – 26, Patrick Labrash – 25, Faith Luther – 22, Alex Krause – 22, Autumn Kopeck – 18, Tyler Knowles – 13, Blake Hamilton – 11)
– Of the 46 drivers to start a Feature or Heat Race, 22 of them are female.
These kids have put on some amazing races since the Evolution CupCar Series inception a decade ago.
Thank you to everyone that has helped to make this class one of the best in Western Canada.
Lee
So I had a question asked of me a few weekends back about who the track record holders are at each track that we have run. I do keep a number of stats on the kids and how they have done over the years (2010 – 2017), so here are the top 10 QUALIFYING TIMES at each facility we have visited.
Please keep in mind that some of these facilities have only had timed qualifying once.
Edmonton International Raceway (10 qualifying runs)
2016 – Faith Luther – 15.332
2016 – Kaylee Wilkie – 15.460
2016 – Rylyn Malone – 15.544
2016 – Ryerson Whissel – 15.566
2016 – Autumn Kopeck – 15.664
2016 – Rylee McKinnett – 15.753
2016 – Blaine Kopeck – 15.844
2016 – Natasha Wilkie – 15.959
2016 – Olivia Whissel – 16.079
2016 – Owen Harbour – 16.288
Hythe Motor Speedway (72 qualifying runs)
2015 – Alex Krause – 18.482
2017 – Kaylee Wilkie – 18.492
2015 – Tyler Emond – 18.495
2017 – Faith Luther – 18.502
2017 – Rylan Griffith – 18.508
2016 – Brady Pylypiuk – 18.534
2015 – Tyler Emond – 18.539
2017 – Faith Luther – 18.541
2017 – Kaylee Wilkie – 18.543
2017 – Rylan Griffith – 18.569
Medicine Hat Speedway (192 qualifying runs)
2015 – Alex Krause – 19.248
2014 – Alex Krause – 19.480
2015 – Alex Krause – 19.492
2014 – Patrick Labrash – 19.510
2014 – Alex Krause – 19.510
2014 – Patrick Labrash – 19.530
2014 – Layne Hamilton – 19.600
2015 – Alex Krause – 19.629
2015 – Alex Krause – 19.631
2015 – Patrick Labrash – 19.637
Montana Raceway Park (25 qualifying runs)
2013 – Jaycob Masciangelo – 17.192
2014 – Layne Hamilton – 17.206
2013 – Jayde Masciangelo – 17.297
2014 – Tyler Emond – 17.321
2013 – Shyla Bitz – 17.359
2014 – Alex Krause – 17.419
2013 – Layne Hamilton – 17.483
2013 – Alex Krause – 17.544
2014 – Autumn Kopeck – 17.572
2014 – Blake Hamilton – 17.574
Kings Park Speedway (8 qualifying runs)
2010 – Madison Hayley – 22.846
2010 – Taylor Krause – 23.086
2010 – Layne Hamilton – 23.286
2010 – Jaycob Masciangelo – 23.677
2010 – Patrick Labrash – 23.985
2010 – Serena Shuba – 24.238
2010 – Chantal Orman – 28.109
2010 – Autumn Kopeck – 54.981
Points Standings after September 16, 2017
Evolution CupCar Series
1. Car 23 Kaylee Wilkie – 1068 – 2017 EVOLUTION CUPCAR SERIES CHAMPION!
2. Car 77 Faith Luther – 1057
T3. Car 7 Brooklyn Clark – 1023
T3. Car 78 Rylan Griffith – 1023
5. Car 20 Owen Harbour – 970
6. Car 71 Carissa Elliot – 894
7. Car 79 Natasha Wilkie – 871
8. Car 99 Ryerson Whissel – 716
9. Car 13 Emma Fitzpatrick – 670
10. Car 12 Rylyn Malone – 529
11. Car 95 Rylee McKennit – 459
12. Car 01 Douglas Voisey – 340
13. Car 59 Tegan McKennit – 378
14. Car 1 Blaine Kopeck – 323
15. Car 28 Autumn Kopeck – 317
T16. Car 11 Chelsea Cramer – 252
T16. Car 26 Destiny Cramer – 252
18. Car 14 Wyatt Graham – 232
19. Car 88 Olivia Whissel – 127
Edmonton International Raceway
1. Car 23 Kaylee Wilkie – 984
2. Car 95 Rylee McKennit – 945
3. Car 77 Faith Luther – 943
4. Car 7 Brooklyn Clark – 915
5. Car 20 Owen Harbour – 883
6. Car 78 Rylan Griffith – 795
7. Car 1 Blaine Kopeck – 791
T8. Car 79 Natasha Wilkie – 790
T8. Car 28 Autumn Kopeck – 790
10. Car 99 Ryerson Whissel – 779
11. Car 59 Tegan McKennit – 764
12. Car 12 Rylyn Malone – 681
13. Car 01 Douglas Voisey – 575
14. Car 71 Carissa Elliot – 567
15. Car 11 Chelsey Cramer – 558
16. Car 13 Emma Fitzpatrick – 533
17. Car 26 Destiny Cramer – 361
18. Car 88 Olivia Whissel – 330
Hythe Motor Speedway
1. Car 77 Faith Luther – 927 – 2017 HYTHE MOTOR SPEEDWAY CHAMPION!
2. Car 78 Rylan Griffith – 925
3. Car 7 Brooklyn Clark – 891
4. Car 71 Carissa Elliot – 847
5. Car 23 Kaylee Wilkie – 298
6. Car 01 Douglas Voisey – 294
7. Car 13 Emma Fitzpatrick – 273
8. Car 20 Owen Harbour – 259
9. Car 79 Natasha Wilkie – 253
10. Car 14 Wyatt Graham – 232
11. Car 12 Rylyn Malone – 209
Medicine Hat Speedway
1. Car 77 FaithLuther – 613 – 2017 MEDICINE HAT SPEEDWAY CHAMPION!
2. Car 23 Kaylee Wilikie – 605
3. Car 13 Emma Fitzpatrick – 599
4. Car 20 Owen Harbour – 586
5. Car 79 Natasha Wilkie – 523
T6. Car 7 Brooklyn Clark – 285
T6. Car 71 Carrissa Elliot – 285
8. Car 78 Rylan Griffith – 263
9. Car 99 Ryerson Whissel – 261
For more information on the Evolution Cup Car Series or Baby Grand Racing contact:
Evolution Cupcar Series
https://www.facebook.com/EvolutionCupCarSeries
http://www.evolutionracingproducts.com/
Edmonton International Raceway EIR
http://www.edmontonraceway.com/
Medicine Hat Speedway
http://www.medicinehatspeedway.net/
Hythe Motor Speedway
http://www.hythespeedway.com/