Shortly before Emma Chorney was due to retire from quarter midget racing, the 91原创 driver achieved multiple wins at the Western Grands, the 鈥淏order Brawl鈥� event that drew competitors from Canada and the U.S. to the 91原创 Quarter Midget Association track in Aldergrove.

By the time the event wrapped up, on Saturday, Aug. 19, Emma, 15, a 91原创 resident who began racing when she was five, had won both the Heavy Honda and Heavy Animal divisions, and placed second in two other categories.

Emma rolled her car while she was racing in the heavy world formula division, but wasn鈥檛 injured, and got back in the race to finish seventh.

While she will now be retiring from quarter midgets, Emma isn鈥檛 leaving racing.

She is moving on to the 600 restricted micro class, which features bigger and faster cars driven by older drivers.

She has 鈥渓ots of great memories鈥� about her 11 years of quarter midget racing, and describes her feeling about retiring as a mix of 鈥渉appy and sad emotions, because I鈥檓 so excited to be moving on to something else, but I鈥檓 also kind of feeling sad because I won鈥檛 be racing with [my] friends anymore.鈥�

She will still be at the Aldergrove track, serving as a mentor to younger racers.

Emma was one of several 91原创 racers who did well during the Brawl, considered as the Super Bowl of quarter midget racing, which drew more than 200 cars to compete in different classes at the only dedicated quarter midget track in Canada.

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Ken Shrimpton, LQMA promotions director, said local drivers were going up against some of the best racers from across the U.S. and 鈥渞epresented very, very well, placing in the podium in every single class.鈥�

Feedback from the visitors was uniformly positive, Shrimpton noticed.

鈥淎merican families said that it was the best event they had ever been to, that their kid had an absolute blast and we definitely went above and beyond to put on the show,鈥� Shrimpton told the 91原创 Advance Times.

鈥淚t was absolutely fantastic.鈥�

Every day, he said, there was a non-racing event, for the kids, including a movie night 鈥� projected on an inflatable screen in the track infield (Disney鈥檚 Cars) 鈥� a games night, and a carnival.

More races are scheduled at the LQMA track as the season winds down, with the last big event in early October, LQMA Turkey Night.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 kind of the end of the year race, where we have a great big huge turkey dinner with the kids,鈥� Shrimpton explained.

鈥淸They] light up their cars with glow sticks and Christmas lights and all that stuff, and it鈥檚 just a fun day.鈥�

Quarter midget racing cars are about one-quarter the size of an adult midget car, racing on a track that is a quarter of the adult length.

In addition to safety cages, young quarter midget racers wear protective helmets, neck braces, and fireproof racing gear, and are secured to their seats with a five-point harness.

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