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Paetz wins twice in Mission

Surrey driver takes checkered flag at Summer's End race
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Gerald Paetz (731) of Surrey leads the pack during a recent race at Mission Raceway.

Gerald Paetz of Surrey drove to a pair of wins at the Summer’s End stock car race hosted by the Sports Car Club of B.C. at Mission Raceway Sept. 14-15.

Driving his Pontiac Grand Prix, Paetz finished almost 22 seconds ahead of the runner-up car in the Closed Wheel 1 group, and his best lap time of 1:10.545 around the 2.12 km track was more than four seconds quicker than the best lap posted by any other driver.

In the Closed Wheel 2 race, his margin of victo ry was 20.4 seconds.