Bangor, ME — Day-to-day driver dominance has been one of the overriding storylines at Bangor Raceway this season as five-win performances, once considered a rarity, have seemingly become everyday occourances.

Dan Deslandes kicked off the five-win spectacular on May 31, followed three weeks later by Bruce Ranger’s handfull just last Sunday (June 18) and now Kevin Switzer Jr. became the third member of the “quintet trio” after overpowering the competition on Wednesday (June 21) afternoon.

Bush Man N zoomed down Victory Lane on Wednesday providing one of five wins for driver Kevin Switzer Jr. Thomas Smith photo.

The Switzer sizzle began early on the card as he delivered with Next Big Thing (1:55-$4.40) for veteran trainer Richard Bartlett. Positioned second over, Switzer tipped his charge three-wide at three-parts before coasting to a two-length margin at the wire. The win was the first of the season for the well-bred son of Shadow Play.

Switzer quickly doubled his tally, dictating the tempo through an aggressive first-over assault with the Jamie Gerard trained trotter Always A Good Time (2:00-$15.20). The win was the third of the season for the well-heeled son of Triumphant Caviar, with all three wins coming with Switzer holding the reins.

Maine Sire Stakes action provided a marquee platform for Switzer to display his talents during the mid-portion of the program with Luke McGook (1:58-$3:00) remaining undefeated on the season. Insisting on the top spot after pouncing catlike off the gate, the sophomore son of Rock N’ Roll World-Madonna Hanover withstood a persistently stern, overland challenge from an impressive Colt Bennett (Ranger) to nab top honors in the $15,367 stakes event.

Bush Man N (1:55-$6.80) provided Switzer with his fourth winning opportunity. The duo wired a rather accomplished field in the $5,000 Blue Seal Feeds Pace as the Kiwi-bred son of Art Major won for the fourth time this year while taking a seasonal mark for trainer Benson Merrill.

Switzer concluded his Queen City conquest with a gate-to-wire score aboard the Kevin Chase trainee, Daydreamermistirae (1:58.1-$22.40).

In other Bangor news, trainer Marc Tardif ruled the Maine Sire Stakes roost on Wednesday while winning both of the $15,367 splits. So Rock N’ Roll (1:57.1-$3.40) joined his aforementioned stablemate, Luke McGook, in shared bragging rights as driver Walter Case Jr. engineered a perfect pocket pouncing strategy for the son of Western Maverick-So So Sweet, while smartly getting up at the wire. The win was one of two on the program for Case.

Trainer Stephen Mason continued his torrid ways on Wednesday, sending two more winners to post (Orrsterror and K D Overdrive) while doubling his seasonal Bangor tally since moving his tack to the Queen City oval last week.

Maine Sire Stakes action returns to Bangor Raceway on Sunday (June 25) when the 3-year-old filly pacing division makes its first northern circuit appearance of the season.

Bangor Raceway proudly presents live harness racing every Wednesday with post time at 3 p.m. (EDT) with the popular Sunday matinees getting underway at 12:15 p.m.