
WATCH: Party in the Pasture roars through St. Walburg
When Bryon Gabrielli watched the super-modified race cars tear down the track in St. Walburg this past weekend, it wasn’t just about the speed — it was about the feeling.
“They’ve got over 4000 horsepower,” he said. “They just get your body all vibrating and it’s just loud and fast, and it’s great.”
Gabrielli helped run this year’s Party in the Pasture, a high-octane summer festival that returned to the town from June 6 to 8 at the Exhibition grounds. For nearly eight years, the former horse track has been transformed into a racing venue for dragsters, mud boggers and demolition derby drivers. The event is a major fundraiser for the community.
“This is just something a little bit different, it brings a different crowd in,” Gabrielli said. “All our funds that we raise here at Party in the Pasture go back into our rec facilities… the baseball diamonds, the curling rink, hockey rink, bowling alley, all that stuff is all under one entity.”