O’Brien Tops Small Block Division at Chapman’s Can Am Motorsports Park
Craig Revelle – Finish Line Web Design
August 18, 2010
Heading into last weekend, Danny O’Brien had three events lined up, with a rare Friday night appearance at Chapman’s Can Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, New York, followed by the usual Saturday and Sunday night events at Brockville and Cornwall respectively.
At Can Am on Friday night, O’Brien started from the back of the pack in his qualifying heat race, and advanced up to the fourth position after the eight lap event. After making some changes to the car come feature time, O’Brien set off from the 13th position. While racing against the more powerful Big Blocks, O’Brien held his own through the first five laps, but as the race went on, O’Brien’s
Global Warranty, 1000 Islands RV, Pat’s Radiator, 103.7 BOB FM, Jackson’s Landscaping & Property Maintenance, Murdock’s Cement Finishing, Stover Bus Lines, Kendrick Racing Bicknell got faster, and by lap 13 he had moved up to seventh. O’Brien advanced one more position to finish sixth at the checkered flag, but most importantly, he was the top finishing Small Block in the field.
“It was a good run for us tonight. We had to start towards the back of the pack, because of the track handicapping due to us not racing here every week. We had our work cut out for us, but we had a pretty solid run. We will be back here next week for the SUNY Canton race”, says O’Brien.
At Brockville on Saturday night, O’Brien started the evening with third place run in his qualifying heat race. In the feature, O’Brien was issued the tenth place starting position. O’Brien moved up during the 30 lap feature, but settled for a sixth place run at the end of the night.
“We were looking for more then that”, stated O’Brien. “It has been a struggle here all season for some reason. We just have to keep working at it, and it will get better”.
For the second week in a row, Cornwall Speedway was forced to cancel their program due to rain. Now, with just three week’s remaining, O’Brien is looking to make up the 19 point deficit in the chase for the Cornwall Speedway track title.
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