Busy Weekend of Racing for Danny O’Brien With a pair of 100 Lap Events
Craig Revelle – Finish Line Web Design
August 31, 2010
It was a busy weekend of racing for Danny O’Brien and his team, with three events scheduled, including a pair of 100 lap events with the Canadian Challenge Series, featuring some of the top cars from Ontario and Quebec. Edelweiss Speedway was the first 100-lap race of the weekend on Friday night, then the Brockville Ontario Speedway had their big race on Saturday night. O’Brien also visited Cornwall Speedway on Sunday night to complete the weekend with a regular 30 lap feature.
The weekend began on Friday night with a trip to Edelweiss Speedway, located just a few minutes outside of Ottawa, in Cantley, Quebec. The night started with a third place run in his qualifying heat, which put O’Brien into the redraw for one of the top 12 starting positions for the 100 lap main event. By luck of the draw, O’Brien began the feature from outside of the first row, and held his own through the first part of race. At halfway, O’Brien was still well into the top five, but as the tires started to fade, the handling slowly went away 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 car, and at the finish, O’Brien crossed the line in sixth place.
On Saturday night at Brockville, O’Brien once again started the night off with a strong run in his heat, placing him into the all-important redraw for the 100-lap feature. This time O’Brien drew the fourth place starting position, and lined up from the outside of the second row to start the feature. At the green flag, O’Brien took off, taking the second spot right of the initial start. A caution came out just after the first lap was completed, and Danny jumped out to the lead when the race resumed. O’Brien led for the next seven laps but dropped to second briefly before overtaking to top spot again on lap 21. For the 30 laps or so, O’Brien traded the top spot, before eventually losing the lead for good on lap 49. Similar to the previous night, O’Brien’s car faded just a little in the second half of the race, but O’Brien was still able to bring the car home with a solid fourth place run.
For the first time in almost a month, Cornwall Speedway was able to continue their 2010 season. The past three weeks had been lost due to rain. O’Brien began the night with a fourth place run in his qualifying heat, and started the main event from 12th place. As with almost everyone on Sunday night at Cornwall, track position was the key to success, as the fastest way around the track on this night was around the bottom. The usual outside groove that Danny O’Brien has used on many nights just wasn’t there, as there was no grip at all on the top side of the track. O’Brien crossed the finish line in 13th place.
This coming weekend O’Brien will be back at the Brockville Ontario Speedway on Saturday night for the final night of points. On Sunday night, the O’Brien team will head to Cornwall Speedway for another 100-lap event, this time it will be a Mr. DIRTcar 358 Modified Series race.
For more information on Danny O’Brien and the 7* Global Warranty racing team, please visit our website,
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