Chris Raabe DIRTcar Regional Series winner in Cornwall!
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, August 14, 2016 – Martin Bélanger – The Modifieds had a busy evening with a 50-lap event counting towards the DIRTcar Regional Series along and a Super DIRT Week qualifier. The Lightning Sprints were also on hand as well as a Sportsman Dash for Cash plus a complete race program on MacEwen Agricentre night.
In the 50-lap DIRTcar Regional Series feature, Corey Wheeler set the tone but got passed by Mathieu Boisvert in the early portion as Lance Willix brought the first caution on lap 9. Boisvert led the way on the restart as Bobby Herrington joined the lead pack.
Herrington challenged Boisvert for the lead and was able to pass Boisvert in lap traffic. While Herrington was leading Ryan Arbuthnot made his way to second as Stephane Lafrance slowed on lap 26. Herrington still the leader with Chris Raabe now running in third. Raabe was quick as he challenged Herrington for the lead with 15 laps to go. Raabe passes Herrington in the last portion and captures the feature over Mario Clair and Bobby Herrington.
Justin Desrosiers took the lead in the 20-lap Alexandria Home Hardware Pro-Stock, Desrosiers had a great car leading the way for the first 9 laps as Stephane Lebrun made his way and passed Desrosiers for the at halfway point as Ghislain Valade was running in third.
Lebrun never looked back and went on to win his first feature of the season over Ghislain Valade and Justin Desrosiers.
The 25-lap Tracy Wheeler Sportsman Feature completed the evening. Brianna Ladouceur got the early lead over Gabriel Cyr and Tristan Draper. Ladouceur had company in Cyr but the young driver got caught in accident and caution went out on lap 9. On the restart, Shane Pecore took the lead over Ladouceur has Tyler Givogue moved to third. Ladouceur was able to surprise Pecore using the inside lane on lap 16 and never looked back to capture win #3 of the season. Ladouceur had also won the Sportsman Dash earlier in the evening.
Junior Delormier led the way in the 15-lap Polar Sound DJ Services Novice Sportsman as Chris Ferguson and Greg Ezard was the top 3. Delormier dominated the feature getting his third win of the season over Ferguson and Ezard.
Alex Therrien started on the pole of the 25-lap Lightning Sprints event, Therrien led the entire feature as only Stephane St-Laurent was able to challenge him but Therrien was the best as he won over Guillaume Nedeirer and St-Laurent.
Coming up next week will be the final round of the Race for the Cure Sportsman Series along with a special 40-lap Pro-Stock event and a complete race program.
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DIRTcar Regional Series Modified Feature (50 laps)
Chris Raabe, Mario Clair, Bobby Herrington, Joey Ladouceur, Ryan Arbuthnot, Corey Wheeler, Kyle Dingwall, Joel Doiron, Mathieu Boisvert, Gage Morin, Carey Terrance, Jordan McCreadie, Brian McDonald, Roy Delormier, Tim O’Brien, Demetrios Drellos, Lance Willix, Gabriel Richer, Stephane Lafrance, Chris Herbison, David Papineau, Roger Levesque, Zach Aubertine, Marc Therrien
Tracy Wheeler Storm Realty Sportsman Feature Results (25 laps)
Brianna Ladouceur, Shane Pecore, Tyler Givogue, Louie Jackson, Thomas Cook, Jessica Power, Ricky Thompson, Adam Rozon, Ryan Stabler, Emmanuel St-Denis, Tristan Draper, Derek Cryderman, Jessie Hudson, Billy Cook, Justin Lalancette, Gilles Godard, Gabriel Cyr, Lee Ladouceur, Scott McGill, Zach Arquiett, Brian Comeau, Miguel Peterson, Tyler Reynolds, Steve Morris, Jason Shipclark (DNS)
Alexandria Home Hardware Pro-Stock Feature Results (20 laps)
Stephane Lebrun, Ghislain Valade, Justin Desrosiers, David Seguin, George Renaud, Jocelyn Roy, Dave Bissonnette, CD Beauchamp, Rock Aubin, PJ Peters Marc Lalonde, Kevin Fetterly, Riley McMonagle, Brooks Ayotte.
Polar Sound DJ Services Novice Sportsman (15 laps)
Junior Delormier, Chris Ferguson, Greg Ezard, Dan Christensen, Pascal Racette, Matt Barbour, Eric Gastonguay, Brent Lozo, Dudes Thompson
Bonus Program
Bandit Motorsports Modified Bonus Award: Bobby Herrington
Total Race Supply Halfway Sportsman Bonus Award: Shane Pecore
MacEwen Halfway Pro-Stock Bonus Award: Stephane Lebrun
Bandit Motorsports 6th place finisher Bonus: Jessica Power
VP Race Fuels Miss the Podium Award: Ghislain Valade
Pizza-Pizza of Cornwall Hard-Luck Award: Jason Shipclark
Pizza-Pizza of Cornwall Hard-Charger Award: Tyler Givogue
Bandit Motorsports Novice Sportsman Halfway: Junior Delormier
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