Airborne Speedway recap 6/30/12
McGrail lands 1st Airborne victory Branham, Boutin also winners South Plattsburgh – After a dozen laps of close-quarters racing for the lead between Craig Reyell and the father-son duo of Michel and Maxime Viens, Pat McGrail of Candiac, QC arrived on the scene, took control and scored his first Airborne Modified win. |
McGrail was sporting a new Troyer chassis. He shot the gap between Andy Heywood and Todd Ormsby on lap 12 to move into striking position and put the Fastenal No. 10 on the point for keeps two laps later. While the other early contenders began to fade, Maxime Viens held his ground to claim runner-up honors. George Foley rallied late up the outside to edge Heywood for third. Greg Atkins and Leon Gonyo finished a few feet apart in 5th and 6th. Adam Bartemy, point leader Todd Stone, Aaron Bartemy and Vince Quenneville filled out the top ten. Reyell, who led for 13 laps, wound up 11th. Patrick Dupree brought out a caution with four laps remaining, but Viens could not stay with McGrail when the green came back out. “I’ve had fast car and some 2nd’s and 3rd’s, but this is my first win here and it feels very good,” McGrail said. The second-place finish was a seasonal best for Viens. Bucko Branham padded his slim point lead in the J&S Steel Limited Late Model division by recording his fourth win after several door-to-door laps with Shawn Duquette perched on his outside. Branham used an early restart to rush to the front in the low lane in the Plattburgh Paving/Bud Lite No. 20. When Duquette pushed up high on a turn two exit midway through the race, Jamy Begor and Robin Wood got into the hunt. Wood passed Begor for second in the closing laps. Duquette held onto fourth. Brandon Atkins overhauled Keith Pelkey to round out the top five. Kevin Boutin of Fairfax, VTcame out on top in the Renegade feature after getting ready to pounce as Robbie Favreau and Rick Doner battled for the lead. It was win number three for the defending Renegade champion. Doner, Favreau, Joe Warren and Robert Gordon ran 2-3-4-5. Nick Heywood won his fourth Sportsman Modified feature in the Plattsburgh Distributing No 29. Lonnie Rivers and Sebastien Fournier were next in line. Fournier led the first six laps. Rivers worked underneath him for second on lap 17 of the 20-lap race. Busch Mini Modified point leader Erick Sayles of Lake Placid was first to the line in the night’s finale ahead of Dale O’Neil of Mooers and Josh LaPorte of Peru. Sayles is now 3rd on the Mini Modified career win list (9). Next Saturday, July 7, the J&S Steel Limited Late Models take on their Autodrome St-Eustache rivals in round three of the USA/Canada Masters Series. Maxime Pelletier of Mascouche, QC is the series point leader. Airborne Speedway Event Summary – June 30, 2012 Ernie’s Discount Tools Modifieds – 30 Laps 7) Adam Bartemy 8) Todd Stone 9) Aaron Bartemy 10) Vince Quenneville 11)Craig Reyell 12)Todd Ormsby 13)Michel Viens 14)Kris Vernold 15)Chris Cayea 16)Roger Labreche 17)Matt Woodruff 18)Dan Brown 19)Mike Wells 20)Andy Lindeman 21)Mike Reyell 22)Patrick Dupree 23)Pierre Berthiaume |
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