Cote and McGrail rule at Airborne
Airborne Speedway recap Sat Jul 7 SOUTH PLATTSBURGH – Steve Cote of Ile Bizard QC held off Maxime Pelletier and Bucko Branham to win the Furniture World of VT USA/Canada Masters Late Model 50-lap main event Saturday. Cote had a sizeable lead evaporate when the race was red-flagged for a seven-car wreck with 10 laps to go. Pelletier was alongside Cote for the restart, but couldn’t keep pace. |
Branham’s third-place run was a valiant comeback from an early incident that put him at the rear of the field. He had won his qualifying heat, but pulled a redraw number that set him 12th on the grid. One lap later he was turned around by Martin Lacombe, but he passed 24 cars to finish third. Fourth went to Jamy Begor of Mooers, who was strong throughout. Martin Goulet of Mascouche, QC was fifth. Robin Wood, who also had to race back up through the field from the rear after contact with Shawn Duquette, gained four positions in the closing laps to claim sixth. Positions 7-10 went to Jim Bushey, Duquette, Keith Pelkey and Marc Antoine Demers. “This was a long race for me with the 50 laps on the half-mile and the restarts and red flag,” Cote said, “but I had a strong car and it was a good win.” Cote is the Series point leader, two points better than Pelletier and 19 points ahead of Goulet. Begor is next, 22 points shy of the top spot. Pat McGrail of Candiac, QC kept his hot streak going with a decisive win in the Culligan Water/TDI Repair Modified 30-lap feature. Counting a Modified Series win in Lancaster, NY, McGrail has won his last three starts, including two in a row at Airborne. McGrail stalked early leader Pierre Berthiaume for several laps before taking the lead after restart on lap 12. As McGrail drew away, Berthiaume, Aaron Bartemy, Vince Quenneville and Adam Bartemy diced for second. A half a lap after contact with Aaron Bartemy, which landed Bartemy a two-spot penalty on a subsequent restart, Berthiaume and Adam Bartemy collided in turn one knocking Adam Bartemy out of the race. Quenneville, Patrick Dupree Chris Cayea and Todd Stone benefitted but Aaron Bartemy rallied back to finish third at Quenneville’s bumper. Dupree and Cayea finished 4-5. Leon Gonyo and point leader Todd Stone stuck to Cayea to place 6th and 7th. Andy Heywood advanced the most positions having started 22nd and finishing 10th. Jason McClatchie ran away with Renegade feature in the Dee’s Pit Stop/TDI Repair No. 70. It was win number three for the Plattsburgh driver. Rick Doner outlasted point leader Kevin Boutin for third. Joe Warren and Lance Rabtoy were next in line. Josh LeClaire of Plattsburgh won the Busch Mini Modified feature, topping Erick Sayles, Josh LaPorte, Eric Reyell and John Bradley. Jessey Meuller lost an apparent Sportsman Modified win for having run the wrong tire. Jason Branham, Sebastien Fournier and Travis Bruno wound up 1-2-3. Modified Feature (30 Laps) 1) Pat McGrail 2) Vince Quenneville 3) Aaron Bartemy 4) Patrick Dupree 5) Chris Cayea 6) Leon Gonyo 7) Todd Stone 8) Andy Heywood 9) Maxime Viens 10) Mike Reyell 11) Andy Lindeman 12) Mike Wells 13) Kris Vernold 14) Mikhail Labreche 15) Alain Fournier 16) George Foley 17) Pierre Berthiaume 18) Adam Bartemy 19) Jason Durgan 20) Craig Reyell 21) Greg Atkins 22) Michel Viens. Late Model Series (50 Laps) 1) Steve Cote 2) Maxime Pelletier 3) Bucko Branham 4) Jamy Begor 5) Martin Goulet 6) Robin Wood 7) Jim Bushey 8) Shawn Duquette 9) Keith Pelkey 10) Marc-Antoine Demers 11) Brandon Atkins 12) Sebastien Joseph 13) Chris Frennier 14 Cody Meyers 15) Steve Legace 16) Casey St. Clair 17) Dave Rabtoy 18) Hani Chiniara 19) Jason Bonnett 20) Danny Sullivan 21) Martin Lacombe 22) Benoit Juteau 23) Jamie Atkins 24) Mike Chagnon 25) Jean-Francois Bouvrette 26) Brian McGinley Contact: Tom Herzig 802-882-8131 |
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