McGrail win sends Airborne title fight to final round
Todd Stone holds 10-point lead South Plattsburgh – Pat McGrail and Todd Stone, who will settle the Airborne DIRTcar Modified title next weekend, finished 1-2 in an exciting, hard-fought 30-lap battle on Liquor & Wine Warehouse/Bond Auto Parts Night. There were three lead changes in the last 10 laps. |
McGrail had to pass Patrick Dupree twice to earn his fourth win, which trimmed Stone’s point lead to 10 points heading into next week’s 50-lap finale. Stone sat a close third to a McGrail/Dupree duel in the closing laps, but Dupree gave way to Stone exiting the final turn “The right rear was gone,” a disappointed Dupree said. He had smoked McGrail to retake the lead on the 6th of 7 restarts with 13 laps to go. McGrail first took the lead on lap 12 after four early cautions shuffled the field. “That was a hard race for an old guy like me,” McGrail said. “I think I lost concentration on that one restart and Patrick beat me. Then I had to study him and tried the outside. My right rear was pretty well gone too.” Andy Heywood ran strong all night to finish fourth. Mike Reyell had one of his best nights of the season to claim fifth, one spot better than George Foley. The red flag was out on lap 20 for Richard Tisseur, who got jostled into the backstretch area, but walked away from the wreck. Jessey Mueller of Olmstedville held off point leader Nick Heywood for his first win in the Bond Auto/Liquor & Wine Warehouse Sportsman Modified trophy dash. Jason Durgan finished third ahead of Travis Bruno and Chris Sousie. Bucko Branham continued to dominate the Limited Late Models even as Jamy Begor (2nd) and Robin Wood (3rd) made a race of it as the laps wound down. Begor and Wood drew within a car-length of Branham’s Bud Lite/Econo Lodge No. 20, but couldn’t make a winning pass. Shawn Duquette and Fred Lagoy were next in line. Rick Doner of Au Sable Forks and Joe Warren of West Chasy raced side by side for the first 15 laps of the 25-lap Renegade feature. Doner sped off in the Gordon’s Oil No. 1 in the final five laps for his first win. Warren, Kevin Boutin, Lance Rabtoy and Jason McClatchie were 2-3-4-5. The Busch Mini Modified feature also produced a first-time winner – Eric Reyell of Morrisonville. Reyell bested Josh LaPorte and Dale O’Neil. Modified Feature (30) Laps Liquor & Wine Warehouse Night 1) Pat McGrail Candiac, QC 2) Todd Stone 3) Patrick Dupree 4) Andy Heywood 5) Mike Reyell 6) George Foley 7) Maxime Viens 8) Andy Lindeman 9) Adam Bartemy 10) Todd Ormsby 11) Mike Wells 12) Roger Labreche 13) Mikail Labreche 14) Matt Woodruff 15) Alain Fournier 16) Aaron Bartemy 17) Richard Tisseur 18) Pierre Berthiaume 19) Craig Reyell 20) Leon Gonyo 21) Chris Cayea 22) Kris Vernold 23) Jessey Mueller 24) Greg Atkins |
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