2012-09-04

Joey Doiron: Auto Value 250 Speedway 660 Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 9.3.12
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GEARY, New Brunswick – Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, finished fifth in his first career start in the Auto Value 250 at Speedway 660 in Geary, New Brunswick, on Sunday, September 2. The annual end-of-summer Super Late Model open competition on the .333-mile oval attracted a handful of PASS North Series regulars as well as a number of Maritime-based Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour competitors. Doiron won his heat race and qualified fourth in the 28-car field after being among the fastest cars in practice. He led in the early going, recovered from two small mechanical issues and held on to finish fifth after challenging eventual winner Cassius Clark for the lead late in the event.

 


WHO: Joey Doiron, Berwick, Maine
TEAM: No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: John Doiron, Berwick, Maine
WHAT: Auto Value 250
WHERE: Speedway 660, Geary, New Brunswick (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 4th
FINISHED: 5th
LAPS LED: 40

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JOEY, HOW WAS YOUR DAY?

It was pretty good. We were one of the best cars all weekend, but just not the best car at the time we needed to be. We started fifth in the heat race, and we won it going away. I knew we were good at that point, but I just wasn't sure how good we were going to be compared to everyone else. Then at the start of the race, John Fleming and I walked away from the field.

Last year at this time, we would have been ecstatic with a Top-5 in a race like this, but everybody's pretty disappointed. We had the best car hands-down all weekend and to not get more out of that is disappointing.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAR?

(After a Lap 60 caution) we went green, and all of a sudden the thing wouldn't turn. Every single corner, I thought I was going to take down the dirt bank. We came in and found out we had the toe in knocked in an inch. Luckily we were able to fix that and get the car back, but we lost a lot of track position. The car was definitely as good as it was before, but I had to be really careful coming back up through. Those guys use a lot of race track.

By the last 50 laps or so, every lap I was inching closer (to the leader). I finally got a caution with 40 to go. He was definitely getting tight, and at that time, I thought I was going to be able to drive by him when the green came out. But I got jacked up from behind on the restart, lost track position, and drove into Turn 1 and the car just bottomed out. I'd go in the corner and it would ride on the frame. We just hung on to get what we could.

We took a quick look. It was something in the right front – a spring or a shock.

 

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Posted by Marc Patrick Roy at 4.9.12

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