2011-07-04

PHOTO ALBUM: SÉRIE ACT CASTROL - AUTODROME MONTMAGNY

Le samedi, 2 juillet 2011 la recrue en titre 2010 Alex Labbé a enregistré sa première victoire en carrière dans la série ACT Castrol, lorsqu’il a remporté l’épreuve de 250 tours à l’Autodrome Montmagny.  Donald Theetge et Karl Allard ont complété le podium.

Saturday, July 2nd 2011, the 2010 rookie of the year title holder Alex Labbé registered a first career ACT Castrol win when he won the Autodrome Montmagny 250.  Donald Theetge and Karl Allard completed the podium.

 

Un album de 125 images de l’épreuve qui ont été captées par Chantal et M.P. Roy.

A 125 photo album of the event shot by Chantal and M.P. Roy.

 

 

Félicitations à l’équipe de Victoriaville pour une solide prestation.  Le meneur au classement, Patrick Laperle, a terminé 4e juste devant Dany Trépanier, Patrick Hamel qui ont complété les 250 tours.

 

Complétant le top 10 :  Gaëtan Lauzier, Jimmy Cormier, Jeff Laflamme et Brandon White.

 

Fait intéressant, Laflamme, un habitué de la drift a pris sont premier départ dans une voiture LMS et a enregistré la 9e place.  Bravo.

 

La recrue Yannick Tremblay a enregistré une 14e place.

 

Deux pilotes ont été disqualifié de l’épreuve, soit Stéphane Decoste (pour ne pas avoir obéit au drapeau céder le passage et au drapeau noir) et à Éric Giguère (dans son cas, à titre de retardataire, pour avoir gêné le passage/envoyé en dérapage le meneur Karl Allard).

Congratulations to the Victoriaville team for a solid performance.  The points leader Patrick Laperle finished 4th just ahead of Dany Trepanier and Patrick Hamel who completed all 250 laps.

 

Completing the top 10: Gaëtan Lauzier, Jimmy Cormier, Jeff Laflamme and Brandon White.

 

Interestingly, Laflamme, a drift car driver finished a solid 9th in his first career LMS start.  Congratulations to him.

 

Rookie contender Yannick Tremblay finished 14th.

 

Two drivers were disqualified from the event, Stephane Decoste (for not obeing the move over flag and the black flag) and Eric Giguere (as a lap car for not obeing the move over flag and being in the way causing a wreck to event leader Karl Allard).

 

 


Pour lire le reste / Read more...

Posted by Marc Patrick Roy at 4.7.11 0 comments

Labels: , , , , , , ,

Dupree reels in Quenneville before record Airborne crowd

Bushey snaps Wood’s Sportsman win streak

South Plattsburgh, NY – Patrick Dupree chased down Vince Quenneville and Don Scarborough and made the winning pass on the backstretch on the next to last lap in the DIRTcar Modified 30-lap main event at Airborne Speedway.

 

Dupree’s third win of the season was witnessed by one of the largest crowds in Airborne’s 58-year history. More than 4,600 fans attended.

 

Thirty-one cars started the 30-lap event sponsored by High Peaks Dental, Pepsi and Trim’s Mobile Home Service, but a chain reaction crash on the backstretch brought out the red flag and whittled the field. Rodger Labreche, Cameron Grady, Daniel Brown, Chris Cayea, Pat McGrail and number two point-man George Foley all left on the hook and did not return.

 

When racing resumed, Quenneville, who started 3rd, took command with Adam Bartemy and Scarborough in close pursuit. At the halfway mark, Quenneville had opened up a six car-length lead. Dupree sat seventh and was working Martin Roy the high side for sixth.

His rally was assisted by a caution on lap 22. Two laps later he had passed Roy, Martin Hebert, Matt Woodruff and Bartemy and set sights on Scarborough.

 

“I think everybody got loose and we maintained,” Dupree said. “I thought after the restart I might have a shot. We pounded her in. It’s great to win before a crowd like this.”

 

“I made the decision to go with the right rear I’d been running instead of putting a new one on,” Quenneville said shaking his head. “I knew Scarborough wasn’t going to try me on the outside, but he (Dupree) came up on me out there in a hurry.”

 

Roy passed Woodruff on the final lap for fourth. Positions 6-10 went to Leon Gonyo, Bartemy, Hebert, Pierre Berthiaume and Andy Heywood.

 

Late-race yellows also influenced the outcome of the Sportsman and Renegade features. In the J&S Steel Sportsman 25-lap feature, three restarts were needed to complete the final three laps. Robin Wood, seeking his fifth win in a row, was the leader on the final restart with Bushey alongside. Wood got off turn two with a car-length advantage, but Bushey powered off the rim of turn four and won by two feet.

 

“Progressive banking – you gotta love it,” Bushey said in victory lane. “He tried to pinch me up high, but I had the bite I needed.” Danny Sullivan held off Wood at the point for several laps, yielded the lead and then regained it before contact with Travis Bruno, sitting third in the pocket while Wood raced outside, sent them spinning on lap 22. Jamy Begor wound up third.

 

Boutin, the defending Versatile Trailer Sales Renegade champion, stayed ahead of Gordon on two restarts with three laps to go, but a third yellow was a charm for Gordon’s H20 Well-Drilling machine. He led Boutin to the line by a wheel on the outside for his fourth win.

 

Josh Leclaire, 18, of Plattsburgh, dominated the NAPA Mini Modified feature for his first win. Kris Clark was second, Erick Sayles third. Travis Sherman won the Busch Bomber feature.

 

Airborne’s Saturday, July 9 card includes a make-up Mini Modified feature and a six-car, six lap dash for $600 for the top two cars from each Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified heat.

 

 

Modified Feature: 1) Patrick Dupree 2) Vince Quenneville 3) Don Scarborough 4) Martin Roy 5) Matt Woodruff 6) Leon Gonyo 7) Adam Bartemy 8) Martin Hebert  9) Pierre Berthiaume 10) Andy Heywood

11) Maxime Viens 12) Kris Vernold 13) Greg Atkins 14) Mike Phinney 15) Todd Ormsby 16) Craig Reyell 17) Aaron Bartemy 18) Mike Reyell 19) Mike Wells 20) Jason Bruno 21) Richard Tisseur

22) Rodger Lebreche 23) Cameron Grady 24) Chris Cayea 25) Pat McGrail 26) George Foley

27) Jimmy Ryan 28) Dan Brown 29) Jason Durgan 30) Ryan McLean 31) Kevin Fetterly

 

 

Contact: Tom Herzig

802-882-8131

 


Pour lire le reste / Read more...

Posted by Marc Patrick Roy at 4.7.11 0 comments

Labels: , ,

APC SUMMER SHOWDOWN FEATURING KYLE & KURT BUSCH UPDATE

CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFORMATION PAGE

 

- Tomorrow (Monday, July 4th) is the last day to buy early bird tickets to be entered into a draw to win one of 200 autograph bands to meet Kyle and Kurt Busch.  Tickets will still be available after this date but will not be entered into the draw.  Print-at-home tickets can be purchased here.

 

- Tickets are now 50% sold out for event.  Spectators planning to attend the event are strongly advised to purchase their ticket in advance here.

 

- Special autograph bands for purchase sold out within one hour.

 

- Reserved seating has already sold out.

 

- General admission tickets continue to be available here.

 

- An additional 200 autograph bands will be available on a first-come-first-served basis at the gate the day of the event.

 

- Media outlets applying for a media pass for the event should contact PR Director John Houghton this week at (519) 652-5068 or e-mail info@delawarespeedway.com.

 

- Competitor information including qualifying procedure and prizing is now available here.  This year's event now includes a notable increases in prizing throughout the field with well over $15,000 in posted awards and a minimum payout of $300.

 


Pour lire le reste / Read more...

Posted by Marc Patrick Roy at 4.7.11 0 comments

Labels: , ,

Ben Rowe scores PASS North Firecracker 150 win

For Immediate Release: Media contact Norm Desjardins – racewithpass@yahoo.com

 

First PASS North checker of 2011 for the four time PASS North Champion

 

Canaan NH (7/3) Ben Rowe reclaimed the lead from Richie Dearborn on lap 116 of Saturday night's Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway and raced on for his first PASS North win of the season. Alex Gingras and Scott Dragon both earned career best finishes, crossing under the checkers in second and third.

 

Richie Dearborn and Rowe led the field to the first green flag and it was Dearborn jumping out front early but a red flag at lap seven for Jon Dickerman's slow roll on the back stretch put the action on hold briefly. Dearborn resumed control until Lonnie Sommerville charged by on the outside. Dearborn reclaimed the lead after a lap fifteen caution and kept the point until Rowe reeled him in and drove by for the lead at lap 28.

 

The field stayed clean and green until lap 83 when yellow flag number two flew for Scott Alexander's spin, followed by another caution for Chris Wilkes trip into the front stretch wall,ending a strong run for the Vermonter. Dearborn took advantage of the high line to take yet another turn out front, with Rowe, Gingras, Johnny Clark and Sommerville all giving chase..

 

Dearborn and Rowe gapped the field, both drivers charging hard for their first win of 2011. Caution number four brought the pair back to the field, and the high line gave Rowe the opportunity he needed. Rowe put the RMR four back out front and Johnny Clark slipped by Dearborn for second but contact from the 33 sent Clark off turn two. Dearborn received the black flag for his part in the incident and retired for the night. Meanwhile the sparks continued to fly when Clark and Donnie Lashua got together, dropping the pair back in the line up.

 

The front of the field was shuffled by the on track fireworks. Rowe kept his lead but Gingras was now second with Dragon,Donnie Whitten,Sommerville and Travis Benjamin racing in the top five. Rowe clearly had the fast car, but the battle for second on back was a good one. Gingras took control of that spot but Donnie Whitten and Travis Benjamin were battling to find a way around Dragon for the final podium position. With three to go Whitten tried a bottom move that didn’t work out, sending him around and setting up a three lap shoot out to the checkers. There was no beating Rowe on this night, and when the final flag flew it was Rowe,Gingras,Dragon,Benjamin,and Sommerville in the top five.

 

Richie Dearborn, Ben Rowe and Johnny Clark all claimed heat race wins.Nine cars completed all 150 green flag laps.

 

Andy Shaw made it three starts and three wins in the PASS Mod feature, using the high side to take the lead from Dana Reed on lap fifteen of the open wheelers forty lapper. Reed came up one spot short in second and Mitch Miller earned a solid third.

 

Sumner Sessions and Mark Lundblad Jr. led the field to the green but the field didn’t stay that way long as a series of early cautions marred the action. Sessions, Lundblad, Miller, Scott McDaniel and Reed all took turns leading early but once the defending series champ got out front the race stayed clean and green. At the checkers it was Shaw by half a front stretch. Dana Reed and Scott McDaniel scored in the heat races.

 

The PASS Super Late Models and Mods move on to Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough Maine on Saturday July 9th . Post time is 6:00 PM.

 

Get all the latest Pro All Stars Series news, stats, and photos at www.proallstarsseries.com. Beech Ridge Motor Speedway can be found at www.beechridge.com

 

Unofficial Results – PASS North Super Late Model Firecracker 150

Canaan Fair Speedway-Canaan NH 7/2

 

1 4 Ben Rowe Turner ME 2 27 QC Alex Gingras Quebec City CA 3 10 Scott Dragon Colchester VT 4 17 Travis Benjamin Morrill ME 5 48 Lonnie Sommerville New Brunswick CA 6 54 Johnny Clark Hallowell ME 7 24 Mike Rowe Turner ME 8 05 Ricky Bly Sunapee NH 9 7 Donnie Whitten Wells ME 10 88 Kyle DeSouza E. Providence RI 11 12 John Dabrowski W. Bridgewater MA 12 17A Scott Alexander Orrington ME 13 21 Donnie Lashua Meredith NH 14 2 Matt Matheson Geary New Brunswick CA 15 11 Austin Brehio Hopkinton NH 16 33 Richie Dearborn Hollis ME 17 77 Scott Chubbuck Dresden ME 18 14 Matt Frahm N. Salem NH 19 15 Chris Wilk Center Rutland VT 20 97 Joey Polewarczyk Hudson NH 21 13 Jon Dickerman Weymouth MA DNS Fernandez, Saugus MA

 

PASS MOD 40 Lap Feature

 

1 66 Andy Shaw Center Conway NH 2 60 Dana Reed Shapleigh ME 3 85 Mitch Miller West Boylston MA 4 14 Scott McDaniel Livermore ME 5 33 Bill Dixon N Waterboro ME 6 53W Alan Wilson Hebron ME 7 50 Sumner Sessions So. Paris ME 8 28 Mark Lundblad Jr. Conway NH 9 53 Leo Oliveira Raynham MA 10 21 Charlie Small Buxton ME 11 56X Rich Ferreira Raynham MA

 


Pour lire le reste / Read more...

Posted by Marc Patrick Roy at 4.7.11 0 comments

Labels: , , , ,

Alex Labbé Outruns Three Champions For First Série ACT Castrol Win

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                             ACT-070211

Montmagny, QC – Sophomore driver Alex Labbé of St-Albert, QC earned his first career Série ACT Castrol win in a 250 lap event at Autodrome Montmagny in Montmagny, QC on Saturday, July 2. Labbé started ninth in the 22 car field and outran three Série ACT Castrol Champions (Donald Theetge, Karl Allard and Patrick Laperle) for the win. The 2010 Rookie of the Year took the lead with 16 laps to go after contact between leader Karl Allard and a lapped car.

Patrick Laperle led early in the event after pitting for tires and fuel around lap 75. He came back up through the field to take the lead on lap 116. Donald Theetge, Allard and Labbé all pitted around the lap 180 mark and charged up through the field. Allard took the lead on lap 185 and seemed to have the field covered before getting chopped by a lapped car. The contact caused Allard to spin bringing out the final caution and handing the lead to Labbé.

 

Allard charged back through the field to take third behind Theetge in second. After pitting again late, Laperle took fourth while second year competitor Dany Trepanier completed the top five. Patrick Hamel took sixth as the final car on the lead lap. Gaetan Lauzier, Jimmy Cormier, Jeff Laflamme and Brandon White rounded out the top ten.

The 250 lap event took two hours and six minutes with 14 cautions. There was a battle for the lead throughout with nine lead changes among seven different drivers.

With his win, Labbé received an invite to the third annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH. He joins Brian Hoar, Nick Sweet, Patrick Laperle, John Donahue, Daniel Descoste, Jeff White and Patrick Hamel on the list of invitees.

The Série ACT Castrol will return to Riverside Speedway in St-Croix, Quebec for their second visit of the season. It will be the sixth race on their 12 event schedule.

 

Série ACT Castrol Unofficial Results

Montmagny 250 – Autodrome Montmagny

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Pos Car # Driver Hometown Laps

1. 36qc Alex Labbe Saint-Albert, QC 250

2. 80qc Donald Theetge Boischatel, QC 250

3. 48qc Karl Allard Quebec, QC 250

4. 91qc Patrick Laperle St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, QC 250

5. 19qc Dany Trepanier St-Edouard, QC 250

6. 51qc Patrick Hamel St-Edouard, QC 250

7. 74qc Gaetan Lauzier St-Pacome, QC 249

8. 95qc Jimmy Cormier Princeville, QC 249

9. 79qc Jeff Laflamme St. Croix, QC 247

10. 96qc Brandon White Kahnawake, QC 239

11. 8qc Marc-Andre Cliche  Vallee-Jonction, QC 234

12. 11qc Claude Leclerc Lanoraie, QC 231

13. 40qc David Michaud Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, QC 212

14. 25qc #Yannick Tremblay Chicoutimi, QC 176

15. 97qc Jacques Poulin East Broughton, QC 110

16. 59qc Steve Lesage Pont-Rouge, QC 106

17. 5qc Patrick Cliche St-Jean-Chrysostome, QC 87

18. 38qc Gaetan Gaudreault Quebec, QC 83

19. 92qc Jonathan Desbiens Levis, QC 79

20. 41qc Jonathan Bouvrette Blainville, QC 78

21. 10qc Stephane Descoste Oka, QC Black Flag Penalty

22. 99qc Eric Giguere St-Georges, QC DSQ

 

-30-

 


Pour lire le reste / Read more...

Posted by Marc Patrick Roy at 4.7.11 0 comments

Labels: , , , ,

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)