Patrick Laperle Claims Second Straight Castrol Title with St-Eustache 300 Win
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ACT-091612 St-Eustache, QC – St-Denis, Quebec’s Patrick Laperle claimed his second straight Série ACT Castrol Championship with his fourth win of the season in the St-Eustache 300 at Autodrome St-Eustache on Sunday, September 16. Laperle cruised to the win leading the final 50 laps of the event after getting by Jonathan Bouvrette who held on for second. Karl Allard climbed his way back to third after bringing out a caution on lap 277 and restarting at the rear. Dany Trepanier and Patrick Hamel completed the top five. |
Rookie Etienne Cliche finished sixth as the final car on the lead lap. Martin Goulet, Jr., Simon Roussin, David Michaud and Jacques Poulin completed the top ten. Second place point man Jean-Franoiçois Déry was involved in an early caution and spent an extended period of time on pit road changing a radiator and making front end repairs, which ended his title hopes. He finished fourteenth, thirty laps down. Laperle’s three career Série ACT Castrol Championships is now the most all-time and today’s win puts him just one behind all-time Série ACT Castrol wins leader Donald Theetge with 17. The 300 lap event was completed in just under three hours with 19 cautions. Just fifteen of the twenty-six cars were on the track for the checkered flag. The Série ACT Castrol is done for 2012. Laperle, Theetge, Trepanier, Allard, Michaud and Dery will all make the trip south of the border next Saturday, September 22 for the fourth annual Bond Auto ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH as part of Cup weekend. Many teams will head to Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, VT for the 50th People’s United Bank Milk Bowl on Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30. St-Eustache 300 Unofficial Results 2. (5) Jonathan Bouvrette, Blainville, QC, 300 Laps 3. (9) Karl Allard, Saint-Felicien, QC, 300 Laps 4. (4) Dany Trepanier, St-Edouard, QC, 300 Laps 5. (14) Patrick Hamel, Sainte-Croix, QC, 300 Laps 6. (1) #Etienne Cliche, Vallee-Jonction, QC, 300 Laps 7. (25) Martin Goulet, Jr., Mascouche, QC, 299 Laps 8. (11) Simon Roussin, Quebec, QC, 298 Laps 9. (7) David Michaud, St-An-des-Plns, QC, 295 Laps 10. (19) Jacques Poulin, East Broughton, QC, 295 Laps 11. (20) Gaetan Lauzier, St-Pacôme, QC, 294 Laps 12. (24) Jean-Pierre Ouimet, Terrebonne, QC, 292 Laps 13. (15) Alex Guenette, Mascouche, QC, 291 Laps 14. (13) Jean-Francois Dery, Quebec, QC, 270 Laps 15. (16) Daniel Descoste, St. Joseph, QC, 265 Laps 16. (23) Sylvain Lacombe, Terrebonne, QC, 212 Laps 17. (6) Donald Theetge, Boischatel, QC, 197 Laps 18. (3) Patrick Cliche, St-Jean-Chry., QC, 197 Laps 19. (8) Steven Boissonneault, Lyster, QC, 154 Laps 20. (22) Daniel Descoste, St. Joseph, QC, 146 Laps 21. (12) Derek Lynch, Warkworth, ON, 134 Laps 22. (26) Brandon White, Kahnawake, QC, 123 Laps 23. (2) Claude Leclerc, Lanoraie, QC, 101 Laps 24. (21) Gaetan Gaudreault, Quebec, QC, 72 Laps 25. (17) Maxime Pelletier, Mascouche, QC, 63 Laps 26. (18) Rejean Bissonnette, St-Adele, QC, 38 Laps Lap Leaders: Etienne Cliche, 1-40; Jonathan Bouvrette, 41-79; Patrick Laperle, 80-82; Bouvrette, 83-150; Laperle, 151-207; David Michaud; 208-213; Dany Trepanier, 214; Patrick Hamel, 215; Bouvrette, 216-249; Laperle, 250-300. Time of Race: 2:57:22 Margin of Victory: 2.885 seconds Cautions: 19 (Lap 18, 28, 30, 36, 55, 77, 82, 93, 96, 101, 107, 112, 149, 155, 165, 172, 175, 210, 277) Heat Winners: Claude Leclerc, Donald Theetge, Patrick Laperle -30- |
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