Kevin Lacroix Enters Home Track Tied Atop Standings
Kevin Lacroix Enters Home Track Tied Atop Standings
Kevin Lacroix had one main objective heading into last week's race at CTMP – gain as many points as possible on Andrew Ranger.
On a beautiful August day, Lacroix accomplished his goal. After winning the pole, he grabbed the checkered flag in the TOTAL Quartz 200, picking up enough points to tie Ranger in the standings heading into Autodrome Saint-Eustache.
And now, Lacroix has home-field advantage.
Despite being a stone's throw away from his race shop, Lacroix has yet to score a win at Autodrome Saint-Eustache. In four starts, Lacroix has two poles but his best finish is only fourth.
"It feels really good to come back," Lacroix said. "We always seem to qualify up at the front and we always seem to be really fast there.
"The luck hasn't been on our side in the recent years," Lacroix added. "At some point thoough, it's got to be out turn to finally get some luck and pull off a win."
On the other side of the spectrum, Andrew Ranger is looking to rebound after a tire failure in CTMP resulted in a cataclysmic points loss. He managed to finish ninth, but saw his 11 point lead disappear.
"The whole tire thing was unfortunate but as a team we have to move forward," Ranger said. "It's going to be tough as we are going into Kevin's home race, but we've won there before and been fast in the past so I think it will be a good race for us."
Ranger has finished in the top 10 in all nine starts there, but his lone win came in 2015.
Another challenge facing the points leaders is the fact that Saint-Eustache is known as a bullring, making it a place where angry drivers choose to enact revenge.
After the post-race fireworks between Alex Tagliani and Kevin Lacroix after CTMP, there is an additional element added to the race. Plus it could be possible for either title contender to get swept up in someone else's mess.
250 laps will feel like an eternity when a driver's season is on the line. With the points standings so close this late in the year, every point matters and every race matters just a little more now.
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