PIERRE DAGENAIS SCORES SECOND MIDIFIED WIN AT EDELWEISS
Pierre Dagenais went into his bag of tricks and he sure showed the fans why he is called ‘’The Snake’’ after scoring his second modified win in as many outings at Edelweiss Speedway Friday night.
The Gatineau driver left from post seven on the starting grid but took the lead of the 15 car-field from Cornwall’s Dan Jalbert on the last of five restarts at lap 22 after a freak mishap that sent four competitors to pit lane including top seated Laurent Ladouceur and sophomore Eric Gauvreau. Jalbert had to settle for second best while Mark Hitchcock out of Kingston Ontario ended third. Dagenais’ victory bounced him in second place of the drivers standing. ‘’everything is going well for us with our new motor.’’ said Dagenais from the winners circle and when asked about his chances in the upcoming Canadian Dirt Challenge to be presented right here at Edelweiss this Wednesday night he replied: ‘’I am usually pretty lucky in these kind of races and I think I stand a good chance of winning it.’’ Lee Ladouceur in fourth and Peter Mantha in fifth place rounded out the fast five. Jalbert, Gauvreau and a very happy Philippe Landry won the qualifying heats.
Stéphane Lebrun came from behind to capture his fourth checkered flag this season in a nail biting finish of the second leg of the Capital Tire series in the Pro Stock. The Gatineau driver edged out Alain Coursol of Mont-Laurier and pacesetting Todd Raabe of Pembroke in the dying seconds of the 20 lapper. ‘’the track is in excellent shape tonight and everything went so well for me especially in the late part of the race.’’ said Lebrun from the winners circle. Joey Ladouceur the winner of the first leg of the Capital Tire series was fourth and Cornwall Speedway promoter Ron Morin in fifth place rounded out the top five. Todd Raabe previously won the sole qualifier.
Bruno Richard finally broke the ice after knocking on the door a few times in the past weeks by taking top honours in the Semi Pros. Richard had last years champion Dominic Gauvreau in tow at the finish stripe while Pembroke’s Greg Ogilvie completed the podium. Malcolm Foskett an invited driver from the United Kingdom was fourth while John Bernard rounded out the fast five. Gauvreau and John Holmes were the qualifying heat winners.
Pat Legault finally put an end to Jack St-Arnaud’s four week winning streak by taking the checkered flag in the four cylinders. St-Arnaud had to settle for second money this week while Carl Soucy making a comeback with a new race car ended third. Martin Jacques and Nico Leblanc rounded out the top five. Legault, Jacques and Donald Meunier won the qualifying heats.
Next program of exciting races at Edelweiss Speedway is this coming Wednesday night June 30 where a full and regular program is slated featuring a 100 lapper Syracuse qualifier for modifieds which is part of the Canadian Dirt Challenge. The green flag drops at 7:45.