EDELWEISS SPEEDWAY 358 MODIFIED MAIN TO BRIAN MCDONALD
Brian ‘’Slim’’ McDonald captured his second checkered flag of the season in the modifieds at Edelweiss Speedway Friday night before a large crowd of faithful fans that certainly got their moneys worth.
The Cornwall driver opened the season with his first feature win on May 16 and had to wait a full three months to revisit win lane at the Val des Monts oval. He did it in great style after taking over the lead from Pierre ‘’The Snake’’ Dagenais in the dying moments of the 30 lap race. Dave ‘’The Slip’’ Heaslip who sits on top of the drivers standing was going for his seventh win of the season but he had to settle for third best while Laurent Ladouceur in fourth place and Cornwall’s Dan Jalbert rounded out the fast five.
‘’It’s a little harder to win races here this year. You got to be very patient but my car is rolling real well lately and it’s a good sign.’’ said the winning driver after the race. McDonald and Jalbert had previously won the qualifying heats.
In the Late Model Pro Stock Stephane Lebrun of Gatineau claimed his fourth victory flag of the season by setting a torrid pace and holding on to his lead over Dave ‘’Bulldog’’ Bissonnette who gave Lebrun quite a scare in the late part of the 20 lap race. Marc Therrien of Alexandria ended up third while Denis Gauvreau and Francis Rivest rounded out the top five. Lebrun also captured the Capital Tire tourney over Cornwall Motor Speedway promoter Ron Morin as runner up and Michel Dupuis of Aylmer as third best. Richard Pearson of Buckingham finally broke the ice to register his first qualifying heat win. Dave Bissonnette won the second heat.
Michel Robert of Masham won the feature in the eight cylinders finishing on top of Serge Lagace and over Dominic ‘’Short Fuse’’ Gauvreau who presently sits on top of the drivers standing. Chelsea ’s Jonathan Holmes and Claude Laurin rounded out the fast five. It was Michel Robert’s fifth feature title of the year. Laurin and newcomer David Renaud won the qualifying preliminaries.
Carl Soucy sure knows his way to the Edelweiss winners circle. The Gatineau driver won his tenth feature of the season in the four cylinders being his fifth win in a row and his eighth win in his last ninth outings. Brian Rochon ended up second and Nico Leblanc was third. Martin Jacques in fourth spot and Martin Vienneau in fifth rounded out the top five. Rochon and Dany Matte were the qualifying heat winners.
Action resumes this coming Friday night August 22nd at Edelweiss Speedway where besides the regular program a qualifying 50 lapper for Syracuse in the modifieds is slated. The green flag drops at 7:45 sharp.