HURRICANE STORMS THROUGH BROCKVILLE IN SEPTEMBER FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR

BROCKVILLE-Steve Paine had to be talked into trying to defend his Super DIRT Series for 358 Modifieds September race winner title at Brockville Ontario Speedway. The Waterloo, NY driver they call the hurricane blew through the fast quarter mile dirt oval leading the final 20 laps to win the 100 lap September event for the second straight year.

Paine acknowledged in victory lane, that he wasn’t the best car on this night however. Brockville regular Stephane LaFrance started on the outside pole and led the first 80 laps before a left rear tire went down. "Stef just has absolutely no luck," said Paine, "There’s no way I was going to catch him if that tire didn’t go down.

Another pair of Brockville regulars were pleased with top three finishes. Jeff Sykes scored an impressive second place run followed across the finish line by Bill Gill. Pete Bicknell recovered from going off the track around the midway mark to finish fourth, while fast qualifier on the night Justin Haers was fifth.

Redwood NY’s Ben Tucker scored his 10th Sportsman feature win of the year blasting past Randy Earl around the midway point of the 20 lap event. Tim Alton ended up second followed by Dave Wilgosh, Kyle Dingwall and Kurtis Lee.

Shane Ray won his heat and then started from the pole and led all 15 laps in a wild and wooly Novice event. Andrew Hennesey who rolled his car a week ago, drove his new car into a second place finish in front of Bill Code, Brett Horner and Dave Austin.

After three years of trying, Joseph Banks of Portland scored his first ever feature win in the 10 lap Rookie race. Brad Kirkland, Kurtis McPhee, Billy Woodward Jr and Stuart Mullin were second through fifth respectively. The race included a wild quadruple roll over by Jesse Perrin. Perrin was not hurt when his car left the track in turn 1.

The Speedway closes out the 2003 season on Sunday afternoon, September 14th at 2:00 with a Monster Enduro including a 150 lap 8 cylinder event and a 50 lapper for 4 cylinders with big prize money up for grabs.

Modifieds 100 laps 1. Steve Paine 2. Jeff Sykes 3. Bill Gill 4. Pete Bicknell 5. Justin Haers 6. Alex Hoag 7. Matt Sheppard 8. Frank Caprara 9. Chad Brachmann 10. Danny Johnson 11. Clement Therrien 12. Randy Gaudet 13. Randy Chrysler 14. Stuart Friesen 15. Todd Stewart 16. Mark Hitchcock 17. Brian Rogers 18. Tim Fuller 19. Pierre Dagenais 20. Billy Cook 21. Danny Bilodeau 22. Kayle Robidoux 23. Lee Ladouceur 24. Chris Herbison 25. Yan Bussiere 26. Stephane LaFrance 27. Dale Planck 28. Laurent Ladouceur 29. Kyle Wilson 30. Lee Gill 31. Bill Mullin 32. Ron White

Sportsman 20 laps 1.Ben Tucker 2. Tim Alton 3. Dave Wilgosh 4. Kyle Dingwall 5. Kurtis Lee 6. Lance Willix 7. Kees VanWinden 8. Marcel Pecore 9. Pernie Banks 10. John Mulder 11. Jason Potter 12. Randy Earl

Novice 15 laps 1. Shane Ray 2. Andrew Hennesey 3. Billy Code 4. Brett Horner 5. Dave Austin

Rookie 10 laps 1. Joseph Banks 2. Brad Kirkland 3. Kurtis McPhee 4. Billy Woodward Jr. 5. Stuart Mullin

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