Poirier wins both race and Canadian DIRT Challenge
CORNWALL-Steve Poirier left no doubt who the dominant force in this years Canadian DIRT Challenge series was. Poirier who came into the final race of the three track event with the points lead finished off his second crown with the win in the Goodyear 100 Sunday night at Cornwall Motor Speedway.
Poirier who won the opener of the series at Autodrome Edelweiss and followed it up with the top 10 at Autodrome Granby earlier this week. It looked for most of the race that Poirier would have to settle for second spot this night. Dale Planck charged from his 11th starting position to take the top spot on lap 15. However, around lap 25, Planck brushed the front straightaway wall in lapped traffic. He was able to hold onto the top spot until lap 95 despite losing the brakes on his machine. The car slid high in turn 3 and 4 allowing Poirier to go by and take the lead and the race. Laurent Ladouceur ended up in the runner up spot with Planck third followed by Danny O Brien, who recovered from lap 3 spin to finish fourth. Stephane LaFrance grabbed the final top five position.
Joey Ladouceur completed a perfect week in the Pro Stock division, winning his third straight feature event in the last 5 days and his fifth of the season at Cornwall. Ladouceur took the top spot in the opening half of the race from Mitchell Jock and was never challenged the rest of the way.
Joe Woods captured his second Semi Pro feature of the season. Woods benefitted from a spectacular pileup on the back straightaway that included 10 cars including points leader Carey Terrance. He ended up going from wire to wire for the win. Dion Oakes with some nifty moves on the final restart ended up second in front of Marc Ladouceur, Kevin Fetterly Jr and Ghislain Valade.
The best finish of the night came in the 12 lap Rookie battle. Scott Nurse led the first 11 laps but was having a hard time holding off Kurtis McPhee and Bob Ray. McPhee who went into the final lap 3rd managed to be the first one to the finish line, Ray was second and Nurse ended up in the third spot.
Modifieds 100 laps: 1. Steve Poirier 2. Laurent Ladouceur 3. Dale Planck 4. Danny O Brien 5. Stephane LaFrance 6. Dave Heaslip 7. Martin Roy 8. Roy Tarbell 9. Richard Chauvin 10. Al Jacobs 11. John Lazore 12. Dany Bilodeau 13. Perry Francis 14. Jim Lazore 15. Billy Cook 16. Jeff Marshall 17. Alex Fortier 18. Lee Ladouceur 19. Michel Pelletier 20. Dan Jalbert 21. Tom Jock Jr. 22. Brian McDonald 23. Tammy Jalbert 24. Kayle Robidoux 25. Mark Hitchcock 26. David Hebert
Pro Stocks 20 laps: 1. Joey Ladouceur 2. Clayton Benedict(DQ) 3. Mitchell Jock 4. Jacques Hebert 5. William Adams 6. Roy Delormier 7. Stephane Lebrun 8. Marc Therrien 9. Steve Johnston 10. Roch Aubin
Semi Pro 15 laps: 1. Joey Woods 2. Dion Oakes 3. Marc Ladouceur 4. Kevin Fetterly Jr. 5. Ghislain Valade 6. Gaetan Amesse 7. Jeff Welch 8. Dave Renaud 9. Bruce Merpaw 10. Richard Turcotte
Rookies 12 Laps: 1. Kurtis McPhee 2.. Bob Ray 3. Scott Nurse 4. Ernie Cree 5. Andrew Russell
Heat Winners
Modifieds: Planck, O Brien, Lazore, Ladouceur
Fast Time Trialer; Planck 13.266