Jacobs pulls Super DIRT Series upset in Jiffy 100 at Cornwall
CORNWALL-Kyle Jacobs took the road less travelled and as a result scored his first ever Turning Stone Casino Super DIRT Series 358 Modified event taking the Jiffy 100 Sunday night at Cornwall Motor Speedway. It was also the first win of the year at the fast quarter mile oval for the Sunday night regular from Akwesasne.
Jacobs started 22nd in the 32 car field and decided almost from the start to try and make use of the top part of the speedway. Slowly but surely the local driver began to pick up positions. He pulled alongside leader Matt Sheppard around lap 70 and finally took over the top spot, again using the outside groove on lap 79 and led the final laps to score the first major win of his career, "I just can’t believe it," said Jacobs in vicory lane, "here in a 100 lap race and everything."
Sheppard who had a tire go flat on the 10th lap but didn’t want to give up track position hung in all night leading the middle 60 laps and finishing second with a heavily damaged left front tire. Danny O Brien charged back through the field from a early pit stop to finish 3rd, followed by rookie pilot Mike Adderley and Vic Coffey. Coffey set fast time with a 13.4 second lap in time trials and led the opening 19 laps of the race.
Joel Doiron of Alexandria managed to start the Jiffy 100, which was good enough for him to clinch the Cornwall Motor Speedway Modified season long track championship for the first time. Laurent Ladouceur and Mark Hitchcock tied for second in the season long battle, just one point behind.
Joey Ladouceur continued his late season charge taking the 20 lap Pro Stock feature. Ladoucuer fought off a stiff mid-race challenge from Dave Bissonnette who was bidding for his third straight win in the season closer. Stephane Lebrun finished second followed by 2002 track champion Marc Therrien. Mitchell Jock and George Renaud rounded out the top five.
Kees VanWinden closed out his first Duke Stock track title in style. Van Winden won his 8th feature of the season and 5th in the last 6 weeks romping to a easy win over Robin Laframboise. Dave Renaud settled for third followed by Gaetan Amesse and Cary Terrance.
Stuart Mullin survived some wild and wooly early laps to take the win in the 12 lap Rookie battle. Steve Bernier was closing in quickly in the final couple of circuits but ran out of time to catch the Cornwall regular. Martin Walter, Glen Dorie and Danielle Legault finished third through fifth respectively. Alexandria’s Rosco Garreau was the winner of the Rookie track championship.
Cornwall Motor Speedway’s final event of 2002, the annual Fireball Enduro 200 will be run on Sunday afternoon with action getting underway at 2pm.
Modifieds 100 laps: 1. KYLE JACOBS 2. Matt Sheppard 3. Danny O Brien 4. Mike Adderly 5. Vic Coffey 6. Mario Clair 7. Frank Caprara 8. Steve Paine 9. David Hebert 10. Pete Bicknell 11. Ryan Baye 12. Jason Barney 13. Steve Poirier 14. Pierre Dagenais 15. Mario Moreau 16. Stephane LaFrance 17. Justin Haers 18. Joel Doiron 19. Kayle Robidoux 20. Alex Hoag 21. Dan Jalbert 22. Richard Chauvin 23. Rich Swartout 24. Kevin Fetterly 25. Mark Hitchcock 26. Simon Marcoux 27. Bill Mullin 28. Lee Ladouceur 29. Dave Heaslip 30. Brian McDonald 31. Laurent Ladouceur 32. Billy Cook
Late Model 20 laps: 1. JOEY LADOUCEUR 2. Stephane Lebrun 3. Marc Therrien 4. Mitchell Jock 5. George Renaud 6. Marcel Pecore 7. Gilles Godard 8. Jody Beckstead 9. Daniel Leduc 10. Jody Swamp
Duke Stocks 15 laps: 1. KEES VANWINDEN 2. Robin Laframboise 3. Dave Renaud 4. Gaetan Amesse 5. Cary Terrance
Rookie Stock 12 laps: 1. STUART MULLIN 2. Stephen Bernier 3. Martin Walter 4. Glen Dorie 5. Danielle Legault
Heat Winners
Modifieds: Poirier, Robidoux, Paine, O Brien
Late Models: Lebrun, Bissonnette, Lebrun,
Duke: VanWinden, Terrance, Sproule
Rookies: Walter, Mullin, Garreau
Mod Consis: Bicknell, Barney