JACOBS CLAIMS FROGTOWN OPENER
HOGANSBURG, NY - Kyle Jacobs of Hogansburg won the 25-lap Mort Backus & Sons Chevy, Pontiac, Buick and Olds 358 Modified feature event during Frogtown International Speedway's season opening event. Darryl Steele of Renfrew, ONT won the Pro Stock feature, while Louie Jackson of Hogansburg won the Semi-Pro feature and Mitch Jock of Cornwall, ONT won the 4-Cylinder Bandit division.
Next Saturday night, May 22nd, is the Modified "Spring Fling" 35-lap feature event presented by St. Lawrence Centre, Oionkwaonwe Truck Stop, Sky's the Limit Travel Service and the TLC Diner. All Canadian residents are admitted to the grandstands at half-price. A Media/Celebrity Race is set for intermission, with five divisions in all set for racing action, including the new Bandit Truck division.
In Saturday's Modified feature event, Keith "Chico" Dingwall of Brockville, ONT set the early pace, but Jacobs quickly moved up through the field to challenge for the lead. The red flag waved on a lap 10 restart when a turn one scramble saw defending track champion Dave Heaslip catapult into the air and roll at least five times. Heaslip's car was severely damaged, but he was able to walk away from the incident.
When racing resumed, Jacobs again applied the pressure to Dingwall and on lap 13, he shot to the outside groove coming out of turn four to grab the lead. Jacobs pulled away, while Mike Perrotte of Plattsburgh moved to the front and got past Dingwall for second with just three laps to go. At the line, Jacobs claimed a very popular win in front of the packed grandstand, with Perrotte, Dingwall, Peter Mantha, Jr. (Gatineau, QUE) and Billy Cook of Hogansburg completing the top five.
In the Pro Stock division, Darryl Steele held off Eric Gauvreau (Chelsea, QUE) and Marc Therrien (Alexandria, ONT) for the win, with Mike Allen (Norwood, NY) and Sid Harmer (Fowler, NY) completing the top five. Louie Jackson grabbed the win in the Semi-Pro division, besting Norfolk's Keith Coughlin and Cornwall's Roger Phoenix. Mitch Jock easily cruised to the 4-Cylinder Bandit win, with Robin Laframboise and Ron Giroux, both of Cornwall, completing the top three. Both the Semi-Pro and Bandit features were red-flagged for hard rollovers--by Brian Moulton and Chris Trombley-but both drivers were uninjured.
Frogtown International Speedway is located in Hogansburg, NY, just one mile east of the International Bridge to Cornwall. From Route 37, turn south at Frogtown Road (next to the Mohawk Bingo Palace). For race day weather information, call (518) 358-9017.
MODIFIEDS: KYLE JACOBS, Mike Perrotte, Keith "Chico" Dingwall, Peter Mantha, Jr., Bill Cook, Kevin Fetterly, Bill Woodward, Sam Leichty, Buck White, Jerry Skebo, Paul Pekkonen, Mike Reyell, Jim Lazore, Craig Ormsby, Simon Marcoux, Del LeGrow, Chris Jones, Brian Herne, Bruce Sawyer, Todd Stewart, Dave Heaslip, Brian McDonald, Mark Hitchcock, Bill Mullin. DNS: Steve Arbunoth, Dan Jalbert, Roy Tarbell, Leon Gonyo, Matt Gonyo, Greg Monica, Tom Jock, Jr., Gilles Perrault.
PRO STOCKS: DARRYL STEELE, Eric Gauvreau, Marc Therrien, Mike Allen, Sid Harmer, Denis Gauvreau, Benny Gladding, Jody Swamp, Scott Kocher, Dick Planty, Steve Francis. DNS: Jody Beckstead, Cliff Adams.
SEMI-PRO: LOUIE JACKSON, Keith Coughlin, Roger Phoenix, Tim Allen, Paul Backus, Peter Backus, John Brainard, Scott Sharp, Greg Snyder, Joe Woods, Duane Brainard, Brian Moulton, Steve Johnston, Marty Jock, Jeb Beeson, Jamie Martin, Mike Trombley, Charlie Thompson.
4-CYLINDER BANDITS: MITCH JOCK, Robin Laframboise, Ron Giroux, Kevin Fetterly, Jr., Pete Cename, Brian Loeb, Sonny Moraels, Jason Fetterly, Eric Tyo, Ann Pecore, Tammy Jalbert, Chris Trombley, Steve Lalonde.