Steve Poirier Was Ready Autodrome Granby Doubleheader
GRANBY, Que., July 7, 2000--When Steve Poirier showed up at Autodrome
Granby, last Friday night for a doubleheader due to heavy rain the week
before, he was more than ready and proved it by winning the two feature
races in the Modified division. The TEO/Fondations 4 Saisons/Coffrages
Jacques Constant driver has now won six features at Granby and is only
two victories to Steve Paine=92s record of 1996. This season Paine had
visited the winner=92s circle in eight occasions. Also, a new mark=20 was
established, last Friday when 39 drivers of the Modified divisions
gathered at this very popular speedplant for a double header.
Beside Poirier, Daniel Messier in the Late Model category and=20 Pierre
Grondin in the 4 Cylinder class were also able to clinch two checkered
flags.
In the first 30-lap feature in the Modified division at the beginning of
the evening, Poirier saw the three early leaders drop out of contention
due to mechanical problems. At midpoint, after a serious challenge with
Robert Ranger, he was able to take the lead. He never had to look back
gaining ground on each lap to have the best on Claude Brouillard=20 and
Dominic Dufault. Then, on the second feature race, Poirier took only six
laps to reach the first place after starting twelve. After that, he
experienced the same situation as in the first race. This time, Dominic
Dufault was able to finish second followed by Alain Boisvert and Claude
Brouillard.
Despite those performances by Poirier, he was only able to gain 14
points on Claude Brouillard who had a good night with a second and=20 a
fourth place. This second feature was marked by an accident who could
have been more serious. After a contact with Poirier=92s Teo car, Louis
Bouthillier, the driver of the Budweiser/Troyer, hit the retaining
concrete wall at the pits entrance.Bouthillier escaped without injuries,
but the Troyer was almost demolished.
First win
Finally, young Kayle Robidoux, son of well-known Berthold " Bert
Transmission " Robidoux, made it for the first time in his short career
in the winner=92s circle in the Modified 358 class. On lap six of=20 this
20-lap feature, Robidoux was able to take the first place from veteran
driver Richard Chauvin and hold it till the checkered flag. Brouillard
took the third step on the podium. But in the second feature, Chauvin
took his revenge. It was also his first success in the Modified 358
category. His victims were R=E9al Lafrance and Chad Miller.
In this category, Clement Therrien is the driver who lost the most in
this doubleheader. He lost many places in the standings because he was
unable to drive his Teo car due to mechanical problems. In the=20 first
race, he took Danny Poulin=92s car and made a few laps and in the second
one, he had to watch the race as a spectator.
In the Late Model class, Daniel Messier had a perfect night with=20 two
feature wins. In the first one, his victims were Normand Voghell=20 and
St=E9phane Ruel while in the second one, he was followed by Jocelyn
Perreault and St=E9phane Larivi=E8re. Michel Coderre and Jean Boissonneault
were the winners in the Tourism division while in the 4 Cylinder class,
Pierre Grondin came out as the winner from a good battle with Patrick
Dupont in two occasions.
RESULTS
Feature of June 30
MODIFIED (30 laps)
1- 28, Steve Poirier 2- 3, Claude Brouillard 3- 63, Dominic Dufault 4-
73, Alain Boisvert 5- 22, Mario Clair 6- 50, Hugues Mercier 7- 8s,
Richard Salvas 8- 31, Richard Chauvin 9- 20, Charles Bisaillon 10- 66,
Louis Bouthillier 11- 46, Kayle Robidoux 12- 61, Chad Miller 13-=20 25,
Luke Plante 14- 24, St=E9phane Michaud 15- 27, Robert Ranger 16- 17,
Patrick Labont=E9 17- 5d, Yves Dessureault 18- 11, R=E9al Lafrance 19- 7,
Denis Labont=E9 20- 8, Fran=E7ois Becksted 21- 33, Robin David 22- 15,
Pierre Raymond 23- 4, Leon Gonyo 24- 39, Cl=E9ment Therrien.
MODIFIED 358 (20 laps)
1- 46, Kayle Robidoux 2- 31, Richard Chauvin 3- 2, Claude Brouillard 4-
61, Chad Miller 5- 5, Mario Moreau 6- 8, Fran=E7ois Becksted 7- 24,
St=E9phane Michaud 8- 11, R=E9al Lafrance 9- 32, Guy Ouellette 10- 15,
Pierre Raymond 11- 06, Francis McNeil 12- 66w, Wallace Stacey 13- 33,
Robin David 14- 5d, Yves Dessureault 15- 83, Lloyd Sturtevant 16-=20 4,
Leon Gonyo 17- 39, Cl=E9ment Therrien
Feature of July 7
MODIFIED (30 laps)
1- 28, Steve Poirier 2- 63, Dominic Dufault 3- 73, Alain Boisvert 4- 3,
Claude Brouillard 5- 27, Robert Ranger 6- 11, R=E9al Lafrance 7- 50,
Hugues Mercier 8- 46, Kayle Robidoux 9- 20, Charles Bisaillon 10- 71,
Pierre H=E9bert 11- 5, Mario Moreau 12- 15, Pierre Raymond 13- 83, Lloyd
Sturtevant 14- 66w, Wallace Stacey 15- 54, Jean-Guy Primeau 16- 5d, Yves
Dessureault 17- 32, Guy Ouellette 18- 8s, Richard Salvas 19- 7, Denis
Labont=E9 20- 31, Richard Chauvin 21- 35p, Mike Perrotte 22- 14,=20 Danny
Poulin 23- 66, Louis Bouthillier 24- 35, Vincent Lamer 25- 61, Chad
Miller (disq.)
MODIFIED 358 (20 laps)
1- 31, Richard Chauvin 2- 11, R=E9al Lafrance 3- 61, Chad Miller 4- 46,
Kayle Robidoux 5- 5, Mario Moreau 6- 15, Pierre Raymond 7- 8, Fran=E7ois
Becksted 8- 14, Danny Poulin 9- 2, Claude Brouillard 10- 66w, Wallace
Stacey 11- 16p, Rock Poulin 12- 83, Lloyd Sturtevant 13- 32, Guy
Ouellette 14- 35, Vincent Lamer 15- 06, Francis McNeil 16- 12, Gilles
Bessette 17-5d, Yves Dessureault 18- 33, Robin David 19- 20x,=20 Pierre
Berthiaume 20- 4, Leon Gonyo.