Arbuthnot, Herrington, Moore, MacMillan and Bushey crowned champions at

Brockville

By: Tim Baltz

Championship night, an exciting night but also means the end of another season

at the Brockville Ontario Speedway. With two of the seven divisions already

decided over the previous weeks, five more divisions were on the line, along with

a feature win for those trying to close out on a high note.

Jocelyn Roy drew the pole for the start of the Farnham Ale and Lager Pro Stock

Series 50 lap event and would lead early over Tyler Bushey and Bruno Richard.

The action was intense in the opening 10 laps as Bushey put the pressure on the

leader, while also battling to stay in front of Stephane Lebrun and Thomas

MacDonald for the track title. On lap 12 Bushey got by bringing Richard to second

with Marc Lalonde jumping into the top three. Bushey held a comfortable lead

but several cautions slowed the race, allowing several chances for Richard,

Lalonde and Yves Hamel to try for the top spot. During a green flag stretch the

handling appeared to go away on the Bushey machine as Richard tried many

times to get by but Bushey remained in control. Just past halfway, title contender

Stephane Lebrun suffered a flat tire but would return to the race. Another title

contender Thomas MacDonald also had issues and was involved in many cautions

through out the night. As the laps wound down Bruno Richard took a shot at the

lead as Yves Hamel was in the mix for the win as well. With two laps remaining

Richard’s bid for a win went away as he spun off the top of turn 4. On the final

restart Yves Hamel got close but Tyler Bushey, would march to his 3rd win of the

season and take his first PM Promotions DIRTCar Pro Stock championship. Yves

Hamel took second with Marc Lalonde, Francois Adam and Jocelyn Roy, who

recovered from an early spin to take 5th.

Jessica Power has turned her season around in the last few months, with some

strong finishes but at her home tracks and on the DIRTCar Sportsman Series. On

Greenshield Pest Control night, which is also one of her main sponsors, Power

looked like she was head for a win as she led early over Dylan Kirkland, Kraig

Handley, Greg Brinklow and Bobby Herrington. Power built up a big lead in the

opening laps leaving everyone scrambling to find some speed to catch her. At half

way Power remained firmly in control as Kirkland and Herrington did all they

could do to run her down, but were in need of a yellow flag. A quick yellow did fly

for Tyler Stewart who spun in turn three, but was able to continue. On the restart

Dylan Kirkland looked to have something for the leader, but slipped off turn two

going for the top spot allowing Herrington to get by for the runner up position

and the yellow flew again. When the green flew Herrington took the lead as

Xavier Andrews and Brennan Moore were able to get into the top 3 with Power

fading to 4th. Over the final laps, nobody was catching Bobby Herrington as he

closed out his championship year with his 7th win of the season. Xavier Andrews

finished second and also claimed the Dutchman Dash earlier in the night. Brennan

Moore crossed in third over Jessica Power and Shane Stearns. Herrington

mathematically clinched the title the week before, but was officially crowned the

champion on Saturday night.

The start of the DIRTCar 358 Modified feature saw trouble for title contenders

right away. Ryan Arbuthnot was involved in a crash on the back stretch, which

involved Danny O’Brien and several others. Arbuthnot’s car suffered heavy

damage along with O’Brien. Under the same caution Johnathon Ferguson, who

was second in the title chase, also suffered damage and headed for the pits, but

later returned. The lap 1 carnage did not phase Kyle Dingwall one bit, as he

charged to the lead early with Jarrett Herbison and Madison Mulder right there to

challenge. Dingwall was fast all night and continued to get faster as the laps

clicked off in the 30-lap event. With the race under a long green flag run Ryan

Arbuthnot made it back to the track, several laps down, but was making up time

and trying to secure the championship as title rival Johnathon Ferguson went to

the pits with mechanical problems. With the race going all green over the

remaining laps, Kyle Dingwall had nothing but clear race track in front of him as he

would march to a dominant win. Jarrett Herbison settled for second with Madison

Mulder third. Tristan Draper would edge out younger brother Kalen to round out

the top 5. Even being many laps behind, Ryan Arbuthnot had enough points on

Ferguson to be crown the DIRTCar 358 Modified champion for a third time in the

last four years.

Paul Donnelly had not won a race in Novice Sportsman since he won on Labour

Day weekend one year ago. In the 12 lap even Saturday night, Donnelly was

looking for a similar result as he led early on over Melcolm Banks and Trey

Ladouceur. Donnelly was able to fend off several challenges from other drivers as

behind him Ladouceur took second and was looking for his first Brockville win. On

this night, in the Paul Pekkonen tribute car, Paul Donnelly would repeat his win

from last year, taking his first win of the season. Trey Ladouceur would finish up

second, with Melcolm Banks third and Nick Merkley fourth. Dylan Moore had

early race issues but had locked up the title with his win one week ago. Moore

was officially crowned the Novice Sportsman champion after a 5th place finish.

Brandon MacMillan led by 10 points going into the 15 lap Mini Stock feature and

had several drivers to contend with. Title rivals Matt Boal and Hayden Brown

would take the top two spots at the drop of the green flag and pulled away from

everyone in the early laps. Boal would grab the lead as he was still in search of

career win number one. Behind them points leader MacMillan was picking his

way through the traffic and trying his best to keep Brown, Boal and Marc

Dagenais in his sights. With 5 laps to go in traffic Matt Boal was pinched into the

infield allowing Hayden Brown to get by for the lead. With Brown in control

Brandon MacMillan took the opportunity and charged to second as he had the

title in his hands. After a long season of struggles, Hayden Brown would finally

grab victory number one of the year, with MacMillan taking second, and his first

Brockville Mini Stock championship. Marc Dagenais, Dakota Boal and Jamie

Larocque completed the top 5.

Following the evening a pair of incidents occurred both on and off track. On the

race track Danny O’Brien was testing another car for his race team. Heading into

turn three O’Brien lost control of the car and flipped violently off the turn. Safety

crews rushed to the scene to help.

At the same time Brockville Speedway tow truck driver Corey Porteus was also

struck by an ATV that was headed to the scene.

Staff and Management are happy to report that both O’Brien and Porteus were

checked and released from Brockville General Hospital and although sore from

their injuries, are at home resting and are expected to make a full recovery in a

few week’s time.

A major thanks to all the medical and speedway staff, who assisted in these tense

situations, which allowed those who were injured to get the care they needed

Saturday night.

DIRTCAR 358 MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 66-Kyle Dingwall[5]; 2. 38J-Jarrett Herbison[6]; 3. 7M-Madison Mulder[7]; 4. 17-

Tristan Draper[14]; 5. 18-Kalen Draper[13]; 6. 88S-Luke Whitteker[12]; 7. 17M-Gavin MacFarlane[2]; 8. 64-

Terry McClelland[4]; 9. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot[10]; 10. 75J-Joe Banks[1]; 11. 08-Chris Ferguson[3]; 12. 44-

Johnathon Ferguson[9]; 13. 17D-Danny O'Brien[8]; 14. (DNS) 83-Dylan Evoy

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17D-Danny O'Brien[5]; 2. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot[6]; 3. 38J-Jarrett Herbison[4]; 4. 75J-Joe

Banks[1]; 5. 08-Chris Ferguson[2]; 6. 83-Dylan Evoy[7]; 7. 18-Kalen Draper[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Kyle Dingwall[3]; 2. 17M-Gavin MacFarlane[1]; 3. 7M-Madison Mulder[6]; 4. 44-

Johnathon Ferguson[5]; 5. 64-Terry McClelland[2]; 6. 88S-Luke Whitteker[7]; 7. 17-Tristan Draper[4]

16 entries

DIRTCAR SPORTSMANS

A Feature 1: 1. 88Z-Bobby Herrington[12]; 2. 0-Xavier Andrews[10]; 3. 35B-Brennan Moore[8]; 4. 52-Jessica

Power[2]; 5. 22S-Shane Stearns[7]; 6. 91-Kraig Handley[3]; 7. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[11]; 8. 707-Greg

Brinklow[5]; 9. 16-Matthew Prunner[4]; 10. 88K-Dylan Kirkland[6]; 11. 32-Tyler Stewart[15]; 12. 98-

Domonick Merkley[9]; 13. 11J-Justin Saunders[16]; 14. 18J-Jordan Wood[1]; 15. 27D-Mario Dupuis[13]; 16.

X41-Xavier Perrin[14]

Heat 1: 1. 52-Jessica Power[2]; 2. 0-Xavier Andrews[3]; 3. 88K-Dylan Kirkland[4]; 4. 98-Domonick

Merkley[6]; 5. 35B-Brennan Moore[5]; 6. 16-Matthew Prunner[7]; 7. 27D-Mario Dupuis[8]; 8. X41-Xavier

Perrin[1]

Heat 2: 1. 91-Kraig Handley[2]; 2. 707-Greg Brinklow[3]; 3. 22S-Shane Stearns[4]; 4. 88Z-Bobby

Herrington[5]; 5. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[7]; 6. 18J-Jordan Wood[8]; 7. (DNS) 11J-Justin Saunders; 8. (DNS)

32-Tyler Stewart

21 entries

DIRTCAR PRO STOCK

A Feature 1: 1. X15-Tyler Bushey[3]; 2. 194-Yves Hamel[8]; 3. 8-Marc Lalonde[7]; 4. 01-Francois Adam[2];

5. 48-Jocelyn Roy[1]; 6. 15-Guy Viens[11]; 7. 07-Robert Larocque[17]; 8. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[6]; 9. 32-

Jonathan Levesque[5]; 10. 35-Jonathan Lemay[9]; 11. 38JR-Justin Chaput[10]; 12. 44X-Bruno Richard[4]; 13.

17-Marc Peladeau[20]; 14. 22-Gabriel Caouette[19]; 15. 1X-Ian Bressette[18]; 16. 6-Stephane Lebrun[12]; 17.

9-Eric Jean Louis[13]; 18. 33-Bruno Cyr[16]; 19. 27-Thomas MacDonald[15]; 20. 97-Etienne Levesque[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Marc Lalonde[1]; 2. 194-Yves Hamel[2]; 3. 38JR-Justin Chaput[4]; 4. 35-Jonathan

Lemay[3]; 5. 9-Eric Jean Louis[5]; 6. 33-Bruno Cyr[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 48-Jocelyn Roy[1]; 2. 44X-Bruno Richard[3]; 3. 01-Francois Adam[2]; 4. 32-Jonathan

Levesque[6]; 5. 97-Etienne Levesque[4]; 6. 07-Robert Larocque[5]; 7. 22-Gabriel Caouette[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Stephane Lebrun[2]; 2. X15-Tyler Bushey[4]; 3. 15-Guy Viens[6]; 4. 72G-Denis

Gauvreau[5]; 5. 27-Thomas MacDonald[1]; 6. 1X-Ian Bressette[7]; 7. 17-Marc Peladeau[3]

18 entries

DIRT MINI STOCKS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 46-Hayden Brown[3]; 2. 23B-Brandon Macmillan[10]; 3. 30-Marc Dagenais[9]; 4.

73-Dakota Boal[5]; 5. 12A-Jamie Larocque[7]; 6. 06J-Jarrod Galway[8]; 7. 7M-Dan Cook[15]; 8. 67-Maxx

Steele[11]; 9. 37-Matt Boal[6]; 10. 29-Tyson Slinger[2]; 11. 97-Dave Watchorn[16]; 12. 6-Ian Reid[1]; 13.

16J-Jesse Wolfe[18]; 14. 03C-Colin Chisamore[14]; 15. 7Z-Antoine Dumouchel[12]; 16. 95-Zac Lynch[13];

17. 66P-Mark Packer[4]; 18. L29-Landen Slinger[17]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 46-Hayden Brown[3]; 2. 30-Marc Dagenais[5]; 3. 06J-Jarrod Galway[4]; 4. 66P-Mark

Packer[1]; 5. 95-Zac Lynch[2]; 6. 97-Dave Watchorn[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 12A-Jamie Larocque[4]; 2. 23B-Brandon Macmillan[5]; 3. 73-Dakota Boal[3]; 4. 7Z-

Antoine Dumouchel[6]; 5. 03C-Colin Chisamore[1]; 6. L29-Landen Slinger[2]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 37-Matt Boal[3]; 2. 29-Tyson Slinger[2]; 3. 6-Ian Reid[1]; 4. 67-Maxx Steele[5]; 5. 7M-

Dan Cook[4]; 6. 16J-Jesse Wolfe[6]

10 entries

NOVICE SPORTSMAN

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 98-Paul Donnelly[1]; 2. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[7]; 3. M75-Melcolm Banks[2]; 4. 911-

Nick Merkley[8]; 5. 35D-Dylan Moore[6]; 6. 80D-Damien King[10]; 7. 82-Nicolas Mainville[5]; 8. 17M-

Madie Wallace[4]; 9. 39-Cory Lambert[3]; 10. (DNS) 20-Nathan Lambert

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 82-Nicolas Mainville[4]; 2. 39-Cory Lambert[2]; 3. 98-Paul Donnelly[1]; 4. 21T-Trey

Ladouceur[5]; 5. (DNS) 20-Nathan Lambert

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 35D-Dylan Moore[3]; 2. 17M-Madie Wallace[2]; 3. M75-Melcolm Banks[1]; 4. 911-Nick

Merkley[4]; 5. 80D-Damien King[5]

Dutchman’s Dash 358 Modified Winner- Kalen Draper

Dutchman’s Dash Sportsman Winner- Xavier Andrews