Herrington becomes second teenager in victory lane in August
BROCKVILLE-It's getting to the point where they might want to start having teen dances in victory lane at Brockville Ontario Speedway. Youth was served for the second time in the month of August on Friday night at the fast quarter mile oval as Bobby Herrington captured his first 20 lap Sportsman feature ever. It was also another triumph for the stock crate motor in the Sportsman division.
Herrington benefitted from a couple of early incidents, but then the 14 year old got down to business, able to stretch out big leads as soon as he took over the top spot. "I was getting nervous towards the end, I didn't want to blow it," he said in victory lane afterwards. Even on the last restart Herrington showed no signs of slowing down blasting back out to a five car length advantage by the time the cars reached the back straight. Ryan Poole finished second followed by points leader Marcel Pecore, Chris Herbison and another teenage phenom Jeremy Lasalle.
Herrington wasn't the only teenager in victory lane for the first time on Friday night either. Adam Trickey ended two years of frustration and captured his first ever 12 lap Rookie feature. Trickey kept his car out front despite a stiff challenge in the closing laps from Dave Blue and Dave Watchorn, Michael Blais was fourth in his first trip to Brockville with John Johnston rounding out the fast five. Early leader Josh Kane escaped serious injury after a spectacular rollover in turn one after something broke on his machine.
Pat O Brien grabbed a stranglehold on the 358 Modified track title as he cruised to his 7th feature win of the season. Brother Danny was a remarkable second after going off the race track and backing his car into the swamp. The Pocket Rocket was able to regroup in the final 20 laps for the runner up finish. Kyle Dingwall got around Chris Jones in the late going to finish 3rd with Bryan Rogers rounding out the top five. Adam Moore rolled his 35 car 3 times in turn 4 but did manage to return to the track in time to finish 11th.
Adam Turner took advantage of Pete Stapper's problems in lapped traffic to score his second straight Street Stock win. Stapper drifted way high in turn four while trying to get past a lapped car that opened the door for Turner who quickly pulled away to a huge advantage and the victory. Stapper settled for second in front of Harvey Arquette, Billy Cpde and Dana Aikens.
The Midstate Vintage Stock Car Club made it's annual visit to Brockville with Ally Amell once again the class of the field. Brockville Ontario Speedway returns to action next Friday night, September 2nd with the final points night in all four regular divisions. The green flag drops at 7:30 pm.
Modifieds 30 laps 1. Pat O Brien 2. Danny O Brien 3. Kyle Dingwall 4. Chris Jones 5. Bryan Rogers 6. John Mulder 7. Mark Hitchcock 8. Andy Lloyd 9. Paul Pekkonen 10. Doug Haldane 11. Adam Moore 12. Victor McAlpin 13. Mike Adderley 14. Pernie Banks 15. Jamie Martin 16. Steve Bilow
Sportsman 20 laps 1. Bobby Herrington 2. Ryan Poole 3. Marcel Pecore 4. Chris Herbison 5. Jeremy Lasalle 6. Brad Kirkland 7. Chris Raabe 8. Bob Albright 9. Sheldon Hoogwerf 10. Brett Horner 11. Kees Van Winden 12. Jim Peters 13. Jason Riddell 14. Tim Van Brocklin 15. Robbie Ezard
Street Stock 20 laps 1. Adam Turner 2. Pete Stapper 3. Harvey Arquette 4. Billy Code 5. Dana Aikens 6. Shane Ray 7. Charles Barkley 8. Jack Code 9. Kevin Campbell 10. Chris Tremblay
Rookies 12 laps 1. Adam Trickey 2. Dave Blue 3. Dave Watchorn 4. Michael Blais 5. John Johnston 6. Jesse Perrin