Carey Terrance - Rick Young Photo
Cornwall, ONT — September 6, 2009 – By Martin Belanger, Cornwall Motor Speedway PR
The best Small-Block drivers gathered at Cornwall Motor Speedway for the third race of the 2009 Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series with a stellar field of 48 cars signing up to try and qualify for the 100-lap event paying a cool $4,000. At the end of the night, Carey Terrance was recognized as the best driver of the field.
Laurent Ladouceur and Terrance were at the lead of the 34-car field a the drop of the opening green flag. Ladouceur took the early lead but Terrance passed him using the outside lane on lap two with David Hébert sitting in third. Hébert took second on Ladouceur the next lap and moved in to chase the leader.
The leaders reached traffic with 10 laps scored while Ladouceur and Tim O’Brien battled further back for third with 15 laps in the books. Hébert got closer to Terrance as they diced for the top spot in heavy traffic while Pete Bicknell and O’Brien swapped fifth with 80 laps left in the feature.
Series points leader Dale Planck seemed to be the fastest car on the track as he cracked the top-15 as the race reached the 25-lap mark after starting last on the 34-car grid. Hébert continued on the back bumper of Terrance for the lead with both racing side by side, lap after lap.
The first caution came out on lap 34 for Tommy Flannigan who had stopped in turn one. On the restart, Hébert took over the lead from Terrance with Pat O’Brien trying to move past Ladouceur for third. O’Brien was able to take away the show position from Ladouceur on lap 36 as Hébert continued to hold a comfortable lead over Terrance with 40 laps done.
Frenchman Mario Clair brought the second yellow of the feature on lap 45 and headed to the pits. Terrance took back the top spot over Hébert when the green lights came back as Tim O’Brien was now third making great moves on that same restart. Yan Bussière slowed on the backstretch and another caution came out on lap 49 although Terrance kept the lead over Hébert as the race reached the halfway mark.
The top-five was Terrance, Hébert, Tim O’Brien, Ladouceur and Bicknell with 50 laps complete, yet three laps later Planck cracked the front-five as he passed Bicknell on lap 53. Planck was really fast on the outside lane and took third over from O’Brien on lap 57.
The leaders crept up to some slower cars when Bobby Herrington and Jean Boissonneault got together in turn four on lap 64. The race re-started on lap 68 with Terrance still the leader followed closest by Hébert and Planck. Hébert was trying hard to pass Terrance for the lead for several laps but the leader was able to resist.
In the meantime, Planck was trying to take second on Hébert as the O’Brien brothers were now fourth with Tim, fifth for Pat and sixth for Danny with 20 laps to go. Kyle Dingwall spun out in turn four and caution came out on lap 81.
The green lights were back out on lap 86 with the top-three remaining the same, Terrance and Hébert battled side by side with only 10 laps to go as Terrance held a slight advantage over Hébert. Planck closed in on Hébert on lap 95 while Hébert tried for first but Terrance closed the door.
Planck remained strong on the outside taking second when caution came out with only two laps to go forcing the feature to finish under green-white-checker conditions. Terrance got a good start with Planck on top but Terrance was able to resist by a scant 0.002-second margin ahead of Hébert, Danny O’Brien and Tim O’Brien among the top-five.
“That was an awesome race,” was the first comment from Terrance in victory lane. “I ran the bottom, that was a good lane for me all night. It’s always nice to race against these drivers, it was always clean.”
Second-place runner Planck was also pleased for his teammate Terrance. “Carey and I are a team and the last caution hurt me but the track was great and I’m happy with second.”
French speaking David Hébert also commented on his race. “I tried running on top but my car was going better at the bottom. Dale and Carey are pretty strong here, I’m happy that I won the Canadian DIRT Series.”
The series stays north next week with a three-night weekend with visits at the revamped Mohawk International Raceway located in Hogansburg, NY on Friday, September 11, Brockville Ontario Speedway on the 12th and the series will then head to Quebec at Autodrome Granby on Sept. 13 for a 150-lap feature event paying $10,000 to the winner.
Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series Race #3 – Cornwall Motor Speedway, September 6, 2009 ‘Jiffy Auto Service 100’ Event Summary
Feature (100L)
Carey Terrance ($4,000), Dale Planck, David Hébert, Danny O’Brien, Tim O’Brien, Alain Boisvert, Jeremy Wilder, Pat O’Brien, Pete Bicknell, Laurent Ladouceur, Kayle Robidoux, Chad Brachmann, Larry Lampman, Steve Bernard, Mat Williamson, Clement Therrien, Alex Fortier, Claude Brouillard, Gino Clair, Kyle Dingwall, Martin Roy, Patrice McGrail, Jean Boissonneault, Pierre Dagenais, Tommy Flannigan, Michel Chicoine, Lance Willix, Billy Cook, Joel Doiron, Bobby Herrington, Yan Bussière, Mario Clair, Roy Tarbell.
QUALIFYING
FAST
CAR# DRIVER TIME
1 46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant, QC 13.107
6 Pat O’Brien/Kingston,ONT 13.107
3 21 Yan Bussière/Drummondville, QUE13.115
4 42 Pete Bicknell/St.Catharines,ONT 13.175
5 73 Alain Boisvert/Dorval, QUE 13.197
6 40 Joel Doiron/Alexandria,ONT 13.207
7 23 Laurent Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT13.213
8 2X Alex Fortier/Princeville, QC 13.222
9 80 Chris Steele/Fenwick,ONT 13.273
10 54 Steve Bernard/St-Paul D’abbotsford, QC 13.342
11 16g Gage Morin/St-Andrews, ONT 13.355
12 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY 13.370
13 66x Carey Terrance/Akwesasne,NY 13.379
14 1 David Hebert/St. Damase,QUE 13.382
15 88 Tim O’Brien/Kingston, ONT 13.384
16 72 Tommy Flannigan/St.Catharines,ONT13.416
17 22j Gino Clair/Drummondville, QUE 13.418
18 3 Claude Brouillard/Sorel-Tracy, QC13.427
39 Clement Therrien/Victoriaville, QC13.427
20 124 Pierre Dagenais/Gatineau, QUE 13.453
21 7* Danny O’Brien/Kingston,ONT 13.455
22 90 Martin Roy/Napierville, ONT 13.468
23 96 Kyle Dingwall/Brockville, ONT 13.477
24 84 Dave Heaslip/Smiths Fall, ONT 13.490
25 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY 13.507
26 10 Patrice McGrail/Brossard, QUE 13.508
27 3b Chad Brachmann/Sanborn,NY 13.551
28 55p Perry Francis/Akwesasne,NY 13.592
29 25 Bobby Herrington/Elginburg,ONT 13.606
30 61 Jean Boissonneault, Granby, QUE13.672
31 9s Mark Smoke/Akwesasne,NY 13.685
32 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE 13.695
33 22D Roy Delormier/Cornwall Island, ONT13.733
34 97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE13.759
35 OO7 Roy Tarbell/Hogansburg, Ny 13.905
36 71 Mike Bowman/St.Catharines,ONT13.911
37 22 Larry Lampman,Jr./Port Colborne,ONT13.947
38 22jx Jeremy Wilder/Fort Plain,NY 13.998
39 72g Denis Gauvreau/Alymer,QUE 14.015
40 17 Marc Therrien/Williamstown, ONT14.079
41 99 Ron Valade/North Lancaster, ONT14.262
42 m70 Billy Cook/Akwesasne,NY 14.390
43 81 Alan Therrien/Victoriaville, QUE 15.201
44 14 Mitchell Jock/Akwesasne,NY -NT-
45 08 Mark D’Ilario/Smithville,ONT -NT-
46 6m Mat Williamson/St.Catharines,ONT –NT-
47 52 James Friesen/St.Catharines,ONT –NT-
48 66K Jasmin Léveillé/Prevost, QUE -NT-
Heat Races
#1: David Hébert, Joel Doiron, Alain Boisvert, Gino Clair, Mario Clair, Chris Steele, Matt Williamson, Mark Smoke.
#2: Carey Terrance, Tim O’Brien, Kyle Dingwall, Patrice McGrail, Bobby Herrington, Denis Gauvreau, James Friesen, Marc Therrien.
#3: Pat O’Brien, Pete Bicknell, Alex Fortier, Steve Bernard, Tommy Flanagan, Larry Lampman, Claude Brouillard, Mike D’Ilario.
#4: Laurent Ladouceur, Martin Roy, Dale Planck, Jean Boissonneault, Clément Therrien, Mike Bowman, Michel Chicoine, Alan Therrien (DNS).
#5: Yan Bussière, Pierre Dagenais, Jeremy Wilder, Perry Francis, Roy Tarbell, Gage Morin, Chad Brachmann, Jasmin Léveillé (DNS).
#6: Kayle Robidoux, Danny O’Brien, Lance Willix, Dave Heaslip, Roy Delormier, Ron Valade, Mitch Jock, Billy Cook.
Consolation Round
#1: Gino Clair, Tommy Flanagan, Patrice McGrail, Mario Clair, Larry Lampman, Denis Gauvreau, Chris Steele, Steve Bernard, James Friesen, Mat Williamson, Claude Brouillard, Bobby Herrington, Marc Therrien, Mark D’Ilario
#2: Jean Boissonneault, Chad Brachmann, Roy Tarbell, Michel Chicoine, Billy Cook, Perry Francis, Roy Delormier, Ron Valade, Mitch Jock, Clement Therrien, Dave Heaslip, Alan Therrien (DNS), Jasmin Léveillé (DNS).
Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series Point Standings (Sept. 6)
Rank No. Driver Points Diff Wins Top-5 Top-10 Starts
1 77x Dale Planck 280 0 0 3 3 3
2 42 Pete Bicknell 235 -45 0 2 3 3
3 7* Danny O’Brien 233 -47 0 1 3 3
4 66x Carey Terrance 222 -58 1 1 2 3
5 22 Larry Lampman Jr. 221 -59 1 1 2 3
6 3b Chad Brachmann 183 -97 0 1 1 3
7 1 David Hebert 162 -118 0 1 2 2
8 55 Stewart Friesen 161 -119 0 1 2 2
9 6m Mat Williamson ® 158 -122 0 0 0 3
10 80x Chris Steele 150 -130 0 0 1 3
11 25 Bobby Herrington 142 -138 0 0 0 3
12 22J Jeremy Wilder 136 -144 0 0 1 2
13 16w Lance Willix II 124 -156 0 0 0 3
14 23 Laurent Ladouceur 118 -162 0 0 1 2
15 28 Scott Kerwin 108 -172 0 0 1 2
16 FX1 Danny Johnson 100 -180 1 1 1 1
17 5* Tim Jones 100 -180 0 0 0 2
18 08 Mark D’ilario ® 96 -184 0 0 0 2
19 123 Robbie Krull 96 -184 0 0 0 2
20 76 Travis Braun 96 -184 0 0 0 2
21 99J Jimmy Phelps 95 -185 0 1 1 1
22 52 James M. Friesen 94 -186 0 0 0 2
23 72 Tommy Flannigan 93 -187 0 0 0 2
24 26R Rick Richner 92 -188 0 0 0 2
25 22c Mario Clair 85 -195 0 0 0 2
26 8 Rich Scagliotta 85 -195 0 0 0 2
27 89b Todd Burley 80 -200 0 1 1 1
28 88 Tim O’Brien 80 -200 0 1 1 1
29 6 Pat O’Brien 78 -202 0 0 1 1
30 73 Alain Boisvert 76 -204 0 0 1 1
31 20 Jeff McGinnis 68 -212 0 0 1 1
32 XXX Todd Gordon 68 -212 0 0 0 1
33 44 Brian Stevens 65 -215 0 0 1 1
34 55p Perry Francis 62 -218 0 0 0 1
35 9 Mark Smoke 60 -220 0 0 0 1
36 46 Kayle Robidoux 60 -220 0 0 0 1
37 54 Steve Bernard 54 -226 0 0 0 1
38 M70 Billy Cook 50 -230 0 0 0 1
39 40 Joel Doiron 50 -230 0 0 0 1
40 97 Michel Chicone 50 -230 0 0 0 1
41 71 Mike Bowman ® 50 -230 0 0 0 1
42 88 Boyd MacTavish 50 -230 0 0 0 1
43 69 Rob Pietz 50 -230 0 0 0 1
44 39 Clement Therrien 50 -230 0 0 0 1
45 17c Bobby Davidson 48 -232 0 0 0 1
46 3 Claude Brouillard 46 -234 0 0 0 1
47 22J Gino Clair 45 -235 0 0 0 1
48 96 Kyle Dingwall 44 -236 0 0 0 1
49 90 Martin Roy 43 -237 0 0 0 1
50 9 Jon Miller 42 -238 0 0 0 1
51 19 Joe Kubiniec 41 -239 0 0 0 1
52 61 Jean Boissonneault 41 -239 0 0 0 1
53 54J Dave Just 40 -240 0 0 0 1
54 98h Erick Rudolph ® 40 -240 0 0 0 1
55 96 Fred Carleton 40 -240 0 0 0 1
56 88k Randy Chrysler 40 -240 0 0 0 1
57 38 Scott Wood 40 -240 0 0 0 1
58 21 Yan Bussière 40 -240 0 0 0 1
59 124 Pierre Dagenais 40 -240 0 0 0 1
60 007 Roy Tarbell 40 -240 0 0 0 1
61 72g Denis Gauvreau 20 -260 0 0 0 0
62 14 Mitchell Jock 20 -260 0 0 0 0
63 8s Justin Sharp ® 20 -260 0 0 0 0
64 33 Mike Mahaney 20 -260 0 0 0 0
65 72T Todd Stewart 20 -260 0 0 0 0
66 13 Tony Steiner 20 -260 0 0 0 0
67 95 Alexandre Boisvert 10 -270 0 0 0 0
68 108 Bill Bleich 10 -270 0 0 0 0
69 11 Bob Broomfield 10 -270 0 0 0 0
70 22e Eric Gauvreau 10 -270 0 0 0 0
71 82 Ken Winfield 10 -270 0 0 0 0
72 99L Larry Wight 10 -270 0 0 0 0
73 26h Luke Carleton 10 -270 0 0 0 0
74 17c Pete Cosco 10 -270 0 0 0 0
75 95X Philippe Degranges 10 -270 0 0 0 0
76 93 Richie Vinson 10 -270 0 0 0 0
77 18 Rick Hoctor 10 -270 0 0 0 0
78 54Jx Scott Just 10 -270 0 0 0 0
79 47 Simon Perreault 10 -270 0 0 0 0
80 91 Travis Cunningham 10 -270 0 0 0 0
81 37s Wayne Conn 10 -270 0 0 0 0
82 84 Dave Heaslip 10 -270 0 0 0 0
83 81 Éric Landry 10 -270 0 0 0 0
84 16 Gage Morin 10 -270 0 0 0 0
85 4K Jasmin Léveillée 10 -270 0 0 0 0
86 17 Marc Therrien 10 -270 0 0 0 0
87 99 Ron Valade 10 -270 0 0 0 0
2009 358-MODIFIED SYRACUSE CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS
(+)-denotes Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series event.
DAY-DATE TRACK WINNER/QUALIFIER
Sat-Apr 19 Orange County Fair Speedway Brett Hearn
Sun-Apr 26 Big Diamond Raceway Duane Howard/Tom Scheetz Jr.-18th
Sat-May 2 Airborne Speedway Martin Roy
Sun-May 17 Cornwall Motor Speedway Danny O’Brien
Mon-May 18+ Merrittville Speedway Larry Lampman Jr.
Mon-May 18 Merrittville Speedway Pete Bicknell
Fri-May 22 Ransomville Speedway Todd Burley
Wed-Jun 17 Orange County Fair Speedway BillyDecker/Donnie Wilson&Kirk Horton
Sun-Jun 21 Cornwall Motor Speedway Joel Doiron
Sat-Jun 27 Lebanon Valley Speedway Ray Hoard
Fri-Jul 3 Ransomville Speedway Brett Hearn/Robbie Krull-11th
Sat-Jul 4 Fulton Speedway Alan Johnson/Mike Mahaney-21st
Thr-Jul 9 Brockville Ontario Speedway B.Hearn/Kyle Dingwall-5th
Fri-Jul 10 Autodrome Granby B.Decker/David Hebert-5th
Fri-Jul 17 Autodrome Granby Mario Clair
Sat-Jul 18 Merrittville Speedway L.Lampman/Chad Brachmann-2nd
Sat-Jul 18 Autodrome Drummond D.Hebert/Michel Chicoine-3rd
Sun-Jul 26 Lebanon Valley Speedway Tom Faxon
Thr-Jul 30 Mohawk Int’l Speedway D.Hebert/Todd Stewart-2nd
Fri-Jul 31+ Ransomville Speedway Danny Johnson
Fri-Jul 31 Autodrome Edelweiss D.Hebert/Steve Bernard-3rd
Sat-Aug 1 Brockville Ontario Speedway D.O’Brien/Kayle Robidoux-3rd
Sat-Aug 1 Humberstone Speedway Stewart Friesen
Mon-Aug 3 Merrittville Speedway M.Sheppard/Adam Ferri-11th
Fri-Aug 7 Brewerton Speedway M.Sheppard/Chris Hile-19th
Sat-Aug 8 Lebanon Valley Speedway Andy Bachetti
Sat-Aug 8 Autodrome Drummond S.Bernard/Clement Therrien-2nd
Fri-Aug 21 Can-Am Motorsports Park M.Sheppard/Eric Gauvreau-23rd
Sun-Aug 23 Cornwall Motor Speedway Jimmy Phelps/Pierre Dagenais-2nd
Fri-Aug 28 Autodrome Granby Yan Bussiere
Fri-Aug 28 Autodrome Edelweiss P.Dagenais/Brian McDonald-2nd
Fri-Sep 4 Ransomville Speedway P.Bicknell/Jon Miller-4th
Sat-Sep 5 Airborne Speedway M.Roy/Patrick Dupree-2nd
Sat-Sep 5 Merrittville Speedway Mike Bowman
Sat-Sep 5 Autodrome Drummond D.Hebert/Eric Lefebvre-6th
Sat-Sep 5 Lebanon Valley Speedway Steve Hough
Sun-Sep 6 Cornwall Motor Speedway Carey Terrance
Sun-Sep 6 Cayuga County Fair Speedway B.Decker/Randy Chrysler-13th
2009 Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series Schedule
*All events subject to change.
DAY-DATE LAPS TRACK LOCATION/WINNER
Mon-May 18 Merrittville Speedway Larry Lampman Jr.
Fri-Jul 31 Ransomville Speedway Danny Johnson
Sun-Sep 6 Cornwall Motor Speedway Carey Terrance
Fri-Sep 11 Mohawk International Raceway Akwesasne,NY
Sat-Sep 12 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT
Sun-Sep 13 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE ($10,000 to win)
Sat-Sep 19 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE ($10,000 to win)
Fri-Sep 25 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Elbridge,NY
Wed-Oct 7 Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville,NY
Thr-Oct 8 Brewerton Speedway Brewerton,NY
Fri-Oct 9 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Elbridge,NY
Sat-Oct 10 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY ($20,000 to win)
Sat-Oct 17 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT
Sun-Oct 18 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT
DIRTcar Racing Northeast main office is located in Weedsport, New York on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds, home of DIRTcar All-Star Weekend in July. DIRTcar Northeast’s crown jewel event —Super DIRT Week at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse— runs October 7-11, 2009 featuring Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship Series events for Big-Block Modified, 358-Modified, Sportsman and Pro Stock divisions. Ticket and schedule information is available by contacting the Weedsport office (315/834-6606) during the day or logging into www.superdirtweekonline.com anytime.
The Big-Block Super DIRTcar Series is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Hoosier Racing Tire www.hoosiertire.com and VP Racing Fuels www.vpracingfuels.com. Promotional partners include Dig Safely New York www.digsafelynewyork.com and the University of Northwestern Ohio www.unoh.com and the contingency sponsors are Bars Leaks www.barsproducts.com, Bert Transmission www.berttransmission.com, Bicknell Racing Products www.bicknellracingproducts.com, Bilstein Shocks www.bilstein.com, Brodix Cylinder Heads www.brodix.com, Ferris Industries www.ferrisindustries.com, Integra Shocks www.integrashocksandsprings.com, Intercomp www.intercomp-racing.com, KSE Racing Products www.kse-racing.com, Motorsports Safety Systems www.motorsportssafetysystems.com, Penske Shocks, www.penskeshocks.com, Racing Electronics www.racingelectronics.com, Rislone Oil Stabilizer www.barsproducts.com and Wrisco Industries www.wrisco.com.
