BROCKVILLE - It doesn't seem to matter what kind of race car he's in, when Steve Poirier enters the gates of Brockville Ontario Speedway immediately he becomes a factor. Poirier scored his second spint car win of the season at the fast three eighths of a mile clay oval taking the 25 lap Empire Super Sprints victory before a near capacity crowd. The Fireball also won back in May while running with the Southern Ontario Sprint Car Group.
It wasn't easy as Poirier started tenth and was running third with a great view of a furious two car battle for the lead between early frontrunner Michel Parent and local favourite Ricky Wilson. Wilson delighted the home faithful with some daring inside out moves off turn 4 to take the lead briefly before Parent would take it back. Poirier then joined in and the three went wheel to wheel, sometimes three wide until Poirier took the lead for good enroute to the victory. Parent ended up second with Wilson a close third as Canadians grabbed the entire podium on this night.
Danny O Brien has his patented late season charge in full swing in the 358 Modified division. O Brien scored his fourth feature win of 2008 and second in a row taking the 30 lap main event with relative ease. The Pocket Rocket was in the top spot by the time the fifth lap was complete and even though points leader Kyle Dingwall was able to close up on a couple of restarts, he had nothing for the Kingston driver, who managed to trim a few points from Dingwall's points lead heading into the final two weeks of points competition. Todd Stewart, Stephane LaFrance and Adam Moore were third through fifth respectively.
Chris Raabe scored his 14th DIRT Sportsman win of 2008 as he blasted to the front in the early laps and motored home with a convincing 25 lap triumph over Peter Stapper. Stapper held off a late challenge from Dylan Evoy, who dedicated his effort to his Aunt, that passed away earlier in the week. Dave Wilgosh and Shane Pecore rounded out the top five.
The 20 lap Street Stock main took 50 minutes to complete, included 10 cautions and two red flags, the last of which came out as the checkered flag fell. Mark Grier led every lap en route to the win to highlight his comeback season. Dominic Gauvreau outlasted Nicholas Gauvreau for second with Dana Aikins and Shawn Millan in tow. Gaetan Amesse and Herb Leach were both uninjured after flipping their cars to bring out the reds.
The Rookies in contract when green to checkered in their 16 lap finale with Bob Ray taking advantage of late problems for then leader Steve Barber for the win. Josh Kane was a strong second followed by Chris Bakker, Barber and Mike Gaucher. Wayne Riddell dominated from start to finish in the Vintage Car main event.
Brockville Ontario Speedway returns to action next Saturday night, August 23rd with a full card plus a spectator burn out contest and a special 40 lap Street Stock series event. The green flag drops at 7pm.
Empire Super Sprints 25 laps:Steve Poirier, Michael Parent, Rick Wilson, Justin Barger, Jeff Cook, Jared Zimbardi, Lance Yonge, Kevin Job, Anthony Cain, Alain Bergeron, Brian McDonald, Tommy Wickham, Tim Kelly, Chuck Hebing, Doug Emery, Bubby Kerrick, Normand Beaudreault, Chris Jones, Lee Ladouceur, Justin Harris, April Wilson, DNS – Daniel Lampron.
Modifieds 30 laps: Danny O Brien, Kyle Dingwall, Todd Stewart, Stephane LaFrance, Adam Moore, Tim O Brien, Ryan Poole, Bill Gill, Paul Pekkonen, Bobby Herrington, Brian McDonald, Bryan Rogers, Andy Lloyd, Skip McKenzie, John Mulder, Joe Banks, Jason Riddell, Mark Hitchcock
Sportsman 25 laps: Chris Raabe, Peter Stapper, Dylan Evoy, Dave Wilgosh, Shane Pecore, Luke Whitteker, Randy Earl, Chris Herbison, Randy Gaudet, Sheldon Hoogwerf, Brian Copp, Matt Billings, Tyler Rand, Adam Turner, Roger Varacalli, Jessica Power, Derek Spellan, Adam Trickey, Rod McDonald, Mike Mainse, Tabatha Murphy, Zeke McKeown, Cole Dingwall
Street Stocks 20 laps: Mark Grier, Dominic Gauvreau, Nicholas Gauvreau, Dana Aikins, Shawn McMillan, Steve Billings, Marco Lalonde, Kevin Campbell, Steve Harrigan, Bill Code, JP Laberge, Gaetan Amesse, Selena Simzer, Michel Hamelin, Yves Vandette, Derek Cryderman, Chris Turner, Shawn Lefevbre, Herb Leach, Kevin Jordan, Raymond Jonyce, Sebastian Bazinet, Danny Mocibob, Jack Code
Rookies 16 laps: Bob Ray, Josh Kane, Chris Bakker, Steve Barber, Mike Gaucher, Frank Mitchell Jr, Dwight Feltham, Dave Watchorn, Ron Day, Glen Miller, Tom Snyder, Brandon Henderson, Chris Lloyd, Josh Kirkland, Colin Tracey,
Vintage 12 laps: Wayne Riddell, Jason Powers, Paul Billings, Denzil Billings Jr, John McNamee, John Gibson, Clay McNamee, Dave McNamee, Peter Penfold, Luke McKinnon, Kurtis Martelle, Bob Botting
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