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Border Patrol A weekly Look At Racing from both sides of the 1000 Islands
Craig Revelle July 26, 2009
As
the summer months progress, the constant theme has been rain, and once again
this weekend, my plans have been dictated by the weather.
Friday night, I traveled to the Can Am Motorsports Park with a gloomy
forecast in sight, I crossed the river and hoped for the best.
Saturday evening, Brockville Speedway had a full schedule, with features
from the July 11th rainout on tap before the regularly scheduled
event.
Friday night, the Can Am Motorsports
Park was the destination of choice as the Big Block/Small Block Modifieds,
Sportsman, IMCA Modifieds, Late Models, Street Stocks, and Thunder Cars were
joined by the Mid State Vintage Stock Car Club for their maiden appearance at
the track. The Modified feature was
won by Justin Haers from Phelps, New York, followed by Billy Dunn, Lance Willix,
Jimmy Phelps and Chris Higgins. The
Sportsman feature was won by Josh Van Brocklin, holding off a late race
challenge from rising teenage star Matt Billings from Brockville, Ontario. Matt Hulsizer, Tom Conklin, and Brandon Sweet rounded out the
top five. Dale Caswell won the Pro
Late Model feature as well as the IMCA Modified main event.
Dave Mannise won the street stock feature, and Rob Martin and Ray Bechler
split the 2 Thunder Car feature events.
Saturday night, at the Paul Kirkland
owned Brockville Ontario Speedway, the forecast had once again looked
unpleasant. Race fans had one eye
on the track and one eye on the dark clouds above.
The night started out with feature events from the July 11th
rainout. The Street Stocks,
Sportsman, and Modifieds all had feature events to run before the evenings
schedule programs took precedence. Smith
Falls, Ontario racer Brock Cullen, won the Street Stock feature event, holding
off Dominic Gauvreau, Danny Mocibob, Guy Amesse and Bill Code.
Cullen, who just recently had to swap motors after blowing his primary
motor a few weeks ago picked up his second win of the season.
The Sportsman feature was up next, and
it was Sheldon Hoogwerf picking up the popular win.
Hoogwerf held of several charges from teenagers Luke Whitteker and then
Matt Billings to pick up his first checkered flag of the season.
Billings crossed the line in second, Whitteker was third, followed by
Dylan Evoy and Randy Gaudet.
The Modified feature was next to take
center stage, and it was Danny Obrien coming from deep in the field to make a
dramatic last lap pass on Ryan Poole on the last corner of the last lap to take
the win. Poole, who was trying to
hold off Obrien for his first win ended up spinning as he tried to defend the
lead. Kyle Dingwall, Adam Moore,
Tim Obrien and John Mulder avoided the spinning Poole car and captured the
remaining top five positions.
Next weekend will consist of the usual
Friday night stop at the Can Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, New York
followed by a 100 lap Lucas Oil Canadian DIRT Challenge Series Event at the
Brockville Ontario Speedway. This
series will also be in action on Thursday evening at the newly refurbished
Mohawk International Raceway in Hogansburg, New York.
It will be a busy week for some local
race teams, as there is a Small Block Modified Mr. DIRTcar Series event
sandwiched between the two Canadian Series events.
Ransomville Speedway, located near Niagara Falls, New York will host the
next round of the tour. Several
area drivers will be making the haul from the area including Danny Obrien, Todd
Stewart, and Bobby Herrington.
Photo Attachment: Brock Cullen in Victory Lane at the Brockville Ontario Speedway. (Rick Young Photo)
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