BUDDIES BLOGS
Border Patrol – A weekly Look At Racing from both sides of the 1000 Islands
Craig Revelle
– June 14, 2009
My weekend of racing began
Friday evening at the Can Am Motorsports Park, as I crossed the border and
headed to Lafargeville, New York. On
Saturday, Brockville Ontario Speedway was the place to be, as they had Mother
Nature on their side, and the rain stayed away.
On Sunday I headed to the Cornwall Motor Speedway for their show, which
featured “Loonie-Toonie”, and a very affordable 2-dollar grandstand
admission.
On Friday evening, the Can Am
Motorsports Park was the destination of choice as they hosted the Big
Block/Small block Modifieds, Sportsman, IMCA Modifieds, Crate Late Models, and
thunder cars.
The Big Block/Small block
Modified event was fantastic, as Frank Caprara and Billy Dunn battled for the
top spot through out most of the 30 lap event.
Caprara was the winner with Dunn crossing the finish line in second
place. Lafargeville native Scott Parliament was third followed by
Lance Willix and Ted Lamb.
The Sportsman feature was next,
and 24 cars rolled off the starting grid for their 25-lap event.
Second-generation driver Josh VanBrocklin picked up his first win of the
season, holding off a hard charging group of early season winners Matt Hulsizer,
Matt Billings, Sammy Reakes, and Chris Raabe.
Dale Caswell was the winner of
the GM crate engine powered Late Model class.
Phil Walker won his first feature of the season in the street stocks, and
Ray Bechler won a pair of features in the Thunder car division.
Saturday afternoon, rain
appeared to be a major concern, as much of the area was being hit with an
unexpected afternoon rain. Optimism
returned as I got closer to the track, and the roads were dry, and the rain
stayed to the south of the Speedway.
The first feature event on the
schedule was the 4cylinder “rookie” division.
It appeared that it was going to be a night to remember for the Lansdowne
duo of Steve Barber and Frank Mitchell as they ran first and second for much of
the event. Unfortunatley for
Mitchell, on lap 12 of the 16 lap event, something in the rear of the car broke,
nearly sending him into a violent flip over the banking in turn 2.
The car did remain on all 4 wheels, but suffered heavy damage.
Barber went on to win over, Chris Bakker, Ron Day Carl Gorry and Gerry Oszczakiewicz.
Josh Kirkland, Steve Barber, and Ron Day were the winners of the
qualifying races earlier in the evening.
The Sportsman feature was up
next, and they were running the first of 3 events in the LUCAS OIL series.
26 cars took the green flag, as Shane Pecore and Matt Billings led the
field at the start of the 40-lap event. At
the checkered, it was an unfamiliar face in victory lane, as Sammy Reakes moved
up from his 5th place starting position and picked up the win.
Reakes, a regular racer at the Fulton Speedway on Saturday nights made
his inaugural trip to Brockville a memorable one, as he picked up the win.
Matt Billings was a very strong second, and if it wasn’t for a series
of late race cautions, Billings may have won his second feature in a row at the
BOS. Chris Herbison, Randy Gaudet
and Adam Turner rounded out the top 5. Shane
Pecore, Matt Billings and Roger Varacalli picked up the wins in the earlier
qualifying races.
“If anyone was going to go by
me, they were going to have to move me out of the bottom groove, and I knew Matt
wouldn’t do that, he is a good clean racer”, says race winner Reakes about
runner-up finisher Billings.
The Modified feature was next
to hit the high banked quarter mile oval. Andy
Lloyd and John Mulder led the field to the green flag for the 30-lap event. At the checkered flag it was Danny Obrien picking up the win,
his third victory in just four events of 2009 at the BOS. Danny’s brother Pat Obrien moved up from his 11th
place starting position and secured the second position.
Adam Moore, last week’s winner Todd Stewart from his 14th
place starting position, and Kyle Dingwall completed the top 5.
Modified heat race winners were Kyle Dingwall, Ryan Poole, and Bill Gill.
The popular Street Stock class
was next up, and Jack Code and Brian Billings filled the front row starting
positions as the green flag waived. At
the finish, it was 2008 champion Steve Billings picking up his first win of
2009. Billing’s made a last lap
pass on opening night winner Nicholas Gauvreau to pick up the win. Yves Vendette was third followed by Brock Cullen and Kevin
Jodoin.
On Sunday, the Cornwall Motor
Speedway was the place to be. The
2-dollar admission price filled the grandstands.
Alain Boisvert was the winner of the Modified feature.
Joel Doiron, Perry Francis, Carey Terrance and Laurent Ladouceur
completed the top 5.
Next week will be a big week
for area racing fans. It all starts
off on Friday night at the Can Am Motorsports Park for their regular night of
racing. The action will then shift
back to Brockville for their full Steve Polite Sand and Gravel sponsored racing
program plus the McNamee Concrete Vintage Modifieds, and the ever-popular
Spectator Bag Race that puts the driver in his/her car with a paper bag over
their head, and a passenger in the back seat giving the directions. This event has become a fan favorite for the Brockville
Ontario Speedway. On Sunday,
Cornwall Speedway will host their biggest event of 2009 as the World of Outlaw
Late Models make their northern swing. Racing
action continues into Monday, as the same World of Outlaw Late Models invade the
Can Am Motorsports Park for the first time ever.
This weekend will also mark the return of fan favorite Tim McCreadie who
was injured in a racing accident in January at an indoor event in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
Brockville
Ontario Speedway Race Results: June
13, 2009
Modifieds
30 laps: Danny Obrien, Pat Obrien, Adam Moore, Todd Stewart, Kyle Dingwall,
Brian McDonald, Tim Obrien, Bill Gill, Jason Riddell, Bryan Rogers, Gage Morin,
John Mulder, Andy Lloyd, Ryan Poole, Joe Banks, Steve Bilow, Skip McKenzie,
Chris King, Billy Cook
Sportsman
40 laps Lucas Oil Sportsman Series: Sammy Reakes, Matt Billings, Chris Herbison,
Randy Gaudet, Adam Turner, Shane Pecore, Dana Aikins, Tammy Jalbert, Dave
Wilgosh, Doug O Blenis, Kyle Wilson, Brian Copp, Sheldon Hoogwerf, Roger
Varacalli, Adam Trickey, Bruce Makinson, Luke Stewart, Joey Evans, Brian Buzzell,
Jessica Power, Randy Earl, Tabatha Murphy, Luke Whitteker, Mike Mainse, Dylan
Evoy, Todd Ferguson
Street
Stocks 15 laps:Steve Billings, Nicholas Gauvreau, Yves Vendette, Brock Cullen,
Kevin Jodoin, Derrick Eaton, Danny Mocibob, Guy Amesse, Bill Code, Art Brown,
Kevin Fetterly Jr, Jack Code, Steve Kearney, Selena Simzer, Brian Billings,
Dominic Gauvreau
Rookies
16 laps: Steve Barber, Chris Bakker, Ron Day, Carl Gorry, Gerry Oszczakiewicz,
Scott Waldorf, Pierre Picard, Chris Lloyd, Brandon Henderson, Dwight Feltham,
Richard Bartholomew, Glen Miller, Colin Tracey, Nicole Cameron, Frank Mitchell
Jr, Josh Kirkland, Taylor McPhee, Nolan Swamp
Photo Courtesy of Brockville Ontario Speedway - Henry Hannewyk
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