CSCC ROUND 2 :
STOCK-CAR’S BEST PUT ON A GREAT SHOW DONALD THEETGE OUTDUELS DERY
FOR THE WIN AT MONTMAGNY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LPS20180609-EN MONTMAGNY, QC – Quebec businessman and NASCAR driver, Donald Theetge, took
advantage of his weekend off… to go stock car racing and ended up taking home
the hardware for winning the race. He
raced round 2 of the Canadian Stock Car Championship (CSCC) which showcases
Quebec’s best drivers and LMS cars. Quebec
City’s Jean-François Dery, St-Edouard de Lotbiniere’s Dany Trepanier,
Terrebonne’s Pier-Luc Ouellette and
Blainville’s Jonathan Bouvrette rounded out the top-5. The 125 lap race was held Autodrome Montmagny track (Montmagny, Quebec),
a 3/8-mile oval, located East of Quebec city.
A fast paced and action filled race from start to finish which delighted
the large crowd in attendance. The race
was run in 80 minutes and was slowed for cautions 8 times. Quebec City’s Gaetan Gaudreault and Ile-Bizard’s Steve Cote occupied the
front row of the 20 car field. Cote took
advantage of the outside lane to take over the lead and set the pace for the
first 55 laps, despite being attacked by Blainville’s Mathieu Kingsbury and
Jonathan Bouvrette. Cote was quick in
the race and set the fastest lap during practice sessions at 17.994
seconds. Unfortunately, miscalculation
shorted him of a good finish, maybe even a top-5, when he ran out of gas. “I under estimated the gas consumption at
this track and we ran out of gas. We are
very fortunate to have scored some precious Championship bonus points, leading
and leading the most laps, that keeps us in the running” declared Jonathan
Cote, Steve’s crew chief and brother. After starting 14th, Jean-Francois Dery took advantage of the
second restart, while being second, to take over the lead dropping Cote to
second. Behind them, to the fan’s great
please, Theetge, Bouvrette, Kingsbury, Vallee-Junction’s Marc-Andre Cliche,
Quebec City’s Simon Roussin and Terrebonne’s Martin Jr Goulet were battling it
out door to door and bumper to bumper. Unlucky at the draw for starting positions, Theetge who started 12th,
took the lead on lap 73 over Dery for the first time. The duo exchanged the lead on four other
occasions (laps 89, 96, 116 and 119). Theetge scores a first win in the CSCC
LMS ranks and a 23rd career LMS win, he sits second on the overall
Quebec driver list. “I was patient. I started at the back and worked my way to
the front while saving my tires. And my
crew made the right adjustments between the afternoon qualifiers and the
evening race” declared Theetge in victory circle who has already confirmed he
will race in the next CSCC event. Dery finished second and on Theetge’s bumper was making a first CSCC
start. He did not disappoint his fan
based by racing like if he stole it. In
post race interview he said: “And, That’s racing!” One could tell his great satisfaction. He is credited with the Les construction
Alain Gaudreault Hard Charger Award having gained 12 positions. Dany Trepanier finishes third after starting 11th. Involved in the first caution (lap 4), he
made multiple visits down pit road for chassis adjustments and it proved to be
an advantage at the end of the race. “I remembered seeing Patrick Laperle never
hesitating to visit the pits to make adjustments during a race and win”. We used the same strategy and it paid off”
said Trepanier who was very pleased with his 3rd place finish. Sitting in 7th with 11 laps to go,
an audacious move and a bit of luck he was able to get around Marc-Andre
Cliche, Ouellette and Kingsbury. Marc-Andre Cliche had a bitter sweet finish but a performance worthy of
mention. He was in the top-5 for the
second part of the race and looked to be en route for a top-5 finish or maybe
even a podium. With 11 laps to go, on
the last restart, as the field came to speed, Bouvrette momentarily slowed down
and the whole outside lane. He dropped
from 2nd to 5th place and Cliche from 4th to 8th
place. If the racing up front was intense, it was as good further behind. As a matter of fact, a great side-by-side
battle over 20 laps, between Jean-Philippe Bergeron of Terrebonne and Remi
Perreault of St-Paul de Joliette took place as they battle for the 13th
spot. At the finish, Perreault scored his
first career top-10, finishing 10th and taking over the lead in the
Montreal Hitch rookie standings. Bergeron who dropped out of the race with suspension problems finished
14th. Vincent Vachon, another
rookie having a great run, was at times in front and other times behind the
Bergeron-Perreault duo, but on the 93e circuit as the field was going to
caution for the stopped vehicule of Simon Roussin, Vachon was hit hard by
Gaudreault which ended his night. The
fourth rookie in the race, Martin Hebert, had an ill handling race car. They opted to use the race as a tuning
session and visited the pits multiple times before dropping out. The third round of the Canadian Stock Car Championship, a 125 lap race,
will be raced on Sunday June 24th at Autodrome Montmagny. Post time 6:00 pm. PROVISIONAL RESULTS CANADIAN STOCK CAR CHAMPIONSHIP LMS DIVISION JUNE 9, 2018 AUTODROME MONTMAGNY Fin Pos Sta Pos Car # Driver Hometown Sponsor Laps Notes 1 12 80QC Donald
Theetge Boischatel, QC Mercedes-Benz
St-Nicolas, V Tele 125 Running 2 14 21QC Jean-François
Dery Quebec, QC Construction
CRD, Ultima Fenestration 125 Running 3 11 19QC Dany Trepanier St-Edouard,
QC JC-7
Signature, CGM Boily 125 Running 4 7 48QC Pier-Luc
Ouellette Terrebonne,
QC Larue Equipement de deneigement et pavage 125 Running 5 3 41QC Jonathan
Bouvrette Blainville,
QC Trafic Tech, Globocam 125 Running 6 4 9QC Mathieu
Kingsbury Blainville,
QC Duroking Construction 125 Running 7 5 6QC Simon Roussin Quebec, QC Prince-Edouard
Performance, Bar Le Petit Prince 125 Running 8 8 98QC Marc-Andre
Cliche Vallee-Jonction, QC JLMD Comptables professionnels agrees,
MAC Rod Shop 125 Running 9 1 38QC Gaetan
Gaudreault Quebec, QC Gaubeau Construction Inc.,Toubou Transport Inc. 125 Running 10 16 33QC #Remi
Perreault St-Paul-de-Joliette,
QC ARTOPEX, Les
Industries RP Inc 125 Running 11 9 11QC Claude
Leclerc Lanoraie, QC Prolon Racing,Dimension Portes
Fenêtres, Attaches Montreal 125 Running 12 15 57QC Carl Poulin E-Broughton,
QC Solution Chem
Co. 125 Running 13 2 1QC Steve Côte Île-Bizard, QC Elevateurs Daoust 116 Running 14 17 18QC #Jean-Philippe
Bergeron Terrebonne,
QC Prolon systeme de contrôle,
JC Perreault, Technoflex / Roland Grenier
Construction 114 Suspension 15 6 84QC Martin
Latulippe Vallee-Jonction, QC Frameco 100 Suspension 16 18 83VA #Vincent
Vachon Saint-Anges, QC Recyclage Metaux St-Hilaire, Auto Moto Canada, JASS
Racing div Beauce, Frameco 93 Accident 17 10 5QC Patrick
Cliche Levis,QC VR
Victoriaville, Materiaux Blanchet, Pro Plomberie Fine 90 Rear end 18 13 83QC Martin Goulet
Jr. St-Calixte, QC TGF Remorquage 88 Rear end 19 20 13QC Patrick Boyer Quebec, QC Cuisine
Thermo-Bois,TBC construction, Banlieu
54 Accident 20 19 43QC #Martin Hebert Roxton Pond, QC JR Services Sanitaires 52 Suspension Follow CSCC_LMS on its new
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