CSCC ROUND 4 : ACTION PACKED, SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS – NO
CONCESSIONS DÉRY WINS A SECOND AND
CONSECUTIVE RACE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LPS20180707-EN ST-EUSTACHE, QC – Quebec City’s Jean-François DÉRY outsmarted his fellow
drivers by racing smart to a second and consecutive win on the Canadian Stock
Car Championship (CSCC) for Late Models.
He edged out Patrick CLICHE of Levis, Patrick LAPERLE of St-Denis on the
Richelieu, Martin GOULET Jr of Terrebonne and Dany TRÉPANIER of St-Édouard de
Lotinière who rounded out the top five. The 125 lap event was ran on the Autodrome St-Eustache (St-Eustache, QC)
4/10-mile oval located just North of Montreal and provided a taste to
everyone’s liking. Old school hard
door-to-door racing, hard charging passes, aggressive two wide, three wide and
even four wide at times. But it did not
come without a price: the first one hundred laps were run in under one hour,
while the last twenty five laps took as much time! None of the drivers were ready to give an
inch to his fellow racers: Audacious,
foolhardy and even wreck less moves slowed the race a record 17 times. A red flag was also required to let the
safety crew attend to the racing automobile of Steve CÔTÉ which was engulfed in
flames after his transmission literally exploded with a handful of laps to go
as he was running third in the event. He
can’t shake the bad luck off his back!
One thing was unanimous about the thousands of spectators on site: they
got their money’s worth and let us know as the visited the pits after the
event. “I just can’t get over it. The
first 100 laps were raced exactly like the guys normally race: a couple
cautions, nice and intense battles.
Drivers are self-disciplined and show respect. But it was so for the last 25 laps. It look like a race run under a full moon or
if there was 100,000$ posted for the win.
It’s clear in my mind that an adjustment will be required” declared
Promoter and Race Director Marc Patrick Roy. Steve CÔTÉ of L’Île-Bizard and Jean-Philippe BERGERON of Terrebonne lead
the front row of the 18-car field.
Because of his pole starting position, CÔTÉ wins the Spring to the Pole
Award presented by EIBACH Canada. CÔTÉ,
who calls St-Eustache home, jumped in the lead and paced the field for the
first 28 laps until the first caution flew. Multi-time Champion Patrick LAPERLE, who was racing for the first time
with the CSCC group this year, took advantage of the restart to overtake CÔTÉ
for the lead. He would hold on to the
lead until lap 101 when contact between him and Dany TRÉPANIER, the points
leader, sent him spinning in front of the field and drawing out yet another
caution. TRÉPANIER was sent to the rear,
while LAPERLE headed down pit lane to replace a flat tire and rejoin the group
at the tail of the field. The two of
them charged their way to the front... leaving behind them some sparks and
scars. At the restart, Pier-Luc Ouellet of Terrebonne and CÔTÉ each led a lap,
but then Jean-François DÉRY sneaked by to take over the lead, on lap 104, and
never looked back leading the rest of the distance. Another great run by the former Champion who
sits eight in points despite having missed the season opening event and is 99
points short of TRÉPANIER the point’s leader. Dany TRÉPANIER turned the fastest lap of the day in practice, 17.604,
and had a very fast car. He won his
qualifier race. In the feature race, he
managed to salvage a fifth place finish and staying at the top of the leader
board despite having had to go to the rear twice for the incidents involving
LAPERLE and one with Claude LECLERC of Lanoraie who ended up finishing 11th. If tempers were hot for many, it wasn’t so for four rookies, who
finished in the top-10. Jean-Philippe
BERGERON, the points leader in the Attaches Montreal Hitch Rookie standings,
finished 6th just ahead of Rémi PERREAULT (7th), Martin
HÉBERT (8th) and Vincent VACHON (10th). In this case, none of them drove over their
heads, and being cautious paid off well. Heat race winners were: Patrick CLICHE, Steve CÔTÉ and Dany TRÉPANIER. A blind draw was held for a 5 gal of VP racing fuel, presented by DL
PERFORMANCE and VP Racing Fuels Quebec. The next and 5th round of the Canadian Stock Car Championship,
a 200 lap event, will be held on Saturday,
July 21st, at Autodrome Montmagny. Racing starts at 6:00pm. Follow CSCC_LMS on its new
website: www.stock-car.ca,
on twitter: @cscc_lms and on Facebook at stock-car.ca -30- Source: Canadian Stock Car
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