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Bubby Kerrick is the winner of the Empire Super Sprints feature
By Martin Bélanger
Cantley, PQ – Friday, September 21, 2007 – It was the final night of racing for the 2007 season at Edelweiss Speedway and it was done in fashion with the Empire Super Sprints in town plus 25-lap features for semi-pro and 4 cylinders plus some 4 wheeler races at the end of the night
Tommy Wickham and Bubby Kerrick started in front of the 23-car field in the 25-lap Jacobs Motorsports Empire Super Sprints tour as Wickham took the lead with Kerrick in second and Russ Bennett in third with Wickham getting into traffic with 5 laps down and had full stretch lead after 7 laps over Kerrick when the first yellow came on lap 11 for Daniel Lampron who had problems with his car. Kerrick took the when two sprints rolled over in turn 1 and the #10 of Jeff Cook got out of the track which also involved point’s leader Steve Poirier on lap 11. With only a dozen car left on the ensuing restart as Wickham stayed in front and took another great lead over Kerrick until he had problems with his car on lap 14 and Kerrick was now the leader with Mikael Parent in second and Jeff VanDusen in third. Parent was chasing Kerrick for the lead. The #4 of Kerrick was able to resist and won his third feature of the season over Parent, Vandusen was third, with Lance Yonge in fourth and Brian McDonald completed the top 5. With his third place finish, VanDusen was the winner of the Lucas Oil ESS Invasion Tour. Kerrick, Wickham and Mike Stelter had won the heats while Wickham had won the Dash for Cash.
A field of thirteen cars started the 25-lap semi-pro feature with Serge Lagacé taking the lead with Dominic Gauvreau in second and Greg Ogilvie in third. Guy Regimbald brought the first yellow on lap 7 with problems with his car. Lagacé remained in front on the green with Gauvreau still in second. Bruno Boivin took the third spot with ten laps down when he passed Pascal Racette. Lagacé had a commanding lead when two cars got together on lap 13. Lagacé got another good start over Gauvreau and took a great lead when another accident occurred on lap 19. On the restart, Lagacé was still first when Ogilvie stopped in turn 3 on lap 20. On the restart, Gauvreau got a good start but lost a wheel and Lagacé hit him and Lagacé was sent to the back and Richard Brady was now the new leader. Brady took a nice start with Racette in second when Stéphane Carrière spun out on lap 22. Brady stayed in front when Regimbald rolled over in turn 3 on lap 23. Brady led the final two laps to win his first feature of the year with Racette in second and Lagacé in third.
In the 25-lap 4 cylinders feature race, Gabriel Mercier took the early lead but had good competition with Alexandre Pilon who was following him closely, some great battles were going on further back in the field for spot 3 to 5. At the halfway point, the top 5 runners were all together with Yannick Raymond now in second when the first caution came on lap 18 with Alexandre Pilon stopping in turn 2. Mercier had a good start on the green with Raymond and Jacques Boisclair in third. With two laps to go, Raymond was on the backbumper of Mercier but he was able to hold on and win the feature over Raymond with Boisclair completing the podium. Mercier had a perfect night as he won the heat race.
One of the best lineup in history at Edelweiss with 27 sprints showed up for tonight’s race program. The 4-wheeler races attracted 20 competitor and they gave the fans a good show. Edelweiss Speedway would like to thanks the fans, sponsors and drivers for their continuous support during the 2007 season. Edelweiss will be back in full force next year with a lot of changes and new stuff, Again thank you!
Full Results:
Empire Super Sprints (25 laps):
Bubby Kerrick, Mikael Parent, Jeff VanDusen, Lance Yonge, Brian McDonald, Jeff Cook, Zared Zimbardi, Lee Ladouceur, Chris Jones, Normand Beaudreault, Kyle Wilson, Tommy Wickham, Russ Bennett, Alain Bergeron, Justin Barger, Steve Poirier, Rick Wilson, Daniel Lampron, Cory Sparks, Daryl Turford, Jessica Zemken, Mike Stelter
Semi-Pro Feature (20 laps):
Richard Brady, Pascal Racette, Serge Lagacé, Michel Vincent, Bruno Boivin, Stéphane Carrière, Mario Vanasse, Daniel Guindon, Dominic Gauvreau, Greg Ogilvie, Guy Regimbald, André Huot, Marc-André Duchesne
4 cylinders Feature (25 laps):
Gabriel Mercier, Yannick Raymond, Jacques Boisclair, Marco Raymond, Miguel Diotte, John Bénard, Martin Bernard, Martin Bigras, Alexandre Pilon, Danny Matte (DNS)
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