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By:
Nicole Kleinsteuber
Mother
nature was no match for the 17th Applefest Shootout at
Brighton Speedway on Saturday night.
The
biggest night of racing at the 1/3 mile oval track saw 172
cars dial in for an action-packed night that was delayed by
rain however officials were driven to see it go off without
a hitch.
The
DIRTcar 358 Modified and Dirtcar Sportsman series headlined
the event along with the Late Models, Canadian Modified/UMP’s,
Thunder Stocks and Comp 4/Mini Stock engaging in 200 feature
laps on top of multiple heats and timed hot laps.
O'Brien
takes 1st Applefest Shootout win
No.
01 Chris Raabe looked like he was well on his way to scoring
his second Applefest Shootout in the 50-lap Dirtcar 358
Modified Applefest Shootout. He jumped on the lead on
lap 11 and drove away with no contest. Then with two
laps to go mechanical issues forced the 01 to pit
road. No. 03RS Danny O'Brien was awarded the lead and
drove hard to victory lane taking his 1st Applefest Shootout
win with No. 47s Corey Wheeler in second. No. 15B
Brianne Ladoceur took home third, No. 63 Chris Herbison was
fourth and No. 12 Chad Chevalier fifth.
Hennessy
wins NLMA Great Crate Race
Polesitter
No. 55 Bradley Rayner dominated the majority of the 40-lap
Northeast Late Model Alliance Great Crate Race. Rayner
rode his 55 on the rails as No. 5 Steve Baldwin tried his
hardest to catch him. No. 87 Andrew Hennessy, No. No.
92 Adam Turner and No. 57 Charlie Sandercock were fierce in
their pursuit of the leaders. With three laps to go
Hennessy caught up with Rayner and took the lead.
Hennessy drove hard to victory lane with Rayner in second,
Sandercock third, Turner fourth and Baldwin fifth.
Ryan
Scott takes first Dirtcar Sportsman series win
No.
33 Ryan Scott jumped on the lead at the drop of the green
flag and never relinquished the point in the 30-lap Dirtcar
Sportsman Series feature event. No. 1R Ricky Thompson
and No 88 z Bobby Herrington tried their best to chase down
Scott but it wasn't enough. When the checkers flew it
was Scott who secured his first Dirtcar Sportsman series
win. Herrington picked up a hard-earned second, No. 18
Brad Rouse was third, Thompson fourth and No. 94 Gabriel Cyr
was fifth.
Sanders
scores first career Modified/UMP Series win
Determined
to score his first career Canadian Modified win No. 29 Rich
Sanders jumped on the lead from the drop of the green flag
in the 30-lap Modified/UMP Series main event. Sanders
took off as No. 51 Kyle Sopaz and No. 32 Doug O'Blenis gave
chase from behind. 2021 champ No. 1 Shawn Gregory
worked the high side from his seventh starting position and
on lap 17 he went wheel to wheel with Sanders in a back and
forth thriller. Gregory spun out on turn 4 and was
forced to the back of the pack but flew like a lightning
bolt through the field on the restart. But there
weren't enough laps left and Sanders stormed to victory lane
with Sopaz in second, No 69 Jullian Phillips third, O'Blenis
fourth and No. 20 Terry Hunt fifth.
Turner
takes all the apples
Race
fans were treated to a back-and-forth thriller by polesitter
No. 40 Ronnie Wadforth and No. 79 Chris Hale from the drop
of the green flag in the 30-lap Thunderstock Duel in the
Dirt Saturday night. Technical issues ended Wadforth's
night early providing the perfect opportunity to No. 92 Adam
Turner to snap up the lead. Turner was flawless as he
sailed through each and every turn with No. 72 Doug Anderson
and No. 03 Justin Ramsay hot on his heels. The
veterans hunted the 92 down with a vengeance but Turner
didn't flinch. As a caution slowed the pace on the
last lap the Turner drove his 92 to victory lane with Ramsay
finishing second. Anderson picked up third, No. 17
Jeff Humphrey fourth and No. 26 Kraig Handley fifth.
Kippen
scores checkers
It
only took Comp 4 No. 25 driver Bob Ray two laps to work his
way up from his ninth starting position. He looked
like he was well on his way to securing an Applefest win as
he dominated much of the 20-lap feature but on the 12th time
by No. 43 Devon Kippen snapped up the lead. Rain began
to pour and stopped the race. Kippen was declared the
winner, No. 30 Marc Dagnais was second, Ray third, No. 68L
John Lamarche fourth and No. 21 Marc-Andre Voyer fifth.
The
action is back on the track for the final event of the
season this Saturday, October 2nd for the Lange
& Fetter Ford Eve of Destruction presenting the Workman
OK Tire School Bus Races and the Hotch’s Auto Parts
Endurance races. This fun filled day will run Rain or
Shine and begin at 1:00 pm. Tickets are available
ONLINE at brightonspeedway.ca
and are selling fast!
Photos
by Rod Henderson, CanadianRacer.com
No.
03RS Danny O'Brien was awarded the lead and drove hard to
victory lane taking his 1st Applefest Shootout win
No.
33 Ryan Scott jumped on the lead at the drop of the green
flag and never relinquished the point in the 30-lap Dirtcar
Sportsman Series feature event.
No.
87 Andrew Hennessy secures the Northeast Late Model Alliance
series championship and all the apples on Saturday,
September 25th.
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