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Naturally! Dale Planck, "the Natural," captures DIRTcar 358-Modified Series at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ontario - Sunday, September 2, 2012 - Martin Bélanger, Cornwall Motor Speedway PR Director - A new driver visited the winners circle in
round number five of the DIRTcar 358-Modified Series at Cornwall Motor Speedway as Dale Plank charged ahead of the competition to victory.
Matt Billings and Kyle Dingwall were on the front row on the initial green and Dingwall became the early leader. The new Brockville track champion led the
first 14 laps as Billings took a restart opportunity to grab the first position, Planck jumping to second and aiming for the lead as leaders approached
heavy traffic. Planck used these conditions to take the lead on lap 26.
While Planck was building momentum, Danny O'Brien and Carey Terrance made their way to the front, both breaking the top 5 just before the halfway
point. O'Brien moved up to second on lap 58 using the top side and got closer to Planck as the feature got closer to the lap 75 mandatory pit stop caution.
Francois Bernier brought the caution on lap 65 and Danny O'Brien used the restart to pass Planck for the lead. As the feature quickly reached the
competition pit stop, the cars stopped in the front stretch for a fast 10-minute break.
This pit stop was good for Planck as he was rapid on the inside and regained the lead over O'Brien on lap 80. Matt Williamson from St-Catharines, Ontario, was
making his way up to the front after starting 17th on the grid. Williamson jumped to fourth with a dozen laps to go and then surprised Terrance
with only four laps to go for third spot.
Planck led the final portion of the 125-lap feature to capture his first DIRTcar 358-Modified Series race of 2012 and grabs the lead in the feature. O'Brien, Williamson, Terrance and Raabe rounded out the top 5.
The 2012 Cornwall track champion was happy in the winner's circle: ''the track`s awesome, the fans are awesome, always like racing at Cornwall," Planck said.
A fine field of 42 358-Modified made the haul to Cornwall for the fifth round as a good mix of some of the best drivers of eastern and western Ontario,
Quebec and state of New York.
The DIRTcar 358-Modified Series will remain in Canada, visiting Autodrome Granby Friday, Sept. 7, after a year absence at the beautiful facility located about 45
minutes of Montreal.
MrDIRTcar 358-Modified Series Race #5-Cornwall Motor Speedway, May 20, 2012 Event Summary
Feature Results:
Dale Planck, Danny O'Brien, Mat Williamson, Carey Terrance, Chris Raabe, Erick Rudolph, Steve Bernard, Luke Whitteker, Laurent Ladouceur, Matt Billings,
Joel Doiron, Jeremy Wilder, Pierre Dagenais, Alain Boisvert, Dany Bilodeau, Claude Brouillard, Stephane Lafrance, Roy Tarbell, Tommy Flannigan, Bobby
Herrington, Sebastien Gougeon, Kyle Dingwall, Mario Clair, Francois Bernier, Yan Bussiere, Brian McDonald, Mike Bowman, Kayle Robidoux, Brandon Sweet,
David Hebert
LAP LEADERS:
Dingwall (1-14)
Billings (15-25)
Planck (26-70)
D.O'Brien (71-79)
Planck (80-125)
Heat Races
(8 laps, top 3 qualify, top 2 went to redraw)
#1: Matt Billings, Dale Planck, Alain Boisvert, Bobby Herrington, Tommy Flannigan, Marc Therrien, Patrick Beaumier
#2: Stephane Lafrance, Joel Doiron, Jeremy Wilder, Francois Bernier, Roy Tarbell, Brandon Sweet, Bruno Lepage
#3: Kayle Robidoux, David Hebert, Mario Clair, Claude Brouillard, Michel Chicoine, David Papineau, Travis Stacey
#4: Chris Raabe, Luke Whitteker, Laurent Ladouceur, Bobby Herrington, Sebastien Gougeon, Shane Pecore, Kevin Hamel
#5: Danny O'Brien, Steve Bernard, Mat Williamson, Brian McDonald, Pat O'Brien, Yan Bussiere, Roger Levesque
#6: Carey Terrance, Kyle Dingwall, Pierre Dagenais, Dany Bilodeau, Mike Bowman, Gage Morin, Tim O'Brien
Consi #1: Francois Bernier, Erick Rudolph, Roy Tarbell, Roger Levesque, Michel Chicoine, Bruno Lepage, Patrick Beaumier, Marc Therrien
Consi #2: Bobby Herrington, Claude Brouillard, Sebastien Gougeon, Tommy Flannigan, Kevin Hamel, Travis Stacey, David Papineau, Shane Pecore
Consi #3: Brian McDonald, Mike Bowman, Yan Bussiere, Dany Bilodeau, Pat O'Brien, Gage Morin, Roger Levesque
Cornwall Motor Speedway MrDIRTcar 358-Modified Series Race #5 Roster (42)
O1 Chris Raabe/Napanee, ONT
1h David Hebert/St. Damase,QUE
3 Claude Brouillard/Tracy,QUE
4j Shane Pecore/St-Andrews, ONT
6 Pat O'Brien/Kingston, ONT
6m Mat Williamson/St.Catharines,ONT
OO7 Roy Tarbell/Hogansburg, NY
13 Kevin Hamel/Granby, QUE
15t Travis Stacey/Hogansburg, NY
16 Gage Morin/St-Andrews, ONT
17 Marc Therrien/Williamstown, ONT
17D Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT
19j Tommy Flannigan/St-Catharines, ONT
21 Yan Bussiere/Drummondville,QUE
22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE
22j Jeremy Wilder/Fort Plain, NY
22p Patrick Beaumier/Granby,QUE
23 Laurent Ladouceur/Alexandria, ONT
23b Dany Bilodeau/Victoriaville,QUE
24 Brandon Sweet/Watertown, NY
24b Roger Levesque/Brockville,ONT
25 Bobby Herrington/Elginburg, ONT
25r Erick Rudolph/Ramsomville, NY
38 Luke Whitteker/Iroquois,ONT
40 Joel Doiron/Alexandria, ONT
44 Sebastien Gougeon/Drummondville, QUE
46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant,QUE
49 Francois Bernier/St-Hyacinthe
54 Steve Bernard/Granby, QUE
66 Kyle Dingwall/Brockville, ONT
66x Carey Terrance/Akwesasne,NY
71 Mike Bowman/St.Catharines,ONT
73 Alain Boisvert/Dorval, QUE
74 Matt Billings/Brockville, ONT
77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
88 Tim O'Brien/Kingston, ONT
97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile-de-Milton, QUE
99 Bruno Lepage/Maple Grove, QUE
115 Stéphane Lafrance/Casselman, ONT
124 Pierre Dagenais/Gatineau, QUE
151KB Brian McDonald/Cornwall,ONT
188 David Papineau/Hogansburg, NY
2012 DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Schedule
Date
Track
Location
Laps
Points
Winner
Sunday, May 20th
Cornwall Speedway
Cornwall, Ontario
100
100
Danny Johnson
Monday, May 21st
Merrittville Speedway
Merrittville, Ontario
100
100
Brett Hearn
Thursday, June 21st
Mohawk International Raceway
Akwesasne, New York
75
100
Billy Dunn
Tuesday, July 3rd
Ransomville Speedway
Ransomville, New York
75
100
Danny Johnson
Sunday, September 2nd
Cornwall Speedway
Cornwall, Ontario
100
150
Dale Planck
Friday, September 7th
Autodrome Granby
Granby, Quebec
75
150
Saturday, September 15th
Mohawk International Raceway
Akwesasne, NY
75
150
SFriday, September 21st
Canandaigua Motorsports Park
Canandaigua, NY
75
150
Saturday, September 22nd
Brighton Speedway
Brighton, Ontario
100
100
Wednesday, October 3th
TBA
TBA
75
150
Thursday, October 4th
Rolling Wheels Raceway
Elbridge, NY
75
150
Saturday, October 6th
New York State Fairgrounds
Syracuse, NY
150
150
Saturday, October 13th
Brockville Speedway
Brockville, Ontario
100
150
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