DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec — Being in the precise place on the proper time paid off for Tremendous DIRTcar Sequence factors chief Alex Yankowski Monday night time at Autodrome Drummond.
After inheriting the lead from William Racine on Lap 38, the Covington Township, Pa., competitor drove away from Michael Mother or father within the race’s second half to win the opening night time of King of the North.
Racine led the sector to the inexperienced within the 75-lap characteristic, alongside former Drummond Sequence winner Mike Mahaney. Utilizing the within lane to his benefit, the St. Paul D’Abbotsford, Quebec, driver held his momentum to steer the race’s opening lap, nosing forward of the No. 35.
Behind the highest two, Yankowski began shifting ahead on the observe’s inside lane. “Child Rocket” drove beneath Mahaney on Lap 4, earlier than driving beneath Justin Stone for second on Lap 5.
Yankowski chased Racine for the subsequent 11 laps, earlier than his championship rival Mat Williamson slowed in Flip 3 on Lap 13 with mechanical bother, ending his night time.
That gave Yankowski an opportunity to go Racine for the lead on the restart. However when the race resumed, Racine was higher, powering forward as they raced down the backstretch.
The race stayed inexperienced for the subsequent 16 laps earlier than Carey Terrance introduced out the race’s second warning on Lap 32. This time, Yankowski tried a distinct transfer to get by Racine on the restart, sliding his No. 84Y in entrance of Racine’s nostril. However Racine anticipated the slider, shifting to the within lane to drive by Yankowski down the backstretch.
Nevertheless, one lap later, Racine’s fortunes modified. As he raced off Flip 2 with the lead on Lap 38, one thing broke on his No. 54R, ending his likelihood on the victory in his dwelling province.
That gave the result in Yankowski, who had Michael Mother or father lined up subsequent to him when the inexperienced got here again out.
Yankowski held off Mother or father on the race’s ultimate two restarts and drove away to earn his second $10,000 victory of the season, and seventh profession Tremendous DIRTcar Sequence win at seven totally different tracks.
“Racine set an excellent tempo, and I don’t know if we had been going to get by him too simple,” Yankowski mentioned. “We had been going to need to throw every little thing at it. (Jay Castimore, his crew member), talked me out of what I needed to do tire-wise, and I figured that I hadn’t been proper on a tire name all 12 months. So, hats off to him.
“I really feel like Could and June we had been on hearth after which we type of fell off right here a little bit bit. So, to get a ten grand choose me up is fairly cool.”
Together with his win and Williamson’s Twenty eighth-place end, Yankowski prolonged his factors result in 51 after 9 races.
Mother or father crossed the road second, incomes his greatest Tremendous DIRTcar Sequence end of the season. The Granby, Quebec, driver mentioned he was pleased together with his end after beginning thirteenth.
“The fellows labored exhausting,” Mother or father mentioned. “We had a extremely good automobile there beginning thirteenth. I wasn’t anticipating to make my method ahead that fast. It was an excellent struggle there on the restart with Alex, however clearly he’s bought much more expertise. These guys are skilled, and we do that for a passion. However we’re fairly pleased with this No. 25P group.”
Alex Payne rounded out Monday’s podium.
“I made up for a automobile that wasn’t excellent,” Payne mentioned. “I simply didn’t compensate sufficient with the gas load we had and the gear and every little thing, and we simply pedaled for the primary 30-40 laps. As soon as I bought going, I used to be in a position to throw a few sliders.
“Stable prime three. Consistency. And it was a extremely good race observe for us. We hope to maintain it rolling.”
Roy crossed the road fourth and Sheppard rounded out the highest 5.
The end:
Characteristic (75 Laps): 1. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[7]; 2. 25P-Michael Mother or father[13]; 3. 70A-Alex Payne[8]; 4. 91-Felix Roy[6]; 5. 9S-Matt Sheppard[11]; 6. 54-Steve Bernard[15]; 7. 35-Mike Mahaney[2]; 8. 4H-David Hebert[18]; 9. 2-Jack Lehner[10]; 10. 3RS-Tim Sears Jr[21]; 11. 29-Ryan Krachun[23]; 12. 25-Erick Rudolph[16]; 13. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[3]; 14. 1-Tyler Dippel[22]; 15. 21A-Peter Britten[17]; 16. 61-Donovan Lussier[14]; 17. 28-Michael Trautschold[25]; 18. 66X-Carey Terrance[9]; 19. 3P-Martin Pelletier[24]; 20. 35B-Francois Bellemare[28]; 21. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[27]; 22. (DNF) 6-Matt Stangle[20]; 23. (DNF) 54R-William Racine[1]; 24. (DNF) 15X-Justin Stone[5]; 25. (DNF) 17-Marcus Dinkins[26]; 26. (DNF) 44G-Sebastien Gougeon[12]; 27. (DNF) 11-Matt Caprara[19]; 28. (DNF) 88-Mat Williamson[4]
