Lafrance Dominates In Run What Ya Brung Event At Mohawk International Raceway

Story By: BRIAN PAIGE

HOGANSBURG, NY – With a less than favorable weather forecast MIR was able to hand Mother Nature a loss this past Friday July 7th.

On the card it was the Run What Ya Brung for the Modifieds, CrossRoads Sportsman, the Famous A’s Pro Stocks, King Canna Limited Sportsman, Turtle Nest Mini Stocks. After the heats it was time for the features.

The Turtle Nest Mini Stocks were set to go for 15 laps. On the pole it would be Tyler Woods. By the cars entered turn 2 CJ Smith was much quicker until the yellow came out as Macy Tarbell would come to a stop. On the double file restart, Smith and Woods would show the way as the cars took the green. Smith would again take the lead. Antoine Dumachell would start to challenge Smith for the lead by lap 4 and take the lead coming off of turn 2. On lap 7 the yellow would come out again as two cars had come to a stop in the infield. On the restart Dumachell would not look back as he walked away from the field to pick up his first win in the Turtle Nest Mini Stocks.

Next up it would be the King Canna Limited Sportsman, Starting from the front row, it would be Nick Mallette and Dale Gonyo for 15 laps. Gonyo would set a torrid pace as Ty David would follow him in 2nd. On lap 10 Kyle Reif would bring out the yellow as his car came to a stop off of turn 1. On the restart, Gonyo once again pulled away and would not be challenged on this night to claim the victory over David.

The next feature was the Run What Ya Brung for 35 laps. Stephane Lafrance and Carey Terrance would fire from the front row. By lap 4 Lafrance would set an unofficial track record with a 15.6 lap on lap 5. On lap 18 the yellow would come out for a car that came to a stop off of turn 2. After a yellow on lap 27, the restart would see Carey Terrance gain the lead over Lafrance. However the lead wouldn’t last long as Louie Jackson Jr would stop on the front stretch to bring out the yelllow. On the double file restart, Lafrance would jump out to the lead again and begin to pull away. Lafrance would pull away and not feel any pressue to pick up the win.

The CrossRoads Tobacco Sportsman would enter the track for their 25 lap event. The front row would see Dale Gonyo Jr and Blayden Arquette. The two drivers would battle side by side for the first 4 laps with neither able to gain a lead. By lap 6 Bentley Gray would work past the leaders to show the way with Cedric Gauvreau in pursuit. On lap 21 Gauvreau would slip underneath Gray to take the lead and take the Swamp’s Automotive Checkered Flags.

The final feature of the evening would be the Famous A’s Pro Stocks for 20 laps. Starting on the pole it would be Owen White and Roch Aubin. Aubin would lead lap 1 with Ian Bressette in second. On lap 3 Zach Daniels would make his towards the front and come around to lead lap 4. By lap 5 Cameron White would bring out the yellow as he came to a stop in turn 2. Daniels would get off to a great restart to lead with Bressette and Kevin Fetterly Jr.. Daniels would pull away from the field and lead the final 15 laps to pick up another win.

358 Modifieds

A Feature 1: 1. 115-Stephane Lafrance[1]; 2. 66X-Carey Terrance[2]; 3. 151K-Brian McDonald[3]; 4. 55-Matt Woodruff[7]; 5. 21X-Robert Delormier[10]; 6. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[8]; 7. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr[4]; 8. 01-Chris Raabe[6]; 9. 555-Perry Francis[5]; 10. 55G-Jake Granacker[9]; 11. 1W-Brad reif[12]; 12. 7M-Madison Mulder[11]

Heat 1: 1. 115-Stephane Lafrance[5]; 2. 151K-Brian McDonald[3]; 3. 555-Perry Francis[1]; 4. 55-Matt Woodruff[4]; 5. 55G-Jake Granacker[6]; 6. 7M-Madison Mulder[2]

Heat 2: 1. 66X-Carey Terrance[6]; 2. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr[2]; 3. 01-Chris Raabe[4]; 4. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[1]; 5. 21X-Robert Delormier[3]; 6. (DNS) 1W-Brad reif

Hot Laps 1: 1. 21X-Robert Delormier[1]; 2. 555-Perry Francis[2]; 3. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[3]; 4. 55G-Jake Granacker[12]; 5. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr[4]; 6. 115-Stephane Lafrance[5]; 7. 151K-Brian McDonald[6]; 8. 01-Chris Raabe[8]; 9. 1W-Brad reif[9]; 10. 7M-Madison Mulder[7]; 11. 55-Matt Woodruff[11]; 12. 66X-Carey Terrance[10]

Sportsman Modifieds

A Feature 1: 1. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[6]; 2. 9S-Bentley Gray[1]; 3. 88-Fire Swamp[4]; 4. 04-Dale Gonyo Jr[5]; 5. 35-Thomas Cook[10]; 6. 9-Kristian Smoke[8]; 7. 29H-Nick Heywood[12]; 8. 03-Joshua Jock[3]; 9. 54G-Greg Snyder[7]; 10. 10X-Cory Castell[15]; 11. 44-Casey Swamp[9]; 12. 88J-Justin Cyr[11]; 13. 95J-Dan Jalbert[16]; 14. 7D-Eugene Tarbell[13]; 15. 83D-Dustin Bradley[19]; 16. M70-Billy Cook[17]; 17. 29-Chad Vallance[18]; 18. 18-Blayden Arquette[2]; 19. 00-Camron Reif[20]; 20. 55-Dan Reif[14]

Heat 1: 1. 03-Joshua Jock[2]; 2. 9S-Bentley Gray[1]; 3. 29H-Nick Heywood[7]; 4. 35-Thomas Cook[6]; 5. 7D-Eugene Tarbell[4]; 6. 95J-Dan Jalbert[5]; 7. 83D-Dustin Bradley[3]

Heat 2: 1. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[4]; 2. 88-Fire Swamp[2]; 3. 9-Kristian Smoke[5]; 4. 88J-Justin Cyr[6]; 5. 55-Dan Reif[1]; 6. M70-Billy Cook[3]; 7. 00-Camron Reif[7]

Heat 3: 1. 04-Dale Gonyo Jr[2]; 2. 18-Blayden Arquette[1]; 3. 44-Casey Swamp[5]; 4. 54G-Greg Snyder[4]; 5. 10X-Cory Castell[3]; 6. 29-Chad Vallance[6]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 18-Blayden Arquette[1]; 2. 83D-Dustin Bradley[2]; 3. 10X-Cory Castell[3]; 4. M70-Billy Cook[4]; 5. 35-Thomas Cook[5]; 6. 88J-Justin Cyr[6]; 7. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[7]; 8. 04-Dale Gonyo Jr[8]; 9. 9S-Bentley Gray[9]; 10. 29H-Nick Heywood[10]; 11. 95J-Dan Jalbert[11]; 12. 03-Joshua Jock[12]; 13. 00-Camron Reif[13]; 14. 55-Dan Reif[14]; 15. 9-Kristian Smoke[15]; 16. 54G-Greg Snyder[16]; 17. 44-Casey Swamp[17]; 18. 88-Fire Swamp[18]; 19. 7D-Eugene Tarbell[19]; 20. 29-Chad Vallance[20]

Pro Stock

A Feature 1: 1. 30-Zack Daniels[8]; 2. 6-Stephane Lebrun[10]; 3. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[7]; 4. 5B-Ian Bressette[4]; 5. 8-Marc Lalonde[9]; 6. 4-Roch Aubin[2]; 7. 28-Burton Ward[13]; 8. AK47-Joel Herne[5]; 9. 0N-Owen White[1]; 10. 9-Eric Jean Louis[6]; 11. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[11]; 12. 22B-Blayne Nichols[15]; 13. 11R-Melvin Rush[14]; 14. 6J-Natacha Lebrun[16]; 15. 5W-Connor White[3]; 16. O6-alex labrun[17]; 17. 22-John Green[12]; 18. 3-Jonathan Rush[18]

Heat 1: 1. 5B-Ian Bressette[3]; 2. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[5]; 3. 4-Roch Aubin[2]; 4. 6-Stephane Lebrun[4]; 5. 28-Burton Ward[6]; 6. O6-alex labrun[1]

Heat 2: 1. 30-Zack Daniels[5]; 2. AK47-Joel Herne[3]; 3. 5W-Connor White[2]; 4. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[6]; 5. 11R-Melvin Rush[4]; 6. 6J-Natacha Lebrun[1]

Heat 3: 1. 0N-Owen White[1]; 2. 8-Marc Lalonde[5]; 3. 9-Eric Jean Louis[4]; 4. 22-John Green[3]; 5. 22B-Blayne Nichols[2]; 6. 3-Jonathan Rush[6]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 4-Roch Aubin[1]; 2. 5B-Ian Bressette[2]; 3. 30-Zack Daniels[3]; 4. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[4]; 5. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[5]; 6. 22-John Green[6]; 7. AK47-Joel Herne[7]; 8. 9-Eric Jean Louis[8]; 9. O6-alex labrun[9]; 10. 8-Marc Lalonde[10]; 11. 6J-Natacha Lebrun[11]; 12. 6-Stephane Lebrun[18]; 13. 22B-Blayne Nichols[12]; 14. 3-Jonathan Rush[13]; 15. 11R-Melvin Rush[14]; 16. 28-Burton Ward[15]; 17. 5W-Connor White[16]; 18. 0N-Owen White[17]

Mini Stock

A Feature 1: 1. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[8]; 2. 7X-Terry Green Jr[7]; 3. 88D-CJ Smith[2]; 4. 88C-Curtis Lindsay[5]; 5. 114-Felix Lavictoire[4]; 6. 11R-Shawn Reid[9]; 7. 23X-Tyler Woods[1]; 8. 17-Jessie Beeson[10]; 9. 7D-Macy Tarbell[3]; 10. 71-TERRY GREEN[13]; 11. 87-Steven Hennige[15]; 12. 64-Brad Jerome[11]; 13. 50-Cale Manor[6]; 14. 88X-TEHANONSAKHNION THOMPSON[12]; 15. 9-Keegan Stowell[14]

Heat 1: 1. 88C-Curtis Lindsay[3]; 2. 23X-Tyler Woods[1]; 3. 50-Cale Manor[4]; 4. 7D-Macy Tarbell[2]; 5. 11R-Shawn Reid[5]; 6. 64-Brad Jerome[8]; 7. 71-TERRY GREEN[6]; 8. 87-Steven Hennige[7]

Heat 2: 1. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[7]; 2. 88D-CJ Smith[1]; 3. 7X-Terry Green Jr[6]; 4. 114-Felix Lavictoire[2]; 5. 17-Jessie Beeson[4]; 6. 88X-TEHANONSAKHNION THOMPSON[5]; 7. 9-Keegan Stowell[3]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 17-Jessie Beeson[1]; 2. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[2]; 3. 71-TERRY GREEN[3]; 4. 7X-Terry Green Jr[4]; 5. 87-Steven Hennige[5]; 6. 64-Brad Jerome[6]; 7. 114-Felix Lavictoire[7]; 8. 88C-Curtis Lindsay[8]; 9. 50-Cale Manor[9]; 10. 11R-Shawn Reid[10]; 11. 88D-CJ Smith[11]; 12. 9-Keegan Stowell[12]; 13. 7D-Macy Tarbell[13]; 14. 88X-TEHANONSAKHNION THOMPSON[14]; 15. 23X-Tyler Woods[15]

Limited Sportsman

A Feature 1: 1. 04G-Dale Gonyo[2]; 2. 14-Ty David[4]; 3. 72-Kevin Foster[6]; 4. 18JR-Denis Rose[3]; 5. 16-Dustin Woods[13]; 6. 21L-Bob Laware[7]; 7. 07-Rick Frenyea[8]; 8. 11X-Devon Guyette[5]; 9. 314-Nick Mallette[1]; 10. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[14]; 11. 09-Charlotte Morin[12]; 12. 87X-Daylon Ezard[9]; 13. OOT-Terry Lamica[10]; 14. 7J-Jacory Thompson[15]; 15. 1W-Kyle Reif[11]

Heat 1: 1. 11X-Devon Guyette[5]; 2. 18JR-Denis Rose[3]; 3. 21L-Bob Laware[6]; 4. 07-Rick Frenyea[7]; 5. 87X-Daylon Ezard[4]; 6. 1W-Kyle Reif[2]; 7. 16-Dustin Woods[1]; 8. 7J-Jacory Thompson[8]

Heat 2: 1. 314-Nick Mallette[1]; 2. 04G-Dale Gonyo[2]; 3. 14-Ty David[3]; 4. 72-Kevin Foster[5]; 5. OOT-Terry Lamica[6]; 6. 09-Charlotte Morin[4]; 7. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[7]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 14-Ty David[1]; 2. 87X-Daylon Ezard[2]; 3. 72-Kevin Foster[3]; 4. 07-Rick Frenyea[4]; 5. 04G-Dale Gonyo[5]; 6. 11X-Devon Guyette[6]; 7. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[7]; 8. OOT-Terry Lamica[8]; 9. 21L-Bob Laware[9]; 10. 314-Nick Mallette[10]; 11. 09-Charlotte Morin[11]; 12. 1W-Kyle Reif[12]; 13. 18JR-Denis Rose[13]; 14. (DNS) 16-Dustin Woods