Story By: BRIAN PAIGE
HOGANSBURG, NY – For the first time ever the Canadian Big Block Series invaded the Mohawk International Raceway along with the CrossRoads Sportsman and the King Canna Limited Sportsman.
With an excellent car count in the pit area and a fast track presented the crowd a special evening.
The King Canna Limited Sportsman would be the first feature of the evening for 15 laps. Charlotte Morin would start on the pole and Ty David would start to her outside. Ty David would duck past Morin on Lap 2 and set the pace. By Lap 4 Kevin Foster would get around Morin for the second spot.
By Lap 11 Kevin Foster would apply pressure to David for the lead. By the final lap it appeared Foster might have something for him. However a lap car would play the spoiler for Foster and David would park it in Victory lane on FX Capara night.
The Canadian Big Block series would find their way to the track for the first time ever at MIR for 60 laps.
Tim Fuller drew the number one spot during the redraw with David Hebert to his outside. On the start, Louie Jackson Jr had to take evasive action to the infield and Perry Francis clipped the yuke tires on the backstretch wall to bring out the first yellow on the night. On the restart, two cars would get entangled to bring out the yellow once again. On the restart Fuller would kept the lead with Hebert in second.
By lap 5 Fuller would start to pull away as David Hebert would feel pressure from Jordan McCreadie for the number 2 spot. By lap 13 Fuller would begin to weave his way thru lap traffic as Hebert and McCreadie continued to battle for second. On lap 23 Fuller would remain the leader with Hebert in second and McCreadie in third.
By lap 28 Hebert began to march his way forward and could see Fuller’s rear bumper. The yellow would come out on lap 32 as Brian McDonald came to a stop on the backstretch. On the restart Fuller would beat the cars to turn one however McCreadie powered past Hebert for second.
On lap 38 Jackson Gill tried to make his way to the infield but unfortunately made contact with Lucas Fuller to bring the yellow. On the restart Fuller was the leader with McCreadie and Hebert in pursuit.
McCreadie did everything he could for the final 20 laps but Tim Fuller would not be beat on this night as he would pick up the win in the Canadian Big Block series.
The final feature of the evening on FX Capara night it was the CrossRoads Sportsman. Dustin Bradley would show the way from the pole and lead the cars on lap 1 of the 25 lap feature. Blayden Arquette and Fire Swamp would begin to battle for the number 2 spot.
Bradley would still remain the leader on lap 6 as Arquette and F.Swamp were trying to catch him. On lap 11 Nick Heywood would pry F.Swamp off the bottom to gain the 3rd spot. On lap 15 Heywood would make a move to duck past Arquette for the number 2 position.
On lap 16 the yellow came out at Matt Bourey had a problem with his right front to bring out the caution. On the restart, Bradley and Heywood set up a late battle for the trophy. Cory Castell would venture to the topside to get past Arquette for the third spot and he wasn’t done.
On Lap 21 he stayed on the top and got past Heywood then Bradley for the lead on the backstretch. Castell wouldn’t look back and park it in victory lane for the first time in 2023.
358 Modifieds
A Feature 1: 1. 19-Tim Fuller[1]; 2. 28-Jordan McCreadie[3]; 3. 1-David Hebert[2]; 4. 54-Steve Bernard[16]; 5. 01-Chris Raabe[10]; 6. 111-Demetrios Drellos[6]; 7. 37-Mathieu Desjardins[5]; 8. 91-Felix Roy[14]; 9. 29C-Matt Caprara[17]; 10. 66X-Carey Terrance[11]; 11. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot[4]; 12. 151K-Brian McDonald[8]; 13. 45R-Preston Forbes[13]; 14. 52-Jessica Power[19]; 15. 21R-RJ Tresidder[29]; 16. 21-Yan Bussiere[23]; 17. 25P-Michael Parent[21]; 18. 15X-Justin Stone[18]; 19. 55-Matt Woodruff[27]; 20. 59-Justin Lalancette[20]; 21. 63-Adam Roberts[24]; 22. 1NY-Greg Atkins[26]; 23. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[22]; 24. 60-Jackson Gill[12]; 25. 21X-Robert Delormier[9]; 26. 23P-Mike Stacey[15]; 27. 31J-Tommy Jock Jr[30]; 28. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr[7]; 29. 555-Perry Francis[28]; 30. (DQ) 74-Lucas Fuller[25]
Heat 1: 1. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot[1]; 2. 1-David Hebert[4]; 3. 21X-Robert Delormier[3]; 4. 45R-Preston Forbes[2]; 5. 29C-Matt Caprara[7]; 6. 25P-Michael Parent[8]; 7. 74-Lucas Fuller[5]; 8. 21R-RJ Tresidder[6]
Heat 2: 1. 111-Demetrios Drellos[1]; 2. 37-Mathieu Desjardins[2]; 3. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr[3]; 4. 91-Felix Roy[4]; 5. 15X-Justin Stone[6]; 6. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[5]; 7. 1NY-Greg Atkins[7]; 8. 31J-Tommy Jock Jr[8]
Heat 3: 1. 66X-Carey Terrance[2]; 2. 28-Jordan McCreadie[1]; 3. 151K-Brian McDonald[3]; 4. 23P-Mike Stacey[5]; 5. 52-Jessica Power[7]; 6. 21-Yan Bussiere[4]; 7. 55-Matt Woodruff[6]
Heat 4: 1. 19-Tim Fuller[1]; 2. 01-Chris Raabe[2]; 3. 60-Jackson Gill[3]; 4. 54-Steve Bernard[4]; 5. 59-Justin Lalancette[7]; 6. 63-Adam Roberts[6]; 7. 555-Perry Francis[5]
Qualifying 1: 1. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot, 00:16.778[8]; 2. 45R-Preston Forbes, 00:16.967[3]; 3. 21X-Robert Delormier, 00:17.046[4]; 4. 1-David Hebert, 00:17.245[2]; 5. 74-Lucas Fuller, 00:17.330[5]; 6. 21R-RJ Tresidder, 00:17.494[1]; 7. 29C-Matt Caprara, 00:17.497[6]; 8. 25P-Michael Parent, 00:17.639[7]
Qualifying 2: 1. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 00:16.861[3]; 2. 37-Mathieu Desjardins, 00:16.932[8]; 3. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr, 00:16.998[7]; 4. 91-Felix Roy, 00:17.108[1]; 5. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau, 00:17.231[4]; 6. 15X-Justin Stone, 00:17.429[2]; 7. 1NY-Greg Atkins, 00:18.282[5]; 8. 31J-Tommy Jock Jr, 00:19.597[6]
Qualifying 3: 1. 28-Jordan McCreadie, 00:16.767[2]; 2. 66X-Carey Terrance, 00:16.906[7]; 3. 151K-Brian McDonald, 00:16.948[4]; 4. 21-Yan Bussiere, 00:17.006[5]; 5. 23P-Mike Stacey, 00:17.012[3]; 6. 55-Matt Woodruff, 00:17.132[1]; 7. 52-Jessica Power, 00:17.314[6]
Qualifying 4: 1. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:16.739[6]; 2. 01-Chris Raabe, 00:17.238[2]; 3. 60-Jackson Gill, 00:17.274[5]; 4. 54-Steve Bernard, 00:17.429[3]; 5. 555-Perry Francis, 00:17.803[4]; 6. 63-Adam Roberts, 00:17.821[1]; 7. 59-Justin Lalancette, 00:17.826[7]
Sportsman Modifieds
A Feature 1: 1. 10X-Cory Castell[3]; 2. 83D-Dustin Bradley[1]; 3. 29-Nick Heywood[9]; 4. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[10]; 5. 35-Thomas Cook[8]; 6. 88-Fire Swamp[5]; 7. 9-Kristian Smoke[7]; 8. 04-Dale Gonyo Jr[11]; 9. 54G-Greg Snyder[6]; 10. 88J-Justin Cyr[14]; 11. 03-Joshua Jock[12]; 12. 95J-Dan Jalbert[13]; 13. 9S-Bentley Gray[15]; 14. 11F-Dan Ferguson[22]; 15. 44-Casey Swamp[20]; 16. 23-Pryror Stacey[16]; 17. M70-Billy Cook[18]; 18. 7D-Eugene Tarbell[19]; 19. 71-Delbert Legrow Jr[17]; 20. 10-Blayden Arquette[2]; 21. 51-Matthew Bourey[4]; 22. 5R-Steve Roberts[21]
Heat 1: 1. 51-Matthew Bourey[3]; 2. 35-Thomas Cook[6]; 3. 10X-Cory Castell[2]; 4. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[7]; 5. 95J-Dan Jalbert[5]; 6. 23-Pryror Stacey[4]; 7. 7D-Eugene Tarbell[1]; 8. 11F-Dan Ferguson[8]
Heat 2: 1. 83D-Dustin Bradley[1]; 2. 88-Fire Swamp[3]; 3. 9S-Bentley Gray[2]; 4. 04-Dale Gonyo Jr[4]; 5. 88J-Justin Cyr[7]; 6. 71-Delbert Legrow Jr[6]; 7. 44-Casey Swamp[5]
Heat 3: 1. 10-Blayden Arquette[1]; 2. 29-Nick Heywood[6]; 3. 54G-Greg Snyder[4]; 4. 03-Joshua Jock[2]; 5. 9-Kristian Smoke[5]; 6. M70-Billy Cook[3]; 7. 5R-Steve Roberts[7]
Limited Sportsman
A Feature 1: 1. 14-Ty David[2]; 2. 72-Kevin Foster[4]; 3. 09-Charlotte Morin[1]; 4. 11X-Devon Guyette[3]; 5. 29C-Mathew Lavalley[7]; 6. 18JR-Denis Rose[5]; 7. 04G-Dale Gonyo[6]; 8. 16-Dustin Woods[8]; 9. 314-Nick Mallette[10]; 10. JR7-Jacory Thompson[11]; 11. OOT-Terry Lamica[9]
Heat 1: 1. 11X-Devon Guyette[4]; 2. 09-Charlotte Morin[2]; 3. 18JR-Denis Rose[3]; 4. 29C-Mathew Lavalley[6]; 5. OOT-Terry Lamica[5]; 6. 314-Nick Mallette[1]
Heat 2: 1. 14-Ty David[3]; 2. 72-Kevin Foster[5]; 3. 04G-Dale Gonyo[4]; 4. 16-Dustin Woods[2]; 5. JR7-Jacory Thompson[1]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 14-Ty David[1]; 2. 72-Kevin Foster[2]; 3. 04G-Dale Gonyo[3]; 4. 11X-Devon Guyette[4]; 5. OOT-Terry Lamica[5]; 6. 29C-Mathew Lavalley[6]; 7. 314-Nick Mallette[7]; 8. 09-Charlotte Morin[8]; 9. 18JR-Denis Rose[9]; 10. JR7-Jacory Thompson[10]; 11. 16-Dustin Woods[11]