Karl Allard Wins Série ACT Castrol Edge Montmagny 250

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Montmagny, QC – St-Felicien’s Karl Allard earns his third straight Série ACT Castrol Edge event in the Montmagny 250 at Autdrome Montmagny on Saturday, July 3. Allard came from the thirteenth starting position and took the lead on lap 64. He would lead the remainder of the 250 lap event. Sylvain Lacombe took second while Jonathan Urlin earned third.

Rookie Alex Labbe finished fourth followed by Patrick Cliche rounding out the top five. Jimmy Cormier earned sixth, Jonathan Desbiens took seventh, Jean-François Déry finished eighth after leading the first 63 laps. Stephane Descoste and Daniel Descoste completed the top ten.

The 250 lap race was completed with eight cautions and took one hour, fifty-two minutes and sixteen seconds. The top three were the only cars to complete the full 250 laps distance. Twenty-three cars took the green flag and sixteen were on track for the checkers.

Point leader Patrick Laperle was involved in an accident in his heat race and couldn’t get the car repaired for the feature. Marco Savoie also had car troubles and couldn’t start the feature.

Allard has already qualified for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 18, with his wins at Autodrome Chaudiere and Riverside Speedway. Other qualifiers include Nick Sweet, Eddie MacDonald, Patrick Laperle, Dave Pembroke, Miles Chipman and Brian Hoar.

The Série ACT Castrol Edge heads to Autodrome St-Felicien next Saturday, July 10 for a 150 lap event. It will be the sixth event on the 2010 schedule.

Série ACT Castrol Edge

Montmagny 250 - Saturday, July 3, 2010

Unofficial Results

Pos  Strt Pos  Car #    Driver                      Hometown                      Laps

1              13  48QC    Karl Allard                Saint-Felicien, QC            250

2              11    3QC    Sylvain Lacombe      Terrebonne, QC              250

3                6    4ON    Jonathan Urlin          London, ON                      250

4                9  36QC    #Alex Labbé            St-Albert, QC                  249

5              23    5QC    Patrick Cliche          St-Jean-Chrystome, QC  249

6                7  95QC    #Jimmy Cormier      Princeville, QC                249

7              15  92QC    Jonathan Desbiens  Levis, QC                          249

8                1  21QC    Jean-François Déry  Quebec, QC                    248

9                8  10QC    Stephane Descoste  Oka, QC                          247

10              3    2QC    Daniel Descoste      St-Joseph, QC                  247

11            10  19QC    #Dany Trépanier      St-Edouard, QC                247

12            12  03QC    Martin Lacombe      Terrebonne, QC              247

13            19  97QC    Jacques Poulin          East Broughton, QC        246

14            20  30QC    Stephane Durand    Quebec, QC                    246

15            14  79QC    Pier-Luc Ouellette    Ste-Anne-des-Plaine, QC 246

16              4  74QC    Gaëtan Lauzier        St-Pacome, QC                246

17            22  16QC    Kevin Roberge          Levis, QC                          229

18            16  84QC    #Martin Latulippe    Vallee-Jonction, QC        228

19              5  11QC    Claude Leclerc        Lanoraie, QC                  227

20              2  40QC    David Michaud        Blainville, QC                  212

21            21    9QC    Yvon Bédard            St.Nicolas, QC                  81

22            17  12QC    Etienne Lemay        Leclercville, QC              76

23            18  60QC    Junior Collard          Val-Belair, QC                45