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Barrie Night 11-- Lewis Finally Wins Another

Guest · 2010-08-15T00:20:02Z

Ok 20 min rundown time.. Good night of racing once again from an on track action standpoint, despite a smaller car count in a couple of the divisions.. At 5pm when it rained a little bit I didnt think we'd get this one in, but kudos to the owners for stickin it out.. Was also amazed how fast we got the track completely dry after the rain hit..In the track's featured LLM division #8 Dave Lewis took the evening's first 30 lap feature win .. First win for Lewis since the first feature of the year ironically enough..The race would see #5 Steve Quesnelle and #6 Keith Maiato making up the front row, with Quesnelle taking control of the point, after 5 laps door handle to door handle with Maiato.. Lewis, was quick to follow Quesnelle through on the inside line underneath Maiato, to take over 2nd. Lewis, would soon challenge Quesnelle for the lead, and on lap 10 completed an inside pass between 1&2 to assume control of the race. Quesnelle, would continue to get shuffled further back in the running order, as both #10 Gord Shepherd and #69 Al "Red Rocket" Inglis would make their way past , leaving Quesnelle to scrap it out with brother Ron for 4th place. Lewis, would open up a 2 car length lead at the front of the field with laps right at 15 sec. flat, as Ron Quesnelle would win the hotly contested duel with brother Steve for 4th place in behind. The only caution flew on lap 26, as Ron Quesnelle spun on his own accord in corner 4, just as Inglis was really turning up the heat on Shepherd for 2nd.On the restart, Lewis would power to the front and again opened up a 2 car length advantage on Shepherd, with the best battle taking place for 4th, as silky smooth #22 Rick Walt passed Steve Quesnelle with only 2 laps remaining.. But this one belonged to Lewis, who maintained the 2 car length advantage over the duration, as Shepherd claimed 2nd at the checkered..Point leader Al Inglis would get his night off to a tidy start with a 3rd place showing, while Walt and Steve Quesnelle completed the fast five..The 2nd feature was a bit more entertaining than the first, and it saw Maiato power to the front from the pole, as Ron Quesnelle cleared brother Steve in behind by lap 2 to take over 2nd..On the very next lap Ron Quesnelle would dive down inside Maiato entering 3, and become the race's new leader. Quesnelle, would open up a half straightaway advantage with laps in the 14.8 sec range, as the duo of Shepherd and Inglis had their hands full getting around the pesky Maiato. On lap 18, Shepherd would make a brilliant inside pass of Maiato entering 1, as Inglis was quick to follow into 3rd.. Maiato, would manage to get back to the inner line in front of Lewis to maintain 4th, but on lap 24 he would run into the back of Inglis out of 2, causing the 69 to spin on the backstretch for the only caution.. The result would see Inglis be given his spot back, with Maiato sent to the rear. This turn of events would set up a 4 lap shootout, with front runners Quesnelle and Shepherd making up the front row.. Quesnelle, would power to the point once again, as Shepherd would get trapped up high and was passed by the duo of Lewis and Inglis for position.. They would come to the stripe in that order with Ron Quesnelle taking his 8th feature win of the season, to tie point leader Inglis in that dept.. Speaking of Inglis, he had a runner up finish in this one, as Lewis, Shepherd, and Walt comprised the rest of the top 5..The OLG SLOTS Thunder Cars would go caution free for the 5th time in 10 features this season in the 30 lap main, as point leader and CRO's own Jim "Polish Prince" Belesky recorded his 6th feature win of the season. It was #67 Jeff Smith gaining the early advantage from the drop of the green, getting the jump on rookie contender #38 Steeve Melson.. Melson, would soon make his mark felt, as the young prodigy would execute a stunning crossover move in corner two, relegating Smith to 2nd in the running order.. In behind this duel, the battle was on between the front running duo of Belesky and #14 Thayne Hallyburton for the third place position.. The two battled door to door for several laps not laying so much as a fender on each other as Belesky would eventually get past the 14, and begin to hunt down the leader Melson..After looking to the low side for several laps and unable to get a nose to the inside, Belesky pulled to the high side of the 38 on lap 18, and finally took the lead entering 1.. Also on the fly was the sleek looking #3 of Ken Denhollander, as the third year driver would pass the #24 of Leonard Johnston for 4th on the outside, and then took 3rd from Hallyburton who was beginning to smoke from the rear end.. As has happened so often this season once "The Prince" finds the front it was "turn out the lights the party's over".. and thats how this one played out at the checkered...Rookie Melson would have a career best feature finish in a Thunder coming ...

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blkflagagain

Aug 15, 2010 12:19 pm

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Will had a tough night eh Charlie.. He was racing smart for sure in the onset of that feature but then got into Jimmy there comin out of 4 and went to the back again.. While I didnt see that one personally I would suspect a racing deal..What was the final finish for Will??

And another quirky lil stat for ya??? The 57 LLM has now won at least one of the feature races for 8 weeks in a row now after not winning in the first three race nights this season.. I bet the 57&69 never thought they'd make as much $$ as they will this season.. That is the one benefit to slightly smaller fields.. 😉

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blkflagagain

Aug 15, 2010 12:50 pm

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OOPS I lied!!! The 57 didnt win a feature on July 17.. So its only three weeks in a row and 5 weeks in a row before July 17th..

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Kahnefreak

Aug 15, 2010 1:35 pm

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congrats to Jm as he is dominating the Thunders. He tried to rattle my cage in 3/4 once and it reminded me of Dale Sr. But I was able to keep my composure and battle side by side for the lead for about 5 laps. Was really fun. The mini feature took quite a bit to finish. I felt the onset of heat exhaustion sitting in the line-up waiting for that one to end. Hopefully next week we will have the cars up again as a few guys and gals took the night off. good report as always Dave.

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blkflagagain

Aug 15, 2010 1:59 pm

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Thanks STEEVE-O.. I did see "The Prince" give you a knock entering 3 on one lap about the mid point.. But I dont know if it was so much he was trying to "Rattle your cage" as you put it, but maybe you just braked before he thought you would too.. Only HIS MAJESTY would know that for sure.. 😉 Jimmy also eased up and let you straighten er out there a bit.. just thought I add that in..But either way good clean race between the two of ya..And at least you held onto 2nd.. Thayne when he was running 3rd, then Kenny werent really gaining much (if anything)on ya so good job on the career best finish.

5 of 10 caution free features says it all about the quality of racing in the Barrie Thunders this year.. and its not like there hasnt been good tight racing either, in fact that's the furthest thing from the truth..

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Kahnefreak

Aug 15, 2010 2:27 pm

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ya he was good to let me gather it up. no biggie by any means. just own the movie "3" with Barry Pepper playing Dale Sr. and it was just a quote i thought of when he tapped me and then backed out. Dale Sr. use to bump guys to see if it would break the concentration of the driver ahead of him. It's not a bad thing Jimmy that I thought of that either man. It was good clean racing and sometimes rubbin is racin. Damn gotta stop quoting cheesy Nascar flicks. lol

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