Lidster and Cox crowned - APC Weekend night 1 - Sept 4th

Shadowracer · 2009-09-05T01:21:53Z

Well night one is in the books, and what a night it was. An amazing crowd was on hand tonight to kick off the APC Great Canadian Race Weekend.The lineup was to be a regular card of Super Stocks and Powerade Modifieds, which would decide championships in both. Then a Transmission Direct Enduro challenge, and to cap off the evening, a King of the Hill event with 1000 bucks going to the winner. Due to time constraints I was unable to stay for the King of the Hill, so someone else will have to come in here with some results.Transmission Direct Enduro ChallengeThe night started off with 2 heats for the Enduros. Heat 1 saw Paul Fothergill take an early lead, just to have it stolen on the last circuit by 11-Coward. Heat 2 started off with a violent fronstretch crash that saw 41-Orr ride hard into and up the outer wall. The race had to be stopped when the car came to a rest billowing smoke and flame from under the hood. The driver got out safely but was some upset. 1st place to 182-Demelo, 2nd to 82-Brunelle, and 3rd to the 45 car, driver unknown. There was a last chance qualifier, and the win there went to 64-Book.The feature was actually run last in the program, and by that time I was down in the pits so didn't get to see much of it, but it sounded like quite a race. Win to Fothergill, 2nd to Coward, 3rd to 15-Goertz, 4th to Book and 5th to 37-Arrand Super StockHeat 1 - Veteran from years gone by Steve McCaw was piloting the 2 car for tonight, and handily threaded the needle between 28-Lawrence and 7-Sheilds to take the lead and the victory. Win to McCaw, 2nd to 5-Norm Roy (subbing for Mairs) and 3rd to 04-Humphreys. Heat 2 - Is a win for 9-Dejesus, and 2nd for 52-Clark and 3rd to 77-Lake. 11-Lidster came in 5th, which meant that his points lead over Lake had gone from +25 to +22 FeatureThe race starts with Sheilds on the pole with Lawrence alongside. Lawrence takes the early lead while Roy and Sheilds battle side by side for 2nd. Lake, trying desperately to make up some points is mired in the middle of the field with Lidster behind him. It takes quite some time for them both to pass a determined Steve Smith.Up front, Lawrence is on the run from the field but he's got McCaw hot on his heels. The two of them begin to open up a lead, and by lap 10 or so, McCaw ducks low to get around Lawrence to take first. At the halfway mark its McCaw, Lawrence, Roy, Sheilds and 67-Hewitt. Back in the pack, there's the bobble that Lake has been looking for as Dejesus gets wiggly and bunches everyone up, allowing Lake to squirt past and up into 7th. The bad news for him is that Lidster is still right with him.Up front, McCaw and Lawrence are still on the run, and Lake has a little bit of room to start picking off spots one at a time. First is Hewitt, then just as Lake has Sheilds lined up, the caution comes out when some contact sends 60-Ott around in turn 2, which causes 51-Rabideau and 84 Smith to contact one another. All cars are basically OK, and when the race resumes. Lake gets past Roy, then Sheilds to take 3rd spot. But Lake just can't lose Lidster. In the waning laps, he manages to get past Lawrence, but has nothing for McCaw.1st to McCaw, 2nd to Lake, 3rd to Lawrence, 4th to Lidster and 5th to Sheilds. It certainly was McCaw's night, as that 2 car was a rocket, but the bulk of the congrats has to go to the 11 team of Jason Lidster, our 2009 Delaware Street Stock Champion. Powerade Modifieds It came down to the rookie vs the crafty veteran tonight in Powerade Mod action. the rookie won the battle, but the war was won by the vet.Tyler Hendricks got out front and stayed there, fending off challenges by 39-McCullough, 70-Saunders, and at the end, Jamie Cox.For the bulk of the race, the top 3 were Hendricks, Saunders and McCullough, and the three of thm managed to open up a lead while the points leaders battled furiously to get up front. Newman and Cox waged a great battle mid-field, with more contact between the two than we're used to seeing.Notable incidents were when 57-Brooks got a tag on the backstretch by 72-Thompson that left the 57 mod skiddiing sideways past the pit entrance and hitting a glancing blow dead on into the outer wall. Gary was OK but a little sore, and it looked like the damage wasn't too bad. Brooks unloaded tonight with pink numbering on the car, and admittedly, it might have been the nicest the car has looked yet. (Rumor has it that Brooks may be running the 97 truck full time next year and has the 57 mod put up for sale)Later in the race there was another incident where, back in the pack, 54 Limon looped in turn 2, and all magnaged to avoid except for 88-Shippy who went into him pretty hard, leaving the 88 Mod dead on the speedway and going back on the hook. One final incident came in the waning laps in the turn 3-4 end - Cox was pushing hard to get to the leaders and he and 39-McCullough made contact, and McCullough ended his night in the fence. ...

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jworacing

Sep 07, 2009 12:56 pm

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The contact that spun Jake Ott out was from the 76, he tried to harpoon Jake out of turn 4 and didn't get it done. Jake left him plenty of room on the bottom going in to turn 1 by moving up a lane. The 76 overdrove the corner and took us out and himself as well. I'm not impressed with his lack of sportsmanship by his hand jestures >:( We'll see how much that cost us in the points from a probable 6th place finish in the feature.

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spindoctor

Sep 08, 2009 6:40 pm

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I have to agree with you Jim, we were in a perfect spot to see exactly what happened and like yourself I'm disappointed that 76 chose to ruin the race for Jake and himself....I think it was extremely gracious and mindful of Jake to give up the inside since he knew 76 was in the chase for the championship. Also regarding the car the damage was to the quarter panel behind the back wheel which is indicative of someone driving too hard into the corner. If 76 had something to say to anyone he should have been looking in the mirror...

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crazylady

Sep 08, 2009 9:43 pm

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Congratulations to both Jason Lidster and Jamie Cox on their championships this year. Both are well deserved!

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