Poirier & Bergeron Split Canadian Pair
Friday
GRANBY, Quebec — Steve Poirier has turned more laps at Autodrome Granby than any other driver currently racing with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint tour.
On Friday night, Poirier used that experience to help him capture the 25-lap event for the first leg of the SMAC Magazine Canadian Invasion Series.
The victory was Poirier’s second-consecutive victory with the tour as well as his second win in a row at the half-mile oval. The win, the 11th of his ESS career, paid him $2,200 for his efforts.
“It’s fun to win here,” said Porier “I get to see a lot of people that I haven’t seen in a while. Some of them can’t afford to travel to see me race in the United States, so it’s good to get a win in front of them.”
Justin Barger and Alain Bergeron finished second and third, respectively. Lance Yonge filled the top five.
The finish:
Steve Poirier, Justin Barger, Alain Bergeron, Lance Yonge, Tim Kelly, Tommy Wickham, Doug Norrie, Michael Parent, Gordy Button, Lee Ladouceur, Kayle Robidoux, Anthony Cain, Normand Beaudreault, Russ Bennett, James Hanson, Daniel Lampron, Jeff Cook, Jeff VanDusen, Keven Beaucage, Brandon Warner.
Saturday
DRUMMMONDVILLE, Quebec — As lightening lit up the sky in the distance, Alain Bergeron lit up the competition on Saturday night at Autodrome Drummond to score his first Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint tour victory since July of 2005.
The win came as part of the SMAC Magazine Canadian Invasion series and was the ninth of his career.
“It’s been a long, long time,” stated Bergeron. “This feels so much better than last night (third-place finish at Granby).”
On lap 12, Bergeron got a run to the outside of turns three and four and he drove by early leader Tommy Wickham to take the point. Bergeron held on the rest of the way with Jeff Cook in the runner-up spot. Steve Poirier, Tim Kelly and Brandon Warner rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Alain Bergeron, Jeff Cook, Steve Poirier, Tommy Wickham, Steve Poirier, Tim Kelly, Brandon Warner, Lee Ladouceur, David Hebert, Doug Norrie, Justin Barger, Russ Bennett, Anthony Cain, Eric Lefebvre, Daniel Lampron, Normand Beaudreault, James Hanson, Gordy Button, Kayle Robidoux, Lance Yonge, Brian McDonald.