Most weekends Joey Ladouceur is content with just one race night a week, running every Sunday night at the Cornwall Motor Speedway, but as the summer heats up, so does the racing action, as Ladouceur and his race team had a pair of events scheduled this past weekend, including a Mohawk Racing Parts Pro Stock Series on Friday night at the Mohawk Raceway.
Ladouceur won the first race of the Mohawk Race Parts Series at Cornwall Motor Speedway a couple weeks earlier and was looking to make it two in a row on Friday night at the Mohawk Raceway. Ladouceur started from the tenth position in the caution-filled 50 lap Pro Stock Series race, and worked his way through the field as soon as the green flag was displayed. By lap 10, he was into the top five, and just a handful of laps later he was up to third. A restart on lap 20 was just what Ladouceur needed, as he powered to the lead. Ladouceur held the lead for much of the event, only losing it briefly after a lap 30 restart where the second place car got a good jump on the green flag. He regained the lead just a couple of laps later and never looked back.
“The car was really good tonight. We lost the lead there once when the 18 car got a good jump on the restart but we were able to battle back for the win”, said Ladouceur from victory lane. “I just want to thank all of our sponsors, the crew and my family for all of their support”.
It was a tough night for the Ladouceur team on Sunday night at Cornwall. Joey started his heat race from the sixth position, and couldn’t make up any ground at all. While pushing it just a little to hard on the final lap, Ladouceur’s car drifted up the track and tagged the concrete barrier in turn four, causing extensive damage to Ladouceur’s Pro Stock. While most teams would have been done for the night with such hard contact with the wall, the Ladouceur team went to work, welding the rear suspension, and by feature time, they had the car ready to go. Ladouceur started the feature from the 11th position, and gradually worked his way forward. Ladouceur was up to as high as sixth at one point before settling for seventh at the finish.
“We really messed up the car after the heat race. The crew did a great job fixing it up, and the car was actually pretty good for the feature. The way the track conditions were though, it was just so hard to pass”, commented Ladouceur after the race.
Ladouceur will be back on the track this Sunday at the Cornwall Motor Speedway in his Coffrage 20-20 Racing, Mr. Radiator Auto Service, Fence Depot, Fastline Performance, Glengarry Truck Centre. Minimax Transportation, and PM Promotions, Stinger X Chassis. The Mohawk Race Parts Series resumes August 6th at Autodrome Granby, and August 7th at Autodrome Drummond. The final race of the Series is September 5th at the Cornwall Motor Speedway. The next Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock tour race is Saturday, August 21st back at the Mohawk Raceway.
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PHOTO: Joey Ladouceur wins Mohawk Race Parts Pro Stock Series Race at Mohawk Raceway. (Mike Watts Photo)
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