Joey Ladouceur Wins Pro Stock Challenge Event at Can Am Motorsports Park

It didn’t take long for Joey Ladouceur to find victory lane in the 2012 season.  In his first race of the new year, Ladouceur captured the 25 lap main event over a stellar field of Pro Stock and Can Am Street Stock competitors.

The Ladouceur family has been a big part of the history at Can Am Motorsports Park, with Joey’s father Laurent winning many races in the Modified and Late Model divisions in the late 80’s and early 90’s.  With the Pro Stocks not part of the regular racing program at Can Am for many year, Ladouceur had not been on the track in quite a long time, but you wouldn’t know it by Saturday’s results.

After finishing second in his qualifying heat coming from the eighth position, Ladouceur made some minor adjustments on his car before the main event.  The adjustments proved to be just what they needed as Ladouceur got a great start, and took the lead just four laps into the race.  Ladouceur clearly had the fastest car on the track, but a series of late race cautions made Ladouceur get up on the wheel the final laps of the race.

“Those restarts were pretty intense there towards the end of the race”, explains Ladouceur.  “We had a great car, and I wasn’t going to settle for second.  It has been a long time since a Ladouceur has visited victory lane here at Can Am, and my first win here, so it is pretty exciting”.

Ladouceur’s next race is still not set in stone yet, as the team may travel back to Can Am, or visit Mohawk International Raceway when they open in a couple weeks.  He will be back to defend his title at Cornwall Motor Speedway when they open for the new season on Sunday, May 20th.

Joey Ladouceur would like to thank all of the sponsors that are on board for the 2012 racing season.  Coffrage 20-20/Pompage 20-20, Fence Depot, Minimax Express, Glengarry Truck Centre, Au Vieux Duluth, Stinger X Chassis and Finish Line Web Design are all an integral part of the Ladouceur team and they look forward to sharing their success with all of you.

For more information on Joey Ladouceur, please check out our website, www.joey92.com.

Joey Ladouceur Ready For 2012 Season to Begin After Successful Practice Session at Can Am Motorsports on Sunday Afternoon

After six months away from racing as the local tracks were dormant through the long off-season, Joey Ladouceur was eager to get back to the track and try out some of the changes that he made to the car over the winter months. The first area track to open for practice was Chapman’s Can Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, New York and Ladouceur made the two and half hour trip.

Despite a misty rain that was falling in the late morning, practice went on as scheduled, and eventually made for ideal track conditions once the rain stopped. Ladouceur was able to run over 100 laps of practice, and was very happy with the performance of the car.

“We had a great test session at Can Am. I am very happy that we came here”, says Ladouceur. “It is always good to get some practice in before we start racing, just to make sure the car is working the way it should. After more then 100 laps here, we are reassured that everything is ready”.

Ladouceur will make at least one more trip back to Can Am this month. He would like to return this coming Saturday night for their season opener, but will race the following week for sure as they host a Street Stock/Pro Stock Challenge race.

“I always enjoy coming to Can Am, as our family has so much racing history here dating back to the 80s with Dad racing here in the Late Model, and then Modified”, says Ladouceur. “It is a fun track to race on, and its very fast”.

Joey Ladouceur would like to thank all of the sponsors that are on board for the 2012 racing season. Coffrage 20-20/Pompage 20-20, Fence Depot, Minimax Express, Glengarry Truck Centre, Au Vieux Duluth, Stinger X Chassis and Finish Line Web Design are all an integral part of the Ladouceur team and they look forward to sharing their success with all of you.

For more information on Joey Ladouceur, please check out our website, www.joey92.com.