Joey Ladouceur Gets Top Five Finish in First Career Sportsman Start at Mohawk Raceway; Rolling Wheels DIRTcar Series Opener Coming up Next

After sitting idle the previous week, Joey Ladouceur and his team were anxious to get back to the track this past weekend. Mohawk International Raceway was their chosen destination of Friday night and they also hoped to finally get the season underway at Cornwall Speedway, as they were to host the first round of the Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Series after dealing with back to back rainouts to start their 2013 season.

Mohawk International Raceway has been very good to Joey Ladouceur over the years, collecting many feature wins along the way, including his 100th career DIRTcar Pro Stock victory last summer. After graduating into the Sportsman ranks this year, Ladouceur was making his first Sportsman start at the track and they were optimistic that they would have a setup in the car that would make them very competitive throughout the night. Joey started 10th in his qualifying heat race and moved up to fifth place before the checkered flag. In the 20 lap main event, he started from the 15th position and quickly moved forward at the drop of the green flag. The first caution of the race came on lap nine and Joey was now into the top ten, and looked very strong in the first half of the race. Just a few laps later he was inside the top five, and finished the race with a strong fifth place run.

“The car was good, but we need to work on it a little bit more to get up there and challenge for the win”, says Ladouceur after the race. “We are happy with this run though, and it gives us something to build on for the next time we come back here”.

Cornwall Speedway was up next on the schedule with the first round of the Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman series scheduled, but for the third consecutive week to start the season, Mother Nature had other plans and track officials were forced to postpone the event. This will now set up a huge weekend at Cornwall Motor Speedway on Canada Day Weekend with the previously scheduled weekly Sportsman event on Sunday, June 30th followed by the rescheduled Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Series race on Monday, July 1st.

With Cornwall’s series race getting postponed, the first race of the Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman series will now be this Wednesday night at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in Elbridge, New York. Ladouceur will then return home to prepare for Sunday’s event at Cornwall Motor Speedway as they make their fourth attempt to get the 2013 season underway.

Joey Ladouceur would like to thank all of the sponsors that are on board for the 2013 racing season. Coffrage 20-20/Pompage 20-20, Fence Depot, Minimax Express, Glengarry Truck Centre, Gauvreau Terre de Surface, Stinger X Chassis, Au Vieux Duluth 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 in the future.

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