Joey Ladouceur Has Tough Night at Brighton Speedway DIRTcar Series Race; Looking to Rebound at Super DIRT Week and Fall Nationals in October

Going into this past weekend’s events at Brighton Speedway on Friday night and Le RPM Speedway on Saturday night, Joey Ladouceur had built up a 58 point lead in the battle for the DIRTcar Sportsman Series championship. Brighton Speedway was a track that Joey had only visited once in his lift time, and that was well over 30 years ago, and although he has had some success in a Pro Stock at RPM Speedway, this would be his first assault on the small bullring in DIRTcar Sportsman competition.

Joey’s night started out with the usual DIRTcar Series time trials on Friday night at Brighton Speedway. After posting the seventh fastest speed in his group, Joey was on the inside of row four for his eight lap qualifying heat race. As the race progressed, he got more comfortable in the car, and advanced his position to fourth, just one spot out of the redraw for a top 12 starting position. Joey would have a long way to go from his 15th place starting position for the 35 lap main event, but was up to challenge, looking to extend his series lead. Joey was making progress early, and had just made his way inside the top ten when disaster struck. A lapped car just in front of Joey hit one of the yuke tires along the inside of the track, and knocked the tire onto the racing groove just in front of Ladouceur’s car. In a split second, the damage had been done, and Joey would be unable to continue due to front-end damage.

“It was a tough night for us at Brighton”, explains Ladouceur after the race. “The end result was a broken steering box. Hopefully the weather holds for RPM tomorrow so we can dig ourselves out of this points rut. We are currently down by 16 points at the moment”.

A forecast of rain through the day on Saturday, and forecast for continuous rain throughout the evening forced RPM and DIRTcar officials to cancel the DIRTcar Sportsman Series race scheduled for Saturday night. The next race in the DIRTcar Sportsman Series will take place on Wednesday, October 9th at the Weedsport Speedway in Weedsport, New York, followed by Super DIRT Week action at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse with practice on October 10th, more practice, time trials and heat races on Friday, October 11th and the 30 lap Sportsman Championship on October 12th.

The 2013 season will come to an end on Friday, October 18th at Brockville Speedway for the annual 1000 Islands RV DIRTcar Northeast Fall Nationals.

“It has been a good season for us, hopefully we can finish strong and be in a position to win the DIRTcar championship at Brockville next month”, says Ladouceur. “I really have to thank my family, the guys that work on the car, our sponsors and fans for their continued support this season”.

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, Mr. Radiator, Lakeside Landscaping, Au Vieux Duluth, Number One Speed Shock Service 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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