The LaSalle Motorsports team, along with hired gun Lee Ladouceur arrived at Mohawk Raceway on Friday afternoon. A persistent drizzle fell over the Speedway throughout the early afternoon, and with the heavy rainfall from the past couple days, track officials made a decision to postpone Friday night’s event to Sunday afternoon.
On Saturday night, the team continued with their plans to attempt to qualify for the Big Block Modified Super DIRTcar Series. Ladouceur was solid in the opening time trial session, posting the fourth fastest speed in his group, giving him the fourth position to start his qualifying heat race. Despite the disadvantage of being in a Small Block against the more powerful Big Blocks, Ladouceur advanced to finish third, earning a spot in the redraw for a top 12 starting spot in the 100 lap main event. By luck of the random draw, Ladouceur would start the race from the outside of the front row. The race went green for the first 18 laps, and Ladouceur continued to run well, holding a top five position. Although the handling started to go away as the reached halfway, Lee continued to run inside the top ten. As the race progressed, handling issues continued to worsen, and by the end of the race, Ladouceur crossed the finish line with a 13th place result.
The following afternoon was the rescheduled 358 Modified DIRTcar Series race. Lee was fast early, placing third in his time trial group and raced his way to second place in his heat race, once again earning a spot in the redraw for a top 12 position for the 75 lap main event. A sixth place starting spot was selected, and Lee fired from the outside of row three. The track conditions were unfavorable to be on the outside lane, and Ladouceur faded early. After falling into position, Lee regrouped, but contact from another car on lap 34 sent him spinning, taking him out of the race.
This coming weekend, Lee Ladouceur and the LaSalle Motorsports team will travel to Brighton Speedway on Saturday night for their annual Applefest Weekend, featuring another round of 358 Modified DIRTcar Series action. The team will then make a decision on the rest of the season schedule that could include the satellite events at Super DIRT Week. The season will conclude on October 18th to 20th at Brockville Speedway for the 1000 Islands RV DIRTcar Northeast Fall Nationals.
LaSalle Motorsports and Mike and Lori’s Northwood 2 Construction business, would like to thank their 2013 sponsors. They include Home Hardware – Brockville, Kriska Transportation, Lundy Mechanical, Seaway Doors, Engine Research, Steve Polite Sand & Gravel, Splash Well Drilling and ShellShockLids.com.
The LaSalle Motorsports team would like to invite everyone to check out their newly designed website, www.lasallemotorsports.com. The website now reflects the recent driver change, and also provides team history, schedule, results, all the latest news, direct links to our sponsor’s websites and much more.
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