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July 20, 2010 – By Tom Skibinski, Super DIRTcar Series PR Director
*Sylvain Buisson Photo

Brett Hearn was looking for the sweep while Dale Planck was trying to lead the distance. Matt Sheppard and Jimmy Phelps had plans to retain their stronghold on the Big-Block Modified win chart while Billy Decker was hoping to regain his winning form.

When the checkered finally flew Tuesday night at Autodrome Drummond, it was open-wheel veteran Danny Johnson fulfilling his own destiny as the Rochester, N.Y. native laid claim to the Super DIRTcar Series ‘Solution Ticket 100’ to close out the annual Canadian Tour in the province of Quebec.

“Its been awhile but this team has been awesome for me, its great to be back,” remarked Johnson, now 50, who has been racking up DIRTcar Modified wins since 1979 and his latest elevated his series count to 67, which keeps him second all-time behind only Hearn. “I’m just a lucky individual to be here. I know I’m fortunate to be here so I’m just going to enjoy it while I’m here.”

“It’s great getting back to victory lane, definitely a confidence builder. The team has been working really hard getting the car better each time out. As long as we stick together we’ll continue to grow and get better I believe,” said Johnson, whose last Series triumph came at Orange County Fair Speedway teamed with Mike Petruska and his no. 66 Atlas Paving/TEO Pro Car in the 2008 Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Eastern States 200 in Middletown.

Johnson was back aboard a familiar orange no. 27J ride in his latest victory march, this year owned by Mike Payne and carrying sponsorship from Honeoye Auto Parts, Currier Plastics and Waste Management on the potent Bicknell machine. Following in his tire tracks at the end of the century grind were hard-charging Phelps, Planck, Hearn, Sheppard, Decker and top French finisher Marin Roy, who claimed guaranteed starting status during Super DIRT Week in Syracuse for both Big-Block and 358-Modified main events held Oct. 9-10.

Pole-sitter Planck and Johnson shared front row starting assignments to lead off the 100-lap finale which was caution-stricken on the opening lap. Racing track promoter Yan Bussiere, who earlier in the night set Bilstein Shocks Fast Time, got caught up high and wound up parked on the turn three wall, a precarious position that required 10 minutes to alleviate.

Planck retained his edge on the ensuing lap nine restart, with Johnson, French favorite David Hebert, Hearn and Billy Dunn locked in pursuit. It took the ‘Natural’ just eight more circuits to catch the tail end of the pack as he sped around the fast 4/10-miler steering Carey Terrance’s back-up RezX Racing no. 66xx Twin Leaf Express(Ft. Covington)/Bicknell entry.

Only two more yellow flags slowed the action by the midway point with Planck holding a commanding lead in what had been a rather uneventful race up to that point. When Francois Bernier idled down the front chute on lap 49, Planck and Johnson still ran two with Hearn improving to third ahead of Hebert, Sheppard, Decker and Phelps.

Hearn was quickly drop-kicked to fifth when the green flag once again unfurled on the lap 55 restart as Sheppard bolted into third. Ryan Phelps suffered a flat right-rear Hoosier eight circuits later, with his cousin Jimmy holding down fourth-place in what has become a customary move to the front in the latter stages.

The biggest incident of the night forced a red flag situation with 75 laps complete when turn three contact tangled up the cars of tour regulars Billy Dunn and Tom Sears Jr. as well as Gino Clair, Bernier and Bussiere, who was scored some 30 laps down to the leaders at the time. Green lights flashed on once more as 13 racers remained on the lead lap all looking to take their best shot at reaching the winner’s circle.

In tracking down Planck prior to the field coming to a stop, Johnson continued to shadow the race-long leader until finally ducking underneath for good as the lead pair swung out of turn four. After Decker’s Gypsum Express teammate Larry Wight spun rounding turn one to force out the seventh and final caution flag on lap 83, Johnson faced a clear path ahead as did his closest rivals in search of the $6,000 top prize.

With just 10 laps to go, Planck and Phelps zeroed in on Johnson as they mirrored every move made by DIRTcar Northeast’s only five-time Driver-of-the-Year. Just as 97 clicked on the lap counter Phelps grabbed second from Planck and set his sights on Johnson with time running out. Phelps was able to snuggle up to Johnson’s rear bumper on the white flag lap, and when the checkers came out he nearly pushed him across the stripe as the 50-minute main event brought the final curtain down.

“We had a really good car all day, just that the other guys had pretty good cars, too,” figured Johnson, following his second Big-Block win of 2010 which pushes his career count to 299 on the DIRTcar NE circuit. “With so many good cars and drivers in one place, anything can happen so you have to feel fortunate any time you can pick up a win.”

“Dale took off and was gone from the start, but we were able to reel him in later on and I thought things were going good. Then the caution came out, double-file restarts aren’t for me. But like I said, that’s why I’m lucky, those restarts happened the way they did and I was able to do what I did and be here in victory lane,” added Johnson, whose only other SDS race led (7 laps) this year was the Hagerstown Speedway opener in March.
Already finding his way to the front in seven of the first 12 Series shows in 2010, Phelps fell a fraction shy of tacking on his fourth win of the season and was forced to settle for his third runner-up tally in the previous five shows.

“We really had a good car, if we could’ve broke free early we could’ve probably dome something,” assessed Phelps, 35, who moved into a tie for second-place with Billy Decker on the Super DIRTcar Series points chart now 59 behind Sheppard. The Baldwinsville, N.Y. pilot remains in search of his first overall Mr. DIRTcar crown after placing among the front-four each of the past three years. “Still feel fortunate to get what we got out here today.”

“Once the track rubbered up early on you just had to wait for somebody to screw up in front to get by them, so starting 15th we’re real happy with second. We were really good late, yet in the beginning we just tried to hang on. Even if we started closer to the front who’s to say we wouldn’t have backed up, so its hard to say if we would’ve won with a better starting spot.”

“The bottom line is that we got up in the mix again and we’re close. Don’t know if I could’ve got Danny without some traffic or maybe him making a mistake, who knows. Regardless, we had the car that we needed and we’re happy with that,” stated Phelps, already an 11-time race winner in ’10, just one checkered flag shy of Sheppard.

Fresh off leading 36 laps in the headline Series special Monday night at Autodrome Granby, Planck more than doubled his progress at Drummond as the second-generation standout from Cortland, N.Y. paced the pack for the initial 78 circuits on Tuesday.

“We went with a soft tire on the left-rear and it just didn’t hold up for us towards the end,” lamented a disappointed Planck in the post-race interview. “The track just went away, the bottom (lane) took rubber within a lap after that restart and Dan was down there. I was coming down out of turn four trying to catch the rubber but it just locked right down and I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

“This car seems a little better though, definitely a lot better than last night at Granby. We’re going back to the shop and get the #77x fixed back up and try it all over again this weekend,” Planck added.

Super DIRTcar Series travelers get two weeks off before hauling back across the border for round 10 on Monday, August 2 when Merrittville Speedway hosts the Bob St. Amand Sr. Memorial 100 presented by L. St. Amand Enterprises.

Super DIRTcar Series Race #13 – Autodrome Drummond, July 20, 2010 ‘Solution Ticket 100’ Big-Block Modified Event Summary
FIN STR CAR# DRIVER
1 2 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY ($6,000)
2 15 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY
3 1 66xx Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
4 4 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
5 9 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY
6 6 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY
7 18 90 Martin Roy/Napierville,QUE
8 19 54 Steve Bernard/St Paul Abbotsford,QUE
9 12 63 Dominic Dufault/Ste-Victoire,QUE
10 3 1 David Hebert/St. Damase,QUE
11 8 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY
12 22 66x Carey Terrance/Akwesasne,NY
13 30 7 Patrice Demers/Drummondville,QUE
14 20 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY
15 26 27 Michel Dusseault/Victoriaville,QUE
16 29 3 Claude Brouillard/Tracy,QUE
17 28 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ
18 16 39 Clement Therrien/Victoriaville,QUE
19 27 22j Gino Clair/St-Germain,QUE
20 17 44 Sebastien Gougeon/Drummondville,QUE
21 24 61 Jean Boissonneault/Granby,QUE
22 10 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE
23 25 09 Alex Fortier/Princeville,QUE
24 13 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY
25 21 46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant,QUE
26 7 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY
27 5 49d Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY
28 11 49 Francois Bernier/St-Hyacinthe,QUE
29 23 23 Dany Bilodeau/Victoriaville,QUE
30 14 21 Yan Bussiere/Drummondville,QUE
31 32 *1f Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT
32 31 9ss Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ
GATER RACING NEWS LAP LEADERS: Planck (1-78), Johnson (79-100).
CAUTIONS: 7 for 29 laps.
HEAT WINNERS: Dufault, Hearn, Clair, Johnson.
CONSI WINNERS: Robidoux, Terrance.
BICKNELL RACING PRODUCTS WINNER AWARD: Danny Johnson.
MSD IGNITION WINNER AWARD: Danny Johnson.
SYRACUSE 200 QUALIFIER: Martin Roy.
SYRACUSE 358-MODIFIED QUALIFIER: Martin Roy.
HALFWAY LEADER: Dale Planck.
BERT/KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER AWARD: Patrice Demers.
XTREME LUBRICANTS SLICK MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jimmy Phelps.
PENSKE POWER POSITION AWARD (16th): Claude Brouillard.
MSD IGNITION FINAL PLACEMENT AWARD: Michael Storms.
BILSTEIN SHOCKS FAST TIME AWARD: Yan Bussiere (17.463sec/82.460mph).
TOTAL PURSE: $28,350.
CARS ENTERED: 42.
NEXT EVENT: Merrittville Speedway - August 2, 2010.
DID NOT QUALIFY(10)
16w-Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY
17-Eric Bessette/St-Marc Richelieu,QUE
22-Eric Gauvreau/Chelsea,QUE
35-Francois Bellemare/Trois-Rivieres,QUE
37-Paul St.Sauveur/St-Hyacinthe,QUE
61g-Martin Gagne/Granby,QUE
72-Denis Gauvreau/Alymer,QUE
75-Sebastien Benoit/St-Eugene,QUE
81-Eric Landry/Trois-Rivieres,QUE
97-Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE

QUALIFYING
FAST AVE
TIME MPH CAR# DRIVER
1 17.463 82.460 21 Yan Bussiere/Drummondville,QUE
*$100 Bilstein Shocks Fast Qualifier Award
2 17.758 81.090 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY
3 17.779 80.994 1 David Hebert/St. Damase,QUE
4 17.861 80.623 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY
5 17.922 80.348 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
6 17.988 80.053 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY
7 18.026 79.885 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY
8 18.050 79.778 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY
9 18.052 79.770 1f Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT
10 18.141 79.378 39 Clement Therrien/Victoriaville,QUE
11 18.157 79.308 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY
12 18.184 79.190 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE
13 18.202 79.112 66xx Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
14 18.203 79.108 49d Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY
15 18.291 78.727 63 Dominic Dufault/Ste-Victoire,QUE
16 18.298 78.697 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY
17 18.338 78.525 23 Dany Bilodeau/Victoriaville,QUE
18 18.340 78.517 90 Martin Roy/Napierville,QUE
19 18.406 78.235 9ss Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ
20 18.409 78.223 46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant,QUE
21 18.430 78.133 54 Steve Bernard/St Paul Abbotsford,QUE
22 18.470 77.964 49 Francois Bernier/St-Hyacinthe,QUE
23 18.510 77.796 44 Sebastien Gougeon/Drummondville,QUE
24 18.587 77.474 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY
25 18.604 77.403 22 Eric Gauvreau/Chelsea,QUE
26 18.647 77.224 09 Alex Fortier/Princeville,QUE
27 18.677 77.100 22j Gino Clair/St-Germain,QUE
28 18.698 77.014 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ
29 18.822 76.506 7 Patrice Demers/Drummondville,QUE
30 18.859 76.356 27 Michel Dusseault/Victoriaville,QUE
31 18.891 76.227 16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY
32 19.147 75.208 97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE
33 19.179 75.082 66x Carey Terrance/Akwesasne,NY
34 19.309 74.577 35 Francois Bellemare/Trois-Rivieres,QUE
35 19.353 74.407 3 Claude Brouillard/Tracy,QUE
36 19.357 74.392 37 Paul St.Sauveur/St-Hyacinthe,QUE
37 19.381 74.300 75 Sebastien Benoit/St-Eugene,QUE
38 19.514 73.793 61g Martin Gagne/Granby,QUE
39 19.716 73.037 72 Denis Gauvreau/Alymer,QUE
40 19.777 72.812 61 Jean Boissonneault/Granby,QUE
*DQ 18.986 75.845 17 Eric Bessette/St-Marc Richelieu,QUE
*DQ 19.121 75.310 81 Eric Landry/Trois-Rivieres,QUE
*Underweight on scales.

Heat Races (8 laps, top-5 finishers transferred to feature; top 3 redrew)
#1: Dufault, Planck, Decker, Wight, Gougeon, Robidoux, G.Clair, Fortier, Chicoine, Landry, D.Gauvreau.
#2: Hearn, Sears, Dunn, Bussiere, Roy, Bilodeau, Brouillard, Willix, E.Gauvreau, Bessette, Friesen (DNS).
#3: Clair, Hebert, Paine, J.Phelps, Bernard, Terrance, Dusseault, Benoit, Boissonneault, Storms.
#4: Johnson, Bernier, Sheppard, Therrien, R.Phelps, Scagliotta, St.Sauveur, Bellemare, Demers, Gagne.
Consolation Races: (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to feature)
#1: Robidoux, Bolideau, Fortier, G.Clair, Brouillard, Landry, Bessette, E.Gauvreau, Chicoine, D.Gauvreau, Willix,
#2: Terrance, Boissonneault, Dusseault, Scagliotta, Demers, St.Sauveur, Bellemare, Benoit, Gagne, Storms (DNS), Friesen (DNS).
Added: Storms, Friesen.

Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Point Standings (Thru July 20, 2010)
Rank No. Driver Total Series Diff Wins Top-5 Top-10 Starts
1 9s Matt Sheppard 1,171 1,171 0 4 11 13 15
2 98H Jimmy Phelps 1,112 1,112 -59 3 11 13 15
3 91 Billy Decker 1,112 1,112 -59 1 10 14 15
4 20 Brett Hearn 1,019 1,019 -152 2 5 12 15
5 27J Danny Johnson 926 926 -245 1 7 8 15
6 77x Dale Planck 843 843 -328 1 3 6 15
7 49 Billy Dunn 823 823 -348 0 2 8 15
8 99 Ryan Phelps 808 808 -363 0 1 6 15
9 7x Steve Paine 744 744 -427 0 3 5 14
10 4* Michael Storms 744 744 -427 0 2 5 15
11 62s Tom Sears Jr. 740 740 -431 1 2 3 15
12 8 Rich Scagliotta 640 640 -531 0 1 2 15
13 1F Stewart Friesen 626 626 -545 1 3 6 12
14 99L Larry Wight 553 553 -618 0 0 5 12
15 3T Gary Tomkins 536 536 -635 0 2 3 12
16 42P Pat Ward 517 517 -654 0 4 8 9
17 16 Lance Willix II 457 457 -714 0 0 1 10
18 1J Alan Johnson 428 428 -743 0 1 4 9
19 3H Justin Haers 363 363 -808 0 0 5 7
20 66x Carey Terrance 303 303 -868 0 0 2 5
21 8R Rob Bellinger 246 246 -925 0 1 1 6
22 5H Chris Hile 223 223 -948 0 0 1 6
23 4T Tim McCreadie 207 207 -964 0 3 3 5
24 32c Vic Coffey 202 202 -969 0 0 0 5
25 21a Pete Britten 192 192 -979 0 0 0 6
26 7 Rick Laubach 189 189 -982 0 0 0 4
27 99B Chuck Bower 183 183 -988 0 0 1 6
28 46 Kayle Robidoux 180 180 -991 0 0 1 3
29 10 Tim Currier 180 180 -991 0 0 0 3
30 33 Mike Mahaney 178 178 -993 0 0 0 6
31 74 Tim Fuller 176 176 -995 0 0 0 6
32 22c Mario Clair 171 171 -1,000 0 0 0 4
33 16 Mike Bowman 163 163 -1,008 0 0 0 6
34 21 Yan Bussiere 154 154 -1,017 0 0 0 3
35 90 Martin Roy 153 153 -1,018 0 0 1 3
36 39 Ryan Bartlett 153 153 -1,018 0 1 1 5
37 10v Bobby Varin 135 135 -1,036 0 0 1 2
38 21 Derrick Podsiadlo 131 131 -1,040 0 0 0 5
39 12a Ronnie Johnson 124 124 -1,047 0 0 0 3
40 21K Randy Chrysler 123 123 -1,048 0 0 0 3
41 1H David Hebert 121 121 -1,050 0 0 1 2
42 37e Eric Fisher 119 119 -1,052 0 0 0 4
43 48T Dave Rauscher 112 112 -1,059 0 0 0 2
44 54 Steve Bernard 108 108 -1,063 0 0 1 2
45 45m Mike Ward 107 107 -1,064 0 0 0 2
46 85v Dan Vauter 104 104 -1,067 0 0 0 2
47 4H Duane Howard 98 98 -1,073 0 1 1 1
48 49 Francois Bernier 95 95 -1,076 0 0 0 2
49 10x Willy Decker 92 92 -1,079 0 0 1 2
50 3 Claude Brouillard 90 90 -1,081 0 0 0 2
51 61 Jean Boissonneault 89 89 -1,082 0 0 0 2
52 12 Clayton Benedict 87 87 -1,084 0 0 0 2
53 22J Gino Clair 85 85 -1,086 0 0 0 2
54 3b Chad Brachmann 83 83 -1,088 0 0 0 3
55 24 Jim Witko Jr. 81 81 -1,090 0 0 1 2
56 23 Dany Bilodeau 80 80 -1,091 0 0 0 2
57 14 Jimmy Horton 80 80 -1,091 0 0 0 2
58 1H Tim Hindley 76 76 -1,095 0 0 1 1
59 26 Ryan Godown 75 75 -1,096 0 0 1 1
60 63 Dominic Dufault 70 70 -1,101 0 0 1 1
61 21m Bob McGannon 68 68 -1,103 0 0 1 1
62 160 Johnny Hill 66 66 -1,105 0 0 0 1
63 02 Roy Bresnahan 66 66 -1,105 0 0 0 1
64 23 Laurent Ladouceur 63 63 -1,108 0 0 0 1
65 6 Pat O'Brien 63 63 -1,108 0 0 0 1
66 74 Fredric Gamache 62 62 -1,109 0 0 1 1
67 37md Jer. Shingledecker 61 61 -1,110 0 0 0 1
68 97 Michel Chicoine 60 60 -1,111 0 0 0 1
69 12 Brian Sage 59 59 -1,112 0 0 0 1
70 61J Martin Gagne 58 58 -1,113 0 0 0 1
71 7 Patrice Demers 56 56 -1,115 0 0 0 1
72 115 Stephane LaFrance 56 56 -1,115 0 0 0 1
73 X Chad Phelps 55 55 -1,116 0 0 0 1
74 27 Michel Dusseault 52 52 -1,119 0 0 0 1
75 79 Jeremy Markle 52 52 -1,119 0 0 0 1
76 95 Alex Boisvert 50 50 -1,121 0 0 0 1
77 38 Luke Whitteker 50 50 -1,121 0 0 0 1
78 55 Mike King 50 50 -1,121 0 0 0 1
79 1x Todd Stone 50 50 -1,121 0 0 0 1
80 124 Pierre Dagenais 49 49 -1,122 0 0 0 1
81 8J Dean Pearson 48 48 -1,123 0 0 0 1
82 14 Lee Ladouceur 48 48 -1,123 0 0 0 1
83 39 Clement Therrien 46 46 -1,125 0 0 0 1
84 57 Donnie Corellis 46 46 -1,125 0 0 0 1
85 55 Perry Francis 46 46 -1,125 0 0 0 1
86 47 Simon Perreault 45 45 -1,126 0 0 0 1
87 41 Boyd MacTavish 45 45 -1,126 0 0 0 1
88 71 David Van Horn Jr. 45 45 -1,126 0 0 0 1
89 42B Kevin Bates 45 45 -1,126 0 0 0 1
90 44 Sebastien Gougeon 44 44 -1,127 0 0 0 1
91 172 Andre Gauthier 44 44 -1,127 0 0 0 1
92 66 Jerry Higbie 44 44 -1,127 0 0 0 1
93 29 Jeff Brownell Jr. 43 43 -1,128 0 0 0 1
94 56 Vince Vitale 43 43 -1,128 0 0 0 1
95 44 Casey Swamp 42 42 -1,129 0 0 0 1
96 7* Danny O'Brien 42 42 -1,129 0 0 0 1
97 49er Johnny Guarino 42 42 -1,129 0 0 0 1
98 09 Alex Fortier 41 41 -1,130 0 0 0 1
99 72 Todd Stewart 41 41 -1,130 0 0 0 1
100 31 Tom Jock Jr. 41 41 -1,130 0 0 0 1

2010 Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified Roster (42)
Car# Driver/Hometown Team (Sponsor / Chassis / Engine)
09 Alex Fortier/Princeville,QUE Carrosseries St-Calixte-Restaurant Princesse/Troyer/RL Performance
1 David Hebert/St. Damase,QUE Mecanique Electrique CMPL-Coffrage Levesque/Bicknell/Finger Lakes
1f Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT Pizza Logs-Jeff Daley & Sons Oil Service-Westmoreland Golf Club/TEO/Enders
3 Claude Brouillard/Tracy,QUE R.Brouillette Transport-G.A.D. Brouillard/Bicknell/RL Racing Engines
7 Patrice Demers/Drummondville,QUE Transport P.Demers-Pro Couvreur/POP Performance/Enders
7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY Swarthout Recycling-Tallmadge Tire-Terrell's Potato Chips/Bicknell/Finger Lakes
8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ Central Jersey Trailer & Hitch Depot-Adamsville Maintenance/Troyer/Feil
9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell/C.C. Performance
9ss Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell/C.C. Performance
16w Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY SUNY Canton-Nor-Shir Construction/Bicknell/Morrison
17 Eric Bessette/St-Marc Richelieu,QUE Rainville & Sons-Montmorency Ford-Lincoln/TEO/Etienne Bessette
20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ Madsen Mtrsprts-Wentworth Custom Homes-Benjamin Moore Paints/TEO/Enders
21 Yan Bussiere/Drummondville,QUE Bud Light-Bud Lime/TEO/RL Racing Engines
22 Eric Gauvreau/Chelsea,QUE Arctic Glacier-Gauvreau Top Soil/Bicknell/Morrison
22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE ResistO-Batiments JDL-GMCI Express/Bicknell/Morrison
22j Gino Clair/St-Germain,QUE Dionne & Sons Auto Parts/TEO/LaFrance Performance
23 Dany Bilodeau/Victoriaville,QUE Entrepot Victo-Garage Bilodeau/Troyer/RL Racing Engines
27 Michel Dusseault/Victoriaville,QUE Dusseault Excavation-JC Lizotte Excavation/Troyer/RL Performance
27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY Honeoye Auto Parts-Currier Plastics-Waste Management/Bicknell/Mastin
35 Francois Bellemare/Trois-Rivieres,QUE Jenik Construction-Breyers Ice Cream-Subway/Bicknell/Boomer Racing
37 Paul St.Sauveur/St-Hyacinthe,QUE Harjo Equipment-FDB Fondations-Qualinet/TEO/Boomer Racing
39 Clement Therrien/Victoriaville,QUE Coffrage 20-20-Therrien Racing/Bicknell/B.H.P.
44 Sebastien Gougeon/Drummondville,QUE Gougeon Bros. Service Center/TEO/Doyon
46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant,QUE Bert Transmission-Genesis Racing Shocks-Rube Restaurant/Bicknell/Clements
49d Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY Number One Speed-Pemco Contracting-SUNY Canton/Bicknell/Finger Lakes
49 Francois Bernier/St-Hyacinthe,QUE Steph's Best Deal-Bernier Excavation/Bicknell/RL Performance
54 Steve Bernard/St Paul Abbotsford,QUE Robert Bernard Tire Service-Robert Transport-Burrowes Insur./Bicknell/Enders
61 Jean Boissonneault/Granby,QUE Shefford Remorquage-Transport Demers/Bicknell/Boomer Racing
61g Martin Gagne/Granby,QUE Shefford Remorquage-Transport Demers/Bicknell/Boomer Racing
62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY Summit Auto Group-Mullen Industrial-Trackman Equipment/Bicknell/Morrison
63 Dominic Dufault/Ste-Victoire,QUE Transport Pierco-BL-Les Macineries Tenco/Troyer/RL Performance
66x Carey Terrance/Akwesasne,NY RezX Racing-Twin Leaf (Hogansburg)-Tomohawk Tobacco/Bicknell/Kevlar
66xx Dale Planck/Cortland,NY RezX Racing-Twin Leaf Express(Ft. Covington)/Bicknell/Kevlar
72 Denis Gauvreau/Alymer,QUE EDG Equipment-Gauvreau Top Soil/Troyer/LaFrance
75 Sebastien Benoit/St-Eugene,QUE Transport SMB-Allard Concept Plus/Bicknell/Pierre Berthiaume
81 Eric Landry/Trois-Rivieres,QUE Breyers Ice Cream- Jenik Construction /Bicknell/Boomer Racing
90 Martin Roy/Napierville,QUE J.E. Fortin Racing-Gamache Truck Centre/Bicknell/Clements
91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY Gypsum Wholesalers-Stadium Int'l-Quality Hardwoods/Bicknell/Kevlar
97 Michel Chicoine/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE GMCI Express-E.Beaudry Enterprises/Bicknell/Enders
98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY HBR Motorsports-Wave Energy Drink-Mohawk Northeast/Troyer/Bruneau
99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY Big Red Towing-Dave Miller Auto Body/Bicknell/Enders
99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY Gypsum Express,Ltd./Bicknell/Kevlar

SKIDMARKS
*All-Star Tweets Tapped Out: Fans were kept informed throughout the Super DIRTcar Series ‘All-Star’ show at Drummond with their ‘Twitter’ connection providing Big-Block updates both on-line and through text messages on cell phones. Along with the brief bulletins offered Twitter ‘followers' of the SDS during each race night, fans can also expect to receive breaking news and interesting notes between tour stops. To sign-up as a SDS Big-Block ‘follower' on Twitter and receive updates anywhere at anytime, visit http://www.twitter.com/SuperDIRTcar.

*Pot Holes: Track promoter Yan Bussiere matched his mark last autumn at Drummond, copping his second straight Bilstein Shocks Fast Time award to open the program under the clocks … Short night for third-generation Canadian chauffeur Stewart Friesen from Ontario as he time trialed 9th quickest before the oil pan ripped out in the potent Pizza Logs no. 1f Jeff Daley & Sons Oil Service-Westmoreland Golf Club/TEO machine … Brett Hearn (1990 & ’93) and Danny Johnson (1991) were the last drivers to sweep the Granby/Drummond twin-bill, with Hearn giving it another gallant effort in the 2010 edition … In a slight twist to the customary pre-race feature draw, participants passed their numbered Frisbees to the driver of their choice throughout the duration of a song before revealing their starting position in front of the capacity crowd … A festive fireworks display lit up the sky just prior to the first feature race green flag as drivers were introduced by emcees Shane Andrews and Anthony Marcotte with their mighty DIRTcar Modifieds spotlighted in order on the frontstretch access road laid out between the speedway and main grandstand.

UPCOMING EVENT
Super DIRTcar Series teams head to Ontario, Canada to kick off the month of August as Merrittville Speedway hosts the 18th annual Bob St. Amand Sr. Memorial 100 presented by L. St. Amand Enterprises on Aug. 2. Fans and racers are encouraged to bring their appetite as a special pre-race Italian Dinner hosted by Club Castropignano will be served from 4-6 pm, including salad, dinner roll, fresh pasta and homemade meatballs plus choice of a Pepsi product. Call the speedway office to reserve your pre-race dinner tickets or email Merrittville GM Erica Bicknell at ebicknell@cogeco.net.

2010 Super DIRTcar Series Schedule
NP=Non-Point event; SP=Show-Up point event;
DAY-DATE TRACK WINNER/LOCATION
*** FLORIDA DIRTcar NATIONALS ***
Wed-Feb 10 Volusia Speedway Park-np Stewart Friesen
Thr-Feb 11 Volusia Speedway Park-np Matt Sheppard
Fri-Feb 12 Volusia Speedway Park-np cancelled
Sat-Feb 13 Volusia Speedway Park-np Matt Sheppard
Sat-Mar 27 Hagerstown Speedway Billy Decker
Sat-Apr 10 Fulton Speedway Dale Planck
Sun-May 30 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Matt Sheppard
Tue-Jun 15 Grandview Speedway Craig VonDohren
Wed-Jun 16 Orange County Fair Speedway Jimmy Phelps
Wed-Jun 23 Mohawk Int’l Raceway Jimmy Phelps
Sun-Jul 4 Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Matt Sheppard
Sun-Jul 11 Cornwall Motor Speedway Brett Hearn
*** ALL-STAR WEEKEND ***
Thr-Jul 15 Brewerton Speedway Matt Sheppard
Fri-Jul 16 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Jimmy Phelps
Sat-Jul 17 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Matt Sheppard
*** GREAT CANADIAN TOUR ***
Mon-Jul 19 Autodrome Granby Brett Hearn
Tue-Jul 20 Autodrome Drummond Danny Johnson
Mon-Aug 2 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT
Thr-Aug 26 Lebanon Valley Speedway West Lebanon,NY
Sun-Sep 5 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY
Sat-Sep 18 Mohawk Int’l Raceway Akwesasne,NY
Sat-Oct 2 Fulton Speedway-sp Fulton,NY
*** SUPER DIRT WEEK ***
Sun-Oct 10 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY
*** DIRTcar FALL NATIONALS ***
Sun-Oct 17 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT
*** WORLD FINALS ***
Thr-Nov 4 The Dirt Track at Charlotte(qual.) Concord,NC
Fri-Nov 5 The Dirt Track at Charlotte Concord,NC
Sat-Nov 6 The Dirt Track at Charlotte Concord,NC

DIRTcar Racing Northeast main office is located in Weedsport, New York on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds, home of DIRTcar All-Star Weekend in July. DIRTcar Northeast’s crown jewel event ---Super DIRT Week at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse runs annually in October featuring Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship Series events for Big-Block Modified, 358-Modified, Sportsman and Pro Stock divisions. Ticket and schedule information is available by contacting the Weedsport office (315/834-6606) during the day or logging into www.allstar100weekend.com and www.superdirtweekonline.com anytime.

The Big-Block Super DIRTcar Series is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Hoosier Racing Tire www.hoosiertire.com and VP Racing Fuels www.vpracingfuels.com. Promotional partners include the University of Northwestern Ohio www.unoh.com and Chizmark & Larson Insurance www.chizmarklarson.com, and contingency sponsors are Bicknell Racing Products www.bicknellracingproducts.com, Bilstein Shocks www.bilstein.com, KSE Racing Products www.kse-racing.com, Motorsports Safety Systems www.motorsportssafetysystems.com, MSD Ignition www.msdignition.com, Penske Shocks, www.penskeshocks.com, Racing Electronics www.racingelectronics.com, Vicci Racing Apparel www.vicci.com and Wrisco Industries www.wrisco.com.