It was set to be a Labor Day Weekend for Joel Doiron and his Alexandria, Ontario based 358 Modified team. They had two events scheduled with a rare Thursday night event at Mohawk Raceway, a 50 lap Frenchie’s Chevrolet American Revolution Series event, and Sunday was the season finale at Cornwall Speedway, which featured a 125 lap Mr. DIRTcar Series/Canadian Nationals Series event.
On Thursday night at MIR, Doiron started the night with the usual qualifying heat race, and he started from the sixth position. At the end of the eight lap race, Doiron had moved up to third place, qualifying for the 50 lap main event. After returning to his pit area after the qualifier, heavy rain began to fall, and lasted for about 20 minutes. It delayed the events by about 2 hours, but the show continued. The extra time gave Doiron and his team time to make some changes to the car in preperation for the 50 lap feature. Doiron started from outside of the seventh row in 14th place. On lap eight, Doiron was involved in a minor incident on the track and had to restart the race from the tail of the field. At the checkered flag, Doiron was scored in 16th place.
Cornwall Speedway has been having a tough time as of late battling with Mother Nature. The last two weeks have been lost due to rain, and the forecast for Sunday called for even more rain. The rain held off for much of the day though, and by race time it looked like they might just be able to get the race in. The night started off with time trials and Doiron turned the fastest time in his group, giving him a front row starting spot for his qualifying heat race. Unfortunately, Mother Nature returned just before the heat races were to start, and once again, Cornwall Speedway officials were forced to postpone their final event of the season. The qualifying heats and 125 lap main event will now take place on Sunday, September 25th at 2pm. Doiron will be looking to have a great finish, and celebrate his birthday at Cornwall Speedway.
Doiron and his team will have the weekend off this coming weekend, and will return to action on Friday, September 16th at Mohawk Raceway for their Mr. DIRTcar Series race. The following week is the rescheduled race at Cornwall on Sunday, September 25th, and then they will end the season at Brockville on Saturday, October 15th.
Our 2011 racing season would not be possible without the assistance of our great sponsors. Mike Sauvé Construction, Doiron Auto Inc., W.H. MacSweyn Inc., Gauvreau Top Soil, Walker Climate Care/Go Geo, Falcon Environmental Services, Mister Sew and Sew Custom Embroidery, Garage Le Specialiste Dicaire, Herbs Travel Plaza & Towing, Group Express, Glengarry Kitchen Cabinets, Richard Ranger Carpet, Au Vieux Duluth, Boutique Lafleur, Quechem, Garry McDougall Electric, Gouttieres SD Eavesthroughs, Marc Rouette Maintenance, Les Fondations Deguire and Bicknell Racing Products have all been an integral part of the success that this team has had this season.
For more information on Joel Doiron and the team, please check out our website, www.joeldoiron.com.
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