Dykstra Riddell and Billings double up in Trailer Pro Canada Finale at Brockville

By: Tim Baltz

Day number two for the Trailer Pro Canada weekend at the Brockville Ontario

Speedway gave fans a thrill this past Saturday night. The Action Sprint Tour and

Vintage Modifieds were back for second straight day and joined by the DIRTcar

Sportsman and Mini Stocks.

The night kicked off with a held over 20 lap feature for 70s and 80s Vintage

Modifieds from Friday night. Former DIRTcar 358 Modified and Sportsman driver

Jason Riddell paced the field in the early going over Chad Lackie and Randy

Gaudet. The first yellow flew on lap 2 for a pair of Riddell’s that did not have a

good night. Gavin Riddell spun in turn 2 and was hit in the front end by his

Grandfather Wayne Riddell ending his first feature early. When the green came

back out Riddell was chased by Gaudet and Lackie. Despite the efforts buy the

second and third place drivers, Jason Riddell was too much for the field as he

claimed the win in the Polite Sand and Gravel Super Series event. Gaudet held on

for second over Chad Lackie, Paul Billings and Josh Powers. In the 2nd 20 lap

event Riddell was once again the class of the field over Paul Billings, Randy

Gaudet, Steve Billings and Ian Gordon. Riddell would stretch his lead out to well

over a straightaway and proved to be too much once again as he would march to

the weekend sweep of the 70/80 class. Paul Billings would cross in 2nd over

Randy Gaudet, Steve Billings and Ian Gordon.

Pat Charland was the early pace setter in the 15 lap 50/60 division with Dexter

Billings and Pete Stapper right there to challenge. Charland had a fast car but

Dexter Billings was coming off some momentum for his big win on Friday night

and challenged Charland for the lead. On lap 8 Billings claimed the top spot over

Charland, Greg Hale, Pete Stapper and Mason Barkley. Once in front Billings was

able to hold on to a comfortable lead as he was looking to sweep the weekend in

the Polite Sand and Gravel Super Series. Despite the efforts of Pat Charland and

Greg Hale, Dexter Billings proved to be too much for the field as he also claimed

his 2nd win of the weekend. Pat Charland Greg Hale Pete Stapper and Mason

Barkley rounded out the top 5. The race was also part of the Polite Sand and

Gravel Super Series.

Round number 13 of the Action Sprint Tour was set for battle and the question

was, could anyone stop the domination of Jacob Dykstra? Brockville’s Matt

Billings would give it a shot as he led the opening 8 laps of the 25 lap feature, over

Johnny Miller, Jacob Dykstra, Lee Ladouceur and Ryan Poole. Dykstra was cutting

through the field quickly and had his sights set on the top two drivers as Billings

and Miller were trying to run away and hide. On lap 8 Dykstra took over second

and quickly closed in on Billings for the lead. One lap later Dykstra took the lead

down the back stretch and began to author a dominant performance, much like

he did on Friday night. Dykstra began lapping cars quickly and was never

challenged in the remaining laps while behind him Matt Billings was doing all he

could do to try and fend off Lee Ladouceur to try and hang on to second. Tyeller

Powless was making a late race charge to the front, as he eventually got by

Johnny Miller for the number 4 spot but had work to do to catch the top three.

On this night, Dykstra would make it look easy and would go on to sweep the

Action Sprint Tour portion of the Trailer Pro Canada Weekend, claim his 6th win

of the season and record setting 21st career series win. Billings would cross the

line in second over Ladouceur, Tyeller Powless and Johnny Miller.

A full field of 24 DIRTcar Sportsman drivers took the green flag and track

champion Bobby Herrington led the way from the pole in the 25 lap event, with

Shane Stearns and Can Am Speedway regular Dave Rogers making up the top

three early on. The driver on the move however, was Dylan Kirkland as he

charged to the high side, moving to position number two by lap 6 and began to

run down Herrington, who was already closing in on some lapped traffic.

Herrington remained in control but behind him another scary incident saw Dylan

Kirkland get pinched into the wall by a lapped car as he was stopped sideways on

the front stretch. Tyler Stewart had no place to go and slammed into Kirkland,

sending him into a series of flips down the front stretch, resulting in a red flag.

Thanks to the safety of the cars both Stewart and Kirkland were able to climb out

uninjured. When the green came back out Herrington remained in control of the

race over Stearns and Rogers, but Brennan Moore was making some noise in the

top 5 as he challenged some of the top drivers in the division. On lap 14 Moore

got by Rogers for third and repeatedly made an effort to get by Stearns for

second. The yellow flew with 10 laps remaining as Domonick Merkley slid off the

top side of turns 3 and 4 setting up another restart. Herrington once again would

take the lead over Stearns as Rogers re-took third from Moore while Robert

Delormier made his way to 5th. Herrington was on cruise control and was looking

to hold on for another win. On lap 24 the yellow flew for a stopped Andrew Young

in turn 3 and 4, setting up a one lap dash to the finish. On the final restart,

Herrington timed it perfectly, as he jumped out to a three car length lead and

held on despite dropping a cylinder over the final laps, to record his 8th win of the

season. Shane Stearns Dave Rogers Robert Delormier and Brennen Moore

completed the top 5.

The Supernant Truck Shop Mini Stocks closed out Trailer Pro Canada Weekend,

with a 20 lap feature. Hayden Brown was looking to carry the momentum he had

from his win on the final points night one week ago, to grab the lead over

Brandon MacMillan and Bob Ray, who was making his return to racing after being

out of a race car for the last few seasons. Brown had a great car but veteran Bob

Ray was closing quickly as he took second from MacMillan and closed in on the

race leader. On lap 15 Ray made it look easy as he took the top spot in turn three

and four, leaving Brown and MacMillan to battle for second and third. Bob Ray

might have been out of a race car for the last few years, but he still has what it

takes to get the job done, as he took the Pierre Picard owned car to his first

Brockville Mini Stock win since August 20th of 2016. Brandon MacMillan was able

to get by Hayden Brown for second, with Kevin Sabourin and Mark Packer making

up the top 5 finishers.

The First Trailer Pro Canada Weekend is now in the record books and the

attention now shifts to a totally different type of racing on Saturday September

17th for the annual Monster Enduro. For information on how to get entered into

the show head to brockvillespeedway.com and stayed tuned to our Facebook,

Twitter and Instagram pages, for everything you need to be a part of this annual

event.

ACTION SPRINT TOUR

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[9]; 2. 52-Matt Billings[2]; 3. 51-Lee Ladouceur[4]; 4.

77T-Tyeller Powless[7]; 5. 20-Johnny Miller[1]; 6. 12DD-Darren Dryden[15]; 7. 00-Ryan Poole[8]; 8.

77E-Ashton VanEvery[10]; 9. 31-Dale Curran[11]; 10. 39-Jonah Mutton[12]; 11. 9C-Brian

Nanticoke[6]; 12. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[14]; 13. 85-Tim Bailey[16]; 14. (DNF) 16R-Seth Roy[3]; 15.

(DNF) 115-Dan Deyo[13]; 16. (DNF) 19-Mathieu Bardier[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Johnny Miller[2]; 2. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[1]; 3. 16R-Seth Roy[3]; 4. 77E-Ashton

VanEvery[4]; 5. 115-Dan Deyo[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Ryan Poole[1]; 2. 51-Lee Ladouceur[2]; 3. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[3]; 4. 31-Dale

Curran[4]; 5. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[5]; 6. 85-Tim Bailey[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 77T-Tyeller Powless[1]; 2. 52-Matt Billings[3]; 3. 19-Mathieu Bardier[4]; 4. 39-

Jonah Mutton[2]; 5. 12DD-Darren Dryden[5]

DIRTcar Sportsman (25 laps)

BOBBY HERRINGTON, Shane Stearns, Dave Rogers, Robert Delormier, Brennan

Moore, Greg Brinklow, Ricky Thompson, Evan Reynolds, Bentley Gray, Karl Potvin,

Shawn Hodge, Greg Ezard, Billy Cook, Domonick Merkley, Jamie Young, Gavin

MacFarlane, Mario Dupuis, Andrew Young, Sandy MacFarlane, Chris Ferguson,

Joel Herne, Holly Denard, Dylan Kirkland, Tyler Stewart

Fast Time: Bobby Herrington

Heat Winners: Bobby Herrington Shane Stearns and Dave Rogers

Polite Sand and Gravel 70/80 Super Series from 9/9 (20 laps)

JASON RIDDELL, Randy Gaudet, Chad Lackie, Paul Billings, Josh Powers, Steve

Billings, Ian Gordon, Matt Pruner, Wayne Riddell, Gavin Riddell

Heat Winners: Jason Riddell and Chad Lackie

Polite Sand and Gravel 70/80 Super Series (20 laps)

JASON RIDDELL, Paul Billings, Randy Gaudet, Steve Billings, Ian Gordon, Gavin

Riddell, Jeff Bode, Matt Pruner, Chad Lackie, (DSN) Wayne Riddell

Heat Winners: Paul Billings and Jason Riddell

Polite Sand and Gravel 50/60 Super Series (15 laps)

DEXTER BILLINGS, Pat Charland, Greg Hale, Pete Stapper, Mason Barkley, Tim

Charland, Joey Hilts, Chris Wilson, Audy Bedard, Darrell Wilson, Jeff Cledgett,

(DNS) Kyle Grundy

Heat Winners: Pat Charland and Greg Hale

Supernant Truck Shop Mini Stock (20 laps)

BOB RAY, Brandon MacMillan, Hayden Brown, Kevin Sabourin, Mark Packer, Ian

Reid, Richard Bartholomew, Jordan MacNaughton, Dakota Boal, Matt Boal, Max

Steele, (DNS) Marc Supernant

Heat Winners: Max Steele and Hayden Brown