For Immediate Release -
September 24th, 2005
BRIGHTON, ON - A
total of 18 358 Dirt Modifieds were on hand Saturday night
at the Brighton Speedway for the first annual ImageFactor.ca
Applefest 358 Dirt Modified Shootout.
Brian McDonald, Rob Pietz and Chris Jones captured the heat
wins in front of a full crowd. All three drivers qualified
for the ImageFactor.ca 'Apple Dash' along with the Sponsors
Choice Wild Card driver Mark Hitchcock. Rob Pietz would find
the fast way around for the 4 lap dash win.
The 40 lap feature brought the fans to their feet as Small
Block Dirt Modifieds returned to the 1/3 mile clay oval for
the first time in 22 years. Bill Mullin led the field to the
green but it was outside pole sitter Kyle Dingwall who would
steal the show. Dingwall quickly found his way to the front
and stretched out to a sizeable lead. Rob Pietz was one of
the fastest cars in the feature but spun early to bring out
a caution. Dingwall meanwhile would continue to stretch his
lead on restarts and easily pick his way through lapped
traffic. A late race caution would bunch the field and bring
second place runner Chris Jones to the back bumper of the
leader. When the green flag flew however Dingwall easily
pulled away and cruised the victory. Jones came home with a
solid second on his home track while Lee Ladeceur finished
third. Rob Pietz recovered from the earlier spin to finish
fourth and Mark Hitchcock rounded out the top five.
An excited Dingwall was greeted in Victory Lane by friends
and family as well as a fresh serving of Brighton grown
apples and a jug of the areas finest cider. The
ImageFactor.ca Applefest 358 Dirt Modified Shootout was a
great success and should only grow in the years to come. The
Brighton Speedway and ImageFactor.ca would like to thank all
of the teams, staff and fans who helped make this such a
great event.
Feature Results (40 laps):
1. #66 Kyle Dingwall, 2. #11 Chris Jones, 3. #12 Lee Ladouceur,
4. #69 Rob Pietz, 5. #95 Mark Hitchcock, 6. #72 Eric
Gauvreau, 7. #3 Bill Mullin, 8. #115 Stephane Lafrance, 9.
#1 Peter Mantha, 10. #98 Paul Pekkonen, 11. #96m Brian
McDonald, 12. #20 Steve Bilow, 13. #35 Adam Moore, 14. #82
Doug Haldane, 15. #21 Jeff Ciglich, 16. #69x Harm
Vanderweide, 17. #31x Andy Lloyd, 18. #84 Dave Heaslip (DNS)
Heat Wins: #96m
Brian McDonald, #69 Rob Pietz, #11 Chris Jones
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