Patrick Laperle Wins Série ACT Castrol Season Opener
Patrick Laperle of St-Denis, QC won the season opening Série ACT Castrol event at Autodrome St-Eustache. Laperle worked his way to the front after starting in the 19th position and took the lead from Jonathan Urlin on lap 39. The two swapped the lead once more before Laperle took over for good on lap 43.
Pete Vanderwyst of St. Thomas, QC took second with St-Felicien, QC’s Karl Allard third. 2009 Série Castrol Champion Donald Theetge finished 4th and Urlin rounded out the top five. Sylvain Lacombe, Jean-François Déry, Martin Lacombe, Jonathan Desbiens, and Gaitan Lauzier completed the top ten.
The 100 lap event was completed in just over an hour and a half and was slowed by eight cautions. Seven cars finished on the lead lap with 21 of the 30 starters on the track for the checkers.
Laperle becomes the third qualifier for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He joins Barre, VT’s Nick Sweet and Rowley, MA’s Eddie MacDonald as qualifiers for the Saturday, September 18th event. In 2009’s Inaugural ACT Invitational Laperle finished fourth while MacDonald won and Sweet finished second.
The Série ACT Castrol will be back in action next Saturday, May 29 for a 100 lap event at Autodrome Montmagny in Montmagny, QC.
Unofficial Results
Autodrome St-Eustache
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Pos Car # Driver Laps
1 91QC Patrick Laperle 100
2 7ON Pete Vanderwyst 100
3 48QC Karl Allard 100
4 80QC Donald Theetge 100
5 4ON Jonathan Urlin 100
6 3QC Sylvain Lacombe 100
7 21QC Jean-François Déry 100
8 03QC Martin Lacombe 99
9 92QC Jonathan Desbiens 99
10 74QC Gaitan Lauzier 99
11 84QC Martin Latulippe 99
12 40QC David Michaud 99
13 5QC Patrick Cliche 99
14 51QC Patrick Hamel 98
15 11QC Claude Leclerc 98
16 95QC #Jimmy Cormier 98
17 19QC Dany Trépanier 97
18 97QC Jacques Poulin 96
19 15QC Christopher Bedard 93
20 9QC Yvon Bédard 92
21 2QC Daniel Descoste 89
22 41QC Jonathan Bouvrette 52
23 25QC Steve Cote 47
24 10QC Stephane Descoste 46
25 61ON Jason Hathaway 43
26 26QC Valerie Chiasson 42
27 16QC Kevin Roberge 42
28 6QC Pierre Gratton 37
29 36QC Alex Labbé 6
30 60QC Jr. Collard 6
Sources: ACT PR