BRIGHTON, ONT – By JOSH GORDON – The final night of the Part Source Applefest Shootout lived up to expectations as 103 cars filed into the Brighton Speedway for 265 laps of feature race action. The evening was highlighted by the only appearance of the year for the DIRTcar 358 Modifieds.
Rudolph Runs Away with Victory
Erick Rudolph (No. 25) was not going to leave the Brighton Speedway this weekend without a victory. The DIRTcar 358 Modified regular led 98 of the 100 laps on route to his second win in as many years at the one-third mile oval. The only two times he lost his lead were on laps immediately following a restart when Danny O’Brien (No. 17d) got the jump on him.
After a couple of cautions in the first 10 laps of the race, a long green flag run propelled Rudolph to the front of the field. By lap 35, Rudolph had extended his lead to eight seconds over the second-place O’Brien. By lap 60, that lead was stretched to 12 seconds. When caution finally came out again on lap 67, O’Brien was the only car that had not been lapped by the flying Rudolph.
Three more cautions in the final 33 laps of the race meant that five of the 22-car field finished the race on the lead lap. But even with those late cautions, Rudolph still managed to win the 100-lap main event by almost four seconds.
Complete Results – Sept. 26 –
DIRTcar 358 Modifieds Time Trial Heat 1: 1. 17d Danny O’Brien 14.310, 2. m96 Jeremy Lasalle 14.492, 3. 15aw Rick Wilson 14.716, 4. 38 Scott Wood 14.754, 5. 07 Charlie Sandercock 15.032, 6. 2k Rob Knapp 15.159, 7. 14k Kyle Wilson 15.221, 8. 19c Paul Lindberg 15.907.
DIRTcar 358 Modifieds Time Trial Heat 2: 1. 28 Gary Linderg 14.137, 2. Erick Rudolph 14.411, 3. 777 Tyler McPherson 14.533, 4. 00 Ryan Poole 14.671, 5. 0 Shane Pecore 14.818, 6. 15j Tim Jones 14.822, 7. 75j Joe Banks 15.029.
DIRTcar 358 Modifieds Time Trial Heat 3: 1. 66 Kyle Dingwall 14.382, 2. 37s Tommy Flannigan 14.395, 3. 19 Luke Stewart 14.426, 4. 88 Tim O’Brien 14.596, 5. 6 Wayne Conn 14.680, 6. 1r Jeff McGinnis 14.701, 7. 71 Mike Bowman 14.800.
DIRTcar 358 Modifieds Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17d Danny O’Brien, 2. m96 Jeremy Lasalle, 3. 15aw Rick Wilson, 4. 2k Rob Knapp, 5. 38 Scott Wood, 6. 14k Kyle Wilson, 7. 07 Charlie Sandercock, 8. 19c Paul Lindberg. Time: 4:22.984.
DIRTcar 358 Modifieds Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25 Erick Rudolph, 2. 28 Gary Lindberg, 3. 777 Tyler McPherson, 4. 00 Ryan Poole, 5. 15j Tim Jones, 6. 75j Joe Banks, 7. 0 Shane Pecore. Time: 2:00.045.
DIRTcar 358 Modifieds Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 37s Tommy Flannigan, 2. 66 Kyle Dingwall, 3. 88 Tim O’Brien, 4. 1r Jeff McGinnis, 5. 19 Luke Stewart, 6. 71 Mike Bowman, 7. 6 Wayne Conn. Time: 2:01.313.
DIRTcar 358 Modifieds A-Main (100 Laps – 22 Entries): 1. 25 Erick Rudolph, 2. 17d Danny O’Brien, 3. 37s Tommy Flannigan, 4. 28 Gary Lindberg, 5. 88 Tim O’Brien, 6. 66 Kyle Dingwall, 7. 15aw Rick Wilson, 8. 15j Tim Jones, 9. 07 Charlie Sandercock, 10. m96 Jeremy Lasalle, 11. 6 Wayne Conn, 12. 777 Tyler McPherson, 13. 0 Shane Pecore, 14. 19 Luke Stewart, 15. 1r Jeff McGinnis, 16. 75j Joe Banks, 17. 00 Ryan Poole, 18. 2k Rob Knapp, 19. 14k Kyle Wilson, 20. 19c Paul Linderg, 21. 38 Scott Wood, 22. Mike Bowman. Time: 34:38.330. Margin of Victory: 3.922.