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By Jim Fremouw, DIRT Pro Stock Series Reporter
Hogansburg, NY — August 20, 2005 — The Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series raced
back into action at the ultra-fast Frogtown Int’l Speedway on Saturday night in a
35-lap East Region series stop with Joey Ladouceur from Alexandria, Ontario, Canada
making a last lap charge under hometrack hero Allen Peters exiting turn four to
claim the victory by mere inches at the stripe. The victory for the defending
Hoosier Tire/Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRT Pro Stock champion was the first Series
victory of the season and seventh career overall worth a $600 top prize as well as a
guaranteed starting spot in the Pro Stock Championship at the N.Y.S. Fairgrounds on
Oct. 9 during Super DIRT Week XXXIV.
Although overcast weather conditions threatened the action-packed night of racing at
the speedway, a beautifully prepared racing surface greeted the fans and drivers
leading to an exciting event from green to checkers for the full-fender warriors.
P.J. Peters and Travis Back led a stout 19-car field to the drop of the initial
green flag with Peters racing into the top spot hoping to take his second series
victory in as many years at the speedway he calls home. Ladouceur followed right in
Peters' tires tracks racing into second under Back.
The first of seven yellow flags flew on lap two as Tom Kuck did a complete
360-degree spin on the backstretch resulting in several competitors coming together
with the Billy King machine spinning off the speedway and coming to rest in the very
wet area on top of the speedway.
As the green flag flew for the restart, Ladouceur won the drag race into turn #1
taking the lead away from Peters. The two lead machines then proceeded to put a five
car-length advantage over the third, fourth and fifth-place running vehicles of
Mitchell Jock, Clayton Benedict and Back before the car of Jody Swamp slowed on the
racing surface resulting in a caution on lap six.
When action resumed on the speedway, Mitchell Jock flexed his muscles as he raced by
Peters to take over the second position and apply the pressure on Ladouceur for the
top spot. The two then began to pull away from the field as they engaged in their
own battle for the lead. A trio of caution periods slowed the event on lap 13 with
the first a result of a spinning Johnny Yandow Jr. on top of turn four with Rick
Spencer slowing to avoid contact.
As the green was displayed for the restart, Ladouceur and Jock raced hard into turn
one making contact with Jock’s machine coming out the worst of the two as his potent
ride moved to the top of turn two and to a stop. Jock nursed his wounded machine
back to the pit area and returned without losing a lap.
The yellow flag flew for the third time on lap 13 as the Casey Swamp machine
experienced mechanical woes to send him into a spin exiting turn four for the
restart.
With racing conditions back under green, Ladouceur motored back to the front of the
pack as the Peters brothers, P.J. and Allen, battled for second and third with Allen
taking away the spot. At the halfway point of the event, Ladouceur continued to lead
with Allen Peters right on the leader's rear bumper and P.J. Peters, Benedict and
Back making up the top-five. Back’s top-five run came to an end on lap 20 as he
slowed on the speedway and headed pitside under green flag conditions. Billy King,
steering the car normally piloted by William Adams, moved into the top-five to
continue his rally after the early race mishap.
Debris on the speedway on lap 21 slowed the action once again and when the green
flag flew for the restart, Allen Peters moved to the top side of the speedway. The
high line seemed to be the quickest groove on the speedway all evening and Peters
sped by Ladouceur to take away the top spot. Although being relegated to the second
position, Ladouceur was not going to let Allen race away as he stayed right with the
leader. The two then put on a superb battle for the lead that fans would not soon
forget throughout the remainder of the event.
The final caution of the event flew on lap 24 for the slowing car of Stacker 2® Pro
Stock Super DIRT Series East point’s leader Louie Jackson. Jackson reported to the
pits and raced back onto the speedway before the drop of the green.
The final 11 laps were run off caution-free but certainly not action-free as Allen
Peters and Joey Ladouceur battled side-by-side for the lead with Allen continuing to
hold back Ladouceur as the laps ticked off. Meanwhile, P.J. Peters lurked right
behind the two leaders but was not able to mount a charge as the race wound down.
King continued his charge through the pack as he took over the fourth position with
Benedict now racing into fifth.
Allen Peters and Ladouceur began to move away from the rest of the pack setting up a
last lap showdown. The two leaders battled side-by-side the final five laps with
Peters using the preferred high line and Ladouceur down on the low side each time
with Peters able to maintain a slim advantage at the start/finish line. When the
white flag flew to signal one lap to go, Peters continued to run his high line with
Ladouceur having to stick his car down low. As the pair entered turn three, Peters
slipped a little too high allowing Ladouceur to dive under the front-running machine
as they exited turn four. Peters' momentum looked like it would carry him by
Ladouceur for the victory, but Ladouceur found the much needed bite to maintain the
slightest advantage as the pair crossed the line for the checkers behind the wheel
of his Mini Max Transportation-Leisure Days RV Center-CRT Race Cars & Parts #92.1
Chevrolet Monte Carlo/CRT chassis.
P.J. Peters held on for third with Billy King and Clayton Benedict rounding out the
front-five at the checkers.
The Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series continues its northern trek with a
Combined Region 50-lap event at Cornwall Motor Speedway in Cornwall, Ontario Canada
on August 21. Canandaigua (NY) Speedway follows up that action three days later on
Tue., August 24, with a 25-lap West Region finale in a doubleheader with
358-Modified Super DIRT series to close out the month of August.
Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series – Frogtown Int’l Speedway, August 20, 2005
[*Official box score posted on www.dirtmotorsports.com by selecting DIRT Northeast
then clicking 'Stacker 2' logo on homepage]
FEATURE
FIN STR CAR# DRIVER
1 3 92.1 Joey Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT
2 6 73a Allen Peters/Massena,NY
3 1 73 P.J. Peters/Akwesasne,QUE
4 17 66 Billy King/Akwesasne,NY
5 5 12 Clayton Benedict/Cornwall Island,ONT
6 13 18 Louie Jackson/Akwesasne,NY
7 11 98t Jack Terrell/Jamesville,NY
8 8 14 Mitchell Jock/Akwesasne,NY
9 12 4 Roch Aubin/Alexandria,ONT
10 15 10 Todd Raabe/Pembroke,ONT
11 7 97 Pete Stefanski/Wheatfield,NY
12 2 6x Travis Back/Hogansburg,NY
13 14 49 Greg Ezard/Cornwall,ONT
14 19 44 Casey Swamp/Akwesasne,NY
15 18 32 Rick Spencer/Petersburg,NY
16 4 79 Tom Kuck/Mahopac,NY
17 9 69 Jody Swamp/Akwesasne,NY
18 10 04 Johnny Yandow Jr./Winthrop,NY
19 16 u02 Ricky Thompson/Snye,QUE
DNS DNS* 77g Robbie Grant/Malone,NY
DNS DQ** 6 Stephane Lebrun/Gatineau,QUE
( * ) Broken Drive Shaft in Heat Event.
( ** ) DQ'd Due to Altercation Following Heat Race.
LAP LEADERS: P.J. Peters (1-2), Ladouceur (3-21), A. Peters (22-34), Ladouceur (35).
Heat Races (10 laps, all finishers transferred to feature)
#1: P.J. Peters, Ladouceur, Benedict, Stefanski, J. Swamp, Terrell, Aubin, Ezard,
Thompson, Spencer and DNS: Grant.
#2: Back, Kuck, A. Peters, Jock, Yandow Jr., Jackson, Raabe, King, C. Swamp and DQ:
Lebrun.
2005 Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series Point Standings
East Region (thru Frogtown-8/20)
RANK POINTS DRIVER
1 271 Louie Jackson/Akwesasne,NY
2 265 Clayton Benedict/Cornwall Island,ONT
265 P.J. Peters/Akwesasne,QUE
4 257 Allen Peters/Massena,NY
5 256 Joey Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT
6 224 Jack Terrell/Jamesville,NY
7 192 Roch Aubin/Alexandria,ONT
8 184 Jody Swamp/Akwesasne,NY
9 167 Ricky Thompson/Snye,QUE
10 162 Greg Ezard/Cornwall,ONT
11 158 Rick Spencer/Petersburg,NY
12 128 Robbie Grant/Malone,NY
13 124 Mitchell Jock/Akwesasne,NY
14 106 Jeremy Clark/Cortland,NY
15 104 Johnny Yandow Jr./Winthrop,NY
16 95 John Pietrowicz/Phoenix,NY
17 85 Billy King/Akwesasne,NY
18 76 Scott Kocher/Waddington,NY
19 65 Dave Bruno/Rome,NY
20 62 Todd Raabe/Pembroke,ONT
21 60 Pete Stefanski/Wheatfield,NY
22 58 Travis Back/Hogansburg,NY
23 54 Casey Swamp/Akwesasne,NY
24 50 Tom Kuck/Mahopac,NY
25 48 Patrick Hobbs/Chili,NY
26 10 Bill Clark Jr./Fulton,NY
26 10 Stephane Lebrun/Gatineau,QUE
FROGTOWN FOOTNOTES
*Malone, NY’s Robbie Grant was forced to sit out the event due to a broken drive
shaft before completing one green flag lap on the evening. Although the team
scrambled to try to make repairs, it wasn’t meant to be for the driver who is a
rookie on the touring series in 2005. Grant, who pilots the Jacob's
Excavation-R.P.S. Performance-Webb's Collision-2 Good Motorsports #77g Chevrolet
Monte Carlo/Spraker chassis, currently sits 12th in East Region markers despite
missing the contest. He is also currently 17th in Combined points.
*Several drivers made their initial start for the 2005 racing season including
Pembroke, Ontario Canada’s Todd Raabe, 2000 Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series
race winner Billy King and 1999 Hoosier Tire/Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRT Pro Stock
champion Tom Kuck. Kuck will also be in competition at Cornwall, Ontario the
following evening in a very limited scheduled appearance. “We have a ride
tentatively scheduled for the Pro Stock Championship at the N.Y.S. Fairgrounds
during Super DIRT Week but at this point, it looks like the three appearances will
be my only stops of 2005,” Kuck explained. “It’s tough not having a DIRT-sanctioned
speedway to compete on down my way so I’ve decided to take a break and spend some
much needed family time with my wife (Linda) and my 12 year-old son (Ryan). They've
been very important and are even more important to me now so I’m enjoying my time
with them in the interim.” Although Kuck started out strong on the evening behind
the wheel of his CarQuest Auto Parts-Whispering Pines #79 Chevrolet Monte
Carlo/Cannizzaro chassis, he experienced problems in the feature and wound up 16th
at the checkers.
*Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series West Region point’s leader Pete Stefanski
made a rare East Region appearance behind the Allen Peters backup ride and finishing
11th. Allen Peters and Stefanski are teammates in 2005 and it has proven to be a
potent partnership for both drivers. Stefanski continues to lead all Pro Stock
competitors on the DIRT circuit with 13 overall victories in 2005 including three
Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series triumphs. Ladouceur has closed somewhat on
Stefanski’s win count yet still sits five behind in second with eight overall
victories including his lone Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series victory on this
evening.
*Weather conditions have been a factor for many speedways in 2005 and the streak
continues. Friday’s Stacker 2® Pro Stock Super DIRT Series event at Autodrome
Edelweiss fell to inclement weather and at this point has been tentatively
rescheduled for September 2. Any questions can be directed to Serge Legace at
819/457-4440 (cell at 613/213-5420), DIRT Motorsports NE at 315/834-6606 or check
out the speedway’s website at http://www.autodromeedelweiss.com.
*With RACEceiver now recognized as the Official Driver Communicator of DIRT
MotorSports™ in 2005, fans, as well as the competing drivers, were able to hear
first hand everything that was happening throughout the entire Frogtown show. A
compact radio receiver that conveniently fits into a driver’s pocket, a RACEceiver
allows each driver to hear directions from series officials, which greatly enhances
the safety and timeliness of events. A similar version available to fans allows
RACEceiver users to hear what information series officials are relaying to the
drivers. For more information about RACEceiver, visit www.raceceiver.com, call
866/301-7223, or look for their sales trailers at various events.
2005 STACKER 2® PRO STOCK SUPER DIRT SERIES SCHEDULE (19)
Day-Date Track (Laps)
Location/Winner
Sun-May 15 Rolling Wheels Raceway (25L-C)...................... Joe Stefanski
Fri-Jun 3 Thunder Alley Speedpark (25L-E)......................Clayton Benedict
Sun-Jun 5 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (25L-W)............Pete Stefanski
Fri-Jun 10 Brewerton Speedway (25L-E)….........................Louie Jackson
Sun-Jun 12 Humberstone Speedway (30L-W)......................Pete Stefanski
Fri-Jun 24 Ransomville Speedway (30L-W)........................Pete Stefanski
Fri-Jul 1 Ohsweken Speedway (25L-W)……………….….Mike Williams
Sat-Aug 20 Frogtown Int’l Speedway (35L-E)………………. Joey Ladouceur
Sun-Aug 21 Cornwall Motor Speedway (50L-C)…………..…Cornwall,ONT
Tue-Aug 23 Canandaigua Speedway (25L-W)………………Canandaigua,NY
Fri-Sep 2 Autodrome Edelweiss (50L-E)…………………...Hull,QUE
Sun-Sep 4 Genesee Speedway (40L-W)…………………….Batavia,NY
Fri-Sep 9 Lebanon Valley Speedway (25L-E)……………..West Lebanon,NY
Sun-Sep 11 Can-Am Motorsports Park (30L-C)………………LaFargeville,NY
Sat-Sep 17 Ransomville Speedway (100L-C)………………..Ransomville,NY
Sun-Sep 18 Rolling Wheels Raceway (30L-C)………………..Elbridge,NY
Sat-Sep 24 Canandaigua Speedway (25L-C)………………..Canandaigua,NY
Fri-Sep 30 Fulton Speedway (30L-C)…………………………Fulton.NY
Sun-Oct 9 New York State Fairgrounds (20L-C)……………Syracuse,NY
E=East Region(5), W=West Region(6), C=Combined(8).
STACKER 2® PRO STOCK SERIES SPONSORS
The DIRT MotorSports™ Stacker 2® Pro Stock Series is brought to fans across the
Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Stacker 2®,
Advance Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire, Sunoco Race Fuels and DART Machinery.
Promotional Partners include AMB i.t., RACEceiver, Zippo Lighters and F.X. Caprara
Car Companies and the contingency sponsors are Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein
Shocks, MSD Ignitions and Wrisco Industries.