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Gosselin Earns First Serie ACT Castrol Win at Montmagny
For Immediate Release SAC-082308-1
MONTMAGNY, QC Mario Gosselin drove to his first career Serie ACT Castrol Late Model stock car victory at Autodrome Montmagny Speedway in Montmagny, QC on Saturday. Gosselin, a Quebec native now living in Lake Wales, Florida with a career that includes superspeedway victories on the national ARCA Re/Max Series, started 15th in the 22-car field for the Montmagny 100, and led the final 27 laps of the race en route to the win. Gosselin took the lead from 17 year-old Jonathan Desbiens of Levis, QC on lap 72, then held off former Serie ACT Castrol champion Donald Theetge of Boischatel, QC. Desbiens had a career day, leading twice for a total of 55 laps. Desbiens took the lead from polesitter Stephane Descoste on lap 3, and led until lap 44 when Karl Allard took over. Allard, of St-Felicien, QC, was attempting to win his second consecutive Serie ACT Castrol race after taking the victory at Autodrome Chaudiere last weekend. Second-place driver Alexandre Gingras of Val-Belair, QC nudged Allard on lap 59, spinning Allard and bringing out the races only caution flag. Both drivers were sent to the rear of the field for the restart. Desbiens re-took command until Gosselin worked his way past on lap 73. From there, Gosselin and Theetge pulled away to finish first and second, respectively. Dany Ouellet of La Pocatiere, QC finished a season-best third place after battling with Yvon Bedard of St-Nicolas, QC for many laps. Martin Lacombe of Terrebonne, QC finished fourth for his third-straight top-five finish. Jean-Francois Dery of Quebec, QC finished fifth. Gingras recovered from his incident with Allard to finish sixth, unofficially, while Desbiens tied a career-best finish in seventh. Rookie Patrick Hamel of St-Edouard-de-Lotbiniere, QC finished eighth ahead of Lanoraie, QC veteran Claude Leclerc. Allard rebounded to finish tenth. The Montmagny 100 was completed in just 36 minutes, 14 seconds. The top 14 cars finished with all 100 laps complete. The Serie ACT Castrol continues on Sunday, August 24 at Autodrome Montmagny Speedway with the Montmagny 250 at 1:00pm. For more information, call (802) 244-6963 or visit www.laserieactcastrol.com or www.acttour.com.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS Montmagny 100 Serie ACT Castrol Autodrome Montmagny Speedway Montmagny, QC Sat., August 23, 2008
(# - denotes rookie)
Pos.-Driver-Hometown 1. Mario Gosselin, Lake Wales, FL 2. Donald Theetge, Boischatel, QC 3. Dany Ouellet, La Pocatiere, QC 4. Martin Lacombe, Terrebonne, QC 5. Jean-Francois, Dery, Quebec, QC 6. Alexandre Gingras, Val-Belair, QC 7. Joanthan Desbiens, Levis, QC 8. Claude Leclerc, Lanoraie, QC 9. # Patrick Hamel, St-Edouard-de-Lotbiniere, QC 10. Karl Allard, St-Felicien, QC 11. Yvon Bedard, St-Nicolas, QC 12. Stephane Descoste, Oka, QC 13. Kevin Roberge, Levis, QC 14. Jacques Poulin, East-Broughton, QC 15. Renaud Blais, Ste-Agathe, QC 16. Stephane Durand, Quebec, QC 17. Steven Boissonneault, Lyster, QC 18. Eric St-Gelais, St-Nicolas, QC 19. Sylvain Lacombe, Terrebonne, QC 20. # Spencer MacPherson, Carleton Place, ON 21. Daniel Descoste, St-Joseph-du-Lac, QC 22. Dany Gagnon, Levis, QC -30- Contact: Justin St. Louis Phone: (802) 244-6963 Email: media@acttour.com Fax: (802) 244-1616
Gosselin Has Perfect Serie ACT Castrol Weekend at Montmagny
For Immediate Release SAC-082408-1
MONTMAGNY, QC Stock car driver Mario Gosselin completed a Serie ACT Castrol weekend sweep at Autodrome Montmagny Speedway in Montmagny, QC on Sunday. Gosselin, a native of Quebecs Beauce region, now living in Lake Wales, Florida, won a 100- lap event on Saturday and the Montmagny 250 on Sunday. Gosselin had luck on his side, as his JPN Electric/Dan-Marc Construction #12QC Chevrolet ran out of fuel in the final corner of the Montmagny 250 and he coasted across the finish line. Gosselin started 14th and led the final 112 laps of the event after taking the lead from former Serie ACT Castrol champion Donald Theetge of Boischatel, QC. Theetge finished second to Gosselin on Saturday, but ended up in 12th place with a flat right- front tire on Sunday. Stephane Descoste of Oka, QC turned in a surprise performance with a runner-up finish. Descoste started fifth in the 22- car field and raced inside the top ten during the entire event. He worked past Theetge following the races 12th and final restart on lap 233 and outran veteran Claude Leclerc of Lanoraie to finish second. Unofficially, Dany Ouellet of La Pocatiere finished fourth behind Leclerc, the final car on the lead lap. Yvon Bedard of St-Nicolas, QC finished fifth, one lap behind Gosselin. Eighteen year-old Kevin Roberge of Levis, QC finished a career-best sixth, ahead of cross-town Levis neighbor Jonathan Desbiens. Desbiens, 17 years old, earned his second seventh-place finish of the weekend. Rookie Patrick Hamel of St-Edouard-de-Lotbiniere finished eighth, two laps down. Eric St- Gelais of St-Nicolas, QC finished a season-best ninth, with unofficial point leader Alexandre Gingras of Val-Belair rounding out the top ten, three laps down. The Montmagny 250 was completed in just over two hours and sixteen minutes. Descoste, Jean-Francois Dery of Quebec, QC, and Hamel won the three qualifying heats. The top 11 Serie ACT Castrol drivers will face off against the top 11 ACT U.S. Tour drivers at the $5,000-to-win Coors Light 200 Showdown at Chaudiere, at Vallee-Jonction, QCs Autodrome Chaudiere, on Saturday, Sept. 6. Unofficially, the drivers representing the Serie ACT Castrol will be Gingras, Karl Allard of St-Felicien, QC, Bedard, Dery, Leclerc, Martin Lacombe of Terrebonne, QC, Hamel, Ouellet, Desbiens, rookie Spencer MacPherson of Carleton Place, ON, and Stephane Durand of Quebec, QC. For more information, call (802) 244-6963, or visit www.laserieactcastrol.com or www.acttour.com.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS Montmagny 250 Serie ACT Castrol Autodrome Montmagny Speedway Montmagny, QC Sunday, August 24, 2008
(# - denotes rookie)
Pos.-Driver-Hometown-Laps Complete 1. Mario Gosselin, Lake Wales, FL, 250 2. Stephane Descoste, Oka, QC, 250 3. Claude Leclerc, Lanoraie, QC, 250 4. Dany Ouellet, La Pocatiere, QC, 250 5. Yvon Bedard, St-Nicolas, QC, 249 6. Kevin Roberge, Levis, QC, 249 7. Jonathan Desbiens, Levis, QC, 249 8. # Patrick Hamel, St-Edouard-de-Lotbiniere, QC, 248 9. Eric St-Gelais, St-Nicolas, QC, 248 10. Alexandre Gingras, Val-Belair, QC, 247 11. Renaud Blais, Ste-Agathe, QC, 247 12. Donald Theetge, Boischatel, QC, 247 13. Stephane Durand, Quebec, QC, 246 14. Jean-Francois Dery, Quebec, QC, 242 15. Karl Allard, St-Felicien, QC, 239 16. # Spencer MacPherson, Carleton Place, ON, 237 17. Martin Lacombe, Terrebonne, QC, 229 18. Daniel Descoste, St-Joseph-du-Lac, QC, 191 19. Stephane Lecours, Lac Etchemin, QC, 148 20. Jacques Poulin, East-Broughton, QC, 121 21. Sylvain Lacombe, Terrebonne, QC, 67 22. Dany Lagace, Boischatel, QC, 14 -30- Contact: Justin St. Louis Phone: (802) 244-6963 Email: media@acttour.com Fax: (802) 244-1616
