Donald Theetge of Boischatel, QC took home the victory in the Le AIM Quebec 150 in front of a thrilled crowd. Theetge worked his way through traffic from the fifteenth starting position to take the lead on lap 55 from Patrick Hamel. Theetge then had to hold of Hamel, Karl Allard and Patrick Cliche in the later stages of the race.
Newcomer to the Series ACT Castrol this year Marc-Andre Cliche led during the early part of the 150 lap event. During a caution period on lap 31 he relinquished the lead when he had to pit. Dany Ouellet would inherit the lead but it was short lived as Justin Holtom took the lead two laps later. However, Holtom was penalized for using the bump and run to get by. Patrick Hamel would then take the lead for eighteen laps before Theetge took over for good.
Patrick Cliche would come home second followed by Allard, Jacques Poulin, and Stephane Descoste rounding out the top five. Claude Leclerc, Michael Lavoie, Patrick Hamel, Jean-Francois Dery, and Patrick Laperle rounded out the top ten.
With this win Theetge gets his 13th career win and moves into a tie with Sylvain Lacombe as the all-time win leaders on the Series ACT Castrol. It also strengthens his points lead, which was a mere 6 points over Patrick Laperle.
Theetge becomes the eighth qualifier for the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Theetge already has laps under his belt at NHMS as he was one of the competitors invited to the first test session this spring. The list of qualifiers for the ACT Invitational now includes Canadians Theetge, Jean-Francois Dery, Patrick Laperle and Americans Dave Pembroke, Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Scott Payea, Eric Williams and Brad Leighton.
With Theetge’s win it now makes three different winners in the first three events for the Series ACT Castrol. Including the American based ACT Tour that now makes eight different winners in eight events under the ACT sanction.
The Series ACT Castrol will make their only visit to the province of Ontario on Sunday, June 13 when they travel to Capital City Speedway in Ottawa, ON. The ACT Tour will also be in action on June 13 as they visit Waterford Speedbowl in Waterford, CT.
Unofficial Finish
Fin Start
Pos Pos Car # Driver
1 15 80 Donald Theetge
2 12 5QC Patrick Cliche
3 16 48QC Karl Allard
4 23 97PQ Jacques Poulin
5 22 10QC Stéphane Descoste
6 25 11PQ Claude Leclerc
7 11 79 Michael Lavoie
8 10 51PQ Patrick Hamel
9 14 21QC Jean-François Déry
10 18 91 Patrick Laperle
11 19 3 Sylvain Lacombe
12 4 28QC Dany Ouellet
13 3 17ON Justin Holtom
14 24 03 Martin Lacombe
15 26 26QC Valerie Chiasson
16 6 31 Spencer MacPherson
17 7 27 Alexandre Gingras
18 8 8QC Pierre-Luc Ouellete
19 9 9PQ Yvon Bédard
20 20 42 Eric St-Gelais
21 5 92 Jonathan Desbiens
22 13 85 Trampas Demers
23 1 12QC Etienne Lemay
24 17 7PQ Daniel Bergeron
25 21 41 Pete Potvin, III
26 2 67 Marc-Andre Cliche