Laperle Wins Montmagny 100
Montmagny, QC – St. Denis, QC’s Patrick Laperle makes it two in a row with a win in the Montmagny 100 at Autodrome Montmagny on Saturday, May 29. Laperle, who earned the season opening win at Autodrome St-Eustache last weekend, started in the 16th position and worked his way through the field to the lead on lap 24.
The 2007 Série ACT Castrol Champion would lead the rest of the way while holding off Karl Allard and Daniel Descoste for the win. Allard came home second followed by Descoste in third. Alex Labbe took fourth while Jonathan Desbiens earned his first career Série ACT Castrol top five with a fifth.
Ontario’s Jonathan Urlin took sixth followed by Jean-François Déry, Martin Latulippe, Patrick Cliche and Stephane Durand rounded out the top ten.
The 100 lap event took 1 hour and 44 minutes including one red flag for an issue with the track lighting and eleven other cautions.
The 2009 Série ACT Castrol Champion Donald Theetge finished 18th after being involved in a mid race caution while running near the front. He would return after the wreck but ended up 16 laps down.
The Série ACT Castrol will compete in their third event of the 2010 season next Saturday, June 5 at Autodrome Chaudiere. It will be the first 150 lap race of the season.
Unofficial Results
Montmagny 100
Autodrome Montmagny
Pos Car # Driver Laps
1 91QC Patrick Laperle 100
2 48QC Karl Allard 100
3 2QC Daniel Descoste 100
4 36QC Alex Labbé 100
5 92QC Jonathan Desbiens 100
6 4ON Jonathan Urlin 100
7 21QC Jean-François Déry 100
8 84QC Martin Latulippe 100
9 5QC Patrick Cliche 100
10 30QC Stephane Durand 100
11 74QC Gaëtan Lauzier 99
12 98QC Brandon White 99
13 19QC Dany Trépanier 98
14 40QC David Michaud 95
15 15QC Christopher Bedard 94
16 99QC Eric Giguere 94
17 9QC Yvon Bédard 84
18 80QC Donald Theetge 84
19 97QC Jacques Poulin 83
20 16QC Kevin Roberge 80
21 51QC Patrick Hamel 80
22 79QC Tony Cote 78
23 11QC Claude Leclerc 65
24 10QC Stephane Descoste 56
25 95QC #Jimmy Cormier 47
26 27QC Marco Savoie 47
27 60QC Jr. Collard 43
28 20QC Eric LeHoux 7