photo by Norm Marx
Story by Evan Beaulieu
Valee-Junction, Quebec – DJ Shaw and the #60 Precision JLM Racing team returned to Quebec, Canada this past weekend for the second race of the season at the Autodrome Chaudiere, the “Habitations Dany Lagace 150,” the seventh Pro All Stars Series North event of the season. Shaw rode in the top five all night with a competitive car, and finished in the fourth position when the checkered flag flew. Nascar Sprint Cup Series star Denny Hamlin, driving a car prepared by the Shaw’s at their shop, Dale Shaw Racecars, finished in the seventh position. Overall, Shaw was pleased with his team’s performance.
“We had a really good car, just not quite enough to contend for the win tonight,” Shaw said after the race, “Working with Denny Hamlin was great as well, he’s a pretty down to Earth guy and seemed happy with the car we provided him, our crew is great and they worked hard again this week, I can’t thank them enough.”
After limited practice around the tight quarter mile, the team would start fourth in their heat race, and Shaw would drive up to the second spot where he finished after the 15 lap heat race. Shaw started the 150 lap feature event from the fifth position, and would ride there for the majority of the race. Shaw made a bid early to take the race lead away from Patrick Leperle on a restart, but wasn’t able to make the pass around the outside as he fell into the clutches of Travis Benjamin late in the race. The two drivers raced hard at the end, and Benjamin was able to beat out Shaw by less than a car length for the third spot at the finish.
The team made a little headway on Mike Rowe in the PASS North points standings, as he finished just one spot behind Shaw in both the heat and feature race. The next event for the team will be Friday night at Lee Speedway in Lee, New Hampshire for 150 laps around the high banked speedway. The racing kicks off at 7:15PM!
Learn more about DJ Shaw and the Precision JLM team on Facebook at the Precision JLM Racing page, on Twitter @djshaw60 and on the web at DJShaw60.com.