Terrance gets second win of season, Arquette clinches first career win

August 7, 2009, AKWESASNE, NY -- Carey Terrance of Akwesasne continued his outstanding season by grabbing his second feature win of the year at Mohawk International Raceway (MIR) on Friday night. Also scoring wins on Village Engraver Night were Harvey Arquette, Jr., his first career win in the Action Race Parts Pro Stocks, along with Preston Forbes in the SUNY Canton Street Stocks and Joey Foster in the Bandits, each scoring their second wins of the season.

 Brian McDonald set the early pace in the Frenchie’s Chevrolet 358 Modified feature, but Perry Francis moved under McDonald to grab the lead on a lap six restart. Carey Terrance showed some muscle early on, powering past McDonald for the runner-up spot on lap six, with Francis and Terrance waging a familiar battle for the lead. Terrance found his opening as Francis drifted a little high on lap ten and Terrance darted into the top spot, a position he would not relinquish. While Terrance opened up a large lead, he missed a great battle behind him, with McDonald and John Lazore both sweeping by Francis on a lap 13 restart.

 Terrance looked like he was going to cruise on to an easy win, but the caution waved on lap 24 for the broken racers of Tom Jock Jr. and Ryan Jacobs, who could not clear the speedway. This set the stage for a green-white-checkers finish, with Terrance holding off a last lap challenge by McDonald to power on for his second win of the season. McDonald was forced to settle for second, with John Lazore posting his best finish of the season to come home third. Terrance’s car was first across the finish line but an issue discovered during post-race technical inspection is now under review.

 In the Action Race Parts Pro Stocks, Harvey Arquette Jr. showed the veterans the fast way around MIR, with the rookie driver leading every lap en route to his first career win in the Pro Stock division. Arquette, the 2008 Semi-Pro champ, grabbed the lead at the drop of the green flag and held off the challenges of Dion Oakes, Dave Papineau (driving Claudia Tarbell’s car) and Dion Oakes. The entire top ten ran side-by-side and nose-to-tail for much of the race, with multiple passes every lap that kept the finish in doubt until the final turn. Papineau, Oakes and Aubin were in a heated battle for the runner-up spot in the final few laps, with Papineau making a strong run to get to second after starting deep in the field, but everyone ran out of real estate coming out of turn four on the final lap. Oakes and Papineau tangled in the final turn, with Aubin slipping low to grab the second spot. Oakes recovered for third spot, while Papineau’s car spun into the infield, ending his great run in an unfamiliar car.

 Corey Wheeler set fast time for a $150 prize in round one of the “Pinks for Pro Stocks” series presented by Mohawk Bingo Palace. The time trials set the field for Round Two, to be presented next week, with the two slowest cars dueling it out in a one-on-one match race. The winner advances to challenge the next car up the list, with the survivor of the match races challenging Wheeler for the Round Two first prize in the final match race of the evening. Wheeler will also get to set the field for Round Three, on Friday Aug. 28th, as he will start Round Three against the competitor of his choosing, with the winner of each round advancing to the next car selected by Wheeler until every racer has been challenged to see who has the fastest Pro Stock in the North Country.

 The SUNY Canton Street Stock division was a war of attrition, with Preston Forbes of Potsdam grabbing his second win of the season after having to restart in the rear after an early race tangle. Preston Mossow was awarded second spot after Kevin Fetterly Jr.’s car failed technical inspection and Jay Montour refused tech.

 In the Bandits, Joey Foster and Nolan Swamp tangled on a lap four restart, sending Foster to the rear of the field, but that just seemed to light the fire under Foster. Restarting in last position, Foster powered through the field and passed Swamp on a lap seven restart to go on to grab his second win of the season, with last week’s winner Swamp and Justin White rounding out the top three.

 Upcoming next Friday, August 14th, it’s Grow-It HydroSeeding and Jreck Subs night, featuring the only appearance of the season for the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) presented by Keegan’s Tobacco Shop. An outstanding field of the winged, alcohol-burning sprint cars is expected, as the ESS teams will be headed up to Autodrome Drummond (QUE) the very next night for the Quebec Sprint Car Nationals event. Local star Brian “Slim” McDonald of Cornwall and former Canadian Sprint Car Nationals winner Steve Poirier split the victories in last year’s two Empire Super Sprint appearances. Joining the Empire Super Sprints on August 14th will be a full show of racing for the Frenchie’s Chevrolet 358 Modifieds, the Action Race Parts Pro Stocks, the SUNY Canton Street Stocks and the Bandits, along with Round Two of the Pinks for Pro Stocks series presented by the Mohawk Bingo Palace. Adult admission is $20 (US), students and seniors $15, with children 12 and under free when accompanied by an adult.

 FRENCHIE’S CHEVROLET DIRTcar 358 MODIFIEDS: Carey Terrance, Brian McDonald, John Lazore, Roy Tarbell, Mitch Jock, Perry Francis, Todd Stewart, Clayton Benedict, Joel Doiron, Brad Shova, Mark Smoke, Gage Morin, Tom Jock Jr., Ryan Helm, Dan Jalbert, Ryan Jacobs, Dave Heaslip, Billy Cook. DNS: Ron Valade.

 ACTION RACE PARTS PRO STOCKS: Harvey Arquette Jr., Roch Aubin, Dion Oakes, Travis Back, Billy Woodward Jr., Junior Barnes, John Yandoh Jr., Curtis McPhee, Louie Jackson, Mike Arquiett, Dave Papineau, Corey Wheeler, Rod Tarbell, Steve Johnston, Ricky Thompson, Jody Swamp. DNS: Claudia Tarbell.

 SUNY CANTON STREET STOCKS: Preston Forbes, Stuart Mossow, Thunder Anderson, Jerry Jock, Mike White, Mike Allen. DQ: Kevin Fetterly Jr., Jay Montour.

 BANDITS: Joey Foster, Nolan Swamp, Justin White, Henry Lamica, Richard Tiernan, Scott Kocher, Bobby LaVair, Brad Fish, Josh Jock, C.J. LaVair, Tammy Rogers, Larry Goodspeed, Harold LaVair, Scott Mere, Gary Sharlow, Andrew Fish. DNS: Gage Bigtree.