HOGANSBURG, NY – The two-time defending champion of the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS), Steve Poirier, had a rough start to the 2009 racing season. A simple switch to a familiar chassis and the St. Mathieu del Beloeil, Quebec driver has claimed two of the last four events with…
Drummondville, PQ – Proving last years win during his rookie campaign was no fluke and shedding the sophomore jinx, Alexandria, Ont. Lee Ladouceur led wire to wire to claim career win #2 with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS). The win came at Autodrome Drummond with the triumph for…
GRANBY, PQ – Justin Barger, of Montrose, N.Y., has spent most the season starting the feature event in the middle of the pack thanks to poor draws and inverts not helping his cause. Even so he has been near the top of the points most of the season. On Friday…
CANTLEY, PQ – Steve Poirier, of St. Mathieu de Beloeil, PQ., has struggled for much of the 2009 season with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints. Prior to Friday night’s action at Autodrome Edelweiss, the defending series champion had only one victory this season. On Friday night Poirier dominated the…
VERNON, N.Y. – Dan Kaszubinski hadn’t won a race since the fall of 2006. On Sunday night at the Utica-Rome Speedway, the Syracuse, N.Y., native got back to his winning ways. Kaszubinski beat Jessica Zemken to the line by nine-one hundredths of a second to win his 30th career Lucas…
LaFARGEVILLE, N.Y. – On Saturday night at the Can-Am Motor Speedway, Justin Barger edged Jeff Cook by .009 seconds to win a wild SUNY Canton Racing 25-lap Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint (ESS) A-Main. En route to the $2,150 victory, Barger set a new track record in his heat race…
RANSOMVILLE, N.Y. – Jason Barney was mad at himself after his heat race because he didn’t make a pass to get by another competitor. The lack of the pass cost him a spot in his heat race but it worked out well for the Constantia, N.Y., driver as he earned…
CANTLEY, PQ – Tommy Wickham has come close to winning an event at the Autrodrome Edelweiss in the past. He’s had second place finishes and then last season he had a win go by the wayside when he had a motor expire in his No. 75. Friday night all the…
SYRACUSE, NY – It was a night of firsts for the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints Saturday night at Autodrome Drummond. For Ontario, NY’s Chuck Hebing, he passed Justin Barger on lap 19 to collect his first A-Main victory on the 2009 racing season. Also, the victory marked the first…
GRANBY, PQ – Justin Barger, of Montrose, N.Y., has spent most the season starting the feature event in the middle of the pack thanks to poor draws and inverts not helping his cause. Even so he has been near the top of the points most of the season. On Friday…
VERON, N.Y. – Jessica Zemken had to overcome a lot of disappointment on Saturday night after her car lost brakes prior to the start of the A-Main at Fonda Speedway. She wanted to win one for her hometown fans. On Sunday night, many of those same fans rose to their…
FONDA, N.Y. – Doug Emery last made a stop in Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint Victory Lane back in the summer of 2006 at Autodrome Granby. Saturday evening, Emery led all 25-laps of the season opener at the Fonda Speedway to earn his seventh career series victory and the $2,000…
BROCKVILLE, ONT – Rick Wilson has been trying all season long to get a win at the Brockville Ontario Speedway. On Saturday night he was finally able to get the job done. Wilson pocketed $2,000 as he captured the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint/Southern Ontario Sprint Can-Am Challenge. Wilson led…
ELBRIDGE, N.Y. – Curt Michael has been a dominate force in 2008 with the United Racing Company. The driver from Ocean View, Del., captured his fifth consecutive series title and his sixth overall. On Saturday night he added to record books. Michael took the win in the 25-lap Sprint Car…
OHSWEKEN, ONT. � The talented driver that won the 2008 360 Sprint Car Nationals at the famed Knoxville Raceway who hails from Mustang, Ok. has never seen the beautiful Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, Canada. OK, heck, he�s never been in Canada! It didn�t matter as Wayne Johnson won a hard…
With the co-operation of the weather man and a full pit area, the Night Before the Nationals presented by Village Pizza, Sit-n-Bull Construction, and Village Cafe at Ohsweken Speedway got underway on Friday night, and when all was said and done Jason Barney and Dustin Daggett had guaranteed themselves a…
HOGANSBURG, N.Y. � A few weeks back Brian McDonald was leading a 358-modified race at Mohawk International Speedway when mechanical problems caused him to be involved in a big wreck on the front straightaway. On Saturday night, McDonald returned with his sprint car and went on to win his first…
CANTLEY, QUE. � Steve Poirier has had his fair share of troubles at Autodrome Edelweiss. Last season Steve Poirier had his only did not finish of the season at the one-third mile oval in Quebec and it cost him the Canadian point title. On Friday night nothing could stop him…
WEST LEBANON, N.Y. � There is an old saying, �it�s better to be lucky than good.� As of late, Steve Poirier has been both. Poirier, of St. Mathieu de Beloeil, Que., won his ninth Lucas Oil 25th Anniversary Empire Super Sprint 25-lap A-Main as they returned to the Lebanon Valley…
VERNON, N.Y. � Steve Poirier came out of the box strong winning four of the first seven races in the Lucas Oil 25th Anniversary Tour for the Empire Super Sprints. Then he hit a cold spell where he did not win any races in the month of July. August has…
DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE � Alain Bergeron brought the Autodrome Drummond crowd to their feet as he slid by Michael Parent in the final corner on the last lap of the Fondation 4 Saison 25-lap A-Main event. It was Bergeron�s third Lucas Oil 25th Anniversary Empire Super Sprint tour win of the…
GRANBY, QUE. � Sometimes a bad finish in a heat race can change the whole night. Usually it leads to long night, but that wasn�t the case Friday Night at Autodrome Granby for Steve Poirier. Steve Poirier finished fourth in his heat race event and because the inversion drawn was…
CORNWALL, ONT. � It wasn�t in the plans but sometimes the last minute changes go your way. That is exactly what happened to defending Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint champion Steve Poirier as he was forced to unload his brand new Eagle chassis Sunday night at the Cornwall Motor Speedway….
BROCKVILLE, ONT � For much of the 2008 racing season Steve Poirier has been working with young driver Michael Parent. Poirier has taught him many things about driving and setup. On Saturday night those tips got Parent close to his first career win, but it was the teacher that acme…
CANTLEY, QUE � Lee Ladouceur has had his fair share of tough luck in his first full season running with the 25th Anniversary Tour for the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints. On Friday night at Autodrome Edelweiss, things finally went the 30-year-old�s way in the Northwood 2 Construction/Lasalle Motorsports 25-lap…