There was plenty of incidents taking place in the Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot A-Main on Saturday Night at Brockville, but for Alain Bergeron they were all behind him, leaving him free and clear to run away to his first win at Brockville.
Bergeron, from St. Pie, Qbc., dominated the 25-lap feature for his second win as part of the Riverside Bar and Grill King of the St. Lawrence Series.
“I like the way the track was tonight,” stated the veteran driver of the No. 8B in Victory Lane. “The top was very good tonight but I could run on the bottom too.”
Bergeron drew the outside pole for the 18th Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot event of the year, and was able to take away the lead on the first lap from pole sitter Kyle Moffit. Moffit would give chase on the leader for much of the race but would have to start his run over on lap 16 when the caution flew.
Multiple yellow flag periods kept Bergeron out of lapped traffic throughout the event, which meant as long as he hit his marks he would be OK.
A month earlier at Brockville, Bergeron had the lead at “The BOS” with four laps remaining and let Bryan Howland get around him. Last week, Bergeron was leading the feature twice when a mistake would cost him a chance at victory. This was sweet redemption for the only competitor from Quebec on the night.
With the win, Bergeron strengthened his point lead in Riverside Bar and Grill King of the St. Lawrence Series to 14 points. With just one race remaining in that mini series, Bergeron, who had not focused on chasing a championship this year, is poised to pick up a crown.
Bryan Howland was again knocking on the back door of the No. 8B late at Brockville, but this time would have to settle for second. A runner-up showing was solid enough for the Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot point leader, who had to come from 10th.
Howland would have help in his climb to the front, including on lap 17 when Kyle Moffit and Chuck Hebing came together on the backstretch while battling for second. Hebing, who won the Four Laps of Fame Dash, was moving through the pack and had a run on Moffit when contact was made, forcing them both pitside. It would slide Howland to third for the final restart, in which he would get around Shawn Donath.
Donath would hang on for third, which would be his best career finish in a sprint car. The veteran of the modified ranks was quick to point out after the event that he was pleased to have such a strong showing amongst a strong class of cars on Saturday.
Jared Zimbardi, who was the quickest in hot laps and also won his National Parts Peddler Heat, spun on the fourth lap, but would slide the wing back and bounce back to finish in fourth and bust out of his August slump. In the process though, “The Juice” would lose four points on the night to Howland in the tight point race.
Chris Jones, of Picton, Ontario, made his first Lucas Oil ASC Patriot start count as he rounded out the top-five. Jones charged up in the dash to get in the redraw and fought back through the pack late in the race to get back inside the top-five.
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