Doug Brown recovered from a late race spin when clipped from behind then held on to finish seventeenth in the “GP3R 100” at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres on Sunday. Although the veteran driver was disappointed with the results, he’s now glad to be through with road course racing, at least for this season, and keenly looking forward to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series’ return to the more familiar oval track scene for the final four events on the 2007 schedule.
“Trois Rivieres has a lot of narrow, tight racing areas and we just couldn’t get into position to make any major strides forward during the event”, the Brantford driver lamented in reviewing the results. “We did move up to fourteenth place from our twenty-fourth starting position, but contact with another car cost me three spots in the finishing order. It was just one of those incidents that happen on circuits such as this. The motor was also a bit sluggish so I just tried to play it safe, stay in line and make the best of a tough situation”, he added. “It was virtually a single file run for those of us behind the first half dozen leaders”.
When the season began, the Haldex /NAPA Autopro driver’s goal was to finish in the top-ten positions of the standings. He currently sits 14th in the points’ race and remains determined to move up a spot or two as the schedule moves into the final segment. He also knows it will take a steady performance in each of those events to gain ground on those who are immediately ahead of him in the tightening standings.
The Brantford-based team's next action comes on Saturday, September 1st when the Series returns to Cayuga Speedway for its second appearance of the season.
Brown had led that May season opener on two occasions and was battling competitively with the leaders during the late stages of the 200-lap event until he got involved in a incident that not only forced him off the track but also caused an electrical problem ending his run12 laps from the finish.
“Hopefully we can repeat and even better our performance this time out”, Brown remarked optimistically in looking ahead to the Labour Day Weekend special. “We could sure do with some better luck,” he noted in reflecting upon the problems that have foiled some strong efforts over the season todate.
Kerry Micks of Mt. Albert edged his way past local favourite and current points’ leader Andrew Ranger of Roxton Pond, Quebec to win the race in Trois Rivieres and in doing so moved into fourth spot in the standings. Trevor Seibert of Williams Lake, BC finished third.
Ranger’s points’ lead grew to 91 over Don Thomson Jr. of Ayr, Ontario with Thomson’s teammate JR Fitzpatrick of Cambridge holding down third place with a margin of just five over the fast charging Micks.
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