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Valcourt GP: Van Strydonk wins; Uncle Jacques Villeneuve crashes hard

2-22-2010

by Auto123.com


Brent Turcotte of Clearwater, BC won the snocross Pro Open 600 class race.

In the other Sunday Grand Finale, Brett Turcotte of Clearwater, British Colombia took an easy win in the Snocross Pro Open race held Sunday to write his name in Valcourt Grand Prix record book. Turcotte crossed the finish line ahead of Quebec riders Mathieu Morin of Val d'Or, Dave Allard of St-Félicien, and Dave Asselin of La Doré.

However, Mathieu's second place finish gave him enough points to win the final leg of the Triple Crown with 420 points to 370 for Bobby Lepage of St. Johnsville, NY who finished eight in the race.

Back to the ice oval Eastern Pro Tour championship. Winner at Valcourt in 2008 and 2009, Serge Ouellet of Lachute, QC made it three in-a-row in 2010 winning the 10-lap Pro Formula 500 class race to stretch his lead in the championship standings over Dustin Gehrke of Morrisonville, NY who finished fifth in the race. Ouellet won his fifth class race of the season over Ontario riders Rob Sheppard of Mindemoya and Ben Harris from Douglas. Andrew Spencer of Rome, NY finished fourth.

Serge Ouellet from Lachute, Qc won the Grand Prix of Valcourt Pro Formula 500 class for the 3rd consecutive year.

Maxime Sylvestre of Joliette, QC, won the motocross 450cc 12-lap race ahead of Karl Daigle of Sherbrooke, QC. Starting second, Sylvestre moved past Daigle for lead on lap 10 to win Sunday's feature motocross race. Daniel Desbiens from L'Ange Gardien, QC finished third.

Desbiens caused a red flag on lap three when he went off course in corner two of the ice oval track. Starting at the back of the field, he went by five other riders on the restart lap, to move into third place but was unable to catch the leaders.

In ATV action, Richard Pelchat of Saint Romuald, QC led from the green to win ahead of Jean-François Thériault of St-Côme. Thériault challenged Pelchat at the start of the race, but was no match for the winner who crossed the finish line with a fairly good lead at the end of 10 laps. Jasmin Plante of Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil moved past Marc-Antoine Auger of Laurier Station with two laps to go to finish third.

Lincoln Lemieux of St. Johnsbury, Vermont won Sunday's Camoplast Snocross Championship Semi-Pro Super Stock 600 class 12-lap race. The American rider won over Pierre-Vincent Fillion of Desbiens, QC.

Fillion's second place finish moved him into first place of the Semi Pro Super Stock 600 class ahead of Donovan Asselin who finished eighth in the race. Dex Savage of Chibougamau, QC took third place ahead of Chris Ackerman from Jericho, Vermont and Franky Paré of Roberval, QC.


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