BROCKVILLE, Ontario – It was another hot night of racing Saturday at Brockville Ontario Speedway as round two for the Ogilvie’s Auto and Fleet Triple Crown Series for the 1000 Islands RV 358 Modified and Sportsman divisions took center stage.
A fast race track provided the fans with some exciting racing all evening.
Luke Whitteker set the pace in the early laps of the 1000 Islands RV 358 Modified feature over Ryan Poole, Jordan McCreadie, Ryan Arbuthnot and Tim O’Brien.
A pair of early yellows slowed the pace, but when the green flew Whitteker knew he had a great race car and was flying around the high lane, as behind him current track point leader Ryan Arbuthnot was on the move.
Arbuthnot took over second on lap eight and began to run down the leader. On lap 10, after a quick yellow flag, Arbuthnot – despite being fast on the top side – was able to use the bottom lane on a restart to grab the lead away as Whitteker tried his best to keep pace.
Despite a fast outside line, Arbuthnot was not able to pull away but still maintained a slim two car length lead as behind the top two, Jordan McCreadie, Tim O’Brien and Ryan Poole were having their own battle in the top five.
Several mid-race cautions slowed the pace of the event, but Arbuthnot and Whitteker remained up front and in control, using the fast, outside lane to hold the top two positions.
With the top two spots being controlled by Arbuthnot and Whitteker, Tim O’Brien and Jordan McCreadie were still trying to decide on third and fourth, as Cornwall Speedway invader Corey Wheeler completed the top five.
With five laps to go, traffic came into play, but Arbuthnot played it perfect on this night, charging to his fifth win of the year and second in a row in the Ogilvie’s Series over Whitteker.
Kyle Dingwall overcame early race issues to charge back to third. McCreadie and O’Brien completed the top five.
Other winners on Saturday night included Johnathon Ferguson (Sportsman Triple Crown), Kalen Draper (Rookie Sportsman), Tyler Bushey (Street Stock) and Jamie Larocque (Mini Stock).
The finish:
Ryan Arbuthnot, Luke Whitteker, Kyle Dingwall, Jordan McCreadie, Tim O’Brien, Corey Wheeler, Lee Ladouceur, Joey Ladouceur, Tristan Draper, Ryan Poole, Luke Stewart, Aaron Pugh, Corbin Millar, Andy Lloyd, Mikael Labreche, Bryan Rogers, Chris Herbison, Joe Banks, Gary Tomkins, Steve Bilow, Mike Evans, Steve Barber.