Thomas Cook Sweeps The Night At Mohawk International Raceway Wednesday Evening

Story By: BRIAN PAIGE / MOHAWK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY – HOGANSBURG, NY – TMS presented the October 2022 features along with Marijuana World and Wacky Tobacky/THC Remedies Sportsman, Pro Stocks, Limited Sportsman and Mini Stocks. Wednesday August 9, 2023
After many weeks of attempting to race, the weather finally cooperated with MIR on Wednesday August 9. On this great night of wall to wall racing action it would be the make up features from October 2022. Immediately following Marijuana World, Wacky Tobacky and THC remedies presented the Sportsman for 40 laps with the winner taking home $4,000, the Pro Stocks 20 lap feature for $1,000, Limited Sportsman for 15 laps taking home $500 and the Mini Stocks for 15 laps winning $400.
Starting on the pole for the Sportsman make up feature on lap 13 of 40, it would be Casey Swamp on the pole along side Gilles Godard. Casey Swamp would pick up where he left off last October and would set the early pace. Thomas Cook would make a move to the top side of turn 3 on Lap 17 to pull along side and pass Swamp on lap 19. Cook would not look back and would pick up the win and Canadian Super Dirt Weekend qualifier at Cornwall in October.
The next feature to run a make up feature from October 2022 would be the Pro Stocks for 20 laps and a Cornwall qualifier on the line. Roch Aubin and Melvin Rush would start from the front row. On the start Melvin Rush and Roch Aubin made contact on lap 1 which gave Rush the lead. A yellow would come out on lap 2 for debris. On the restart, Aubin would obtain the lead entering turn 1 and bring Kevin Fetterly Jr and Denis Gauvreau with him. On lap 3 the yellow would reappear as Rush spun entering turn 4. On the restart Aubin once remained in the lead with Fetterly Jr and Gauvreau in pursuit. On lap 5 Fetterly Jr would overtake the lead off turn 4 on the highside. On lap 8 Sid Harmer Jr and Marc Lalonde came together entering turn 1 to bring out the yellow again. On the restart, Fetterly Jr maintained the lead with Aubin running 2nd. Fetterly Jr remained the lead on lap 11 until the yellow came out for cars stopped on turn 4. On the restart, Fetterly Jr had the lead until Brian McDonald, who was piloting a Gauvreau car, would duck past him on lap 12. McDonald would not be unchallenged and would park his car in Victory Lane.
The final feature to be made up was the Limited Sportsman for 15 laps. Kevin Foster would take the early and set a torrid pace from the first green flag. A yellow flag came out for Ty David who came to a stop on the back stretch on lap 8. On lap 8 the green would fly again as Foster once again fired away from the field. Foster would not look back and would find Victory Lane.
Once the make features had concluded it would be time for the second portion of the show. Once the heats were done it was time for the first feature on this card as the Mini Stocks would enter the track for 10 laps for $400 to win. Starting on the pole it would be Francis White. White would quickly begin to pull away from Antoine Dumouchel who started 2nd. By the half way point, White would see his early lead for a yellow on lap 8. On the restart, Dumouchel would make a quick move to the outside of White entering turn 1 to capture the lead. However a yellow came out as 2 cars were collected off of turn 2. On the restart, White would not be fooled again as he would keep the lead and pick up the win.
The next feature would be the Sportsman for 35 laps with the winner collecting $4,000. Starting on the front row, Jamey Begor and Thomas Cook would kick things off. On the start, Dale Gonyo would wait for no one and make his move for the top from 3rd. Gonyo would take an early commanding lead by lap 6 with Cook and Begor trying to run him down. Louie Jackson Jr., would come to a stop on turn 3 to bring out the first yellow on lap 8. On the lap 8 restart, Gonyo would keep the lead until Cook took the top spot on lap 9. Cook would then venture to the top groove and begin to pull away from Gonyo. On lap 12 Gonyo would take his car pitside then giving the number two spot to Chris Raabe. By lap 19 Cook would find heavy lap traffic in front of him and couldn’t find a way to get past 2 cars for 3 laps. With 10 laps to go, Cook would be challenging with lap traffic. Until lap 28 a yellow came out and negate the advantage Cook had. Chris Raabe would remain in 2nd. On the lap 28 restart, Cook would to the highside again with Raabe staying within striking distance. But it wouldn’t be enough on this night as Thomas Cook would earn himself a sweep of both features as well earning $4,000 with the 2nd win.
The next feature to take to the speedway, it would be the Pro Stocks $1,000 to win for 20 laps. Blayne Nichols and Kevin Fetterly Jr would be the first two cars to see the green flag. Fetterly Jr would take the early lead as Nichols and Stephane Lebrun behind him. By lap 8 Fetterly Jr would open up a large margin as Roch Aubin was able to take over the number 2 position. The yellow would come out on lap 10 for a car which came to a stop on the back stretch. With the restart, Fetterly Jr would once again to pull away. Brian McDonald would take the 2nd spot away from Aubin on lap 12. However Fetterly Jr was the man to beat in this feature and dominate the feature to capture the win.
The last feature of the night would be the Limited Sportsman for 15 laps. From the pole positon it would be Dustin Woods. Mark McCarthy would run to his outside from the 2nd starting position but the yellow would come out on lap 1 as Kevin Foster had a tire go down. On the restart, McCarthy would enter turn 1 as the leader. Bob Laware would take over the 2nd spot on the restart and would begin to apply some pressure to McCarthy. On lap 7 Trey Ladaceur would bring out the yellow. The lap 7 restart, McCarthy and Laware would fire double file. McCarthy would stay as the leader with Laware in hot pursuit. McCarthy would be too tough to tame on this night and would claim the victory.
SPORTSMAN MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1: 1. 35-Thomas Cook[3]; 2. 22-Chris Raabe[5]; 3. 29-Nick Heywood[10]; 4. 19-Jamy Begor[1]; 5. 0-Shane Pecore[9]; 6. 67-Gilles Godard[4]; 7. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[15]; 8. 83D-Dustin Bradley[19]; 9. 88-Fire Swamp[8]; 10. 94-Gabriel Cyr[7]; 11. 9-Kristian Smoke[13]; 12. 10X-Cory Castell[22]; 13. 44-Casey Swamp[6]; 14. 18C-Chris Cayea[23]; 15. 3X-Dan Jalbert[11]; 16. 03-Joshua Jock[14]; 17. 2JT-Jonathan Toohill[20]; 18. 71-Delbert Legrow Jr[17]; 19. 7D-Eugene Tarbell[28]; 20. M70-Billy Cook[24]; 21. D1-Dillon Cole[31]; 22. 54G-Greg Snyder[26]; 23. 18-Louie Jackson Jr[16]; 24. 91-Steve Bushey[12]; 25. 04-Dale Gonyo Jr[2]; 26. 22D-Lee Ladouceur[32]; 27. 44R-David Rogers[21]; 28. 1W-Brad reif[30]; 29. 22S-Shane Stearns[27]; 30. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[18]; 31. (DNS) 3-Adam Rozon; 32. (DNS) 51-Matthew Bourey
Heat 1: 1. 35-Thomas Cook[1]; 2. 88-Fire Swamp[2]; 3. 04-Dale Gonyo Jr[5]; 4. 9-Kristian Smoke[4]; 5. 71-Delbert Legrow Jr[7]; 6. 44R-David Rogers[3]; 7. 51-Matthew Bourey[8]; 8. 3-Adam Rozon[6]
Heat 2: 1. 19-Jamy Begor[1]; 2. 44-Casey Swamp[2]; 3. 94-Gabriel Cyr[5]; 4. 03-Joshua Jock[4]; 5. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[3]; 6. 10X-Cory Castell[6]; 7. 54G-Greg Snyder[7]; 8. (DNS) 1W-Brad reif
Heat 3: 1. 0-Shane Pecore[1]; 2. 29-Nick Heywood[2]; 3. 22-Chris Raabe[3]; 4. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[4]; 5. 83D-Dustin Bradley[5]; 6. 18C-Chris Cayea[6]; 7. 22S-Shane Stearns[7]; 8. D1-Dillon Cole[8]
Heat 4: 1. 3X-Dan Jalbert[1]; 2. 67-Gilles Godard[2]; 3. 91-Steve Bushey[5]; 4. 18-Louie Jackson Jr[3]; 5. 2JT-Jonathan Toohill[4]; 6. M70-Billy Cook[6]; 7. 7D-Eugene Tarbell[7]; 8. 22D-Lee Ladouceur[8]
Qualifying 1: 1. 3-Adam Rozon[4]; 2. 04-Dale Gonyo Jr[3]; 3. 9-Kristian Smoke[1]; 4. 35-Thomas Cook[2]; 5. 44R-David Rogers[6]; 6. 51-Matthew Bourey[8]; 7. 71-Delbert Legrow Jr[7]; 8. 88-Fire Swamp[5]
Qualifying 2: 1. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur, 00:17.509[4]; 2. 03-Joshua Jock, 00:17.520[2]; 3. 44-Casey Swamp, 00:17.554[7]; 4. 10X-Cory Castell, 00:17.584[1]; 5. 54G-Greg Snyder, 00:17.634[5]; 6. 19-Jamy Begor, 00:17.715[8]; 7. 94-Gabriel Cyr, 00:17.715[3]; 8. 1W-Brad reif, 00:17.715[6]
Qualifying 3: 1. 0-Shane Pecore, 00:17.251[7]; 2. 29-Nick Heywood, 00:17.297[6]; 3. 22-Chris Raabe, 00:17.395[4]; 4. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau, 00:17.423[3]; 5. 83D-Dustin Bradley, 00:17.567[2]; 6. 18C-Chris Cayea, 00:17.640[8]; 7. 22S-Shane Stearns, 00:17.794[1]; 8. D1-Dillon Cole, 00:17.866[5]
Qualifying 4: 1. 3X-Dan Jalbert, 00:17.494[3]; 2. 67-Gilles Godard, 00:17.551[6]; 3. 18-Louie Jackson Jr, 00:17.689[5]; 4. 2JT-Jonathan Toohill, 00:17.777[2]; 5. 91-Steve Bushey, 00:17.832[4]; 6. M70-Billy Cook, 00:17.966[1]; 7. 7D-Eugene Tarbell, 00:18.065[7]
PRO STOCK
A Feature 1: 1. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[2]; 2. 72M-Brian McDonald[5]; 3. 4-Roch Aubin[6]; 4. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[3]; 5. 8-Marc Lalonde[9]; 6. 30-Zack Daniels[7]; 7. 22B-Blayne Nichols[1]; 8. 6-Stephane Lebrun[4]; 9. AK47-Joel Herne[8]; 10. 9-Eric Jean Louis[12]; 11. 28-Burton Ward[10]; 12. 22-John Green[15]; 13. 0N-Owen White[13]; 14. O6-alex labrun[14]; 15. OO-Camron Reif[16]; 16. 6JR-Natacha Lebrun[22]; 17. 4S-Styles Arquiett[11]; 18. 11-Melvin Rush[19]; 19. 3-Jonathan Rush[18]; 20. (DNS) 1X-Ian Bressette; 21. (DNS) 690-Sid Harmer Jr; 22. (DNS) 5A-Connor White
Heat 1: 1. 22B-Blayne Nichols[2]; 2. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[1]; 3. 6-Stephane Lebrun[3]; 4. 28-Burton Ward[6]; 5. 0N-Owen White[7]; 6. OO-Camron Reif[4]; 7. 11-Melvin Rush[5]; 8. 6JR-Natacha Lebrun[8]
Heat 2: 1. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[1]; 2. AK47-Joel Herne[2]; 3. 4-Roch Aubin[3]; 4. 4S-Styles Arquiett[4]; 5. O6-alex labrun[6]; 6. 1X-Ian Bressette[5]; 7. 5A-Connor White[7]
Heat 3: 1. 72M-Brian McDonald[1]; 2. 8-Marc Lalonde[4]; 3. 30-Zack Daniels[2]; 4. 9-Eric Jean Louis[5]; 5. 22-John Green[7]; 6. 3-Jonathan Rush[6]; 7. 690-Sid Harmer Jr[3]
Qualifying 1: 1. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr, 00:19.254[7]; 2. 22B-Blayne Nichols, 00:19.302[5]; 3. 6-Stephane Lebrun, 00:19.471[3]; 4. OO-Camron Reif, 00:19.535[1]; 5. 11-Melvin Rush, 00:19.716[4]; 6. 28-Burton Ward, 00:19.742[6]; 7. 0N-Owen White, 00:19.784[2]; 8. 22-John Green, 00:19.817[8]
Qualifying 2: 1. 72G-Denis Gauvreau, 00:19.261[3]; 2. AK47-Joel Herne, 00:19.382[2]; 3. 4-Roch Aubin, 00:19.458[4]; 4. 4S-Styles Arquiett, 00:19.576[1]; 5. 1X-Ian Bressette, 00:19.682[5]; 6. O6-alex labrun, 00:20.206[7]; 7. (DNS) 30-Zack Daniels, 00:20.206
Qualifying 3: 1. 72M-Brian McDonald, 00:19.029[5]; 2. 30-Zack Daniels, 00:19.114; 3. 690-Sid Harmer Jr, 00:19.311[7]; 4. 8-Marc Lalonde, 00:19.312[2]; 5. 9-Eric Jean Louis, 00:19.350[3]; 6. 3-Jonathan Rush, 00:20.402[6]; 7. 5A-Connor White, 00:20.924[1]; 8. 6JR-Natacha Lebrun, 00:21.237[4]
MINI STOCK
A Feature 1: 1. 60-Francis White[1]; 2. 12A-Jamie Larocque[5]; 3. 21-Marc Voyer[4]; 4. 114-Felix Lavictoire[8]; 5. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[3]; 6. 11R-Shawn Reid[7]; 7. 7D-Macy Tarbell[11]; 8. 125-Nicholas Harnden[10]; 9. 23X-Tyler Woods[9]; 10. 50-Cale Manor[6]; 11. 71-TERRY GREEN[12]; 12. 88C-Curtis Lindsay[2]; 13. 88X-TEHANONSAKHNION THOMPSON[13]; 14. (DNS) 100-Taylor Doxtater; 15. (DNS) 64-Brad Jerome
Heat 1: 1. 60-Francis White[7]; 2. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[5]; 3. 12A-Jamie Larocque[3]; 4. 11R-Shawn Reid[4]; 5. 23X-Tyler Woods[2]; 6. 7D-Macy Tarbell[1]; 7. 88X-TEHANONSAKHNION THOMPSON[8]; 8. (DNS) 64-Brad Jerome
Heat 2: 1. 88C-Curtis Lindsay[4]; 2. 21-Marc Voyer[5]; 3. 50-Cale Manor[1]; 4. 114-Felix Lavictoire[2]; 5. 125-Nicholas Harnden[6]; 6. 71-TERRY GREEN[3]; 7. 100-Taylor Doxtater[7]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 100-Taylor Doxtater[1]; 2. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[2]; 3. 71-TERRY GREEN[3]; 4. 125-Nicholas Harnden[4]; 5. 64-Brad Jerome[5]; 6. 12A-Jamie Larocque[6]; 7. 114-Felix Lavictoire[7]; 8. 88C-Curtis Lindsay[8]; 9. 50-Cale Manor[9]; 10. 11R-Shawn Reid[10]; 11. 7D-Macy Tarbell[11]; 12. 88X-TEHANONSAKHNION THOMPSON[12]; 13. 21-Marc Voyer[13]; 14. 60-Francis White[14]; 15. 23X-Tyler Woods[15]
LIMITED SPORTSMAN
A Feature 1: 1. 37M-Marc Olivier McCarthy[2]; 2. 21L-Bob Laware[6]; 3. 16-Dustin Woods[1]; 4. 1-Thunder Anderson[3]; 5. JR7-Jacory Thompson[11]; 6. 11X-Devon Guyette[10]; 7. 314-Nick Mallette[4]; 8. 18JR-Denis Rose[7]; 9. 04G-Dale Gonyo[8]; 10. 1W-Kyle Reif[12]; 11. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[5]; 12. 22D-Daylon Ezard[14]; 13. 72-Kevin Foster[13]; 14. (DNS) 14-Ty David; 15. (DNS) 25S-Steven Tremblay
Heat 1: 1. 16-Dustin Woods[4]; 2. 1-Thunder Anderson[3]; 3. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[8]; 4. 18JR-Denis Rose[5]; 5. 25S-Steven Tremblay[6]; 6. JR7-Jacory Thompson[7]; 7. 72-Kevin Foster[2]; 8. (DNS) 14-Ty David
Heat 2: 1. 37M-Marc Olivier McCarthy[1]; 2. 314-Nick Mallette[2]; 3. 21L-Bob Laware[4]; 4. 04G-Dale Gonyo[5]; 5. 11X-Devon Guyette[7]; 6. 1W-Kyle Reif[3]; 7. (DNS) 22D-Daylon Ezard
Qualifying 2: 1. 14-Ty David, 00:17.800[8]; 2. 72-Kevin Foster, 00:18.045[2]; 3. 1-Thunder Anderson, 00:18.181[5]; 4. 16-Dustin Woods, 00:18.437[1]; 5. 18JR-Denis Rose, 00:19.057[4]; 6. 25S-Steven Tremblay, 00:20.352[7]; 7. JR7-Jacory Thompson[6]; 8. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[3]
Qualifying 3: 1. 37M-Marc Olivier McCarthy[7]; 2. 314-Nick Mallette[4]; 3. 1W-Kyle Reif[3]; 4. 21L-Bob Laware[6]; 5. 04G-Dale Gonyo[5]; 6. 22D-Daylon Ezard[2]; 7. 11X-Devon Guyette[1]