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Story By: AIRBORNE PARK SPEEDWAY – PLATTSBURGH, NY – St. Denis, Quebec’s Donovan Lussier has been one of the top J&S Steel Sportsman drivers at Airborne Park Speedway in 2024.
Beginning the year with back-to-back wins put the entire place on notice in the month of May, and Lussier has remained a steady competitor since, racking up three more wins and a total of eight top five runs in 12 races. Thursday night, Lussier made the year even sweeter, winning the 50-lap J&S Steel Sportsman Vermont 200 Qualifier, and advancing to 2nd place in the points.
Lussier started 8th after finishing 2nd in his heat race, putting him in the redraw. He advanced to 6th after one lap and up to 5th the next. Up at the front, Bradford’s Jordan Fornwalt was showing the way. Running the top side early, getting around Rick Frenyea and Michael Wright in the early going.
Wright gave good chase to Fornwalt, they both sailed around the top side, but Lussier was on the charge forward, making it up to 3rd by lap 10. In slower traffic on lap 29, Fornwalt went to the bottom lane, giving the lead up to Wright on the outside. The Alburgh driver looked good up there, but surrendered the lead to Lussier a few laps later and then was forced pit-side with a mechanical issue not long after.
Lussier survived a few late restarts with Travis Bruno and points leader Joey Scarborough hot on his tail, but Lussier was strong out front, collecting his fifth win of 2024. He joins Nick Heywood (Mohawk International), Brian Calabrese and Zach Sobotka (Devil’s Bowl) as the other winners of Vermont 200 qualifiers for 2024. Those drivers are locked in to the Vermont 200 at Devil’s Bowl this weekend.
Scarborough was 2nd with Bruno 3rd. Fire Swamp was 4th and Shane Pecore was 5th. Tanner Forbes, Nick Heywood, Fornwalt, Bucko Branham and Calabrese completed the top-10 in that order.
The 9th State Cannabis Renegade feature was won by Essex, NY’s Josh Terry. Terry was battling with Nate Guay and Shawn Duquette for 34d, 4th and 5th with six laps to go when leaders Richie Turner and Tylor Terry made contact in turn three, bringing out the caution and sending them both to the tail. Josh Terry chose the top lane on the restart, and Nate Guay went to work on the bottom, drawing even with him with two laps to go, until another yellow slowed the race. Josh Terry again chose the top and held off Guay for the win by just a few feet. Billy Thwaits was 3rd with Tylor Terry rebounding to finish 4th. Shawn Duquette was 5th. Turner came back up to 2nd.
The Moore Recycling Mini Stocks ran a 20-lap A-main that saw Kris Clark pick up another win after passing race leader JP Corrow late in the going. Corrow and Ed Goddeau had the front row for the race and Corrow took advantage nicely, leading from lap four until lap 10, amassing a large advantage over the field until Clark got to 2nd, at which point the deficit began to shrink rapidly. The first few laps were marred by caution flags, with Nick Harnden, Joe Warren, Greg Zindler and Brett Manor all retiring before lap one was in the books. Matt Parker, Josh LaPorte, Sr., and Goddeau all fell victim to an incident on lap two. Once Clark took the lead on lap 11, he checked out, crossing the line more than three seconds ahead of Doner. Corrow was 3rd with Speedy Bresette 4th and Jamie Whitney, Jr., nabbing his best A-main result of the year in 5th.
Young Jeremiah King from Peru won the B-feature with a last-lap pass on the outside of Tyler Bell, who finished 2nd. Makaela Goddeau was 3rd with Kenny Tourville 4th and Kyle Botala 5th.
Airborne Park Speedway returns with more “Thursday Night Thunder” on Thursday, August 29th for back-to-school night! FREE backpacks, many stuffed with school supplies and goodies, donated by race teams, fans and sponsors will be given away to kids. The 358 Modifieds are back in action, along with the sportsman, renegades and mini stocks. General admission is $15 with kids 12 and under get in free. Pit passes are $28 for members and $38 for non-members. Pit gates open at 4PM with the grandstands opening at 5:30.
Sportsman
A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 61L-Donovan Lussier[8]; 2. 11VT-Joey Scarborough[17]; 3. 33R-Travis Bruno[6]; 4. 88-Fire Swamp[18]; 5. 0-Shane Pecore[12]; 6. 29-Tanner Forbes[9]; 7. 29H-Nick Heywood[19]; 8. 24F-Jordan Fornwalt[3]; 9. 20-Bucko Branham[16]; 10. 21C-Brian Calabrese[14]; 11. 78VT-Vince Quenneville[7]; 12. 18-Chris Cayea[4]; 13. 50X-Evan Roberts[24]; 14. 20X-Jamie Lafountain[21]; 15. 29C-Mathew Lavalley[5]; 16. 22R-Dylan Rabtoy[28]; 17. 19-Jamy Begor[25]; 18. 77-Eric Shaw[13]; 19. 33JD-Matt Leonard[15]; 20. 34-George Foley[22]; 21. 38-Mike Phinney[23]; 22. 76-Mike Wells[27]; 23. 10-Parker Dermody[30]; 24. 10X-Cory Castell[20]; 25. 78-Michael Wright[1]; 26. 7-Codie Aubin[10]; 27. 4-Kobe Hernandez[29]; 28. 07-Rick Frenyea[2]; 29. 00-Beau Reeves[26]; 30. 2JT-Jonathan Toohill[11]; 31. (DNS) 17-Caleb Durgan
Consi (10 Laps): 1. 88-Fire Swamp[2]; 2. 29H-Nick Heywood[1]; 3. 10X-Cory Castell[3]; 4. 20X-Jamie Lafountain[10]; 5. 34-George Foley[5]; 6. 38-Mike Phinney[4]; 7. 50X-Evan Roberts[8]; 8. 19-Jamy Begor[7]; 9. 00-Beau Reeves[6]; 10. 76-Mike Wells[11]; 11. 22R-Dylan Rabtoy[9]; 12. 4-Kobe Hernandez[12]; 13. 10-Parker Dermody[13]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Chris Cayea[1]; 2. 17-Caleb Durgan[2]; 3. 33R-Travis Bruno[5]; 4. 78VT-Vince Quenneville[7]; 5. 0-Shane Pecore[9]; 6. 33JD-Matt Leonard[4]; 7. 29H-Nick Heywood[3]; 8. 38-Mike Phinney[10]; 9. 19-Jamy Begor[8]; 10. 20X-Jamie Lafountain[6]; 11. 4-Kobe Hernandez[11]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Tanner Forbes[2]; 2. 24F-Jordan Fornwalt[1]; 3. 07-Rick Frenyea[4]; 4. 2JT-Jonathan Toohill[5]; 5. 77-Eric Shaw[3]; 6. 20-Bucko Branham[7]; 7. 88-Fire Swamp[10]; 8. 34-George Foley[6]; 9. 50X-Evan Roberts[8]; 10. 76-Mike Wells[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Michael Wright[1]; 2. 61L-Donovan Lussier[4]; 3. 7-Codie Aubin[5]; 4. 29C-Mathew Lavalley[2]; 5. 21C-Brian Calabrese[8]; 6. 11VT-Joey Scarborough[7]; 7. 10X-Cory Castell[9]; 8. 00-Beau Reeves[3]; 9. 22R-Dylan Rabtoy[6]; 10. (DNS) 10-Parker Dermody
Hot Laps 1: 1. 17-Caleb Durgan, 00:17.193[9]; 2. 7-Codie Aubin, 00:17.332[1]; 3. 21C-Brian Calabrese, 00:17.422[5]; 4. 0-Shane Pecore, 00:17.444[20]; 5. 38-Mike Phinney, 00:17.475[21]; 6. 50X-Evan Roberts, 00:17.492[25]; 7. 19-Jamy Begor, 00:17.521[2]; 8. 11VT-Joey Scarborough, 00:17.535[26]; 9. 29-Tanner Forbes, 00:17.545[11]; 10. 24F-Jordan Fornwalt, 00:17.563[12]; 11. 88-Fire Swamp, 00:17.564[28]; 12. 2JT-Jonathan Toohill, 00:17.569[29]; 13. 33JD-Matt Leonard, 00:17.588[18]; 14. 33R-Travis Bruno, 00:17.590[4]; 15. 07-Rick Frenyea, 00:17.601[13]; 16. 29C-Mathew Lavalley, 00:17.613[17]; 17. 10X-Cory Castell, 00:17.642[6]; 18. 29H-Nick Heywood, 00:17.668[15]; 19. 78-Michael Wright, 00:17.715[31]; 20. 76-Mike Wells, 00:17.745[30]; 21. 22R-Dylan Rabtoy, 00:17.746[23]; 22. 4-Kobe Hernandez, 00:17.752[14]; 23. 34-George Foley, 00:17.837[10]; 24. 20X-Jamie Lafountain, 00:17.838[16]; 25. 20-Bucko Branham, 00:17.876[3]; 26. 77-Eric Shaw, 00:17.917[27]; 27. 18-Chris Cayea, 00:17.971[7]; 28. 00-Beau Reeves, 00:18.218[24]; 29. 78VT-Vince Quenneville, 00:18.277[22]; 30. 10-Parker Dermody, 00:19.072[8]; 31. (DNS) 61L-Donovan Lussier
Renegades
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 65-Josh Terry[7]; 2. 975-Nathaniel Guay[11]; 3. 69-Bill Thwaits[9]; 4. 44-Tylor Terry[12]; 5. 18-Shawn Duquette[10]; 6. 7-Shawn Fountain[5]; 7. 17-Richie Turner[1]; 8. 54-Tyler Irwin[6]; 9. 28-Bart VanLuevan[14]; 10. 61-Levi Bombard[3]; 11. 69F-Robert Foley[4]; 12. 22-Tony Salerno[16]; 13. 11-Tim Wilcox[15]; 14. 51-Hunter Sawyer[2]; 15. 63-Travis Stokes[8]; 16. 5-Mark Caron[13]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 17-Richie Turner[1]; 2. 65-Josh Terry[4]; 3. 51-Hunter Sawyer[2]; 4. 975-Nathaniel Guay[6]; 5. 69F-Robert Foley[3]; 6. 63-Travis Stokes[5]; 7. 5-Mark Caron[7]; 8. 11-Tim Wilcox[8]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 61-Levi Bombard[3]; 2. 54-Tyler Irwin[5]; 3. 18-Shawn Duquette[6]; 4. 44-Tylor Terry[7]; 5. 7-Shawn Fountain[4]; 6. 69-Bill Thwaits[8]; 7. 28-Bart VanLuevan[2]; 8. 22-Tony Salerno[1]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 44-Tylor Terry, 00:19.684[12]; 2. 17-Richie Turner, 00:20.045[13]; 3. 18-Shawn Duquette, 00:20.161[3]; 4. 69-Bill Thwaits, 00:20.185[16]; 5. 5-Mark Caron, 00:20.199[2]; 6. 61-Levi Bombard, 00:20.456[1]; 7. 63-Travis Stokes, 00:20.574[10]; 8. 975-Nathaniel Guay, 00:20.700[6]; 9. 65-Josh Terry, 00:20.748[11]; 10. 51-Hunter Sawyer, 00:20.953[9]; 11. 69F-Robert Foley, 00:21.179[4]; 12. 28-Bart VanLuevan, 00:21.346[14]; 13. 11-Tim Wilcox, 00:21.571[15]; 14. (DNS) 7-Shawn Fountain; 15. (DNS) 54-Tyler Irwin; 16. (DNS) 22-Tony Salerno
Mini Stocks
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 77NY-Chris Clark[19]; 2. 1-Rick Doner[16]; 3. 61-Jp Corrow[2]; 4. 03-Speedy Bresette[14]; 5. 82-Jamie Whitney Jr[3]; 6. 22-Jake Fountain[12]; 7. 4-Josh Laporte[4]; 8. 94-Ryan Senecal[18]; 9. 76-Joshua Blake[6]; 10. 14-Bill Doner[9]; 11. 17E-Glenn Engstrom[10]; 12. 69-Cale Manor[13]; 13. 42-Caleb Tourville[11]; 14. 95-Steven Bresette[20]; 15. 83-Ed Goddeau[1]; 16. 45B-Josh LaPorte[15]; 17. 28X-Matthew Parker[17]; 18. 125-Nick Harnden[8]; 19. 69M-Brett Manor[7]; 20. 13W-Joe Warren[5]; 21. 46-Greg Zindler[21]
B Feature 1 (6 Laps): 1. 75-Jeremiah King[3]; 2. 9-Tyler Bell[2]; 3. 95G-Makaela Goddeau[4]; 4. 42X-Ken Tourville[5]; 5. 5-Kyle Botala[10]; 6. 51X-Cody Agoney[6]; 7. 08-Haiden Bordeau[7]; 8. 07-Cory Collins[15]; 9. 24D-Dustin Drake[12]; 10. 11-Kevin Burdo[9]; 11. 2H-Rick Hart[13]; 12. 08B-Brandon Osher[8]; 13. 01-Ernest Parent[11]; 14. 58S-Brenden Lauzon[1]; 15. (DNS) 2-Kyle Hart
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 45B-Josh LaPorte[8]; 2. 42-Caleb Tourville[6]; 3. 46-Greg Zindler[10]; 4. 76-Joshua Blake[5]; 5. 95-Steven Bresette[7]; 6. 94-Ryan Senecal[9]; 7. 83-Ed Goddeau[1]; 8. 58S-Brenden Lauzon[11]; 9. 95G-Makaela Goddeau[12]; 10. 08-Haiden Bordeau[13]; 11. 5-Kyle Botala[2]; 12. 3-Jason Bradley[4]; 13. 07-Cory Collins[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 69M-Brett Manor[4]; 2. 82-Jamie Whitney Jr[3]; 3. 77NY-Chris Clark[10]; 4. 14-Bill Doner[6]; 5. 69-Cale Manor[8]; 6. 125-Nick Harnden[5]; 7. 1-Rick Doner[9]; 8. 9-Tyler Bell[2]; 9. 42X-Ken Tourville[7]; 10. 08B-Brandon Osher[12]; 11. 01-Ernest Parent[1]; 12. 2H-Rick Hart[11]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 4-Josh Laporte[2]; 2. 61-Jp Corrow[1]; 3. 28X-Matthew Parker[8]; 4. 13W-Joe Warren[4]; 5. 17E-Glenn Engstrom[5]; 6. 22-Jake Fountain[11]; 7. 03-Speedy Bresette[7]; 8. 75-Jeremiah King[3]; 9. 51X-Cody Agoney[6]; 10. 11-Kevin Burdo[10]; 11. 24D-Dustin Drake[9]; 12. (DNS) 2-Kyle Hart
Hot Laps 1: 1. 5-Kyle Botala, 00:21.548[5]; 2. 4-Josh Laporte, 00:21.607[22]; 3. 28X-Matthew Parker, 00:21.618[29]; 4. 125-Nick Harnden, 00:21.669[18]; 5. 94-Ryan Senecal, 00:21.716[30]; 6. 75-Jeremiah King, 00:21.757[21]; 7. 03-Speedy Bresette, 00:21.780[7]; 8. 13W-Joe Warren, 00:21.788[33]; 9. 14-Bill Doner, 00:21.792[13]; 10. 9-Tyler Bell, 00:21.826[2]; 11. 46-Greg Zindler, 00:21.854[35]; 12. 45B-Josh LaPorte, 00:21.863[23]; 13. 42X-Ken Tourville, 00:21.879[32]; 14. 69M-Brett Manor, 00:21.914[25]; 15. 69-Cale Manor, 00:21.941[26]; 16. 42-Caleb Tourville, 00:21.945[31]; 17. 82-Jamie Whitney Jr, 00:22.002[34]; 18. 51X-Cody Agoney, 00:22.107[1]; 19. 24D-Dustin Drake, 00:22.157[15]; 20. 17E-Glenn Engstrom, 00:22.453[16]; 21. 11-Kevin Burdo, 00:22.509[9]; 22. 22-Jake Fountain, 00:22.550[36]; 23. 61-Jp Corrow, 00:22.588[12]; 24. 08-Haiden Bordeau, 00:22.625[4]; 25. 58S-Brenden Lauzon, 00:22.643[24]; 26. 2H-Rick Hart, 00:22.949[20]; 27. 83-Ed Goddeau, 00:23.089[17]; 28. 08B-Brandon Osher, 00:23.451[27]; 29. 01-Ernest Parent, 00:23.500[28]; 30. 95G-Makaela Goddeau, 00:27.356[37]; 31. (DNS) 76-Joshua Blake; 32. (DNS) 3-Jason Bradley; 33. (DNS) 95-Steven Bresette; 34. (DNS) 77NY-Chris Clark; 35. (DNS) 07-Cory Collins; 36. (DNS) 1-Rick Doner; 37. (DNS) 2-Kyle Hart
