Empire Super Sprints Win Three Of ’24 For Davie Franek Comes At Brockville Ontario Speedway
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Story By: CURTIS BERLEUE / EMPIRE SUPER SPRINTS – BROCKVILLE, ONT – For the first time since 2019, the Empire Super Sprints invaded the Brockville Ontario Speedway this Saturday night. At the end of the evening, it was ‘No Panic’ Davie Franek who was sitting in victory lane at the 3/8 mile oval.
Starting from the Pinnacle Pole, Danny Varin took the early race lead over Davie Franek and Alex Therrien. A caution on lap 8 erased Varin’s lead, and on the ensuing restart Franek was able to make his way past the #01 to take the lead.
Through a few cautions, Franek was able to maintain his lead over the rest of the field. Behind Franek, Varin maintained second through the balance of the event, while Therrien and Billy VanInwegen would swap positions regularly while racing for the final podium spot.
At the end of 25 laps, however, nobody had anything for the Wantage, NJ driver and Franek picked up his first Canadian Empire Super Sprints win of the season, and third tour win of 2024.
“Last night we were really good late in the race,” said Franek. “We kind of applied what we did last night to tonight.”
“Literally from the drop of the green, the car was good. Danny got out there a little bit the first five or six laps; I knew we were going to get to lap traffic, so I was just pacing myself. He kind of just slipped up on the restart.”
“If he went high, I was going low, and vice versa. Its my first win in Canada, so this is pretty bad ass.”
Rounding out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium was Danny Varin in second, and Alex Therrien in third. Jordan Poirier earned the A-Verdi Hard Charger award passing 6 cars to finish fourth, and Friday nights winner Billy VanInwegen completed the top five.
With 18 cars in the pits, the field was split into three timed hot lap groups. Picking up Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards were Shawn Donath, Davie Franek and Jason Barney. E&V Energy heat races were won by Matt Tanner, Davie Franek and Joe Trenca, and Logan Crisafulli won the Cobra Coaches dash.
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 2. 01-Danny Varin[1]; 3. 21T-Alex Therrien[2]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[10]; 5. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[5]; 6. 90-Matt Tanner[6]; 7. 87-Jason Barney[11]; 8. 36-Logan Crisafulli[13]; 9. 98-Joe Trenca[7]; 10. 13E-Evan Reynolds[14]; 11. 13T-Trevor Years[15]; 12. 42W-Rick Wilson[16]; 13. 23-Eric Cartier[12]; 14. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[8]; 15. 10P-Vince Chicklets[17]; 16. 53-Shawn Donath[9]; 17. 77T-Tyeller Powless[4]; 18. 84-Tyler Rand[18]
Dash 1: 1. 36-Logan Crisafulli[1]; 2. 13E-Evan Reynolds[2]; 3. 13T-Trevor Years[3]; 4. 42W-Rick Wilson[4]; 5. 10P-Vince Chicklets[5]; 6. 84-Tyler Rand[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 2. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[3]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[5]; 5. 36-Logan Crisafulli[2]; 6. (DNS) 84-Tyler Rand
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28F-Davie Franek[6]; 2. 77T-Tyeller Powless[2]; 3. 21T-Alex Therrien[4]; 4. 01-Danny Varin[5]; 5. 13E-Evan Reynolds[3]; 6. 42W-Rick Wilson[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 98-Joe Trenca[4]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[5]; 3. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[1]; 4. 23-Eric Cartier[2]; 5. 13T-Trevor Years[3]; 6. 10P-Vince Chicklets[6]
Qualifying 1: 1. 53-Shawn Donath[6]; 2. 28-Jordan Poirier[3]; 3. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[5]; 4. 36-Logan Crisafulli[4]; 5. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 6. 84-Tyler Rand[2]
Qualifying 2: 1. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 2. 01-Danny Varin[6]; 3. 21T-Alex Therrien[4]; 4. 13E-Evan Reynolds[5]; 5. 77T-Tyeller Powless[1]; 6. 42W-Rick Wilson[2]
Qualifying 3: 1. 87-Jason Barney[5]; 2. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 3. 13T-Trevor Years[1]; 4. 10P-Vince Chicklets[6]; 5. 23-Eric Cartier[2]; 6. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[4]
Special 1: 1. 01-Danny Varin[11]; 2. 21T-Alex Therrien[8]; 3. 28F-Davie Franek[2]; 4. 77T-Tyeller Powless[5]; 5. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[4]; 6. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 7. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 8. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[9]; 9. 53-Shawn Donath[10]; 10. 28-Jordan Poirier[7]; 11. 87-Jason Barney[6]; 12. 23-Eric Cartier[12]
