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Story By: CURTIS BERLEUE / EMPIRE SUPER SPRINTS – GRANBY, QUE – On the first night of a two-night trip to Quebec for the Empire Super Sprints, it was Jason Barney sitting in victory lane.
Worth $3,000, it was Barneys first victory at the Granby, Quebec track and his third win overall of 2024 on the tour.
Pinnacle Pole Award winner Logan Crisafulli jumped out to the lead on the initial green, though the field failed to complete a lap as the red flew for a flipping Matt Tanner in turns three and four.
On the restart, Crisafulli again jumped out to the lead, this time with Jason Barney in tow, moving up from his third starting position.
As the lap counter clicked 5 laps complete, Crisafulli had opened up a nearly two second advantage over Barney and third place Jordan Poirier. He would hold that lead until the second red of the even flew on lap 15, this time for Davie Franek who flipped after catching the inside wall in turns one and two.
When action resumed, Crisafulli’s night abruptly came to an end as he made contact with Barney entering turn one, bringing out another caution.
On the ensuing restart, Barney was able to quickly open a lead over Shawn Donath and Jordan Poirier, who were battling for second. With 5 laps remaining, Poirier took sole possession of second place as Donath began to slip backwards.
While Joe Trenca was able to get by Donath for third with three laps remaining, nobody had anything for the #87 of Barney, who picked up his third win of 2024.
“This isn’t exactly one I’m too proud of,” said Barney in victory lane. “I completely wiped Matt (Tanner) out, I just went in the corner on the start and had no brakes. I couldn’t feel any worse for him right now.”
“Logan, I thought I had position on him, I didn’t know he was there. Just not how I wanted to win a race. I feel bad for everybody.”
Jordan Poirier came home second, and Joe Trenca rounded out they Ashley Lynn Winery podium finishing in third.
In front of a packed house, the field was split into two timed hot lap groups with Logan Crisafulli and Matt Tanner earning Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards. E&V heat race wins went to Danny Varin and Jordan Poirer.
A Feature 1: 1. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 2. 28-Jordan Poirier[7]; 3. 98-Joe Trenca[5]; 4. 21T-Alex Therrien[13]; 5. 53-Shawn Donath[4]; 6. #3G-Dale Gosselin[10]; 7. 93-Bryan Cloutier[2]; 8. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[8]; 9. 13E-Evan Reynolds[14]; 10. 13T-Trevor Years[11]; 11. 1NY-Mark Reynolds[15]; 12. 33-Lacey Hanson[12]; 13. 36-Logan Crisafulli[1]; 14. 28F-Davie Franek[9]; 15. 93L-Guy Gosselin[16]; 16. 90-Matt Tanner[6]; 17. (DNS) 01-Danny Varin
Heat 1: 1. 01-Danny Varin[2]; 2. 36-Logan Crisafulli[1]; 3. 53-Shawn Donath[3]; 4. 98-Joe Trenca[6]; 5. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[5]; 6. #3G-Dale Gosselin[7]; 7. 33-Lacey Hanson[8]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds[4]; 9. 93L-Guy Gosselin[9]
Heat 2: 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 4. 93-Bryan Cloutier[4]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek[5]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[7]; 7. 21T-Alex Therrien[6]; 8. 1NY-Mark Reynolds[8]
Qualifying 1: 1. 36-Logan Crisafulli[2]; 2. 01-Danny Varin[4]; 3. 53-Shawn Donath[5]; 4. 13E-Evan Reynolds[3]; 5. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[6]; 6. 98-Joe Trenca[8]; 7. #3G-Dale Gosselin[9]; 8. 33-Lacey Hanson[1]; 9. 93L-Guy Gosselin[7]
Qualifying 2: 1. 90-Matt Tanner[8]; 2. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[2]; 4. 93-Bryan Cloutier[1]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek[7]; 6. 21T-Alex Therrien[6]; 7. 13T-Trevor Years[5]; 8. 1NY-Mark Reynolds[3]
Jordan Poirier Picks Up Empire Super Sprints Win at Drummond
DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE – After years of trying, Jordan Poirier is finally an Empire Super Sprints winner in his home province of Quebec. The two time and defending champion has been close to a win in Quebec multiple times, and on Saturday night all of the stars aligned for Poirier as he picked up $3,000 for his efforts.
Bryan Cloutier was the Pinnacle Pole Award winner, and as such brought the field to green alongside of Alex Bergeron. Cloutier jumped out to the early lead and paced the field for the first eleven laps.
Behind Cloutier, Bergeron was holding steady in second with Logan Crisafulli in third, having a solid run for the second night in a row.
Quebec native and current points leader Jordan Poirier started in fifth and had slowly been picking off cars, moving into the top three on lap 6, and then getting by Bergeron for second on lap 7.
By lap 11, Poirier had the lead and never looked back, crossing the line first and picking up his first ESS win in his native province of Quebec.
“Tonight was somewhat of a dream,” said Poirier. “Tonight, everything was just going our way. We had a really good car at the beginning, felt good and that restart we were able to just get away.”
“It was so good to win in front of a crazy crowd like that.”
Logan Crisafulli came home second, a career best ESS finish for him.
“We found our way up, the engine wasn’t right the whole night,” said Crisafulli. “I just tried to keep going and going, and luckily is lasted the whole race.”
Shawn Donath rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium in third.
“Solid finish again tonight, third from seventh – the car was fast,” said Donath. “The 21 car changed his line the last lap, which helped us. Overall the car was great. We were good last night and then it broke. Tonight we were able to pick up where we left off.”
The field was split into three timed hot lap groups at the beginning of the night, with Jordan Poirier, Matt Tanner and Joe Trenca earning Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards. E&V Heat races were won by Jordan Porier, Alex Therrien and Joe Trenca.
Before the A-Main, Autodrome Drummond honored 8-time ESS Champion Steve Porier for his accomplishments in both a modified and sprint car. In addition to being tied for the most ESS Championships, Poirier is also the winningest driver in tour history with 77 wins.
Saturdays event at Drummond was the final event of the Coffrage 4 Saisons Canada Tour. Jordan Poirier is the 2024 tour champion.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is this coming Friday August 30th at the Brewerton Speedway in Fonda, NY where the tour will kick off a Labor Day weekend triple header. Saturday, the tour moves to the Fulton Speedway just up the road in Futon, NY and on Sunday the weekend concludes at the Utica-Rome Speedway in Vernon, NY.
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]; 2. 36-Logan Crisafulli[3]; 3. 53-Shawn Donath[7]; 4. 21T-Alex Therrien[4]; 5. 98-Joe Trenca[8]; 6. 93-Bryan Cloutier[1]; 7. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[14]; 8. 87-Jason Barney[12]; 9. #3G-Dale Gosselin[10]; 10. 90-Matt Tanner[9]; 11. 28F-Davie Franek[11]; 12. 13E-Evan Reynolds[6]; 13. 20-Yannick Poirier[13]; 14. 13T-Trevor Years[16]; 15. 33-Lacey Hanson[15]; 16. 93L-Guy Gosselin[17]; 17. 12-Alex Bergeron[2]; 18. (DNS) 1NY-Mark Reynolds
E&V Energy Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[1]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[2]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron[3]; 4. 93-Bryan Cloutier[6]; 5. 20-Yannick Poirier[4]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[5]
E&V Energy Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 21T-Alex Therrien[2]; 2. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 3. 36-Logan Crisafulli[4]; 4. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 5. (DNF) 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[5]; 6. (DNS) 1NY-Mark Reynolds
E&V Energy Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 98-Joe Trenca[1]; 2. #3G-Dale Gosselin[4]; 3. 13E-Evan Reynolds[2]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[3]; 5. 33-Lacey Hanson[5]; 6. 93L-Guy Gosselin[6]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #28-Jordan Poirier; #90-Matt Tanner; #98-Joe Trenca
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #28-Jordan Poirier; #21T-Alex Therrien; #98-Joe Trenca
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #93-Bryan Cloutier
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #19KC-Mathieu Bardier (+7)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #93L-Guy Gosselin
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #28F-Davie Franek
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #28-Jordan Porier; #36-Logan Crisafulli; #53-Shawn Donath
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #33-Lacey Hanson
