Mat Williamson’s “Money” Saturday Night In Applefest Shootout 358-Mod Main At Brighton
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Story By: TIM BALTZ / BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY – BRIGHTON, ONT – The second night of Brighton Speedway’s Applefest Shootout saw former champion Mat Williamson prove he was up to all challenges to score the DIRTCar 358 Modified main event win.
The field had a 75 lap $5000 to win event with the winner also getting a spot in the Outlaw 200 at the Fulton Speedway in October.
Pole sitter Kyle Dingwall grabbed the lead over Williamson and Brianna Ladouceur. Dingwall stretched out the advantage over Williamson in the early laps, on a track that changed very quickly.
The first yellow flew on lap 11 setting up a restart that Williamson was wanting. When the green flew Dingwall took the lead but Williamson found something in the middle of the track and was able to power by for the lead on lap 25.
Once in front Williamson pulled away but the driver on the move was Chris Raabe, who started 9th on the grid. Raabe moved to second after several restarts as he got by Dingwall and tried his best to chase down the leader. With 10 laps to go Williamson remained in front but Raabe was closing fast and was in search of his record 4th Applefest 358 title.
Williamson would remain on the bottom and would fend off the late charge by Raabe to score his second Applefest title and first since 2017.
Raabe made up the most spots going from 9th to second with Kyle Dingwall, Tristan Draper and Brad Rouse the top 5.
The regular season is done for 2024 at the Brighton Speedway. The staff and management and the Rinaldi family thank the teams, the drivers and you the race fans for your continued support this season. The year will finish up with the sold out Eve of Destruction event on October 5th.
A Feature 1: 1. 6-Mat Williamson[3]; 2. 01-Chris Raabe[9]; 3. 66-Kyle Dingwall[1]; 4. 17-Tristan Draper[10]; 5. 18R-Brad Rouse[5]; 6. 38J-Jarrett Herbison[11]; 7. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[2]; 8. 31-Lance Willix[7]; 9. 37S-Gary Lindberg[8]; 10. 18-Kalen Draper[12]; 11. 44-Johnathon Ferguson[6]; 12. 47S-Corey Wheeler[4]; 13. 151KB-Brian McDonald[19]; 14. 8S-Justin Sharp[16]; 15. 212-Martin Polhill[20]; 16. 2COOL-Derek VanMil[21]; 17. M16-Gage Morin[13]; 18. 77E-Ryan Stabler[14]; 19. 73-Dylan Davidson[15]; 20. 08-Chris Ferguson[18]; 21. 26C-Luke Carleton[17]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Lance Willix[2]; 2. 01-Chris Raabe[3]; 3. 18R-Brad Rouse[1]; 4. 17-Tristan Draper[4]; 5. M16-Gage Morin[6]; 6. 8S-Justin Sharp[5]; 7. 151KB-Brian McDonald[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 47S-Corey Wheeler[1]; 2. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[3]; 3. 44-Johnathon Ferguson[2]; 4. 38J-Jarrett Herbison[5]; 5. 77E-Ryan Stabler[4]; 6. 26C-Luke Carleton[7]; 7. 212-Martin Polhill[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Mat Williamson[1]; 2. 37S-Gary Lindberg[2]; 3. 66-Kyle Dingwall[3]; 4. 18-Kalen Draper[4]; 5. 73-Dylan Davidson[6]; 6. 08-Chris Ferguson[5]; 7. 2COOL-Derek VanMil[7]
Qualifying 1: 1. 18R-Brad Rouse, 00:14.374[5]; 2. 31-Lance Willix, 00:14.408[1]; 3. 01-Chris Raabe, 00:14.430[6]; 4. 17-Tristan Draper, 00:14.435[7]; 5. 8S-Justin Sharp, 00:14.480[3]; 6. M16-Gage Morin, 00:14.482[4]; 7. 151KB-Brian McDonald, 00:14.518[2]
Qualifying 2: 1. 47S-Corey Wheeler, 00:14.467[5]; 2. 44-Johnathon Ferguson, 00:14.486[6]; 3. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur, 00:14.568[4]; 4. 77E-Ryan Stabler, 00:14.671[7]; 5. 38J-Jarrett Herbison, 00:14.736[1]; 6. 212-Martin Polhill, 00:14.859[2]; 7. 26C-Luke Carleton, 00:14.925[3]
Qualifying 3: 1. 6-Mat Williamson, 00:14.328[1]; 2. 37S-Gary Lindberg, 00:14.450[3]; 3. 66-Kyle Dingwall, 00:14.622[5]; 4. 18-Kalen Draper, 00:14.903[7]; 5. 08-Chris Ferguson, 00:14.933[2]; 6. 73-Dylan Davidson, 00:15.004[4]; 7. 2COOL-Derek VanMil, 00:15.567[6]
