Tristan Draper Dominates Fall Nationals At Brockville; Leads All 100 laps To Earn Victory

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Story By: MIKE WARREN / DIRTCAR – BROCKVILLE, ONT – One night after his brother Kalen opened Brockville Ontario Speedway’s Fall Nationals with a win, Tristan Draper earned another victory for his family on Saturday.

The Sydenham, ON driver led all 100 laps to score his first career DIRTcar 358 Modified Series win.

“This is just surreal,” Draper said. “I’m out of breath. I knew I had to get out in front of [Fuller] as quick as I could, but he kept hanging tough there on the top. To race with these guys and to win is big.”

Starting on the outside pole, Draper outdueled Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Famer Tim Fuller, thundering around him on the outside lane to take the lead on Lap 1. Then, he drove away from Fuller, opening his lead up to over a second before the race’s first caution on Lap 6.

Draper continued to lead Fuller toward the race’s halfway point until a caution on Lap 42 proved vital toward the championship battle. By avoiding a multi-car wreck, Roy jumped from 25th to 17th, seven spots behind Willix and back in title contention.

When the race resumed, Draper gained control of the race again as Willix and Roy started moving forward behind him.

Fuller challenged Draper for the lead on the outside on Lap 72 and 73 but couldn’t make the pass on the Brockville regular.

From there, Draper went unchallenged to earn the $10,000 (Canadian) victory, his first Fall Nationals win.

Fuller settled for second, chasing Draper for the entire race. The Edwards, NY driver said he ran a harder tire than everyone else.

“It was a screw-up on my end,” Fuller said. “But [Draper] did a great job. He got the jump there. I thought at Lap 60-70 I had a better car on restarts, and then toward the last 20-30 laps, he was gone.”

Mat Williamson, the 2023 Series champion rounded out the podium after starting ninth. The St. Catharines, ON driver said he enjoyed racing on Brockville’s surface all weekend.

“The racetrack was tricky and challenging,” Williamson said. “It was a lot of fun. Hats off to the Drapers. They ran great all weekend.”

Chris Raabe finished fourth, and Ryan Arbuthnot rounded out the top five.

DIRTcar 358 Mod Championship (100 Laps): 1. 17-Tristan Draper[2]; 2. 19-Tim Fuller[1]; 3. 6-Mat Williamson[9]; 4. 01-Chris Raabe[10]; 5. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot[3]; 6. 66-Kyle Dingwall[6]; 7. 31-Lance Willix[17]; 8. M1-David Marcuccilli[4]; 9. 47S-Corey Wheeler[7]; 10. 37S-Gary Lindberg[21]; 11. 13-Kevin Hamel[25]; 12. 16-Gage Morin[13]; 13. 91-Felix Roy[16]; 14. 39-Ryan Bartlett[19]; 15. 90G-Dany Gagne[26]; 16. 7S-Shaun Shaw[8]; 17. 25*-Steve Bernier[5]; 18. 92-Andrew Buff[11]; 19. 22-Noah Walker[18]; 20. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[24]; 21. 0-Glenn Styres[28]; 22. 117-CJ Castelletti[29]; 23. (DNF) 44-Johnathon Ferguson[31]; 24. (DNF) ONE-David Hebert[14]; 25. (DNF) 35R-William Racine[27]; 26. (DNF) 18-Kalen Draper[22]; 27. (DNF) 151KB-Brian McDonald[20]; 28. (DNF) 77E-Ryan Stabler[15]; 29. (DNF) 5-Amy Holland[12]; 30. (DNF) 41-Samuel Charland[23]; 31. (DNF) 38J-Jarrett Herbison[32]; 32. (DNF) 11S-Steve Lewis Jr[30]

 
 
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