Joel Doiron News

After a long off-season, Joel Doiron was finally ready to get back to the track with a big weekend of racing planned out. Friday night was the Mohawk International Raceway season opener and Sunday night was opening night at Cornwall Speedway featuring a 100 lap DIRTcar 358 Series/Canadian Nationals Series event.

The rain held off at Mohawk Raceway on Friday night for a little while, but the forecast looked worse by the minute and shortly before 3pm track officials made the inevitable decision to cancel Friday night’s opening night.

Cornwall Speedway was set to open their 2014 and first season under new management in over 30 years. Doiron began the night by turning the fifth fastest speed in his time group, placing him fifth to start the 8 lap qualifying heat race. Joel would maintain that spot, locking into the 100 lap main event. He started deep in the field, rolling off the starting grid from the 17th position. After falling back a couple positions early, Doiron charged back, and was inside the top 15 before they completed lap 10. Doiron displayed a great deal of patience in the opening 50 laps of the race, and as they approached halfway, he had just made his way into the top ten. Doiron continued inside the top ten throughout the second half of the race, advancing to as high as seventh through the closing laps. He crossed the finish line in eighth place.

“It was a solid start to the season for us”, says Doiron. “We will take that and move on to next week. I am happy to get the season underway, and hopefully we can build on this in the coming weeks and get back to victory lane”.

Our racing efforts for the 2014 season would not be possible without the assistance of our great partners. Mike Sauvé Construction, Au Vieux Duluth, Doiron Auto Inc., Mister Sew and Sew Custom Embroidery, W.H. MacSweyn Inc., Garage Le Specialiste Dicaire, Glengarry Windows & Doors, NAPA Cornwall, Champion Racing Lubricants/RNB Restorations, Group Express, Richard Ranger Carpet, Alexandria OK Tire, Alexandria Home Hardware, Coffrage/Pompage 20-20, Richard’s Sweeping, Marc Rouette Maintenance, SM Painting, KMAC Electric, Servicemaster Restore, Finish Line Web Design and Bicknell Racing Products have all been an integral part of the success of our team.

For more information on Joel Doiron and the team, please check out our website, www.joeldoiron.com. You will find information about Joel and his team, and links to our sponsor’s websites. You can also follow Joel on Twitter @JDcar40.