With the 2012
regular season now in the books, Doiron can reflect on his season at Cornwall
Motor Speedway. He had a strong year,
contending for the championship right up until the end of the season, and
finished the year fourth overall in the track points, and eighth in the
Canadian Nationals Series. In addition
to the season finale at Cornwall this past weekend, Doiron also raced at Mohawk
International Raceway on a rare Thursday night for their 50 lap Frenchie’s
Series race.
Doiron made just
his third appearance of the 2012 season at Mohawk Raceway on Thursday night,
but didn’t have much luck right from the beginning. He had a poor draw that put him at the rear of the field for his
heat race, and he struggled throughout the race. He started the 50 lap main event from deep in the field in 22nd
place and despite the adjustments they made after the heat races, Doiron
continued to struggle. He finished the
race with a 15th place finish.
At Cornwall
Speedway on Sunday night, Joel timed fourth fastest in his group, placing his
fourth to start his qualifying heat race.
He was able to race his way up to second place, locking himself into the
redraw for a top 12 starting spot for the night’s 125 lap 358 Modified Mr.
DIRTcar Series main event. He would
draw position number four and started the race from that position. He was strong over the first 25 laps of the
race, but the handling started to go away on the car, and when the race reached
the scheduled 75 lap break he had fell out of the top ten. With a 10 minute break for teams to make
adjustments to the car and change tires, Doiron’s crew went to work, trying to
dial the car in for the final 50 laps.
When the checkered flag was displayed to the field, Joel crossed the
line with an 11th place finish.
“It certainly
wasn’t the weekend that we were hoping for”, says Doiron. “It was a struggle at both tracks. We have a couple weeks before we race again
at Mohawk so we will go to work and trying to get the car working better”.
As mentioned,
Doiron will return to Mohawk International Raceway on Saturday, September 15th
for their season finale. It will be a
Mr. DIRTcar 358 Modified Series race.
Following the race at MIR, the rest of the 2012 schedule is unclear. Doiron does hope to attend the Fall
Nationals at Brockville in October.
Our
racing efforts for the 2012 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, Gauvreau Transport, Walker Climate Care/Go Geo, NAPA
Cornwall, Glengarry Windows & Doors, Group Express, Richard Ranger Carpet,
Alexandria OK Tire, Alexandria Home Hardware, SB Transport, Boutique Lafleur,
Garry McDougall Electric, Marc Rouette Maintenance, SM Painting, Finish Line Web
Design, Gouttieres SD Eavesthroughs and Bicknell Racing Products have all been
an integral part of the success of our team.
