Labbe Holds Off Lapcevich in Thriller Race to Grab First Career Win!

In 17 tries Alex Labbe held a best finish of  2nd twice in the NASCAR Pinty's Series but on Friday Night, Alex was finally able to take the Can-Am/Kappa/Cyclops Gear/Lou's BBQ Ford to Victory Lane. In a thrilling finish that had long time fans of the Pinty's Series labeling this race as one of the best races in the series' 10-year history. Labbe took the lead from Cayden Lapcevich with 21 laps to go with the first of nine lead changes in the closing laps, as the two young rising stars ran nearly door-to-door the entire time. Labbe's No. 32 Can-Am/Kappa/Cyclops Gear/Lou's BBQ Ford, running the slightly higher line, would pull slightly ahead. But whenever he moved down, he'd get the bumper of Lapcevich's No. 76 OhswekenSpeedway.com Dodge that pushed him back up the groove and allowed the teenager to pull back alongside.  The ran side-by-side for the final 10 laps, swapping the lead by a nose at the line. Labbe took the point with three to go and only a slip-up in Turn 4 of the final lap prevented a last-lap bump-and-run attempt by Lapcevich. The final margin of victory was .331 seconds. Alex Tagliani finished third right behind the leaders, just another tenth back. Donald Theetge and Mark Dilley completed the top five. Lapcevich walks away with a nice consolation prize: He becomes the youngest driver to lead the championship points. Lapcevich leads Andrew Ranger by six and Labbe by eight.(In part from NASCAR Home Tracks)

Results

  1. Alex Labbe
  2. Cayden Lapcevich
  3. Alex Tagliani
  4. Donald Theetge
  5. Mark Dilley
  6. Kevin Lacroix
  7. Jason Hathaway
  8. Andrew Ranger
  9. David Michaud
  10. D.J. Kennington
  11. L.P Dumoulin 
  12. Larry Jackson
  13. Gary Klutt
  14. Josh Collins 
  15. Anthony Simone
  16. Kerry Micks

Next Race for the NASCAR Pinty's Series 

The NASCAR Pinty's Series takes flight to the Circuit ICAR Road Course on the former runways at Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada north of Montreal.  Kevin Lacroix is the defending race winner at ICAR. This race will be on July 3rd! Will Alex Labbe take the momentum from his win at Autodrome or will someone else step up to the plate? 

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