Vallée-Jct., QC – Defending Serié ACT Champion Alex Labbé outdueled current point leader Dany Trépanier to win the Chaudiere 150 at Vallee-Jct., QC’s Autodrome Chaudiere in an event that took two days to complete due to rain.
St-Albert, QC’s Labbé took the lead from St-Edouard, QC’s Trépanier for the final time on lap 137 and survived a final restart with eight laps remaining for his third win of the season and ninth of his Serié ACT career. The event began on Saturday, July 11 before being halted after 44 laps and was restarted the afternoon of Sunday, July 12.
Gaetan Longtin led the first eight laps from the outside pole before Québec, QC’s Jean-François Déry took over on the first of nine restarts. Trépanier grabbed the lead from the 2013 Serié ACT Champion on lap 32 and was out front when the rains came.
Labbé moved to the point shortly after the race resumed on Sunday, but Trépanier got back by him on lap 89. This began a back-and-forth duel that saw the lead change hands six times over a 39-lap span before Labbé regained it for good.
Trepanier settled for second, marking his fifth straight podium finish. Second-place point driver Jonathan Bouvrette took third, followed by Patrick Cliche and Karl Allard in fourth and fifth. Donald Theegte, Déry, Patrick Boyer, Gaetan Gaudreault, and Martin Goulet Jr. completed the top-10.