{"id":14300,"date":"2013-08-25T16:40:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T20:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=14300"},"modified":"2013-08-25T16:40:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T20:40:30","slug":"alex-labbe-marches-act-riverside-st-croix-can-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/alex-labbe-marches-act-riverside-st-croix-can-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Labbe Marches to ACT Riverside St-Croix Can-Am Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alex Labbe Marches to ACT Riverside St-Croix Can-Am Win<\/strong><\/p>\n

St-Croix, QC \u2013 Alex Labbe of St-Albert, QC led the final 80 laps of the American Canadian Tour Can-Am 200 at Circuit Riverside Speedway Saturday, August 24 on his way to his first S\u00e9rie ACT win of the season. Labbe held off runner-up finisher Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. over the last several restarts to claim the victory in the combination ACT US and S\u00e9rie ACT QC event. It was his second career S\u00e9rie ACT win and first since joining the Larue Industrial Snow Blower team in 2013.<\/p>\n

Pole sitter Jean-Fran\u00e7ois D\u00e9ry jumped out to the early lead over the first 27 laps until Wayne Helliwell, Jr. climbed his way from his ninth starting position to challenge for the lead. The pair would swap the lead several times through numerous restarts with Helliwell leading the majority of the first 120 laps. On lap 121, Labbe jumped to the point and would never relinquish the lead. Polewarczyk made several attempts to steal the win but could not find the grip on the outside and settled for second just ahead of D\u00e9ry.
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\nPatrick Hamel and Dany Trepanier battled their way from the 17th and 18th starting positions respectively to complete the top five. Ben Lynch came home sixth just ahead of Claude Leclerc who recovered from a late race incident that shuffled him back to outside of the top ten. Helliwell faded over the final few restarts and came home eighth ahead of Stephane Descoste and Jimmy Hebert.<\/p>\n

The 200-lap event saw 19 cautions including a mandatory yellow on lap 100 for a fuel stop. The majority of the teams also took advantage of the yellow to change right side tires. The event took two hours and forty-one minutes.<\/p>\n

Labbe becomes the 13th qualifier for the ACT Bond Auto Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 21.<\/p>\n

Just three events remain for the S\u00e9rie ACT including next Saturday, August 31st, when they will run a 150 lap event on their final visit to Autodrome Montmagny in Montmagny, QC. The ACT US has just two point counting events left including next Sunday, September 1st, when the Tour returns to Thunder Road in Barre, VT for the VT Foodbank Labor Day Classic 200.<\/p>\n

Riverside Can-Am 200 Unofficial Results
\nAmerican Canadian Tour
\nCircuit Riverside Speedway \u2013 St-Croix, QC
\nSaturday, August 24, 2013<\/p>\n

Pos. (Start) Driver, Hometown, Laps Completed
\n1. (3) Alex Labbe, St-Albert, QC, 200 Laps
\n2. (6) Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH, 200 Laps
\n3. (1) Jean-Francois Dery, Quebec, QC, 200 Laps
\n4. (17) Patrick Hamel, St-Croix, QC, 200 Laps
\n5. (18) Dany Trepanier, St-Edouard, QC, 200 Laps
\n6. (20) Ben Lynch, Huntersville, NC, 200 Laps
\n7. (16) Claude Leclerc, Lanoraie,QC, 200 Laps
\n8. (9) Wayne Helliwell, Jr., Dover, NH, 200 Laps
\n9. (27) Stephane Descoste, Oka, QC, 200 Laps
\n10. (10) Jimmy Hebert, Williamstown, VT, 200 Laps
\n11. (8) Patrick Cliche , St-Jean-Chr., QC, 200 Laps
\n12. (2) Steven Boissonneault, Lyster, QC, 199 Laps
\n13. (13) #Bobby Therrien, Hinesburg, VT, 199 Laps
\n14. (28) Rowland Robinson Jr., Steuben, ME, 196 Laps
\n15. (7) Etienne Cliche , Vallee-Jct., QC, 196 Laps
\n16. (5) Daniel Descoste, St-Joseph-du-Lac, QC, 195 Laps
\n17. (19) #Travis Stearns, Auburn, ME, 194 Laps
\n18. (23) Rejean Bissonnette, St-Adele, QC, 194 Laps
\n19. (12) Patrick Boyer, Quebec, QC, 194 Laps
\n20. (26) Eric Lehoux, St-Elzear, QC, 191 Laps
\n21. (4) Jonathan Bouvrette, Blainville, QC, 184 Laps
\n22. (11) Donald Theetge, Boischatel, QC, 182 Laps
\n23. (14) William Roberge, Pintendre, QC, 169 Laps
\n24. (21) Gaetan Gaudreault, Quebec, QC, 131 Laps
\n25. (24) Jacques Poulin, E. Broughton, QC, 118 Laps
\n26. (22) #Martin Goulet, Mascouche, QC, 105 Laps
\n27. (25) #Christopher Bedard, Montreal, QC, 94 Laps
\n28. (15) Andre Beaudoin, St-Augustin, QC, 55 Laps<\/p>\n

Lap Leaders: Jean-Francois Dery, 1-27; Wayne Helliwell, Jr., 28; Dery, 29-34; Helliwell, 35-39; Dery, 40-50; Helliwell, 51-120; Alex Labbe, 121-200.<\/p>\n

Time of Race: 2:41:11
\nMargin of Victory: .190 seconds
\nCautions: 19 (laps 3, 16, 20. 25. 33. 38. 39. 49. 81. 87. 94. 100(fuel stop), 115, 118, 133, 179, 182, 194, 195)
\nHeat Winners: Wayne Helliwell, Jr., Jimmy Hebert, Alex Labbe
\nConsi Winners: Andre Beaudoin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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