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| Fontaine Places 13th at Toledo | By John Barker
Chris Fontaine of Lakeland, FL finished 13th in the ASALMS Challenge Division Glass Breaker 200 after addressing some radial tire problems Saturday (April 21) on Toledo (OH) Speedway.
Fontaine, driving his FLF Race Cars Chevrolet, qualified 22nd in the 27 car field on the one-half mile high banked Ohio paved oval.
“What we learned about air pressure paid off,” said Fontaine. We’re still working on the setup for these tires.”
Although not racing in the top ten Fontaine was in some serious racing as he moved forward during feature.
“The main thing is we kept up and we were actually part of the race this time,” Fontaine said. “It was exciting and I hope we can take this experience and use it when we get back on radials.”
Fontaine was passing other cars on his way to the front, but encountered overheating problems early, but still fell a little short of a top ten finish.
Fontaine then started last in the field, but gained several positions following the pit stop and with 50 circuits remaining there was a wreck involving 13 cars, but was lucky enough to get through the incident without damage.
“After the restart we were running in the top 15 and I felt like we were running times that were close to the leaders. I think we made a big leap in the right direction and maybe in the next race we can have a better starting position and compete with the top running cars.”
Fontaine will compete again in the second race of the 2007 Season in the ASALMS Southern Division Friday and Saturday May 4-5, 2007 at the Watermelon Capital (GA) Speedway, located South of Macon in Cordele, Georgia for the running of the Watermelon Bowl 125.
Glass Breaker 200 Results
Pos..Start.Car #/Driver..........Laps.Status
1....5.....89 Travis Dassow......200..Running
2....6.....5 Derek Thorn-R.......200..Running
3....1.....015 Colt James........200..Running
4....15....35 Keeton Hanks.......200..Running
5....8.....8 Eddie Hoffman.......200..Running
6....13....11 Peter Cozzolino....200..Running
7....12....12 Michael Annett.....200..Running
8....14....08 Andy Hanson-R......200..Running
9....2.....13 Charlie Menard.....200..Running
10...11....32 Sean Murphy-R......200..Running
11...16....116 Dave Kuhlman......200..Running
12...26....9 Will Thomas.........199..Running
13...22....47 Chris Fontaine-R...199..Running
14...19....21 Rick Miller........199..Running
15...17....36 Ryan Durst-R.......199..Running
16...18....01 Alec Carll-R.......195..Running
17...20....81 Jesse Smith........189..Running
18...24....71 Danny Ouderkirk....155..Mechanical
19...27....09 John Wes Townley...147..Running
20...7.....131 Ryan Lawler.......144..Accident
21...9.....45 Michael Simko-R....144..Accident
22...21....98 Zach Taylor-R......144..Accident
23...10....62 Travis Wilson......144..Accident
24...23....26 Greg Taylor........144..Accident
25...25....3 Bill Tomlinson......144..Accident
26...4.....77 Brian Campbell.....135..Accident
27...3.....15 Kris Stump.........64...Accident
DID NOT START: 14 Jim Ross and 31 Derek Bischak.
Lap Leaders: 015 Colt James Pole-75, 77 Brian Campbell 76-136, 015 Colt James 137-158, 5 Derek Thorn 159-195, 89 Travis Dassow 196-200.
Cautions: 13 for 71 Laps
Time of Race: 2 Hours 19 Minutes 15.069 Seconds
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