Rookie Desjardins Loses it on Last Lap, Letting Warner Take NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week Championship 30
SYRACUSE, N. Y. – Oct. 7, 2012 – NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week 2011 Pro Stock champion Rocky Warner added to his tally another victory, but not in the Pro Stock class. Warner, of Gloversville, N. Y., began running in the Sportsman Modified division last year, and again brought his Sportsman ride to Super DIRT Week and steered it to victory in Sunday’s Sportsman Modified Championship 30.
“It hasn’t really hit me yet,” Warner said. “I told some of the guys to pinch me. It doesn’t seem real yet.”
Warner may have seen victory lane at the New York State Fairgrounds, but never with the competitive 60-car field that attempted to qualify for Sunday’s championship race.
“The Pro Stock class is a tough class, but we’re getting 30 Pro Stocks here, which is pretty much the whole field,” Warner said. “For Sportsman there are 60 or 61 cars that registered here, and it’s not just 60 cars, there are 30 or 40 of the best of them, so it’s one of those deals where it makes you feel a little better.”
At the green flag, Warner was 11th while rookie and fast-timer Mathieu Desjardins took the lead. Desjardins, of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, led the race until the last lap, when Warner charged ahead from third to take the lead, leaving the Quebecois with the second spot at the finish.
“The last yellow was too much,” Desjardins, of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, said (in French through a translator). “I’m really disappointed to have led 29 laps and to have lost the race on the last lap.”
Sportsman Modified Series point leader Cody McPherson, finished second, building his lead over Martin Pelletier.
“It’s bittersweet,” McPherson said. “It’s a good finish but you want to win the race.”
Rounding out the top five in the NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week Sportsman Modified Championship 30 are Chris Herbison in fourth and Jimmy Spellmon in fifth.
NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week Sportsman Modified Championship 30
New York State Fairgrounds – Sunday, October 7, 2012
| Pos |
No. |
Name |
Laps |
Diff |
|
1 |
79 |
Rocky Warner |
30 |
– |
|
2 |
1m |
Mathieu Desjardins |
30 |
1.106 |
|
3 |
7T |
Cody McPherson |
30 |
2.465 |
|
4 |
63 |
Chris Herbison |
30 |
3.2 |
|
5 |
28 |
Jimmy Spellmon |
30 |
3.269 |
|
6 |
21J |
James Henry |
30 |
5.186 |
|
7 |
18r |
Brad Rouse |
30 |
6.477 |
|
8 |
92 |
Martin Pelletier |
30 |
6.935 |
|
9 |
47S |
Corey Wheeler |
30 |
7.576 |
|
10 |
6 |
Brandon Easey |
30 |
7.932 |
|
11 |
6 |
Gary Lindberg |
30 |
8.076 |
|
12 |
14x |
Scott Duell |
30 |
8.318 |
|
13 |
10 |
Josh VanBrocklin |
30 |
9.003 |
|
14 |
11k |
Dillon Sallows |
30 |
10.69 |
|
15 |
52 |
Jessica Powers |
30 |
11.08 |
|
16 |
14 |
Brett Wright |
30 |
11.17 |
|
17 |
85h |
Robert Humphreys |
30 |
11.51 |
|
18 |
114 |
Jeremy Pitcher |
30 |
12.54 |
|
19 |
14g |
Bryan Gleason |
30 |
13.4 |
|
20 |
m1 |
Dave Marcuccilli |
30 |
13.93 |
|
21 |
34 |
Justin Sharp |
29 |
1 Lap |
|
22 |
66 |
Dan Wiesner |
28 |
2 Laps |
|
23 |
R70 |
Ryan Arbinout |
27 |
3 Laps |
|
24 |
15L |
Adam Leslie |
26 |
4 Laps |
|
25 |
27p |
Jeremy Pitts |
22 |
8 Laps |
|
26 |
55c |
Jesse Cotriss |
19 |
11 Laps |
|
27 |
6m |
Mike Williams |
18 |
12 Laps |
|
28 |
57b |
Frank Burnell |
13 |
17 Laps |
|
29 |
80 |
Steve Barber |
9 |
21 Laps |
|
30 |
97h |
Bobby Hackell |
6 |
24 Laps |