Raphael Lessard still leading the championship despite a 11th place late last night

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The Summertime Showdown presented by the 250 Grilling Store was a bloodbath for the drivers of the series CARS Super Late Model while only 11 of 23 cars have passed the finish line. The young prodigy racing Raphael Lessard of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce managed to pull out of the game, despite a technical problem, finishing 11th.

Having qualified 4th for what was certainly one of the toughest races of the season for all drivers on the track, and despite its 11th position in the end, Lessard, driver of the # 99 FRL Express / Toyota / JBLAudio team David Gilliland Racing , is still leading the championship, a few points ahead of his nearest rival, Brandon Setzer. The latter finished the race in 7th place.

Punctuated by yellow and red flags, running 125 laps started 2 hours late because of a downpour that hit while the pilots were in turn warmer. Raphael had a very good start, placing automatically in 3rd position in the first round. The first half of the race was more exciting while Lessard waltzed between the 3rd and 5th place. Then, several accidents have set the tone for this race which was dotted stop on the track. Additionally, CARS series, towers completed under yellow flags do not count the total of laps, which stretched quite the evening.

“The qualifying session went very well, we qualified in 4th position. In terms of the race, early self was not going very well, so I adjusted my driving to the car to be sure to keep my position. I found the right line to use. In the end the car was fine, but I dared not push too much because I wanted to save my tires for the end of the race. At one point, I even missed my teammate Tanner Thorson, because I knew my car was not competitive enough. By heating the tires during one of the retries, I noticed that the car jumped a little, something was wrong, so I immediately returned to the wells and realized that it was a breakage of the rear control arm. I return to the track I was 10 laps behind the others, but I still was able to finish 11th and collect valuable points to keep my first place in the championship. It’s part of racing! “

His team leader Seth Smith is also very impressed by the maturity and the swerve of his young driver: “This is a great racing driver. It’s a pity he had a bad luck tonight, but it happens and it will often be in the race! Since the beginning of the year, he did a very good job and it is going very well. “

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