Leisure Family RV Centers SPEEDWEEKEND 2007

Johnny Clark Wins Peterbilt 250
After Starting Close to The Back, A Hard Charge Brings Home The Cash.

September 2nd, 2007
Fredericton, NB - After another successful night of racing with the O'leary Pontiac Excitement Sportsman 150 on tap for the first event for SPEEDWEEKEND, fans got a taste of yet another fantastic race. Tonight's race, the Peterbilt 250 was nothing but exciting.

At the beginning of the day it was a proven fact that Johnny Clark was holding his own as one of the fastest cars on track throughout practice. Starting the grid in the 18th position he held his ground and charged his way through the pack. While Clark made progress through the field, the #23f of Fearless Frank Fraser held on to the lead for 62 laps until on lap 64 the #0 of Shawn Turple took him off the restart and continued his lead for three laps until the hard charging #17 of Travis Benjamin took the lead away from Turple on lap 73. For the next 18 laps Turple and Benjamin battled it out for the lead. As the lap leader changed progressively through the race between Turple and Benjamin, John Flemming in the #97 passed by the two to take the lead and continued to hold the lead for 30 laps until Benjamin cruised by to lead the following nine laps. The mighty Ford, #28 of Kirk Thibeau, then zoomed by the leader to take the lead on lap 135 and continued to hold the lead when Johnny Clark came into the view of Thibeau's mirrors. On lap 156 Clark edged by Thibeau to take the lead and continue through to take home the win after holding off the fast approaching ride of Benjamin. Headliner's Justin Labonte and Terry Labonte put on a spectacular show for the fans with Justin finishing in 5th and Terry finishing in 26th after experiencing mechanical troubles through out the race.

Clark took home his second big win of his career tonight at NBIS. Finishing in second was the #17 of Travis Benjamin and rounding out the top three was the #97 of John Flemming. Each driver took home a sizable check, including Clark's check for $19,700. The surprising amount for a check was the 23rd, place finisher, Frank Fraser, receiving just a few dollars short of $4,000.

Make sure you tune into NBIS tomorrow for the Championship run for the Enduro Drivers. Could the team of Ruff and Hathaway take home their next championship or could another contender put up the run for champion? Make sure you swing by the Geary woods tomorrow for another outstanding day of racing at NBIS.

Peterbilt 250
Finish	Start	#	Driver	Hometown	Laps	Laps Led	Winnings
1	18	54	Johnny Clark	Hallowell , ME	250	94	$19,700
2	3	17	Travis Benjamin	Morrill , ME	250	32	$6,600
3	6	97	John Flemming	Halifax , NS	250	30	$5,500
4	12	23	Lonnie Sommerville	Saint John , NB	250	0	$2,400
5	17	44	Justin Labonte	Trinity, NC	250	0	$2,000
6	9	44x	Wayne Smith	Timberlea , NS	250	0	$1,800
7	5	20	Greg Fahey	St. Stephen	250	0	$1,700
8	8	28	Kirk Thibeau	Presque Ile , ME	250	22	$2,725
9	4	0	Shawn Turple	Enfield , NS	250	9	$2,025
10	14	29x	Greg Proude	North Wilshire , PE	250	0	$1,500
11	26	52	Shawn Tucker	Fredericton , NB	249	0	$1,100
12	15	32	Chris Hughes	Winsloe , PEI	249	0	$1,050
13	25	66	Paul Gahan	Lwr.St.Mary’s, NB	249	0	$1,000
14	23	35x	Derek Ramstrom	West Boylan , MA	248	0	$975
15	19	35	Brad Mann	Glen Livet, NB	247	0	$950
16	16	78	Brent Wiggins	Hanwell , NB	247	0	$925
17	28	79	Chris Duncan	Saint John , NB	245	0	$910
18	22	89	Donald Chisholm	Antigonish, NS	239	0	$900
19	24	54	Travis Kittleson	Mooresville , NC	199	0	$890
20	27	29	Robert Tomlinson	Arthurette	198	0	$880
21	7	29c	Trevor Sanborne	East Parsonsfield	156	0	$870
22	11	10	Kent Livingston	Charlottetown , PE	154	0	$860
23	1	23f	Frank Fraser	Shubenacadie, NS	131	62	$3,950
24	20	88	Kevin Moore	Fredericton , NB	112	0	$840
25	2	77	Scott Chubbuck	Brunswick , ME	109	1	$880
26	21	5	Terry Labonte	Trinity, NC	91	0	$820
27	10	81	Glenn Rasmussen	New Denmark NB	85	0	$810
28	13	48	Dave O’Blenis	Boundary Creek	63	0	$800