Danny O’Brien On Verge of 10th Brockville Speedway Track C..

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Danny O’Brien On Verge of 10th Brockville Speedway Track Championship
Craig Revelle – Finish Line Web Design
August 31, 2011



With an off weekend for the 358 Modified division last week, Danny O’Brien and his team were looking forward to getting back to the track this week, and making their final run to the end of the 2011 regular season at Brockville Speedway. O’Brien carried a 36 point lead into the weekend. The O’Brien team also planned to travel to Cornwall Speedway on Sunday night in hopes of getting the car dialed in for the season finale Labor Day Weekend.



At Brockville on Saturday night, O’Brien started the night out by finishing fifth in his qualifying heat race. After the qualifier, O’Brien returned to the pit area and the team deliberated as to what changes to make on the car before the 30 lap main event. Danny started the feature from inside of row seven in 13th place. After avoiding a multi-car spin on lap four, O’Brien was now up to seventh and by lap 7 he was up into the top five. The caution came out on lap eight, and O’Brien restarted the race from the fourth position, when the race resumed he made his move to third and held that through halfway. A few laps later, O’Brien made the pass for second, and that is where he finished.



“It was a good run for us again tonight. We are doing what we need to do to win this championship”, says O’Brien. “We lost a few points to the 115, but if we can come in here next week and run our own race, and have a solid finish we will be in great shape”.



O’Brien had planned to race at Cornwall Speedway on Sunday, but the dissipating remnants of Hurricane Irene that come up from the east coast caused an all day rain, and track officials were forced to cancel the racing program.



This coming weekend O’Brien will be back at Brockville on Saturday night for the season finale for the regular season. O’Brien hopes to clinch his 10th Brockville Speedway title. On Sunday night, Cornwall Speedway hosts a 125 lap Canadian Nationals/Mr. DIRTcar 358 Modified Series race.



Danny O’Brien and Kendrick Racing would like to thank 1000 Islands RV Centre, Pat’s Rad, Stover Bus Lines, BOB FM, Ponte Bros. Masonry, Morrison Racing Engines, Bicknell Racing Products, and Integra Racing Shocks for their support during the 2011 racing season.



For more information on Danny O’Brien and the 17D racing team, please visit our website, www.dannyobrien.ca