VanBrocklin Wins Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Race at MIR

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VanBrocklin Wins Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Race at Mohawk Raceway
Craig Revelle – Finish Line Web Design

September 20, 2011



In his first year of following the Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Series, Josh VanBrocklin has visited several tracks for the very first time. Last weekend, he had moderate success on their swing through western New York and into Canada at Ransomville, Merrittville and Humberstone Speedway. This week he was once again visiting a new track, at Mohawk International Raceway in Hogansburg, New York.



It did not take VanBrocklin long to get familiar with the new track, as he posted the fastest time in his time trial group and also took the checkered flag in his qualifying heat race. In the 50 lap Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman feature, VanBrocklin lined up from third place, and the race was slowed quickly as a caution came out right at the start with a crash involving the series point leader, as well as the next closest competitor in the series behind VanBrocklin, who entered the race in second in the standings. When the race resumed, he jumped out to the lead early and proceeded to dominate the entire 50 lap race that went caution free after the initial incident at the start. When the checkered flag waived VanBrocklin not only won the race, but lapped up to the fourth place car. With the dominating performance, and the struggles of the other top points contenders, VanBrocklin moved back into championship contention, trailing the leader by only 26 points.



“This is such a great facility and great track. It is our first time here, but we had heard so much about it from other people”, says VanBrocklin in victory lane. “We had a great day in the point standings, and hopefully we can carry on some momentum through the rest of the season.



This coming weekend VanBrocklin will be at Brighton Speedway this coming Friday night. VanBrocklin ran at Brighton earlier this season and will have some set up notes to fall back on for this race. After that it will be Super DIRT Week with events at Cayuga County Fair Speedway on October 5th, and New York State Fairground on October 8th, and the 2011 Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Series will conclude at Brockville on October 15th.



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