2019 Lake Doucette Motor Speedway racing season underway

The cars round the track at Lake Doucette Motor Speedway. FRANKIE CROWELL PHOTO - Frankie Crowell

LAKE DOUCETTE, N.S. — The engines have started for another season of racing at the Lake Doucette Motor Speedway.
The 2019 season got underway on Sunday, June 9.
While not everyone was completely ready for opening day, it was still a great turnout.
The ladies started things off with a bang slamming into the tires and rolling 2 cars. Fortunately no one was seriously injured.

Fortunately the driver was not injured when this car rolled at the Lake Doucette Motor Speedway on the opening day of the season. FRANKIE CROWELL

A lot of people power helped to right this vehicle after it had landed on its roof. FRANKIE CROWELL PHOTO

The men’s 4 cylinder class saw over 17 cars competing with 14 starting the feature race, over half of which were rookies.
The sportsman division saw nine nice looking cars hit the track, although two of them lost some of the shimmer of their paint jobs when they hit each other in turn one.
Despite the wet weather that’s been experienced in the spring, the sun was shining and the stands were full of fans – so overall a good start to a new season.
The next race day is Sunday, June 23. Races get underway at 1 p.m.

The following are the results from open day:

• 4CYL WOMEN :

1st - # 11 Rachelle Muise
2nd - # 0 Natalie Robillard
3rd - #26 Rachelle Levesque

• V8 STOCK :

1st - #101 Willard Hurlbert
2nd - #77 Marc dEntremont
3rd - #37 Shaun Burke

Willard Hurlbert won the V8 feature having pulled away over Marc D’Entremont and Shaun Burke. TIM TERRY

• 4CYL MEN :
1st - #51 Nic Doucette
2nd - #94 JJ MacPhee
3rd - #96 Wayne Comeau

Nic Doucette brings won the Four Cylinder Men’s division feature at Lake Doucette over rookie JJ MacPhee and Wayne Comeau. TIM TERRY

SPORTSMAN:
1st - #0 JP Arsenault
2nd - #53 Steve MacPhee
3rd - #84 Dominique Hanna

JP Arsenault took home the Sportsman feature win to close off the day at Lake Doucette Motor Speedway. Steve MacPhee drove to second while Dominque Hanna, who led the most laps in the feature until a late restart, completed the podium. TIM TERRY

Lake Doucette Motor Speedway 2019 season is underway. FRANKIE CROWELL PHOTO

2019 Lake Doucette Motor Speedway race dates.

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