Jessica Power Gets Another Top Ten Finish at Brockville Speedway on Saturday Night; Ends Canada Day Weekend With Mixed Results

Going into the Canada Day long weekend, Jessica Power had a full weekend lines up. The usual Friday night events at Mohawk Raceway and Saturday night races at Brockville plus a return visit to Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sunday night. Entering the weekend, Power was inside the top five in points at both weekly tracks, and she was hoping to continue to move up the leaderboard.

At Mohawk Raceway on Friday night, Power suffered some damage to the car in her qualifying heat race, and thanks to some a local racer with a shop close by, Power was able to get the car fixed and return for the 20 lap feature. Starting at the tail of the field, Power cautiously worked her way forward, and finished in 11th place.

“The night could have been a whole lot worse after that heat race. We broke the shock tower, and needed to get it welded back in place before we could do anything else”, says Power. “Thanks to Pro Stock racer Jody Swamp we were able to get the car up to his shop just up the road from the track, and get it fixed”.

Brockville Speedway was up next, and Power began the night with a fifth place finish in her qualifying heat. Next up was the Sportsman Dash for Cash, and with the help of everyone’s votes last week, Power started on the outside of the front row, and took the lead early. The last half of the 10 lap dash was side by side for the lead, and with the checkered flag out, she finished the race in second place. The 20 lap Sportsman feature was up next, and Power started from 12th place. Although the car didn’t handle the way the team had hoped, Jessica was still able to advance through the field, avoiding wrecks that occurred in front of her, and crossed the line with a fifth place finish.

“We were a little of on our setup, but all in all it was a good run for us. Thankfully we were able to avoid a couple wrecks that happened right around us, and we came out unscathed”, says Power after the race. “As for the dash for cash, I really want to thank all of our family, friends, fans and sponsors that voted for us. We had a good run, and came within a lap of winning it”.

Taking advantage of the long weekend, the Power racing team traveled to Cornwall Speedway on Sunday. The added seat time at the track was important as the DIRTcar Sportsman Series comes to Cornwall in just a couple of weeks. Power started seventh in her qualifying heat and advanced to third. In the 20 lap main event, Jessica started from 12th but a bold that somehow sheared off the alternator caused some mechanical issues under the hood, and Power was unable to continue.

The Power Racing team still has their racing apparel for sale at the track each week. The profits from the sales of the team shirts will be used to fund their efforts for Super DIRT Week at the end of the 2012 season. To purchase your shirt, visit us at the track on raceday, or email power52racing@hotmail.com.

Jessica Power and the Power Motorsports team would like to thank Speedy Auto Service, Gananoque Chev-Olds, Fastenal, Jackson’s Landscaping and Property Maintenance, Wing’s Live Bait & Tackle, John’s Your Local Grocer, Stover Bus Lines, Axcel Sports, Great Chow Express, Star Diner, Len Corcoran Excavating, Glen Gould Estate Construction, Bicknell Racing Products, Bert Transmission Atomic Sign Works, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, South Eastern Mechanical Inc., and Finish Line Web Design for their support during the 2012 racing season.

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