Jessica Power Gets Back on Track With Solid 3rd Place Performance at Brighton Speedway on Saturday Night; Super DIRT Week Coming up Next

After a tough battle the previous week at Mohawk International Raceway, Jessica Power and the Power Racing team were looking forward to getting back on the track this past weekend for the next round of the DIRTcar Sportsman Series. The destination this week was at Brighton Speedway, where Power first began her racing career in the 4 cylinder class back in 2004.

The night began with the typical time trial format for most DIRTcar Sportsman Series events. Jessica posted the second fastest speed in her group, earning a front row starting spot for the eight lap qualifying heat race. She led the race early, and just when it looked like she was going to grab the heat race win, she dropped to second after a photo finish at the checkered flag. Power still finished in a position to make the redraw for a top 12 starting spot in the 35 lap main event, and by luck of the draw she selected position number three, and lined up on the inside of the second row. Jessica moved to second early, and settled into third for the first part of the race. After a great battle for the third position in the closing laps, Jessica crossed the line with a solid third place finish.

“It was a good run for us tonight”, says Power. “We qualified well, and raced in the top five all night long. It was a really good points race too, gaining ground on the series point leader. We are happy with that, and we will now pack up and move on to the next race, and hope to keep it up”.

That next race was supposed to be Saturday night at Le RPM Speedway in St. Marcel, Quebec. An all day rain, and a forecast of more rain throughout the evening forced track and series officials to cancel the program.

Power will now have a couple weeks off to prepare for Super DIRT Week in Syracuse, New York. The DIRTcar Sportsman Series continues on Wednesday, October 9th at Weedsport Speedway, followed by practice and time trials at the New York State Fairgrounds on Thursday, October 10th, more practice and heat races on October 11th and the 30 lap DIRTcar Sportsman main event at the Fairgrounds on Saturday, October 12th. The season will conclude on Friday, October 18th at Brockville Speedway for the DIRTcar Northeast Fall Nationals.

Jessica Power and the Power Racing team would like to thank all of our 2013 sponsors which include Speedy Auto Service, Gananoque Chev-Olds, Fastenal, Wing’s Live Bait & Tackle, John’s Your Local Grocer, Stover Bus Lines, Axcel Sports, Dash Lawncare, 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., Camara Slate, NAPA Auto Parts, Lakins Tile and Finish Line Web Design for their support and we look forward to a very exciting 2013 campaign.

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