Dragon Soars To ACT Win at Airborne : Raceway Media

Plattsburgh, NY - - Brent Dragon won the 33rd Leo’s Furniture Fall Foliage 150 Sunday at Airborne Raceway and tightened up the ACT Dodge Tour title chase. Dragon’s victory, his second of the season, both at Airborne, moved into him second place, unofficially 33 points behind defending champion Jean-Paul Cyr, who faded late and finished 11th. Phil Scott and Eric Williams, who started 18th and 17th respectively, made strong advances over the final 30 laps to finish 2nd and 3rd.

Dragon started 14th and progressed to the front using the outside lane, which few drivers were willing to try. He raced past Jamie Fisher for fourth on lap 49, went outside of Dave Wilcox for third on lap 53, moved past Todd Stone with authority for second three laps later, and was soon door to door with Eric Chase, who had led from lap 17.

Dragon had taken the lead and built a full straightaway lead when the race’s first caution came on lap 73. The restart brought Phil Scott and Jean-Paul Cyr into the picture, just behind Dragons’ closest threats Chase, Todd Stone and Dave Wilcox.

Two restarts and fifty laps later, a spin by Jacob McGrath put Cyr alongside Dragon on the front row, followed by Stone and Scott. Scott, with Williams in tow , raced underneath Stone and closed in on Dragon and Cyr, but after one more caution, Cyr began to drop back with tire problems.

A final restart set up a four-lap shootout between Dragon and Scott for the win, but Dragon never faltered. Brian Hoar, a two-time Fall Foliage winner making his first ACT Dodge Tour start of the season, finished two car lengths behind Williams in fourth. Steve Fisher, Eric Chase, Tom Fearn, Todd Stone, Jamie Fisher, and Dave Wilcox held positions 5-10.

"We did what we came to do, try to win this race, which I had never done and gain some points on Cyr," said Dragon. "Having the bottom lane was a luxury towards the end, but we had to pass people on the outside to get there."

Two races remain on the 2004 ACT Dodge Tour. The next event is the $10,000-to-win Dodge Dealers National 150 at Lee USA Sunday, September 26. The Tour finale, the 41st Milk Bowl at Thunder Road, is set for Saturday/Sunday October 2, 3.

Leo’s Furniture Fall Foliage 150
1. Brent Dragon, Milton (14)
2. Phil Scott, Middlesex (18)
3. Eric Williams, Hyde Park (17)
4. Brian Hoar, So. Burlington (22)
5. Steve Fisher, Shelburne (13)
6. Eric Chase, Milton (2)
7. Tom Fearn, E Longmeadow, MA (6)
8. Todd Stone, Middlebury (4)
9. Jamie Fisher, Shelburne (8)
10.Dave Wilcox, Fairfield (5)
11.Jean-Paul Cyr, Milton (15)
12.Dave Whitcomb, Essex Jct (7)
13.Patrick Laperle, St Denis, Que (12)
14.Ron Henry, New Gloucester, Me (1)
15.Trampas Demers, So. Burlington (16)
16.David Avery, Lincoln, NH (21)
17.Joe Becker, Jeffersonville (11)
18.BJ Piekarski, Nashua, NH (23)
19.Mark Lamberton, Mooers Forks, NY (20)
20.Bryant Trim, Morrisonville, NY (25)
21.Tony Poissant, Alburg (19)
22.Sam Caron, Colchester (24)
23.Joey Laquerre, E Montpelier (27)
24.Jacob McGrath, Mendon (9)
25.Roger Brown, Lancaster, NH (10)
26.Pete Fecteau, Morrisville (3)
27.Dan Colby, Lyman, NH (26)

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