After topping follow and qualifying and main the primary 246 laps of Saturday’s 250-lap race at Sundown Speedway in Innisfil Ontario, Lapcevich appeared untouchable.
A late warning with eight laps remaining, nonetheless, put the end result unsure.
Alex Guenette, who restarted second, took the lead with two to go. Within the remaining nook, Lapcevich acquired to Guenette’s inside, made contact, and drove by way of on his strategy to his third win of his profession within the Canadian-based NASCAR sequence.
Treyten Lapcevich
Photograph by: NASCAR Media
“These restarts acquired nerve racking,” mentioned Lapcevich, 19. “A gap opened up in Flip 3 on that final lap and we had been in a position to get it accomplished.”
The one laps that Lapcevich didn’t lead had been held by Guenette.
“I gave all of it I had there. Acquired the lead with one lap to go however simply got here up quick,” mentioned Guenette. “Offers us a whole lot of confidence for the remainder of the season”.
Kevin Lacroix completed, forward of reigning champion Marc-Antoine Camirand, and Donald Theetge rounded out the highest 5.
Finishing the top-10 had been D.J. Kennington, L.P. Dumoulin, J.P. Bergeron, Larry Jackson, and Brandon Watson.
The 2023 Pinty’s season strikes subsequent to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, subsequent Sunday. The race will be streamed dwell on TSN+ and FloRacing.
