1979 NASCAR North Tour

Race #22 - Molson 100

The NASCAR North Tour Series made their 22nd stop of 1979 in Mont Laurier, Quebec, Canada at Autodrome Mont-Laurier, for the Molson 100.

Robbie Crouch led the field to the green but it would be Hector Leclair who would get a strong run going into Turn 1 who would lead the first lap. With his championship rival Beaver Dragon starting in the middle of the pack, Leclair knew he needed to take advantage and get the best possible finish that his Nova could give him as he remained in the lead until Jamie Aube would pass him on Lap 26, just two laps before the lone caution of the day would come out, resulting in everyone making pit stops.

Crouch would remain in the lead as Leclair would drop to fifth while Beaver Dragon would come out tenth. When the green came back out, Aube quickly began to pull away from the field while Dragon began to work his way up, by the halfway mark, Dragon had worked his way past his championship rival and with twenty to go he passed Andy Isbister for second place and was nearly two seconds behind leader Jamie Aube. Dragon would cut the lead down over the next twenty laps to just under a second but it wasn't enough as Jamie Aube would hang on to score his third win of 1979.

Other Noticeables:
Jamie Aube scored his 3rd win of the year,
Aube led 1 time for 77 laps, which were the final 77 laps,
It was the 3rd win of his career in the NASCAR North Tour Series and his first since Catamount; 13 races ago,
Beaver Dragon, who finished 2nd, kept his points lead, leading Hector Leclair by 102 points

1.41-Jamie Aube (77 laps led)
2.7-Beaver Dragon
3.81-Andy Isbister
4.83-Claude Aubin
5.44-Keith Cavanagh
6.00-Roger Laperle
7.12-Tim Dykman
8.59-Hector Leclair (23 laps led)
9.11-Claude Leclerc
10.16-Stub Fadden
11.1-Gardiner Leavitt
12.X-Pete Silva
13.24-Phil Gerbode
14.04-Del Thompson
15.70-Jean-Paul Larose-1 lap
16.25-Randy Corey-1 lap
17.07-Tom Rosati-2 laps
18.10-Gilles Lussier-2 laps
19.48-Robbie Crouch-60 laps (Piston)
20.26-Laurent Rioux-74 laps (Ignition)

Robbie Crouch-Pole
Hector Leclair-1-23
Jamie Aube-24-100

1 Lead Change among 2 drivers

Caution Flags: 1 for 5 laps
Lap 28 (Car #26 Stalled Backstretch)

Margin of Victory: 0.984 Seconds

Time of Race: 40 Minutes and 56 Seconds

The field has finished qualifying for the 23rd race of the season the Plattsburgh 50 at Plattsburgh International Raceway.

Beaver Dragon won the pole, with a time of 21.871 seconds, beating Phil Gerbode by 0.023 seconds.

Other Noticeables:
Beaver Dragon won his 3rd pole of the year,
Dragon won his 3rd career pole in the NASCAR North Tour Series and his first since Monadnock; 2 races ago,
Beaver Dragon, who will be starting 1st, will be trying to improve on his 102 point lead over Hector Leclair

1.7-Beaver Dragon
2.24-Phil Gerbode
3.71-Bobby Dragon
4.48-Robbie Crouch
5.07-Tom Rosati
6.44-Keith Cavanagh
7.17-Bob Brunell
8.32-Claude Metivier
9.12-Tim Dykman
10.37-Mike Perrotte
11.1-Gardiner Leavitt
12.25-Randy Corey
13.8-Mike Barry
14.70-Jean-Paul Larose
15.04-Del Thompson
16.16-Stub Fadden
17.81-Andy Isbister
18.11-Claude Leclerc
19.38-Bill Branham
20.41-Jamie Aube
21.59-Hector Leclair

Race #23 - Plattsburgh 50

The NASCAR North Tour Series made their 23rd stop of 1979 in Plattsburgh, New York at the Plattsburgh International Raceway, for the Plattsburgh 50.

Points leader Beaver Dragon led the field to the green and would quickly begin to show why he is the points leader as he began to build up a lead, as the short distance, only fifty laps, forced drivers to give everything they had every lap. Dragon would lead for the first twenty one laps before Keith Cavanagh, who had worked his way up from his sixth starting spot, would take the lead. Much like he had done at Catamount just fourteen days earlier, Cavanagh would lead the final twenty nine laps and scored his second win of 1979.

Other Noticeables:
Keith Cavanagh scored his 2nd win of the year,
Cavanagh led 1 time for 29 laps, which were the final 29 laps,
It was the 2nd win of his career in the NASCAR North Tour Series and his first since Catamount; 3 races ago,
Mike Perrotte, who finished 21st, made his NASCAR North Tour Series debut,
Beaver Dragon, who finished 12th, kept his points lead, leading Hector Leclair by 98 points

1.44-Keith Cavanagh (29 laps led)
2.24-Phil Gerbode
3.12-Tim Dykman
4.1-Gardiner Leavitt
5.07-Tom Rosati
6.16-Stub Fadden
7.8-Mike Barry
8.71-Bobby Dragon
9.41-Jamie Aube
10.59-Hector Leclair
11.04-Del Thompson
12.7-Beaver Dragon (21 laps led)
13.81-Andy Isbister
14.70-Jean-Paul Larose
15.11-Claude Leclerc
16.25-Randy Corey
17.38-Bill Branham
18.32-Claude Metivier
19.17-Bob Brunell
20.48-Robbie Crouch
21.37-Mike Perrotte-1 lap

Beaver Dragon-1-21
Keith Cavanagh-22-50

1 Lead Changes among 2 drivers

Caution Flags: 0 for 0 laps

Margin of Victory: 2.618 Seconds

Time of Race: 24 Minutes and 51 Seconds

The field has finished qualifying for the 24th race of the season the Super Molson 100 at the Autodrome Val Belair.

Andy Isbister won the pole, with a time of 19.255 seconds, beating Langis Caron by 0.067 seconds.

Other Noticeables:
Andy Isbister won his 1st pole of the year,
Isbister won his 1st career pole in the NASCAR North Tour Series in his 23rd career start,
Beaver Dragon, who will be starting 8th, will be trying to improve on his 98 point lead over Hector Leclair

1.81-Andy Isbister
2.35-Langis Caron
3.24-Robbie Crouch
4.11-Claude Leclerc
5.12-Tim Dykman
6.41-Jamie Aube
7.07-Tom Rosati
8.7-Beaver Dragon
9.44-Keith Cavanagh
10.10-Gilles Lussier
11.1-Gardiner Leavitt
12.04-Del Thompson
13.59-Hector Leclair
14.87-Denis Chicoine
15.83-Claude Aubin
16.2-Roger Briere

*Note for this race I used Autodrome Montmagny as a replacement since Autodrome Val Belair has not been made for NR2003.