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A thrilling CAN-AM 200 at Autodrome Montmagny ended in a photo finish, with Raphael Lessard taking the victory over Jeff Cote in the $10,000-to-win Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour event.
A thrilling CAN-AM 200 at Autodrome Montmagny ended in a photo finish, with Raphael Lessard taking the victory over Jeff Cote in the $10,000-to-win Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour event.
A caution for Patrick Laperle's stalled car set up a late-race restart with nine laps to go, erasing the advantage Cote had built over Lessard on a green flag run. The two Quebec natives then battled door-to-door, trading paint over the final laps for the CAN-AM 200 victory.
Coming out of the final corner, the two drivers were deadlocked alongside one another, crossing the line in a photo finish. After review, series officials declared Lessard the victor, who crossed the line 0.005 seconds ahead of Cote according to electronic timing and scoring.
Lessard first took the lead on lap 44, after misfortune for his teammate, William Larue. Larue pulled out to an early lead, but fell off the pace from the top spot with a mechanical issue.
Cote took the lead for the first time on lap 116, but Lessard moved back out front on lap 132. Cote reclaimed the top spot after another battle on lap 149, and started to stretch out his advantage before the late caution set the stage for the fierce battle for the win.
Lessard entered the race as the points leader in the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour. The race is his second ACT win of the season, adding to a victory at White Mountain Motorsports Park. Cote is a three-time race winner with Serie ACT LMS Quebec, leading that championship battle.
Gabe Brown finished third, followed by Dany Gariepy and Jesse Switser.
The next event on the Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour schedule is another $10,000 to win race, the 8th annual Milton CAT Midsummer Classic 250 at White Mountain Motorsports Park. That event is scheduled for Saturday, August 2.
Fin | No | Driver | Laps | Diff |
1 | 48qc | Raphael Lessard | 200 | --- |
2 | 51qc | Jeff Cote | 200 | 0.005 |
3 | 47nh | Gabe Brown | 200 | 0.288 |
4 | 37qc | Dany Gariepy | 200 | 0.591 |
5 | 25nh | Jesse Switser | 200 | 0.990 |
6 | 17qc | Maxime Gauvreau | 200 | 1.241 |
7 | 31ct | Alexendre Tardif | 200 | 1.659 |
8 | 19qc | Dany Trepanier | 200 | 1.949 |
9 | 44qc | Patrick Cliche | 200 | 2.358 |
10 | 60nh | D.J. Shaw | 200 | 2.799 |
11 | 8eqc | Martin Goulet, Jr. | 200 | 3.635 |
12 | 7a | Karl Allard | 200 | 3.826 |
13 | 72qc | L.P. Lauzier | 200 | 4.288 |
14 | 45nh | Kasey Beattie | 200 | 5.089 |
15 | 18vt | Kaiden Fisher | 199 | 1 Lap |
16 | 56qc | Charles Bernier | 198 | 2 Laps |
17 | 03qc | Sebastien Couture | 197 | 3 Laps |
18 | 33qc | Remi Perreault | 197 | 3 Laps |
19 | 15qc | Christopher Bedard | 196 | 4 Laps |
20 | 11qc | Claude Leclerc | 196 | 4 Laps |
21 | 77qc | Daniel Verner | 194 | 6 Laps |
22 | 91qc | Patrick Laperle | 191 | 9 Laps |
23 | 36nh | Erick Sands | 187 | 13 Laps |
24 | 6qc | Felix Gratton | 187 | 13 Laps |
25 | 41qc | Jonathan Bouvrette | 185 | 15 Laps |
26 | 47qc | David Gagnon | 176 | 24 Laps |
27 | 21tn | Jean-Francois Dery | 172 | 28 Laps |
28 | 21L | Alex Labbe | 154 | 46 Laps |
29 | 73ma | Cole Littlewood | 141 | 59 Laps |
30 | 38qc | Gaetan Gaudreault | 130 | 70 Laps |
31 | 03ma | Derek Gluchacki | 126 | 74 Laps |
32 | 69qc | Vincent Rivard | 97 | 103 Laps |
33 | 66qc | Simon Roussin | 89 | 111 Laps |
34 | 9mx | Yvon Bedard | 71 | 129 Laps |
35 | 45qc | William Larue | 43 | 157 Laps |
36 | 8qc | Maxime Robin | 32 | 168 Laps |
37 | 92qc | Jonathan Desbiens | 2 | 198 Laps |