It was a Canadian who took the victory, NASCAR Pinty’s Series competitor Treyten Lapcevich, who held off the Frenchman Paul Jouffreau throughout the entirety of the race to claim his second career victory in the series.
Lapcevich becomes the second driver in series history with multiple wins, the only other driver being the champion from earlier this year, Alon Day, who has three victories, all at road courses. However, with his win last season at Phoenix, Lapcevich becomes the first to have a win at both an oval and road course.
A FEW OFF TRACK EXCURSIONS
Lapcevich started alongside NASCAR Mexico Series representative Alex de Alba, the pole decided by only 0.001 seconds. de Alba was victorious in a practice race prior, so he had the speed to keep in the early stages. However, de Alba had pressure from Jouffreau and the result was a visit off into the grass.
With de Alba rejoining between Clayton Corner and Quebec Corner, a domino effect began that came to contact in the hairpins at Moss Corner. Gordon Barnes (Whelen Euro Series) went off, then Andres Pérez de Lara (Mexico Series) took a loop and got hit by Alberto Naska (Whelen Euro Series) as a result.
A few laps later, things looked to be calmed down, but both Lapcevich and Jouffreau were long gone from the rest of the field.
TO PIT OR NOT TO PIT
In a 30 lap race at Mosport, fuel wouldn’t be a concern. Tires, on the other hand, would be the question at hand as the race continued onward. Drivers also had a fast repair at their disposal to utilize in case of emergency.
For the top two of Lapcevich and Jouffreau, they had gotten such a lead that it prompted one driver in the second pack to attempt the strategy. Jake Cosio (Mexico Series) was running in fourth between Rajah Caruth (Drive for Diversity) and last week’s winner Victor Barrales (Mexico Series). He decided to pit at halfway, but nobody else took that option.
Caruth and Barrales wound up getting together after a Caruth excursion into the grass, which crippled Caruth’s car, but as the laps were coming to a close, he decided to ride it out until the end and not pit. The Top 4 of Lapcevich, Jouffreau, Barrales and Giorgio Maggi (Whelen Euro Series) stayed out.
Cosio would be the only front runner to take the gamble, but it didn’t pay out as he was only able to fight back for a fifth place finish.
CANADIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE
From the drop of the flag, Lapcevich was on defense to keep the lead from de Alba at first, then Jouffreau for the remainder of the night. Only Alon Day has been able to score multiple victories in the series in the previous nine races. Jouffreau was looking to add his name to the winners list in race 10.
Neither would pit, and towards the end of the race, tire grip was hard to come by as both drivers slid into and out of the corners. At times through each lap, Lapcevich would pull away, but at other points Jouffreau would close right back in.
It came down to the final corner of the final lap. Jouffreau threw it in as Lapcevich played the defensive line. It didn’t stick as Jouffreau slid off into the grass. Lapcevich coasted to the line to score the victory.
SEASON 3 RACE 2 – MOSPORT TOP 10 FINAL RESULTS
FIN
ST
NUM
DRIVER
SERIES
INTERVAL
LED
PTS
1
1
20
Treyten Lapcevich
Pinty’s Series
30 LAPS
30
40
2
3
33
Paul Jouffreau
Whelen Euro Series
+2.436
0
35
3
7
39
Victor Barrales
Mexico Series
+14.735
0
34
4
6
8
Giorgio Maggi
Whelen Euro Series
+15.473
0
33
5
4
51
Jake Cosio
Mexico Series
+28.445
0
32
6
2
14
Alex de Alba
Mexico Series
+29.933
0
31
7
9
13
Rajah Caruth
Drive for Diversity
-35.286
0
30
8
15
7
Jean-Philippe Bergeron
Pinty’s Series
-48.787
0
29
9
17
54
Alberto Naska
Whelen Euro Series
-51.578
0
28
10
11
148
Gordon Barnes
Whelen Euro Series
-53.393
0
27
BARRELES STAYS ON TOP OF THE STANDINGS
The winner at Las Vegas, Barrales followed it up with another podium finish, maintaining his points lead entering the halfway race in a week and a half at Daytona. Lapcevich finished sixth in the first race after starting last on the grid. He’ll go into Daytona as the runner-up in points, three points back.
Caruth faltered back to a seventh place finish this week after his runner up last week. He falls to fourth in the points behind Cosio, with his third and fifth place finishes on the season so far. Jouffreau moves up the eighth after a poor start at Vegas.
POINTS STANDINGS AFTER RACE 2 – MOSPORT
POS
NUM
DRIVER
SERIES
POINTS
BEHIND
1
39
Victor Barrales
Mexico Series
74
LEADER
2
20
Treyten Lapcevich
Pinty’s Series
71
-3
3
51
Jake Cosio
Mexico Series
66
-8
4
13
Rajah Caruth
Drive for Diversity
65
-9
5
7
Jean-Philippe Bergeron
Pinty’s Series
61
-13
6
14
Alex de Alba
Mexico Series
60
-14
7
8
Giorgio Maggi
Whelen Euro Series
59
-15
8
33
Paul Jouffreau
Whelen Euro Series
57
-17
9
10
Ulysse Delsaux
Whelen Euro Series
52
-22
10
46
Miguel Gomes
Whelen Euro Series
51
-23
10
18
Aaron Cosio
Mexico Series
51
-23
NEXT: A SUPERSPEEDWAY SUNDAY AT DAYTONA
Next Tuesday, the series will be off as the third race is scheduled instead for a Sunday morning in Germany. On 4th December, the third race of the series at Daytona International Speedway will be broadcasted live from the ADAC SimRacing Expo in Nuremberg, Germany.
It’s unknown which drivers will be participating live, in-person from the expo at this time, but it will likely include some of the drivers that compete in the Whelen Euro Series. Lapcevich will be there according to a tweet from the official DBOX account.
ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 @NASCAR/@NASCARPintys driver @TLapcevich will be racing live at SimRacing Expo for D-BOX eNascar International iRacing Series race #3 on December 4th. Don't miss it! pic.twitter.com/GnPm303OgG
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