Brighton Speedway would play host to Canada's first ever Legends race on dirt. Jeff DeJong would be the lone car starting the race from the Dejong Motorsports stable, as Paul decided not to race. The team spent all day Saturday at the Ontario Legends race shop just outside of Brighton, Ont. preparing the car for the clay surfaced track. The windshield was swapped out for a screen, shocks and spring packages were changed over to a dirt set-up, and the repairs from the prvious nights racing were all completed before we headed to the track. Once at the track, pictures of hard slick corners were all but washed away. Six inches of mud covered the track at the beginning of the night, and hotlaps proved to be a mess. Fenders were caked with mud, and helmets were blurred with the clay. The first rounds of heats went off without any damage to the car, however, Jeff did spin out, thus finishing near the rear of the pack. The second round of heats saw Jeff get more comfortable and work his way to the front and put a challenge on for the lead. With a late fake caution (caution light came on momentarily, then went back out) Jeff dropped to 3rd. Jeff qualified in the 11th spot out of 19 cars. Once the feature started, the track came around and it was more like a tradional dirt track we were expecting. The 20 lap feature turned into about a 60 lap one with all of the cautions. Jeff spun the car out once by himself, and once to avoid another spinning car. Starting at the back twice, Jeff slowly made his way towards the front. After several crashes and a few cars knocked out of the race, Jeff found himself in the top 3. He had found the quick way around the track and it was working for him. After some late race cautions and having to pass a past Brighton Speedway track champion twice, Jeff managed to hold off all other drivers and take the win. Along with a large trophy, and the bragging rights to winning the first race on dirt in Canada, Jeff also took home $1000, the largest purse of the season. The teams next expected race is in Mosport on July 14th.
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Brighton Speedway would play host to Canada's first ever Legends race on dirt. Jeff DeJong would be the lone car starting the race from the Dejong Motorsports stable, as Paul decided not to race. The team spent all day Saturday at the Ontario Legends race shop just outside of Brighton, Ont. preparing the car for the clay surfaced track. The windshield was swapped out for a screen, shocks and spring packages were changed over to a dirt set-up, and the repairs from the prvious nights racing were all completed before we headed to the track. Once at the track, pictures of hard slick corners were all but washed away. Six inches of mud covered the track at the beginning of the night, and hotlaps proved to be a mess. Fenders were caked with mud, and helmets were blurred with the clay. The first rounds of heats went off without any damage to the car, however, Jeff did spin out, thus finishing near the rear of the pack. The second round of heats saw Jeff get more comfortable and work his way to the front and put a challenge on for the lead. With a late fake caution (caution light came on momentarily, then went back out) Jeff dropped to 3rd. Jeff qualified in the 11th spot out of 19 cars. Once the feature started, the track came around and it was more like a tradional dirt track we were expecting. The 20 lap feature turned into about a 60 lap one with all of the cautions. Jeff spun the car out once by himself, and once to avoid another spinning car. Starting at the back twice, Jeff slowly made his way towards the front. After several crashes and a few cars knocked out of the race, Jeff found himself in the top 3. He had found the quick way around the track and it was working for him. After some late race cautions and having to pass a past Brighton Speedway track champion twice, Jeff managed to hold off all other drivers and take the win. Along with a large trophy, and the bragging rights to winning the first race on dirt in Canada, Jeff also took home $1000, the largest purse of the season. The teams next expected race is in Mosport on July 14th.
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