It took 24 laps to set the table and just a single circuit to devour the meal as Dawson Drimmie picked up the Trailers Plus Ontario Legend Car Series presented by Nadeau Collision win with a last-lap pass on Saturday, August 9th at Peterborough Speedway.
Paul Pierik and Caleb Drimmie brought the field of 21 starters to the green flag for the group’s headline event. After early leaders Pierik and Mark Griffin took their turns at the front of the pack, Mitch Wright – who started seventh in the original line-up – became the next race leader with a half dozen laps on the scoreboard.
With slower traffic going a lap down, the leaders broke into two-car groups, with Wright and Dawson Drimmie, Griffin and Cole McFadden, along with Keaton Pipe and Caleb Drimmie. A trio of yellow flags – on laps 12, 16 and 20 – brought the pack together, with the No. 21 of Wright maintaining the top spot.
With only a handful of laps remaining, Wright – who made his Stock Car debut with the Ontario Sportsman Series earlier in the night – looked to be on the way to adding another checkered flag to his Ontario Legend Car Series resume. Lap after lap, Wright kept the wolves at bay, with Dawson Drimmie tight on his rear bumper. As the white flag waived, Drimmie saw his chance; he worked around the No. 21 to score the win. Adam Cuthbertson was third, followed by Cole McFadden. Mark Griffin – who was earning championship points for the No. 08 of Parker Traves – was fifth at the checkered flag.
Robbie Sikes, Nick Portt, Jake Spencer-Walt, Mackenzie Milwain, Caleb Drimmie, Paul Pierik, Andrew McFadden, Gibson Baker, John Milwain, Matt Thompson, Joe Sherman, Hailey McNicol, Nathan Killins, Nathan Huffman, Keaton Pipe and Rob Eggleton rounded out the finishing order. Heat race wins went to Jake Spencer-Walt, Keaton Pipe, Dawson Drimmie and Mitch Wright.
In a post-race interview, Wright called his late-race battle with Drimmie the most fun he’d had in racing all year. The group will return to Peterborough Speedway on Saturday, August 23rd before a reunion with the Great Lakes Legends Series on Saturday, August 30th at Full Throttle Motor Speedway.
