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Raphael Lessard Grabs Checkered Flag in NASCAR Pinty’s Series Debut

Alex Gallacher by Alex Gallacher
July 1, 2019
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VALLEE-JONCTION, Que (July 01, 2019)- — If anyone had any doubts about Raphael Lessard being the real deal, they were quickly crushed.

Lessard, who grew up minutes from Autodrome Chaudiere in St. Joseph de Beauce, Quebec, made his presence known, winning the Budweiser 300 in dominating fashion in his series debut. The 17-year-old Kyle Busch Motorsports and Toyota Racing Development driver became the first to claim the checkered flag in their series debut since Don Thomson Jr won the inaugural NASCAR Pinty’s Series race in 2007.

Lessard’s No.07 Societies Louis Jacques/ FRL Express Dodge used its speed on the restarts to take the lead from teammate LP Dumoulin on Lap 137 and never looked back. Lessard was able to hold off all who challenged him, until the race was called on Lap 286 when rain came pouring down.

“I didn’t expect it at all,” Lessard said. “At first, I thought our car was okay, and on new tires it wasn’t great but as the race went on it just seemed to get better and better. Everyone seemed to fall off and we just didn’t.”

“I’m super pumped and can’t thank everyone enough,” Lessard added. “It’s just awesome to do a deal like this for one race and dominate. I’ve never worked with those guys before, it just feels great.”

Following a strong first two events, Kevin Lacroix added another podium to make it three in a row in 2019. Lacroix started fifth and slowly fought his way up the field before settling for his second straight runner-up finish.

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“We always have a hard time here and we were targeting top 5 maybe top 6 and we would’ve been really happy,” Lacroix said. “And now second place, top contender. Everything is very nice for us, we’re really happy, gaining a lot of points, taking the points lead.”

Pole sitter and 2016 Chaudiere winner Alex Labbe led the early going before being passed by Dumoulin and Lessard. Labbe would fight his way to a third-place finish, his first podium since his one-off race at GP3R last season.

Jukasa winner Andrew Ranger and Alex Tagliani rounded out the top five.

Mark Dilley scored his second top ten of the season in sixth, followed by CBRT’s Brett Taylor in seventh, notching his best career NASCAR finish.

Despite being laps down at certain points in the race, Brandon White was able to defy the odds and score his best career finish in eighth. Simon Dion-Viens also recovered after numerous spins for a ninth-place finish, with Donald Theetge completing the top ten.

Lap 271 saw a turning points in the race after LP Dumoulin and Jason Hathaway crashed in turn three to draw the red flag.

The Budweiser 300 will air on TSN on Saturday, July 6 at 2 p.m. and RDS2 on Monday, July 15 at 7 p.m.

The NASCAR Pinty’s Series will take a few weeks off before arriving in the heart of Canada’s largest metropolis for the Pinty’s Grand Prix of Toronto live from the Streets of Exhibition Place.

 

Tags: autodrome chaudiereBudweiser 300Dumoulin CompetitionNASCARNASCAR Pinty's SeriesNASCARHomeTrackPintys SeriesracingRaphael Lessardstock car racingstock cars
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