TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec – In the 50th running of the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, and the 50th year of Dumoulin family racing, hometown hero L.P. Dumoulin grabbed perhaps the biggest win of his career on Sunday with the NASCAR Pinty’s Series.

To make it even sweeter, he was surrounded by his family from start to finish.

Prior to the race, family patriarch Richard Dumoulin paced the field in the car he raced during the first GP3R. At the end, J.F. Dumoulin finished third, joining L.P. on the podium for the first time in their Pinty’s Series careers.

“There’s no way to describe the feeling,” L.P. Dumoulin said. “I’m on the podium with my brother J.F. in front of all our family and friends.”

Dumoulin’s No.47 Weathertech Canada/Bellemare Dodge was locked in a fierce, late-race battle with Alex Tagliani with the laps winding down.

The two-time champion needed help, and it came when T.J. Rinomato spun with five laps to go, causing Tagliani to run wide and allowing Dumoulin to steal the lead.

“It’s perfect. My team has worked so hard to give me a great car all season long and we proved once again that we are capable of winning on both ovals and road courses,” L.P. Dumoulin said. “In the end, we caught a little bit of traffic and that helped me pass Tagliani, we set some quick laps and we won.”

It was the second win for Dumoulin at his home track, and ninth of his career.

Tagliani, who was in prime position to score his third straight at GP3R win, finished second. The Lachanaie, Quebec driver took the lead on lap 20 after Andrew Ranger came down to pit, going on to lead 25 laps en route to his second podium of the season.

“It was a great finish for our sponsors,” Tagliani said. “Unfortunately, we were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. There was a spin and we took evasive action through the marbles and second place was able to take advantage of it.”

The elder Dumoulin, J.F., mounted a hard charge late in the race to catch the leaders. His No. 04 Spectra Premium Dodge, which was shifted to a part-time schedule in 2019, had this race circled on the calendar.

In the end, the Trois-Rivères, Quebec driver ultimately ties his best career finish in third, scoring his third career podium in the process.

“It’s awesome. It’s our first podium at Trois-Rivières in the Pinty’s Series,” he said. “I’ve been fourth a lot of times, so I’m really excited to be up on the podium with my brother. It’s a great day for us and our sponsors.”

Kevin Lacroix came into Les 50 Tours Hotel Le Concorde trailing Ranger by 18 points. Lacroix started from the outside of the front row and would lead the first 15 laps, before being hit with a penalty after taking his fuel can out of the pit box.

Lacroix’s No. 74 eventually fought way all the way up to fourth. D.J. Kennington completed the top five finishers.

Jason Hathaway and Raphael Lessard were sixth and seventh, respectively.

After leading four laps, Ranger ended up finishing eighth. Ranger will now carry a 14-point lead over Lacroix heading into Riverside next week.

Simon Dion-Viens and Donald Theetge rounded out the rest of the top 10.

The finish:

L.P. Dumoulin, Alex Tagliani, J.F. Dumoulin, Kevin Lacroix, D.J. Kennington, Jason Hathaway, Raphael Lessard, Andrew Ranger, Simon Dion-Viens, Donald Theetge, Alex Guenette, Mark Dilley, Raymond Guay, David Michaud, Larry Jackson, J.F. Laberge, T.J. Rinomato, Marc-Antoine Camirand, Alex Labbe, Anthony Simone, Jocelyn Fecteau.

BROOKLYN, Mich. – Kevin Harvick stretched his fuel all the way to the end of Sunday’s Consumers Energy 400 at Michigan Int’l Speedway, and it was enough to put him in victory lane.

On a day when many of his closest pursuers had to make splash-and-go pit stops in the final laps, Harvick kept his foot on the gas and motored home to his second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win of the season, as well as his second in a row in the August race at the two-mile Michigan oval.

After the sixth and final caution of the day waved with 52 laps left, when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun in turn four, all the frontrunners pitted for fuel on lap 150 and set up for an economy run to the finish.

Green-flag conditions resumed with 48 to go, and Harvick found himself fifth behind a trio of Team Penske Ford drivers – Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowski – as well as the Penske-affiliated Wood Brothers entry of Paul Menard.

However, slowly but surely, Harvick began picking his way to the front as those ahead of him had to focus on saving fuel.

With 45 to go, Harvick dispatched Menard for fourth, and then he rode there for the next 16 circuits before turning up the wick and driving past Keselowski to move into the third position.

The next time by, Blaney dropped back to try and conserve additional fuel, elevating Harvick to second. From there, Harvick drove up onto the back bumper of defending Michigan winner Logano and ultimately made the decisive pass for the lead on lap 183 of 200.

Once Logano pitted for enough fuel to make it to the checkered flag, Harvick was unchallenged down the stretch, crossing the finish line in front of runner-up Denny Hamlin by 1.054 seconds.

“We just had a really fast car all weekend,” said Harvick, who rallied back from a flat tire under green in the opening stage. “Our car handled really well today, and with the multiple lanes, we were able to run all three lanes pretty well and make our way through traffic. I’m really proud of everybody on our Mobil 1 Ford team, and everybody back at the shop from Haas Automation and Stewart‑Haas Racing.

“We put a really fast car on the race track and were able to capitalize on it, and that’s always fun.”

Hamlin was philosophical afterward, admitting that “the fastest car won the race, speed-wise.”

“We didn’t have the best handling car when it was really hot and slick, but as the day went on and the track cooled off, the guys that had built more speed into their car … the conditions kind of handicapped it for them, so we were able to hang on to those Fords there at the end,” Hamlin noted. “The 4 (Harvick) was trying to save fuel there, I’m guessing, and then the 2 and the 22 peeled off. We were right there, though. We just didn’t have enough speed.

“It’s a balance. I feel like we had a great FedEx Camry today, but just came up one spot short again.”

Kyle Larson finished third for Chip Ganassi Racing, a much-needed shot in the arm after his Knoxville Nationals bid fell apart early in the week, with Martin Truex Jr. and Daniel Suarez following.

Kyle Busch, Ryan Preece, William Byron, Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman completed the top 10.

Logano ended up 17th after having to duck to pit road with three to go, ruining his shot at victory.

“I needed more gas. The Shell car isn’t supposed to run out of gas,” quipped Logano. “The positive is that we were way better today than we were on Friday and Saturday. The negative is that we almost won the race, but ended up finishing 17th. You win some and you lose some, though. If the caution had come out, we would have been in good shape … but it stayed green, and that’s it. That’s the gamble.

“We took the gamble and it didn’t pay off,” he added. “At Pocono, we played it the other way and the caution came out. That’s two races now, and we just played it wrong both times.”

Keselowski and Blaney befell similar fuel-related fates, finishing 19th and 24th, respectively.

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BROOKLYN, Mich. – Putting his disappointing Knoxville Nationals showing behind him, Kyle Larson went back to his day job on Sunday and captured a third-place finish at Michigan Int’l Speedway.

Larson copped a speeding penalty in the opening stage of the Consumers Energy 400, but stayed on the lead lap and rallied back for the remainder of the afternoon with his No. 42 McDonald’s Chevrolet.

He was the beneficiary of several drivers running out of fuel inside the final 15 laps, jumping up from the fringes of the top 10 to the podium by the time the checkered flag waved on lap 200.

“I guess if you’re going to get a speeding penalty, the first run of the race is the time to do it,” said Larson, who was sitting ninth with 12 to go. “I was surprised when they said I was speeding, because I hadn’t hit a red light at all until after leaving my pit stall. That was the only time I hit a red.

“I was conservative on my lights the rest of the day … and maybe we just misjudged a little bit, or maybe I just was a little too fast; I don’t know. But our race was good and our car handled really well, so I was happy about that. We definitely came back through there pretty nicely. The last I knew, I was ninth … so to end up third is a great day for us.”

It was a far cry from how Larson started the week on the dirt Wednesday night. He was never a factor during his Knoxville Nationals preliminary event with Silva Motorsports, failing to lock into the championship A-main and leading him to withdraw from the Saturday finale at Knoxville Raceway.

That ended a two-year string of finishing on the podium at the world’s biggest sprint car race, but Larson refused to give up as he returned back to stock cars and back to the asphalt.

Sunday afternoon, Larson had solid speed and ran toward the front for much of the day, particularly in the final stage. His end result continued a run of four top-10s in the last seven Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races.

“I feel like we’ve been showing a lot of speed here the last two to two and a half months now, so we contended for a win in Chicago and have had some good runs since then,” Larson noted. “We’ve made some mistakes that have put us in backup cars, but all in all we’ve done a good job to bring fast race cars to the track every week.  It just says a lot about our team and how we’re fighting through the season

“It’s a good time of year to get the speed and get some rhythm, so hopefully we can keep it going.”

With three races remaining before the playoff reset, Larson gained some breathing room over the cutoff line, leaving Michigan 71 markers clear of 17th-place Daniel Suarez.

That’s good news for the California driver, as he seeks to both make the postseason and snap a near two-year winless drought.

“We had a great points day,” Larson explained. “We saved just enough fuel there at the end to get to the finish line and now we’re well above the cut line. I’m happy about our day.

“We want that win, but we want to be able to chase a championship too.”

And as for those Nationals Larson is pursuing, there will be another year to claim that win.

DUBUQUE, Iowa – The water flew and T.J. Fortmann reveled in the shower from his crew.

The Dubuque driver celebrated after he led all 15 laps of the Peosta Warehousing Logistics IMCA SportMod feature Sunday evening during Drew Cook & Sons Repair and Fluid Back to School Night at Dubuque Speedway.

“I can’t believe it. My first win in a stock car,” Fortmann said in C&W Trucking/Hoker Trucking/Kam Koncepts Victory Circle. “We continue the tradition of a Fortmann winning in the No. 32 at Dubuque.”

The hometown driver, who also serves in the military, took off from the front row and paced the green-to-checkered run.

“I got a thumbs up on the backstretch, so I knew I was clear on that final lap,” Fortmann added and laughed. “(I was) scared. I didn’t want to mess up.

Point leader Tyler Soppe and last week’s winner Jason Roth finally cleared traffic, but finished about a straightaway behind. Jake Murphy and Wes Digman rounded out the top five.

Point leader Bryce Garnhart launched from eighth, trusted the high groove and won the 20-lap Merfeld Brothers Automotive IMCA Modified main.

He took the lead on lap seven and held off several challenges and two-wide battles behind him with Matt Gansen, Timmy Current, a charging Tyler Madigan and Jason Schueller finishing next.

Several early top five drivers were victims of bad luck, including a late caution for Jed Freiburger and Mark Schulte.

Cole Mather took another K Motorsports IMCA Stock Car 12-lap main. Jarod Weepie, Jason Brimeyer, Chase Zaruba and Reece Norton followed.

Point leader Daniel Wauters passed Shane Oberbreckling about halfway through and won another Kinsella Concrete IMCA Hobby Stock 12-lap finale. Daryl Moss, Leah Wroten and Roger Winkers came next.

The teams of Austin Heacock/Justin Becker and Corey Rupp/Brandon Ehrisman put on a show in the visiting 2-Man Cruisers. The teams swapped the lead multiple times in the 12-lap feature, with Rupp/Ehrisman getting to the checkers first.

Kerry Davis/Cory Davis, Thomas Thompson/Dylan Elledge, and Justin Hansel/Paul Fleming completed the top five in an entertaining event.

Caleb Slouha visited from Newhall, Iowa for his first race in a year and won the 4 Cylinder feature. In only his second race ever on dirt, Slouha beat point leader Jacob Welter, visitor Rylie Mullin, Cody Brundage and Dylan Kuhl.

The event was called following the fifth caution in four laps for a Brundage rollover. Only three of the seven competitors made it to the finish line.

A total of 55 race teams hit the track for 15 total events, plus Back to School Night activities sponsored by Drew Cook & Sons Repair and Fluid at intermission.

Racing was completed about 9 p.m.

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Thomas Meseraull completed a clean sweep, winning Sunday night’s 25-lap Zimbrick Chevrolet of Sun Prairie Badger Midget Racing Series feature at Angell Park Speedway.

Earlier in the evening, Meseraull topped the 26-car field with a qualifying lap of 14.403 seconds and captured his eight-lap heat race.

Point leader Jack Routson took the lead at the start, with Meseraull passing four cars on the opening lap. Two laps later Meseraull passed Scott Hatton for second place. Meseraull cut into Routson’s lead and took over the top position on lap eight entering turn three.
Two laps later, Meseraull began lapping the back of the field. Meseruall held a 1.3 second lead over Justin Peck at the race’s midway. Two caution flags for spun out cars slowed the race on laps 14 and 16.
Peck challenged Meseruall for the lead on both restarts but couldn’t make a successful pass for the lead. Meseruall increased his lead to five car lengths with five laps remaining.
Meseruall, driving the RMS Racing owned Spike/Honda No. 7, finished 2.08 seconds ahead of Peck. Routson, Chase McDermand and Zach Boden.

“This was my kinda race track tonight, the car was fantastic, this team has worked hard the last few week’s I’m so happy to finally win a feature at Angell Park,” said Meseruall, who became the 165th different midget feature winner in the track’s 73-year history.
The finish:

Feature (25 laps): 1. Thomas Meseraull; 2. Justin Peck; 3. Jack Routson; 4. Chase McDermand; 5. Zach Boden; 6. Scott Hatton; 7. Jeff Zelinski; 8. Ryan Probst; 9. Mike Stroik; 10. Tristan Koenings; 11. Kevin Olson; 12. Jeremy Douglas; 13. Jim Fuerst; 14. Kyle Brinkmann; 15. Kevin Douglas; 16. Kurt Mayhew; 17. Harrison Kleven; 18. Denny Smith; 19. Shay Sassano; 20. Matt Rechek; 21. Jordan Mattson; 22. Kyle Koch.