{"id":8653,"date":"2016-10-08T08:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T12:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.90.244.159\/2016\/10\/08\/first-woman-to-win\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T14:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:09:18","slug":"first-woman-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superdirtweek.com\/miscellaneous\/first-woman-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"First Woman to Win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ladouceur Becomes First Woman to Win a NAPA Super DIRT Week Triple<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Pelletier and Warner also win Triple 15 qualifier<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n by Brendan Capria<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n OSWEGO, N.Y. \u2013 Oct. 7, 2016 \u2013 DIRTcar Sportsman driver Brianna Ladouceur added to the long list of <\/span>NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week unforgettable moments \u2013 45 years of cherished history \u2014 Friday night. She became the first woman to win a NAPA Super DIRT Week Triple (or Twin, for that matter. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWell, I didn\u2019t know [that I made history],\u201d Ladouceur said. \u201cThat just made me feel 10 times better now.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ladouceur\u2019s qualifier was earned, as there were many position changes within the 20-car field \u2013 mainly the runner-up position. In the opening laps, Kyle Inman jumped to the front from fourth; Matt Farham, who won one of the Sportsman Futures features earlier in the program, followed suit into the second spot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A caution on the fourth lap made Farham\u2019s jump from sixth short-lived, as Ladouceur took second on the sixth lap. The following lap, she overtook Inman. A caution on the eighth lap regrouped the field, but Ladouceur managed to solidify her spot in front.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Still, winning the race was not yet guaranteed. Tyler Trump climbed into the second spot with his sights set on Ladouceur\u2019s No. 15B car. With roughly three-tenths of a second separating the podium, Trump made a last-ditch effort but ran out of real estate. Ladouceur was the only driver to break 23 seconds in the feature (22.922).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I just feel awesome,\u201d said Ladouceur, left speechless in victory lane. \u201c[The win] just feels awesome. I\u2019ll try my best to win [Sunday\u2019s feature].\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The following two 15-lap qualifiers were polar opposites. In the second qualifier, the No. 92p of Martin Pelletier started in the front row on the outside. Thereon, he began to build momentum at the top and decisively win his qualifier.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pelletier led by as many as 6.007 seconds. He never looked back until the final caution on the closing lap of the race forced a green-white-checkered scenario. The 19-car field stayed single-file \u2013 with a few distant outliers \u2013 into the checkers. Cody McPherson, who maintained his podium standing throughout the race, finished second, while Adam Pierson finished third.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The final qualifier was a total shootout. Rocky Warner, who led every lap of the race, was challenged throughout the feature by places two through six. At times, a three-wide spanned the track behind him. Notably, Thursday night\u2019s feature winner, Brad Rouse, used the three-wide battle to get to the runner-up spot sooner than later.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rouse, however, ran out of time and faded towards the end. This left room open for Futures-winner Greg Martin to move into the second spot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t know if we were going to even run the triple race,\u201d said Warren. \u201cStart last, run it\u2026 run first, not even run it at all. [Seat] time definitely can\u2019t hurt. Hopefully we can put on a good show this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Warner recorded a top-three finish in time trials earlier in the day, and like Ladouceur, he was the only driver in his qualifier to record a lap time under 23 seconds (22.907).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Sportsman division is set to run one of NAPA Super DIRT Week\u2019s main attractions, the Chevy Performance 75 Championship. It will open a full day of racing as it is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Qualifier No. 1 (15 laps)<\/strong> \u2013 1. 15B- Brianna Ladouceur [3]; 2. 9x- Tyler Trump [5]; 3. 94- Chris Burek [8]; 4. 20k- Kyle Inman [4]; 5. 09- Connor Cleveland [7]; 6. 2- Jack Lehner [14]; 7. 73- Kevin Chaffee [11]; 8. 79- Dave Constantino [28]; 9. 34s- Kelly Smith [22]; 10. 1R- Brad Weaver [27]; 11. 29k- Chris Cunningham [18]; 12. 11s- Steve Lewis Jr. [21]; 13. 16- Mike Schultz [20]; 14. 92NY- Brandon Carvey [23]; 15. 85- Steve Abt [13]; 16. 2T- Mike Taylor [15]; 17. 34L- Patrick LaPage [24]; 18. 7S- Mike Sabia [9]; 19. 7F- Matt Farnham [6]; 20. 6- Matt Stangle [10]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Qualifier No. 2 (15 laps)<\/strong> \u2013 1. 92P- Martin Pelletier [4]; 2. 7- Cody McPherson [3]; 3. 15P- Adam Pierson [5]; 4. 10%- Timothy Hartman Jr. [9]; 5. 27B- Robert Bublak Jr. [6]; 6. 711- John M Sowle [9]; 7. 14- Jeremy Pitcher [7]; 8. 1RH- Adam Hilton [8]; 9. 713- Tom Collins Jr. [11]; 10. 20D- Gregory Doust [12]; 11. 52- Jessica Power [10]; 12. 14x- Scott Duell [23]; 13. 28w- Sandy Pembleton Jr. [17]; 14. 98T- Tyler Thompson [25]; 15. 33J- Jason Occhino [13]; 16. 98- Andrew Buff [18]; 17. K8- Brian Michers [26]; 18. 16JR- Jean-Pierre Labelle Jr. [24]; 19. 44c- Gregg Carner [21]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Qualifier No. 3 (15 laps)<\/strong> \u2013 1. 1J- Rocky Warner [1]; 2. 4- Greg Martin [4]; 3. 18R- Brad Rouse [9]; 4. 27- Jeremy Pitts [3]; 5. 234- Adam McAuliffe [14]; 6. 60- Jackson Gill [10]; 7. 74- David Flannigan [15]; 8. 19- Jamie Begor [13]; 9. 43- Martin Hebert [6]; 10. 88C- Connor Dawdy [17]; 11. 88H- Mike Jackson [16]; 12. 16A- Aaron Jacobs [24]; 13. 81- Luke Klob [22]; 14. 352- Fred Proctor [18]; 15. 180- Aaron Pugh [11]; 16. 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