TWO WINS FOR CHRIS RAABE (2nd Aug 2026 BLOG )
This BLOG begins on Thursday the 30th of July with a trip to the Airborne Park Speedway at Plattsburgh NY .
Don Simpson picked me up about 3. 30pm and the weather looked good .
There were no delays along the way, and we arrived just before the pre race, drivers meeting.
Once the hot laps got going , we stationed ourselves on the out side of turn four, with our Plattsburgh ‘tog buddy’ Kyle Coryea
It was the usual diet of 358 Modifieds, Sportsman, Limited Sportsman , Renegades and Mini Stocks . In addition to the nights program they had the Crown Vics, and a Kids Car ride during intermission.
Before the heat races began, I was on the middle in my regular spot on turn one and two
The first of the features was for the Crown Vics
This was won by Richie Turner
Next up, were the Limited Sportsman for their feature
David Johnson took the checkers in this one
The Modified Feature followed .
Chris Raabe started the race on pole, so it was no surprise to see him stay out in front until the checkers.
Mike Mahaney worked his way up to second, and was hot on Raabe’s tail as they ran the final lap. Felix Roy completed the top three.
The Rengades had their feature next, which took place before the Sportsman .
So with time pressing on, Don and I made our exit. We’re there mainly to cover the Modifieds , but if the Sportsman race follows , we stay for them too.
(It’s nearly a two hour trip for us)
So, in our absence the Sportsman Feature was won by Lonnie Rivers
I was back home and indoors before mid-night, perfect
That was my Thursday night done and I was ready for a full weekend ahead of racing.
Friday is usually a good day for me, when the Mohawk International Raceway is on my agenda. No big rush to get there, as its so close to home. It’s less than a mile , if I could walk across the St Lawrence River .
On a good day , with no border delays , I can be there in less than 15 minutes by road .
Saying all that, I’m usually there early, It was a regular night, lovely and dry , but there were other parts of the north east, that got heavy rain and cancelled before lunch time .
One extra to the Modified roster was Vermont’s Justin Stone who normally races at the Albany Saratoga Speedway on Fridays . He probably wishes he hadn’t bothered .
In hot laps his motor went up in smoke.
Although it was a dry night , we’d had plenty of rain and the track needed some extra prep before heat racing took place racing .
The Mini Stock Feature was first of the main events
CJ La Vair was the winner after fending off an early challenge from Felix Lavictoire .
Next up was the Pro Stock feature .
There were not too many wrecks this week and it settled down to a good race where Joceyn Roy came off best against Sid Harmer Jr .
The Modified feature followed this where Cedric Gauvteau dominated the first few laps . It wasn’t long before Chris Raabe caught and made the pass .
As Gauvreau slipped back , the fast moving Jordan McCreadie was moving up.
There weren’t enough laps left for him to get up front and make the challenge, so that’s how it finished. Gauvreau wasn’t far behind them to collect third.
So that was two wins in two days for Chris Raabe
Next up were the Sportsman .
With Tristan Ladouceur , the 6 times in 2026 feature winner starting near the front it was pretty much a foregone conclusion who would win.
Sure enough it was the 92T car , back in Victory Lane , making it Tristan’s seventh consecutive feature win.
The last race of the night was for the Limited Sportsman feature.
This turned out to be the best race of the night.
Early leader was Stephen Bushey who looked all set to get his second win of the year, until a mechanical failure with a few laps to go handed the lead to Parker Dermody .
It looked like Dermody was going to inherit the win, but young Graysen Reddick had other ideas . He caught him up and as they ‘drag raced’ to the checkers it was Reddick by a few inches. .
So it was young Graysen’s career first win in the Limited Sportsman.
That was my Fridays racing over , the next stop was the next day, Saturday the 1st of August at the Brockville Ontario Speedway
Just like the M.I.R , it was a regular show at the B.O.S
358 Modifieds, Sportsman , Limited Sportsman , Mini Stocks and Crate Sprint Cars.
The first of the features was for the Mini Stocks .
This was won by Carl Gorry who got a victory at the Cornwall Motor Speedway, the previous Sunday
The Modified feature was next.
One of the talking points of the night was the appearance of Sportsman star, Tristan Ladouceur out in the Pierre Dagenais owned 124 Modified .
He made his first appearance the previous week at Cornwall.
It was Kalen Draper who dominated this race. Chris Raabe , was catching him , but hadn’t got that ‘bit extra to make the pass .
The Sportsman Featured then followed and we were treated to a first time winner .
Blake Smith got his career first win in the Sportsman division.
With just the Crate Sprint Cars and Limited Sportsman left to go, it was time to make my exit.
In my absence , Adam Turner got the Sprint win, and Landon Ryan got his second consecutive Limited Sportsman win.
It was nice to be home before 11-00 pm .
The weather for the Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sunday the 2nd of August , didn’t look good.
With it being a DIRTCAR Series race for the 358 Modifieds , an early decision was expected . By the time I’d got home that night from the B.O.S , the cancelation notice had already been made .
That was a good call, as it rained most of the day , and I sat at home typeing this.