However, fans had a full day of 49 qualifying heat races and final races on Saturday. Winner of the Semi Pro Formula 500 finale on Friday, Serge Ouellet of Lachute won again on Saturday, this time in the Pro Formula 500, edging Ontario riders Ben Harris of Douglas and Rob Sheppard of Mindemoya. New York riders Dustin Gehrke of Morrisonville finished fourth ahead of Rome residents Anthony Pettinelli and Andrew Spencer.

Samuel Beaulieu - snocross racer #69 (photo credit - Flagworld.com)

Dustin Gehrke was very productive at the Grand Prix of Valcourt winning three races in three different classes. He won his second Pro Stock 600 Fan race of the weekend on Saturday to push his total to four this season in the Eastern Pro Tour. The 19-year old rider took the checkered flag ahead of Michael Soucy of Hopkinton, New Hampshire and Dave Baldwin of Carleton Place, Ontario. In the Stock 600 Fan class, he won this time ahead of Baldwin and Soucy. Andrew Spencer finished fourth.

In a race that was red-flagged twice, Gehrke won a hard fought battle in the Semi-Pro Formula 500 class against Rob Sheppard. American Anthony Pettinelli finished third ahead of Quebec riders Dany Poudrier of Labrecque, Jocelyn Lesieur of Shawinigan, and Serge Ouellet of Lachute who finished sixth.

In the Semi-Pro Champ class, Travis MacDonald of Lackport, Manitoba won his second race of the Valcourt weekend. The 16-year old beat 19-year old Nick Lagoy of Morrisonville, NY and Félipe Roy-Lalonde of Saint-Jude, Quebec to the checkered flag. Curtis Weatherdon of Barry’s Bay, Ontario finished fourth ahead of Alexandre Lavallée of Drummondville, Quebec.

It was an all Quebec podium in the Sport Formula 500 with Jocelyn  Lesieur of Shawinigan winning ahead of Gaston Ferland of Quebec City and Harold Carrier of Saint-Lambert de Lauzon.

In motocross 450cc action, Carl Daigle of Sherbrooke, Quebec narrowly beat Maxime Sylvestre of Joliette, Quebec in a hotly disputed contest. The two leaders easily outdistanced the rest of the field to the checkered flag. Samuel Desbiens of L’Ange-Gardien, QC finished third ahead of Michael Hakey of Alstead, New Hampshire, Yannick Lacroix of Sherbrooke and Guillaume Hudon of La Pocatière, QC.

Camoplast Snocross Championship
Falling back to seventh place after a dismal start, Jennifer Paré of La Doré, Quebec moved through the field to finish second to snocross Sport Super Stock 600 class winner Samuel Beaulieu of Stoneham, Quebec. Michael Ouellette of Tingwig completed the all-Quebec podium. Christopher Ingles of Perreville, NY finished fourth, followed by Quebec riders Nicholas Fillion of Desbiens and Michael Favreau of Coaticook.

Lucas Brunel of Boucherville, Quebec won his match against Lincoln Lemieux of St. Johnsbury, Vermont in the snocross Semi-Pro Open finale. Luc Villeneuve of Quebec City finished third ahead of Chris Ackerman of Jericho, Vermont, and Quebecers Pierre-Vincent Fillion of Desbiens and Donovan Asselin of La Doré.

Matthew Morin - snocross race at the Grand Prix de Valcourt (photo credit to Flagworld.com)

In the final snocross event of Saturday, Mathieu Morin won a most exciting race in the Pro Super Stock snocross class. The Val d’Or rider beat Bobby Lepage of St. Johnsville, NY who rebounded after finishing fifth in Friday’s race. Quebec riders took the next four positions with Dany Poirier of Saint-Théodore d’Acton finishing third ahead of Dave Asselin of La Doré, Keven Benoit of Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil and Dave Allard of Saint-Félicien.

The Grand Prix of Valcourt continues Sunday with the Eastern Pro Tour ice oval final races of the weekend and the final rounds of the Camoplast Snocross Championship. Motocross and ATV riders will also be on the bill.

Tickets for the 28th edition of the Grand Prix de Valcourt, presented by La Capitale General Insurance for Sunday are available at Circuit Yvon Duhamel ticket office from 8:00 a.m. Ticket price are $27. To learn more on the Grand Prix, fans can log online at: www.grandprixvalcourt.com

Contributed by:
Max d’Orsonnens
Media Liaison
Grand Prix Ski-Doo de Valcourt