Foisy Wins Autumn Colours, Haufe Takes the 2018 Legends Titles
A total of 28 teams with the Trailers Plus Ontario Legends Series signed-in at Peterborough Speedway October 5th to 7th with the goal of taking home a 2018 Autumn Colours Classic championship. For one of those teams, part of their dream season came to fruition with the simple wave of the green flag to kick-off the 40 lap feature event, as Stittsville, Ontario’s Matt Haufe captured the Eastern, Western and All-Ontario tour championships by rolling across the line at the start of the race.
Front row starters Andre Fiorini and Wes Cuthbertson paced the Trailers Plus Ontario Legends starting field to the line for their 40 lap ‘A’ main. Fiorini – who won the first 2 races of his career earlier this season at Sunset Speedway – had as much as a 10 car advantage as the pack started to catch the tail end of the field with 11 laps complete. Reigning series champion Matt Haufe moved into 2nd and was closing on the leader in lapped traffic, before taking over the top spot with 24 laps on the board.
Haufe and Fiorini swapped positions during an aggressive series of crossover moves as everyone fought to gain positions in the running order. A pair of yellow flags – both for incidents in the 2nd turn – on lap 27 and 37 tightened the field, allowing Kevin Foisy to take over the top spot and hang on for the win. Wes Cuthbertson, Haufe, Adam Cuthbertson and Dave Riopelle completed the top 5.
Terry McClelland, Bryan Batty, Dawson Drimmie, Robin Jongen, Kenny McNicol, Shane Pollock, Hayden Brown, Joe Sherman, Jeremy Coulter, Fiorini, Rick Eades, Paul Pierik, Andrew Massey, Cory Richardson, Luke Atkins, Jeff Forsey, Don Arnott, Ron Gibbons, Joe Adams, Gregory Rudzik, Cole McFadden and Brandon Thurlby rounded-out the running order.
Finishing positions are unofficial and subject to scoring review and post race inspection.
Trailers Plus Ontario Legends Series notebook: Late in the event, Shane Pollock made hard contact with the front stretch wall. The #17P machine was heavily damaged, but the driver walked away…Cole McFadden’s frustrating 2018 continued at Autumn Colours. He blew an engine in his primary car during Friday’s practice session and experienced mechanical issues in a back-up ride after only a few laps of Sunday’s main event…The #2 of Brandon Thurlby made it to the track for the parade lap but was unable to take the green flag…Kenny McNicol, Robin Jongen, Kevin Foisy. Adam Cuthbertson, Terry McClelland and Matt Haufe won the Ontario Legends qualifying heats.
2018 Trailers Plus Ontario Legends Series Schedule
Saturday, May 19th: Peterborough Speedway
Cancelled – rain
Sunday, May 20th: Sunset Speedway
Main event winner – #57, Kevin Foisy
Friday, June 1st: Kawartha Downs & Speedway
Main event winner – #7, Matt Haufe
Saturday, June 2nd: Peterborough Speedway
Main event winner – #0, Alex McCollum
Saturday, June 16th: Peterborough Speedway
Main event winner – #88, Matt Haufe
Saturday, June 23rd: Grand Bend Speedway
Cancelled – rain
Sunday, June 24th: Grand Bend Speedway (road course test)
Postponed to Sunday, September 9th
Saturday, July 7th: Sauble Speedway
Main event winner – #88, Matt Haufe
Friday, July 13th: Kawartha Downs & Speedway
(Canadian Legend Car Asphalt Nationals)
Main event winner – #31, Noah Korner
Saturday, July 14th: Peterborough Speedway
(Canadian Legend Car Asphalt Nationals)
Main event winner – #31, Noah Korner
Saturday, July 28th: Peterborough Speedway
Main event winner – #57, Kevin Foisy
Saturday, August 11th: Sunset Speedway
Main event winner – #7, Andre Fiorini
Saturday, August 18th: Sauble Speedway
National Qualifier
Main event winner – #44, Matt Haufe
Saturday, August 25th: Peterborough Speedway
Cancelled – rain
Saturday, September 8th: Grand Bend Speedway
Main event winner – #44, Matt Haufe
Sunday, September 9th: Grand Bend Speedway
Main event winner – #17, Gregory Rudzik
Saturday, September 22nd: Sunset Speedway
Main event winner – #17, Gregory Rudzik
Saturday, September 29th: Flamboro Speedway
Main event winner – #44, Matt Haufe
October 5th, 6th & 7th: Peterborough Speedway
Autumn Colours Classic
Main event winner – #57, Kevin Foisy
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