Danny O’Brien Gets Hard Fought Top Ten at Brockville Despite No Power Steering; Rain Washes Out Friday’s Events at Mohawk Raceway

After a busy couple weeks, Danny O’Brien was back to his regular routine with events at Mohawk International Raceway on Friday night and Brockville Speedway on Saturday.  While the team still prepared for both events, one eye was kept on the weather both days, as rain was forecasted for much of the weekend.

It rained through the early afternoon in Kingston on Friday, and the feeling was that there would be no racing at all, but as the afternoon went on, reports from the track were that the rain had held off, and racing was still on.  The forecast didn’t look good, and by 4:30pm track officials decided to cancel the evening’s racing program.

On Saturday night, rain was in the forecast once again but the precipitation stayed away from the track, and racing at Brockville Speedway was on as scheduled.  After taking the win at Brockville Speedway on opening night, the last couple weeks haven’t gone as planned, as he fought to a sixth place finish last week, and was unable to finish at all the week before.  After starting fifth in his qualifying heat race, Danny advanced to finish in third.  After making some minor adjustments, O’Brien was ready for the 30 lap main event.  Starting from 13^th, Danny worked his way forward, and by halfway he was in sixth place, and looking to advance inside the top five.  In the second half of the race, O’Brien had lost power steering, and was struggling to hang on, and with three laps remaining he brought out the final caution of the night with three laps to go as the car spun in turn one and two.  O’Brien would rejoin the field, and fight his way back to finish ninth.

“It was a tough night at the BOS this week”, says O’Brien after the race.  The track was really heavy because of the rain.  We were moving up ok, but we lost power steering and ended up off the track with a few laps to go”.

Danny O’Brien would like to thank 1000 Islands RV Centre, Pat’s Rad, BOB FM, Ponte Bros. Masonry, Morrison Racing Engines, Snap-On Adam Way, Wurth, Bicknell Racing Products, and Integra Racing Shocks for their support going into the 2012 season.

For more information on Danny O’Brien and the 17D racing team, please visit our website, www.dannyobrien.ca.  The website will soon be getting a new look over the next couple weeks.  You can also follow Danny O’Brien through www.1000islandsrvmotorsports.com, a new website recently launched by longtime sponsor 1000 Islands RV.