Tuesday 31 July 2012
Danny O’Brien Gets Top Five Finishes at Mohawk Raceway and Brockville Speedway; Double Points Night at the BOS This Coming Saturday Night
As the month of July comes to and end and we approach August and the final full month of the 2012 regular season, Danny O’Brien and his team are looking to improve their consistency before the bigger series races later in year. O’Brien was back at Mohawk International Raceway on Friday night, and Brockville Speedway on Saturday night.
At Mohawk Raceway, Danny started his qualifying heat race from fifth place, and worked his way up to third place over the ten lap preliminary event. He started the 25 lap main event from 11th place on the starting grid, and moved up through the field. With 17 laps in, and under caution, Danny was in seventh place and when the race resumed Danny would continue to move forward, finishing with a fifth place result.
Danny traveled to Brockville Speedway on Saturday night, and once again finished third in his qualifier. He started from 11th, and struggled to gain much ground early in the event, riding in eighth place at the halfway distance of the 30 lap race. Over the next few laps, Danny would maneuver his way into the top five and ended up placing fourth.
“It was a pretty good weekend for us, with a pair of top five finishes”, commented O’Brien after the race at Brockville. “We have struggled quite a bit this season, so hopefully we can continue this through the rest of the season”.
This coming weekend, Danny will be back at Mohawk Raceway on Friday night, and then back to Brockville on Saturday as Danny’s long-time sponsor BOB FM along with Coca-Cola present a triple double night. That will be double laps, double purse, and double points for all weekly divisions. On Sunday, Danny will be at Cornwall Motor Speedway for the second round of the Canadian Nationals Series, with a 100 lap event.
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 during the 2012 season.
For more information on Danny O’Brien and the 17D racing team, please visit our brand new website, www.dannyobrien.ca. The website just received a new look this week. You can also follow Danny O’Brien through www.1000islandsrvmotorsports.com, a new website recently launched by longtime sponsor 1000 Islands RV.
Wednesday 25 July 2012
Danny O’Brien’s Brockville Speedway Frustrations Continue; Top Ten Finish at Mohawk Raceway on Friday Night
In recent years, Danny
O’Brien has been a dominant force at Brockville Speedway. He is a 10 time champion at the track, but
this season, he cant seem to catch a break.
Although he has two wins at the track in 11 events this season, the rest
of the races have not gone the way he has hoped. Mohawk International Raceway has been much better this season,
but O’Brien still continues to search for some consistency as we approach the
final week of July and get set for the final full month of the season in
August.
After a second place finish
in his qualifying heat at Mohawk Raceway on Friday night, Danny was ready for
the night’s 25 lap main event. Danny
started the race from ninth place, but the entire race went caution free, and
as the field got spread out, he was unable to gain much ground. Danny finished the night with a seventh
place result.
After getting caught up in a
lap one crash at Brockville Speedway last week, Danny was looking to rebound
with a much better night this time around.
He finished third in his qualifying heat race, and started the 30 lap
main event from the eighth position. On
lap seven, O’Brien’s car drifted up high over the banking in turn four bringing
out the caution. Danny restarted from
the rear of the field, and ended the night was a disappointing 15th
place finish.
“We are really struggling
here at Brockville this year”, says O’Brien.
“We will keep working at it, and hopefully our luck will turn around
soon”.
This coming week, Danny will
be back at Mohawk International Raceway on Friday night, and Brockville
Speedway on Saturday night.
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 brand new website, www.dannyobrien.ca. The website just received a new look this
week. You can also follow Danny O’Brien
through www.1000islandsrvmotorsports.com,
a new website recently launched by longtime sponsor 1000 Islands RV.
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Danny O’Brien Gets Third Place Finish at Mohawk Raceway; Lap One Crash Takes Him Out of the Race at Brockville Speedway
Although 2012 has not been
the kind of year that Danny O’Brien has come to expect, the team continues to
work hard, hoping the misfortunes that they have gone through would soon
change. O’Brien has run well many
nights, but the bad luck has taken him out of contention on several nights,
especially at Brockville Speedway, a track that O’Brien has dominated at
through his career.
On Friday night, Danny
traveled to Mohawk International Raceway, and began the night with a fourth
place finish in his qualifying heat race after starting eighth. After making some adjustments to the car,
Danny lined up for the 25 lap main event in ninth place on the inside of row
five. A multi car wreck occurred on lap
five, and when they went back to green, O’Brien would restart from fourth
place. He quickly jumped to second, and
then took the lead on lap 11. Danny
held the lead through lap 15, before dropping to third in the closing laps.
“It was better then what we
have been running, but need to be a little better yet”, says O’Brien after the
race. “We will keep working away at it,
and hopefully we can get a win here again soon”.
At Brockville, O’Brien can’t
seem to catch a break. The bad luck
continued this week after a hard crash on lap one of the 30 lap main
event. The damage sidelined O’Brien for
the night. Before his win at the BOS
the previous week, O’Brien had more then his share of issues over the course of
the season. This week’s lap one crash
has put Danny in 10th in track points after ten weeks.
This coming weekend, Danny
will be back on Mohawk Raceway on Friday night, looking to improve on last
weeks third place finish. Danny is
currently fourth in points at Mohawk Raceway, only one point out of second
place, and 15 back of the point leader in the battle for the Mohawk Raceway
championship. On Saturday night, he
will be back at Brockville Speedway looking to return to victory lane.
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 brand new website, www.dannyobrien.ca. The website just received a new look this
week. You can also follow Danny O’Brien
through www.1000islandsrvmotorsports.com,
a new website recently launched by longtime sponsor 1000 Islands RV.
Monday 9 July 2012
Danny O’Brien Returns to Brockville Speedway Victory Lane on Saturday Night; Sixth Place Finish at Mohawk Raceway
The last few weeks have been
filled with bad luck for Danny O’Brien, but this was a new weekend, and with
lots of hard work from Danny and the O’Brien team, they were confident that
this weekend would be better. Events at
Mohawk Raceway and Brockville Speedway filled their weekend schedule.
At Mohawk Raceway, Danny
struggled early in his qualifying heat race, and made some adjustments to the
car before going back out for the 50 lap Frenchie’s “Chevy Runs Deep” main
event. After starting the race from 20th
place, O’Brien soon discovered the adjustments were in the right direction as
he charged through the field in the opening laps, moving to 11th in
just six laps. Danny continued to
battle his way forward inside the top ten, patiently biding his time over the
next few laps, running in seventh through halfway. With 20 laps remaining, Danny cracked the top five for the first
time on lap 29 and moved to has high as fourth before falling back over the
final ten laps to finish with a solid sixth place result.
“The car was strong for most
of the race, we were able to get up through the field pretty quickly”, says
O’Brien. “The tires started to go away
in the final 10 laps, and we slid back a little, but all in all it was a good
run for us”.
Brockville Speedway was up
next for O’Brien and he cruised to the win in his qualifying heat race. With the bad luck over the last few weeks,
O’Brien started the 30 lap main event up front, and he dominated the race from
start to finish picking up his first win at the track since opening night in
May. The win moves Danny up to seventh
in points, just eight points out of the top five.
“It has been a tough year
here so far with bad luck and mechanical failures, so it feels great to finally
get back to victory lane”, says O’Brien.
“I really have to thank the crew for all their hard work, and our sponsors
and fans for their support”.
This coming weekend, Danny
will be back at Mohawk International Raceway on Friday night, and Brockville
Speedway on Saturday looking to get back to victory lane once again.
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.
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