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 20^th place, O’Brien soon discovered the adjustments were in the right direction as he charged through the field in the opening laps, moving to 11^th 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.

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.