Danny O’Brien’s Top Five Run at Brockville Ends in Disaster on Final Lap at Brockville; O’Brien Brothers Honor Their Dad on Hall of Fame Night

It was a very special weekend for the O’Brien family as the father of Danny O’Brien and his brothers Pat and Tim watched their father, Pat O’Brien Sr. get inducted into the Brockville Speedway Hall of Fame on Saturday night. In a special tribute to their Dad, all three O’Brien brothers had a special tribute paint scheme, featuring the infamous number 8 that Pat Sr. had raced at Brockville, Cornwall and Kingston Speedway back in the day.

Danny’s night started off with a fifth place finish in his qualifying heat race after starting from seventh. He returned to the pit area for some adjustments on the car and were ready to hit the track for the 30 lap feature. Starting from the 13th position, O’Brien patiently worked his way forward at the drop of the green flag. As the race reached the halfway distance on lap 15, Danny was up to seventh place and moved up one more spot as they completed lap 20. A caution on lap 23 would have O’Brien fire from the sixth position, and had moved into the top five with just a couple laps remaining. As they crossed the finish line on lap 29 disaster struck as the leaders made contact sending one car spinning in front of the field leaving Danny with no place to go to avoid heavy contact. The car suffered heavy front end damage. The race never did resume for the final lap because of rain, and O’Brien was credited with a very disappointing 20th place finish.

Danny will be back at Brockville Speedway once again this Saturday night as he looks to get back to victory lane and close in on the point lead as we enter the final month of the 2013 regular season.

Danny O’Brien t-shirts are on sale at the Finish Line Web Design merchandise trailer located behind the main grandstand at Brockville Speedway on race nights. They also have Danny O’Brien 1:16 scale Model Cars, drawings by Central, New York artist Donnie Dana, as well as window decals.

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, Bicknell Racing Products, and Integra Racing Shocks for their continuous support and we look forward to a very exciting 2013 campaign.

For more information on Danny O’Brien and the 17D racing team, please visit our website, www.dannyobrien.ca. You can also follow Danny O’Brien through www.1000islandsrvmotorsports.com, a website launched by longtime sponsor 1000 Islands RV.