After a couple of really
frustrating seasons for Kyle Dingwall, he has rebounded in a big way in
2012. Entering the final night of the
regular season at both Brockville and Cornwall Speedway, Dingwall had already
captured two feature wins (at Brockville), and regardless of the outcome he
would finish the year in the top five in points at both weekly tracks. At Brockville, he entered the night with an
eight point deficit, and was looking forward to the opportunity to race for his
first ever BOS Speedway Modified title.
With a third place finish in
his qualifying heat race at Brockville, Kyle trimmed a single point of his
deficit, with the other championship contender finishing third in the next
heat, the difference remained the same, and he would have to make up eight
points in the battle for the championship going into the 30 lap main
event. Kyle lined up from the seventh
position to start the feature, and quickly moved up through the field. By lap ten, Kyle was up to third place, and
while he was focused on his position on the track, he couldn’t help but wonder
where the point leader was on the track.
When the race hit the halfway point, Dingwall was now up to second
place, gaining four points as he battled his way towards the championship. When the race ended, the suspense was
building as Kyle wondered if his second place finish was enough to earn him the
championship, and when the final totals were calculated, Kyle was the champion
by just two points.
“The suspense at the end of
the race waiting to hear if we won it or night was crazy”, admits
Dingwall. “I was trying to make the
calculations, and I was looking at the scoreboard to make sure the 7 car wasn’t
in the top five. We really had a great
season, and I have to thank everyone that has helped us along the way, all of
our sponsors and the race fans that support us each week”.
With his first Brockville
Speedway Modified championship secure, Dingwall began to prepare for Sunday
night’s race at Cornwall Speedway. It
was a 125 lap 358 Modified DIRTcar Series/Canadian Nationals Series main event. He qualified third fastest in his group in
time trials, placing him on the inside of the second row for his heat
race. A second place finish put him
into the redraw for a top 12 starting spot in the big race. He selected position number two, and would
fire from the outside of the front row.
After jumping out to the early lead, Kyle would fall to second on a lap
15 restart. He would remain in the top
five for most of the first segment, and when the race was stopped at lap 75 for
the competition caution he was running strong inside the top five. When the race resumed Kyle continued to
battle amongst the top five, running in the fifth position as the race hit lap
100. Just a few laps later, Dingwall
moved his car off the racing surface and out of harm’s way when the drive shaft
broke.
“We were having a really
good run tonight, but the drive shaft broke just after the lap 100 mark”, says
Dingwall after the race. “It would have
been great to finish out the season here at Cornwall on a better note, but
overall we have had a great year, and we look forward to running some different
tracks throughout the fall”.
Dingwall will have this
weekend off, and will return to action on Saturday, September 15th
with the Mr. DIRTcar 358 Modified Series at Mohawk Raceway. The following weekend he will be at Brighton
Speedway, and then on to the Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Weedsport, New York
on Wednesday, October 3rd.
He will close out the 2012 season at Brockville Speedway on Saturday,
October 13th with the 1000 Islands RV Centre DIRTcar Northeast Fall
Nationals.
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