MONROE, Wash. — Fresh off a Must See Racing victory last weekend in South Carolina, Troy DeCaire made the trek to the Pacific Northwest and found victory lane once again.
DeCaire captured the season opener for the Granite Super Sprint Series at Evergreen Speedway Saturday night.
DeCaire, driving the Mike Newman owned Hurricane chassis, started the night off with quick time when he toured the three-eighths-mile, semi-banked asphalt oval with a lap of 15.331 seconds. DeCaire drew an inversion number of 10 and would have to start the 30-lap feature from the outside of the fifth row.
Despite his porous starting position, DeCaire took advantage of his outside starting position and went high, in typical DeCaire fashion, on the start. He had already moved into fourth position exciting turn two. He then moved into third position a lap later and set sail for second running Randy Dubois.
After following Dubois for several laps, he was able to make the pass and set sail for race leader Even Margeson, who had led from the drop of the green. With just a few laps remaining DeCaire had run Margeson down and had caught him. It appeared fans were in for a thriller. A lap 28 red flag changed the completion of the race at that point.
The double-file restart found Margeson and DeCaire sharing the front row. Unfortunately, after Margeson jumped the start two consecutive times, he was sent to the tail. With DeCaire now the new race leader, he took the lead at the drop of the green and led the final two circuits for his seventh victory of the season.
“I pulled up behind Even (Margeson) pretty quick,” explained DeCaire. “I thought I was gonna have a chance on the white flag lap. A couple guys got together and oiled the track and they threw a red.”
The finish:
Troy DeCaire, Randy Dubois, Jake Mann, Thomas Richardson, Jay Dishneau, Evan Margeson, Reece Goetz, Greg Middendorf, Todd Coleman, Chance Sabado, Cameron Neisinger, Jason Thomas, Chloe Hudson, Tony Seidelman.