Lee Gill Finishes Seventh in Rare Appearance at Mohawk Raceway; Maintains Brockville Speedway Points Lead With Top Five Result

It was an unusually busy weekend for Lee Gill and his team as they made a rare appearance at Mohawk International Raceway in Hogansburg, New York on Friday night, followed by their regular Saturday night visit to Brockville Speedway on Saturday night as he entered the night with a 20 point lead in the battle for the Modified track title.

Mohawk Raceway is a fantastic track located on the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory just east of Massena, New York. Gill last visited the track in 2011 in a Late Model and drove to a third place finish. Due to the track’s handicapping procedures, Gill would have to start from the rear of his qualifying heat race. He advanced his position to third place over the course of the 10 lap event. When the 25 lap feature started, Gill had lined up from the 12th starting spot, and quickly moved inside the top ten. As the race concluded, Gill crossed the finish line with a solid seventh place result.

“It wasn’t too bad out there tonight”, commented Gill after the race. “It has been so long since we have been here and we were a little bit off in our setup. We will take it and move on to Brockville tomorrow night”.

After rain delayed the start of the events at Brockville on Saturday night, the track had plenty of moisture in it, making it a very fast racetrack. Gill struggled early in the night and finished his qualifier in fifth place. The team regrouped and lined up for the 30 lap feature from the 12th position and patiently moved forward. With 10 laps complete he was up to seventh, and continued to battle for position on the way to his fifth top five finish in six events at Brockville Speedway this season.

Lee Gill will return to Brockville Speedway this coming Saturday night and will take a commanding 22 point advantage with him as they hit the track for the final time in the month of June.

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Lee Gill Gets Sixth Place Finish at Brockville Speedway; Continues to Lead the Way in Battle for Coveted Brockville Ontario Speedway Championship

Coming off of two consecutive victories at Brockville Speedway, Lee Gill was ready to get back to the track, looking for number three on Saturday night. Going into the night, Gill had posted top five finishes in each of the four previous starts in 2013.

Lee started his qualifying heat race from the rear of the field and worked his way up to finish in third place in the eight lap event. For the 30 lap feature, Lee would have to start deep in the field due to his wins in the previous two races. He fired from the outside of row seven in the 14th starting position and patiently worked his way towards the front of the field. As the race hit the halfway point, Gill was inside the top ten, and continued to move forward. The first and only caution of the race occurred on lap 25, and Gill was running in the ninth position. On the ensuing restart had quickly moved up to seventh and gained one more spot over the final laps to score a sixth place finish.

“We were just a little bit off tonight, compared to the last couple weeks”, says Gill after the race. “We will continue to work hard, and hopefully next week we can be a little better and get up there and challenge for the win”.

This coming Saturday night, Gill will return to Brockville Speedway looking to get back to victory lane. In five events so far this season, Gill has yet to finish outside the top six, and the fantastic start to the season has him on the top of the leaderboard at Brockville Speedway by 23 points.

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Lee Gill on a Roll as He Claims Second Consecutive Brockville Speedway Victory in 50 Lap Ogilvie’s Auto Triple Crown Series Race

After narrowly missing the 2012 Brockville Speedway track title, Lee Gill has made it clear that he is on a mission to claim the 2013 crown, posting back to back feature wins at Brockville Speedway. Slowed only by rain the previous week, Gill continues to sit at the top of the point standings and appears to be in the same championship form that he was in just over a decade ago when he posted four consecutive track titles.

Just before the rain hit last weekend, Gill set the second fastest time in his qualifying group. They picked up where they left off this past Saturday night, starting his preliminary heat race from the outside of the front row. He jumped out to the early lead and never looked back taking the heat race victory and earning a front row starting spot in the night’s 50 lap main event. Although he held the top spot throughout the race, Gill had a couple tense moments around lapped traffic but in the end it was Gill’s second consecutive victory lane appearance at Brockville Speedway.

“It was a tough night out there with all the rain we had the past couple days. A couple times tonight it had rained and I thought we were done for the night again”, says Gill after the race. “We have to go give Paul (Kirkland) a lot of credit for sticking with it and getting the show in for all the fans. I have to thank the crew for all of their hard work on the car”.

This coming Saturday night, Gill will return to Brockville Speedway looking to make it three in a row. In four events so far this season, Gill has yet to finish outside the top five, and the fantastic start to the season has him on the top of the leaderboard at Brockville Speedway by 20 points.

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