Repeat winner
Brudenell’s Jonathan Hicken tops field in Atlantic Championships Pro Stock 250
Jonathan Hicken of Brudenell picked up where he left off in 2016 by collecting another Atlantic Stock Car championship in Sunday’s Pro Stock 250 at the Centre For Speed in Shediac, N.B.
Hicken led the final 125 laps after taking the lead from Fredericton, N.B.’s Kevin Moore on Lap 126.
Dylan Gosbee (Cornwall) and Robbie MacEwen (Sherwood) finished second and third, respectively, and joined Hicken on the all-P.E.I. podium. Fourth-place Brandon Harris (Fredericton Junction, N.B.) and fifth-place Chris Hughes (Brackley Beach) completed the top five.
Ashton Tucker led the opening lap of the 250-lap race, passing pole-sitter Cal Hatfield before Hicken took the lead on the second lap. Moore took the lead on the 78th circuit from Hicken before driveshaft issues sidelined him shortly after losing the lead on Lap 126.
Nine cautions slowed the Pro Stock 250. Heat races were won by Gosbee and MacEwen. Alex Sheehan (Oyster Bed Bridge) was the winner of the Street Stock 100 for his first Atlantic Championships title. Sheehan took the lead from Cory Leonard (Goodwood, N.S.) shortly after a restart on Lap 20 and led the remaining 80 laps en route to the win.
Luc McLaughlin (Geary, N.B.) crossed the line in second place, but didn’t pass post-race technical inspection, giving Brandon Snow (Oyster Bed Bridge) and James Matchett (Miramichi, N.B.) second and third, respectively.