Local girl wins at Emo Speedway

By Lucas Punkari
Staff writer

After two seasons of coming away empty-handed at the Emo Speedway, the third season definitely has been the charm for Lindsay Bourre.
The Rainy River native, who captured her first win of any kind in a heat back on Canada Day, captured the checkered flag in the Street Stock feature race this two Saturdays ago, which also gave her the track’s Mid-Season Shootout trophy.
“When I won the first time on Canada Day, I was really excited,” Bourre enthused.
“Everyone was telling me, ‘It’s just a heat,’ but I was just pumped.
“And then this week to win again in the feature, all I could think was, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe this.’”
The 17-year old Bourre jumped out to the lead at the start of the 15-lap feature, and was able to lead from flag-to-flag despite some late pressure from Jeff Wickstrom and division points leader Don Bowman.
“I knew that they were starting to get closer and closer, and was I ever nervous,” Bourre recalled.
“When I saw the white flag come out, the only thing I was thinking was, ‘Don’t mess up,’” she laughed.
As for what has made Bourre and her Camaro become one of the top cars to beat in her class, the young driver points to her pit crew and her own improvements behind the wheel.
“My crew has been working really hard on the car and doing some different stuff on it,” she noted. “But I think my driving might be getting a little better, as well.
“I was really close to getting a win in a feature a couple weeks ago with Don [Bowman], and that really pumped me right up for the rest of the year.”
Bowman passed Wickstrom in the dying stages of Saturday’s feature to finish in the runner-up spot, with Carlee Bosma and Ron Westover rounding out the top five.
Bosma and Wickstrom were victorious in the heats earlier in the night.