This past weekend teammates Renee Dupuis and Dave Etheridge trekked to Lake Erie Speedway (North East, PA) for the seventh event of the Featherlite Modified Series season. The 1,000-mile round trip journey is the furthest from home base for many of the FMS teams who call New England home. Saturday’s show marked the Series’ second appearance at the first-class facility.  

In any event, prior to the start of the 150-lap race, all FMS drivers participated in an hour long autograph session staged on the starting grid. Renee and Dave took the time to meet fans, sign autographs and pose for pictures. 

At the drop of the green flag, the teammates began working thru traffic on the tight 3/8^th-mile oval. Very early on – at about lap 25 - the ring and pinion in Renee’s car self destructed (graphically illustrated below) – immediately ending her run. She was easily inside the top-20 at the time of the parts failure. In the meantime Etheridge pitted for left-front damage – going down several laps in the process. 

Following dismal runs, Dave finished 24^th and Renee 28^th. Currently, Renee is ranked 19^th and Dave 25^th in the seasonal point standings (out of 74 different drivers). 

Following a rare weekend off (June 19-20), Renee and Dave are next scheduled to compete in a 150-lap race at Wall Township Speedway (Wall, NJ) on Saturday, June 26.