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By then Dumoulin, who won this race two years ago, had worked his way up to second and on the restart edged out in front of Lapcevich before going wide in a corner and had to settle for second.

“Two years ago we won with a green/white/checkered and this year it was with six laps to go and I didn’t have enough,” Dumoulin said. “I went a little wide in the corner and it cost me a win.

“But I think we have good momentum going home to Trois-Rivieres (which is the next stop in the series). It’s a new team and we are all starting to work together and we want to be in victory lane as soon as possible.”

For Lapcevich the caution flag was the last thing he wanted to see with less than 10 laps to go.

“When that caution came out there was words going through my head that I’m not allowed to say,” he laughed. “It wasn’t what we wanted to see because our car wasn’t the greatest right off the start of a green flag run, but once we going I think we were unbeatable tonight.”

Alex Labbe edge out Tagliani at the line for third place and Ranger finished fifth.

“It is really cool to be racing against guys who have sat on the Indy 500 pole (Tagliani) and won championships and contended for wins every weekend,” Lapcevich said.

“I definitely feel I’ve earned some respect tonight, and throughout the season, but there is still more to be earned and I’ll keep digging and do what I do best.”

Lapcevich had finished second twice earlier in the year and said winning a race will hopefully lead to furthering his career and his team.

“We don’t have a huge crew,” he said. “There is three or four of us who come down after work, or in my case after school, and put in hours at the shop.

“(Winning) is definitely that next step that I wanted to take and hopefully it will open up some new opportunities. Hopefully we can pick up another one of these before the end of the season.”