Chris Fontaine drove the Glenden Enterprises #47 Ford Fusion from the pole and a fourth place start all the way to the winner's circle in the AACS 125 race at Desoto Speedway on Saturday, August 16.
Fontaine had qualified on the pole for the race, but had to start in fourth after an inversion. It was the second time in as many starts that he had qualified in the top spot. The other pole was on August 9 in the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour race at Anderson Speedway in Anderson,SC.
The Desoto win comes almost exactly two years after his last race at the track. That race was an AACS race which he also won on the way to placing 2nd in the 2006 AACS points race. In 2007, Fontaine won the pole for the ASA Late Model Series race that was schedulled for the Desoto track, but the race was cancelled.
After starting Saturday's race in the fourth spot, Fontaine moved up to the third position after the leaders #00 and #75 spun on lap 2.
On lap 59, coming out of turn four, Fontaine followed the #83 under the #75 to take over the second position.
Fontaine in the #47 and David Wilson in the #83 had a dogfight for the top spot throughout the next 58 laps until the #83 got loose and spun in turns three and four.
On the restart Fontaine pulled away from the field and led the last seven laps to the finish to take his first win of the 2008 season.
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