from Standardbred Canada

Mississauga, ON — Guy Gagnon finished at the top of the driver standings to win the 2018 Eastern Ontario / Quebec Regional Driving Championship at Kawartha Downs, near Peterborough, Ontario on Saturday night (June 30) and advances to the National Driving championship at Grand River Raceway on Sept. 26.

Gagnon, a winner of 4,979 races and over C$23 million in purse money during his career, finished the competition with 49 points. In runner-up position, and also advancing is Stephane Brosseau, of L’Assomption, Quebec with 41 points.

The competition came down to the last race with the six races won by six different drivers. Gagnon and Brosseau finished 1-2 in the final RDC race and that’s where they landed on the leaderboard.

Gagnon and Brosseau will join other six drivers, including Ontario finalists Trevor Henry and Louis-Philippe Roy, Western finalists Kelly Hoerdt and Jamie Gray and Atlantic finalists Gilles Barrieau and Redmond Doucet at the 2018 National Driving Championship (NDC) at Grand River Raceway on Sept. 26.

The winner of the 2018 NDC will have the opportunity to represent Canada in the World Driving Championship (WDC), and join 2017 World Driving Champion, James MacDonald, in the 2019 WDC in Sweden.

Here are the final standings:
1. Guy Gagnon – 49
2. Stephane Brosseau – 41
3. Stephane Gendron- 36
4. Nick Boyd – 33
5. Reg Gassien -32
6. Brett MacDonald -31
7. Jonathan Lachance -29
8. Richard Simard – 25