Ladouceur Caps Dream Season With SDW Sportsman Win

By Jordan DeLucia, DIRTcar Communications

OSWEGO, N.Y. (Oct. 10, 2026) – This year has been a breakout campaign for Tristan Ladouceur.

The young Canadian captured a record number of feature wins and a dominant track championship, but capped it all off Saturday afternoon with a win at Super DIRT Week 54 presented by StubHub.

The 20-year-old from Alexandria, Ontario, led the final 60 laps of the DIRTcar Sportsman Series main event at Oswego Speedway to capture his first Great Lakes 75 win, taking the lead from polesitter Tyler Peet on lap 15 and never looking back en route to the $5,000 prize.

“I honestly think I’m still dreaming,” Ladouceur told DIRTvision’s Rich Vleck in victory lane. “We’ve had such a great year. To be able to cap it off here with a win is just an unbelievable feeling.”

The win served as the cherry atop the proverbial sundae of success that Ladouceur has enjoyed in 2026.

Thirteen times he went to victory lane in DIRTcar-sanctioned competition — a personal record — including 12 consecutively at his home track of Mohawk Int’l Raceway, where he won the track championship in undefeated fashion.

With his 14th win of the season on Saturday, Ladouceur mathematically clinched the DIRTcar Sportsman Series championship, which he will officially be crowned with on Friday, Oct. 16, during Brockville Ontario Speedway’s Fall Nationals.

“We were really consistent everywhere we went; I think we only had one race outside the top five,” Ladouceur said. “I’m so happy. I’m just so happy.”

From the outside pole at Oswego, Ladouceur took the green flag and fell in line behind Peet as Jessica Power trailed them.

Several caution periods over the first 10 circuits around the five-eighths-mile confines of Oswego hindered the leaders’ abilities to build momentum, but that proved not to deter Ladouceur in his pursuit of the top spot.

On a lap-15 restart, Ladouceur got a strong run down the backstretch and drove hard into turn three, and with momentum sailed around the outside of Peet to take the lead at the exit of turn four.

“I was able to get to the top with [Peet] there, and for the rest of the race I was worried that someone would do the same to me,” Ladouceur said. “Those yellows were messing with my nerves a lot, but I knew we had such a great racecar, it would be pretty hard to pass us.”

For the next 60 laps, Ladouceur endured numerous caution periods and two red-flag stoppages, forcing him to be strong on every restart. And each time, he was, keeping Peet and Power behind him and never once letting them get close enough to make a serious bid for the lead.

After crossing underneath the checkered flag and pulling into victory lane, Ladouceur couldn’t help but smile with a strong sense of family pride on his mind.

His father, Joey Ladouceur, competed at Super DIRT Week in a Pro Stock every year from 2002–2013, and nearly had a win of his own at the New York State Fairgrounds, finishing second in 2012.

Though the event has transitioned to its new home at Oswego, the Ladouceur family name is now forever etched into Super DIRT Week history.

“I’m just glad I can represent my family this way,” Ladouceur said. “To finally get one at Super DIRT Week is pretty awesome.”

Power was able to make the move past Peet into second place on lap 37 and hold on for a runner-up finish, breaking her own record for the highest finish by a woman in Super DIRT Week history.

“I felt like if we had a longer green-flag run at the end, I might’ve had something for Tristan,” Power said. “I hope I kept him honest. He’s had a hell of a year; congratulations to him and his entire team. We really hoped we were gonna get it today, but there’s no shame in second.

“We had an awesome run and a great car.”

Peet crossed the finish line in third for his best career finish at Super DIRT Week.

“I think restarts and short runs were probably the worst thing for me; I really needed that to go green for awhile and get racing,” Peet said. “We had a really good car, just needed more green flag laps and to be able to race a little bit.”

Tyler Corcoran came from 28th to fourth and 21st-starting Chris Crane Jr. closed out the top five.

The finish:

DIRTcar Sportsman Series Great Lakes 75 (75 laps): 1. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur [2]; 2. 52-Jessica Power [3]; 3. 9G-Tyler Peet [1]; 4. 64-Tyler Corcoran [28]; 5. 711-Chris Crane Jr. [21]; 6. 714-Chris Darling [6]; 7. 18-Gavin Eisele [8]; 8. 29H-Nick Heywood [29]; 9. 01-Zachary Buff [9]; 10. 10-Karl Comfort [7]; 11. 0-Tony Finch II [11]; 12. 19-Owen Lewis [15]; 13. 6S-Josh Sokolic [10]; 14. 22AJ-A.J. Albreada [23]; 15. 33-Richard Murtaugh [26]; 16. 32-Joe Trichilo [13]; 17. 33M-Bodie Marks [20]; 18. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski [35]; 19. 00X-Josh Coonradt [14]; 20. 6-Cody Manitta [32]; 21. 31J-John Dumond [19]; 22. 26-Derrick McGrew [34]; 23. 72-Hunter Hollenbeck [33]; 24. 711X-Connor Crane [36]; 25. 83-Brett Sears [30]; 26. 11A-Anthony Alger [31]; 27. 88-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald [25]; 28. 07W-Taylor Wason [16]; 29. 10G-Austin Germinio [22]; 30. 916-Nick Brundige [37]; 31. 56-Trevor Catalano [18]; 32. 12G-Matt Guererri [27]; 33. 82-David Hackett [17]; 34. 98-Camron Hotaling [24]; 35. 410-Mike Fowler [4]; DQ: FOX28-Tyler Stevenson [12]; 78-Tanner Warner [5].

ARTICLE CREDIT: DIRTcar Communications