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Gage Morin wins at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, August 29, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Mother Nature finally decided to cooperate with Cornwall Motor Speedway. A great field of cars answered the call on this gorgeous night for racing; a full racing program was on hand in all five classes with a 25-lap Semi-Pro feature and a 25-lap Mini-Stock finale. Jones Brown Insurance was the main sponsor of tonight`s racing program. A fine field of 23 cars took the green in the 30-lap Modified feature. Youngsters Gage Morin and Matt Billings were on the top row with Billings taking the early lead but Morin came back and took the lead on lap 2. Morin was strong in front with Lee Ladouceur now second followed by Joel Doiron. Morin caught slower cars with 10 laps in the books. A good battle for third between Doiron and Stéphane Lafrance at the halfway point as Eric Gauvreau brought the first caution out on lap 18 as he stopped in the backstretch. Morin was fast on the following green with Ladouceur still in second as Lafrance was on the backbumper of Doiron for third. Morin was tearing the field down as he was back in traffic with only 2 laps to go in the feature. He led the final laps of the feature to win the race over Lee Ladouceur and Joel Doiron completed the podium. Laurent Ladouceur needs to be at the track next in the Jiffy 150 to claim the Modified track title. In the 20 lap Pro-Stock Feature, Ricky Thompson was the early leader with PJ Peters behind him. Thompson had a pair of #73 cars behind him with Peters and Michel Desjardins. Peters was trying hard to pass Thompson and was able to take the lead using the inside lane on lap 8. Dave Bissonnette was now in third and was getting close to Thompson with a dozen laps in. Peters had a great lead over Thompson with less than 2 laps to go. The feature went caution free and Peters captured the win over Thompson, Dave Bissonnette, Corey Wheeler and George Renaud rounded out the top 5. Josh Jock was the early leader in the 20-lap Sportsman feature, as Chris Raabe was one the fastest cars on the track being in fourth place. Raabe took third over Kristian Smoke on lap 4. The caution came out on lap 7 for a 2-car tangle in the front stretch. Cole Dingwall had a strong start and took the lead on Jock with Raabe now behind Dingwall with 11 laps to go. Raabe was trying hard to pass Dingwall for the lead with a dozen laps completed with Randy Earl alone in third spot. Raabe took the lead over Dingwall using the outside lane on the front stretch on lap 15. Raabe led the final laps to win his fifth feature in a row at Cornwall in front of Dingwall and Earl completing the top 3. Hugh Chandler led the first lap when Kevin McCrae slowed in turn 2. Chandler got back in the lead with Jeremy Thompson in second and Mike Stacey in third. Chandler got a few cars length lead over Thompson as Wes Bilmer got a flat tire and the caution came out on lap 9. Chandler got a good start with Kevin Fetterly now in second spot with Jonathan Galipeau in third. Fetterly took the lead on lap 10 and one lap later a few cars together in turn 4 and caution came out. On the following green, Fetterly got pushed and Galipeau was now the new leader, a few cars got together in turn 2 and the yellow was out at the halfway point. Galipeau the leader with Gaetan Amesse and Derek Cryderman behind him, Cryderman was able to pass Amesse but had problems with his car and Amesse was back in second spot with 7 laps to go. Amesse had good line on the top and grabbed the lead over Galipeau on lap 20 as Fetterly was right behind him. Roger D’Amour brought the yellow with 3 laps to go. A great battle for the lead between 3 cars as Hugh Chandler stopped in front of the grandstand with only 1 lap to go in the feature race. Amesse was able to resists for the final green and won the feature race over Galipeau and Fetterly was on the third step of the podium A field of 18 cars took the initial green in the 25-lap Mini-Stock feature race; Dan Desnoyers led the first two laps as caution came out for debris on the track. Desnoyers had a good start with Mike Gaucher now in second. Corey Barnes brought the caution on lap 4 and the field had to slow down. Gaucher had a good jump on the following green and was the new leader over Desnoyers and Ben Nurse in third. Gaucher had confortable lead over the rest of the field at the halfway point. Justin Jodoin slowed in the back stretch and the yellow was out with 11 laps to go. Gaucher was still the leader with Nurse in second and Marc Usereau now in third. Gaucher led another 10 laps when Jean-Paul Laberge hit the wall hard in turn 4. Gaucher still the leader, the #3 car led the final laps and won the feature race in front of Ben Nurse and Marc Usereau completed the top 3. The traditional Jiffy 150 is already at our doors with the MrDIRTcar 358 Modified Series will be at Cornwall Motor Speedway with a 100-lap feature race, the last race of the Mohawk Race Parts Pro-Stock Series will also be on the schedule with a 50-lap event. The Sportsman, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will have a regular night of racing. More than $35,000 in purse will be given out. A great field of cars and a lot of action is expected for next weekend. Modified
Feature Results (30 laps) Gage
Morin, Lee Ladouceur, Joel Doiron, Stéphane Lafrance, Dave Heaslip,
Kyle Dingwall, Tim O’Brien, Luke Whitteker, Laurent Ladouceur, Alex
Fortier, Carey Terrance, Kayle Robidoux, Danny O’Brien, Denis
Gauvreau, Bobby Herrington, Marc Therrien, Michel Chicoine, Sébastien
Benoit, Ryan Helm, Billy Cook, Ron Valade, Matt Billings, Eric Gauvreau Sportsman
Feature Results (20 laps) Chris
Raabe, Cole Dingwall, Randy Earl, Josh Jock, Travis Back, Kristian
Smoke, Shane Pecore, Bruno Lepage, Dave Wilgosh, Jeff Philipps, Mitch
Primeau, Dillon Sallows, Josh Kane, Jenna David, Rob Ezard, Chris
Herbison, Corey Winters. Pro-Stock
Feature Results (20 laps) PJ
Peters, Ricky Thompson, Dave Bissonnette, Corey Wheeler, George Renaud,
Joey Ladouceur, Michel Desjardins, Ryan Stabler, Louie Jackson, Gilles
Godard, Ghislain Valade, Rock Aubin, Daniel Dupuis, Marc Lalonde, Michel
Blais, Chris Tremblay Semi-Pro
Feature Results (25 laps) Gaetan
Amesse, Jonathan Galipeau, Kevin Fetterly, Steve Kearney, Gilbert Pilon,
Mike Stacey, Richard Lalonde, Roger D’Amour, Kevin Clément, Wes
Bilmer, Jeremy Thompson, Hugh Chandler, Dick Planty, Derek Cryderman,
Jeremy Lacombe, Martin Thibert, Junior Delormier, Kevin McCrae Mini-Stock
Feature Results (25 laps) Mike Gaucher, Ben Nurse, Marc Usereau, Dan Desnoyers, Ronnie Tyo, Martin Bernard, Guillaume Daoust, Justin Jodoin, Carl Gorry, Justin Leroux, Jean-Paul Laberge, Corey Barnes, Alain Tardif, Darryl Mitchell, Bob Ray, David Seguin, Luc Bisson, Shawn Lafabe, Marc Chartrand (DNS)
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Brett Hearn sweeps the Canadian Nationals at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, August 1, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The Cornwall Motor Speedway was the host of another big event on the long weekend of August with the final race of the Canadian Nationals, a 125-lap feature race, a unique event at Cornwall with 41 drivers that showed up to try and win the coveted title and the $5,000 purse to the winner. The Sportsman, Pro-Stock and Mini-Stock will be in action in this great night of action sponsored by Jiffy Auto Service and Pennzoil. Lee Ladouceur and John Lazore were on the top row of the 30-car field that took the start in the 125-lap Canadian Nationals Feature Race. Ladouceur got the early lead with Dale Planck taking second over Lazore, and Yan Bussière did the same thing on the following lap. Kayle Robidoux was a fast on inside lane as he took the fifth spot on lap 5 after starting tenth. Lee Ladouceur was now in traffic with 10 laps in. The leaders were now in heavy traffic with 15 laps completed and Planck was waiting for an opportunity with Bussiere also in the mix in third spot. Planck used the outside lane on the back shoot and powered by Ladouceur to take the lead on lap 22. Planck used slower cars to get away from the rest of the field with 30 laps already done. John Lazore was racing side by side with Bussière for third and got the spot by running high on lap 37 but Bussière charged back and regained second spot. With 40 laps completed, Planck, had a full stretch lead over Ladouceur as Bussière, Stéphane Lafrance and David Hébert were completing the top 5. Brett Hearn was the man on the move after starting 21st; he now sits in the eight spot with 49 laps completed. Bussière got second over Ladouceur on lap 50. Hearn cracked the top 5 on lap 56 by passing Hébert. The corporate jet was now fourth as he passed Ladouceur for the fourth spot. Lafrance was on the back bumper of Bussière for second as Hearn got closer to them with 61 laps down. Hearn was strong on the top lane and got Lafrance on the backstretch with 66 laps in the books but Lafrance didn`t say his last word and got back third on the following lap. Pat O’Brien was another man on the move after starting 23rd he was now sitting in 7th spot. Hearn got back third over Lafrance on lap 71. Hearn passed Bussière two laps later and got second spot. The mandatory yellow came on lap 75 after they ran all the laps on consecutive green laps; this run was made in only over 20 minutes. The top 5 was Dale Planck, Brett Hearn, Yan Bussière, Stéphane Lafrance and David Hébert. The pit crews came on the track and had 10 minutes to work on the car; they could change tires, put gas, made other small adjustments. With 50 laps to go, Planck and Hearn were on the top row with still 29 cars on the track. Planck still in the lead with Yan Bussière taking second over Hearn as was Lafrance in fourth spot as the race got to 80 laps. Pat O’Brien got to the top 5 by passing Hébert on lap 85. Planck got back into traffic on the next lap and was within several slower cars on lap 92. Hearn charged back for second by using the inside lane and got second over Bussière on lap 96. Hearn got closer to Planck as the feature hit the century mark. Hearn got by Planck on lap 101. Pat O’Brien was now in third spot as he passed Bussière on lap 103. O’Brien closed in on Planck with only 15 laps to go. O’Brien got second over Planck with a good move inside of turn 4. Carey Terrance was now in fifth spot after starting 20th on lap 118. Terrance got fourth over Lafrance with only 5 laps to go. Hearn led the final laps to complete the sweep of the Canadian National Series as Pat O’Brien finished second over Dale Planck, Carey Terrance and Clement Therrien completed the top 5. With his win, Hearn his the Canadian National champion. The complete 125 lap feature race was done without any caution which is probably a first in history at Cornwall. Hearn won the $3,000 point`s title with 310 points over Carey Terrance with 270 points, Clement Therrien finishes in third with 263 points, David Hébert comes in fourth with 249 points and Yan Bussière completes the top 5 with 206 points. A special draw happened during intermission for all the modified drivers that competed in both events of the Canadian Nationals, a total of 29 drivers were eligible for 2 prizes, which was a barrel of VP Race Fuels courtesy of VP Fuels and the big prize was a Bicknell Chassis sponsored by Bicknell Racing Products, Pat’s Radiator, Len Sabourin Sales RV`s & Utility Trailers, Bert`s Transmission, Total Race Supply, Trick Race Parts, Kirkey Racing Seat and Doiron Engineering. The 20-lap Pro-Stock feature saw PJ Peters taking the lead with Joey Ladouceur in second as Ricky Thompson got too high and lost his third spot over George Renaud with 5 laps in the books. Ladouceur was running strong on the top side and pulled closer to Peters as Dave Bissonnette brought the caution on lap 7. Ladouceur had a good start on the outside and took the lead with Louie Jackson now third as Corey Wheeler was now in fifth. Wheeler got the fourth spot over Renaud on lap 11 as Ladouceur had a 3-car length lead over Jackson. Gilles Godard stops in turn 2 and brought the field together as the yellow came out on with 6 laps to go. Ladouceur had Jackson with him on and they ran together as caution was out on lap 15. Jackson was running strong on the inside lane as he got closer to the leader with 3 laps to go. Ladouceur was able to resist and won his fifth feature of the year over Jackson and Ghislain Valade completed the podium. Corey Winters took the top spot in the 20-lap Sportsman feature race with Shane Pecore in second and his teammate Cole Dingwall in third. Point`s leader Chris Raabe quickly got into the top 5 on lap 4. Raabe was fast on the top lane as he past Herbison and Dingwall on the same lap and took third. Raabe was a man on a mission after passing Pecore on lap 7 for second; he took the lead by powering over Winters on the backstretch on lap 9. Raabe rapidly built himself a sizeable lead over the field with only 5 laps to go as action was underway for positioning in the top 5. Raabe led the final laps of another caution free feature and got his fifth win of the year over Winters and Matt Collins who made a late charge to the complete the podium. A strong field of 21 cars took the green in the 12-lap Mini-Stock Feature race with David Seguin taking the lead but got too high as several cars we involved in a front stretch accident as Mathieu Aubin got in the wall and caution came out. Mike Gaucher was the leader on the following green with Ronnie Tyo making his way to the top as was now in second when Andrew Giroux brought the yellow on lap 3. Gaucher led another lap as the field had to be slowed again. Gaucher had some company in the back of him with Ben Nurse and Tyo. Nurse went too high and lost several positions as Tyo and Martin Bernard were in battle for second with 2 laps to go. Gaucher led the final laps to capture the win of Martin Bernard and Ronnie Tyo. Next week at Cornwall is a Complete Race Program with all 5 classes in action with Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock on Snap-On Night. The first heat race is scheduled to start at 6pm.
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The Canadian Nationals 125 is up next at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Tuesday, July 27, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The Cornwall Motor Speedway will host of his biggest event of the year this Sunday with the last race of the Canadian Nationals Mini-Series for the Modified plus a complete show in Sportsman, Pro-Stock and Mini-Stock on Pennzoil and Jiffy Auto Service Night. The Canadian Nationals will bring a lot of hype and action with a unique 125-lap feature race format with the winner leaving Cornwall with $5,000 in his pocket and will also be qualified for Syracuse. The first 75 laps will be on green flag conditions with a 10-minute break with cars parked on the front stretch and race teams will be able to work on the cars during that time. The yellow flags will count for the remainder of the race, with the last 2 laps of the feature that are needed to be on green conditions. This format will allow fans to see the teams work on their cars and see what kind of strategy they will use for the second part of the race. The first race of the series was completed on May 23rd with Brett Hearn winning the race in front of Clément Therrien and Carey Terrance. The 34 drivers that attended the first race will be eligible in $13,000 in money and prizes if they are present at the second race. A draw for the Bicknell Chassis will occur during the intermission along with a VP Race Fuel drum that will also be part of the draw. At the end of the 2-race series, a champion will be crowned and receive a nice cheque of $3,000 along with the coveted title of Canadian National Champion. A quality field is expected with drivers from Quebec, Ontario and United-States already confirmed for Sunday. The Sportsman, Pro-Stock and Mini-Stock classes are also on this exciting racing card and will bring a lot of excitement during the evening. The pit gates are scheduled to open at 3:30pm with admission costs at $40,00, the general admission will open at 4pm and people will have to pay $28,00 for adult admission and 20$ for students and seniors with children 12 years old and under admitted for free. Time trials are scheduled at 5:30pm for the Modifieds. For more information, we invite you to visit the website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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Peter Mantha wins the Ontario DIRT Late Model Feature at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, July 25, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Andrew Reaume and Chad Valone were on the top row of a field of 25 cars in the 35-lap Ontario DIRT Late Model Feature race. Valone took the lead over Reaume and Greg Oakes when Jason McCrory brought the first caution on lap 2. Valone got a good jump over Reaume as a multi-car tangle involving 14 cars took place in the front stretch on lap 3 and yellow was brought. Several cars were able to join the field again. When the race resumed, Valone stayed in first with Reaume and David Scott now in third. Peter Mantha was challenging Greg Oakes for fourth place as Reaume went to high and Scott got second. Reaume lost a few positions and was now in fifth as the leaders were now in heavy traffic with 15 laps in the books. Jeff Mutton slowed the field down by stopping in turn 2 with 19 laps to go. Teammate Valone and Scott were now on the top row as Valone retained the lead with Oakes in third. The ODLM champ ran the bottom lane and got closer to Scott with 20 laps in, the 2 cars swapped the second spot as Oakes finally got second and was now challenging the leader, Valone got too high in turn 4 and lost control giving the lead to Oakes as the yellow came out for this incident on lap 23. On the restart, a good battle for the lead between Oakes and Scott while Mantha was sitting in third. The leaders got into traffic and they swapped the lead while Mantha took second and took the lead while slower cars played against Oakes and Scott. Mantha led the final laps to win his first career feature in the Ontario DIRT Late Feature in front of Oakes and David Scott completed the podium. In the 30-lap Modified feature, a field of 22 cars took the green flag with Luke Whitteker the early leader as Tammy Jalbert rolled over in turn 2 and the red flag was out with 1 lap completed. Jalbert was ok after her accident. Whitteker got another good jump and Dan Jalbert stopped in turn 2 and the yellow flag came out with 2 laps to go. Whitteker still the leader with Kyle Dingwall and Laurent Ladouceur behind the young gun. Tim O’Brien took third by passing him on the inside lane on lap 5 while his older brother Danny cracked the top 5 on the following lap. Whitteker built himself a huge lead as he got closer to traffic with a dozen laps in. Carey Terrance was strong on the high lane and took third on that same lap. Terrance took second over Dingwall on lap 16. With 10 laps to go, Whitteker was in heavy traffic and Terrance closed the gap on the leader. Jalbert brought a second caution by going out the speedway in turn 4 with 8 laps to go. Another solid start for Whitteker on Terrance and was able to step away from the rest of the field. Whitteker led the final laps to win his first feature at Cornwall over Terrance, Tim O’Brien, Kyle Dingwall and Ladouceur completed the top 5. The 20-lap Pro-Stock feature race saw Dion Oakes take the lead over Ricky Thompson, as the top 6 cars were running closer. Joey Ladouceur got second over Ryan Stabler with 6 laps done. Ladouceur got closer to Oakes and took the lead in front of the flag stand on lap 8 while Louie Jackson was strong now running second at the halfway point. The red flag came out on lap 12 for Marc Lalonde and Steve Johnston on his roof. Both drivers were good. Ladouceur got a good start over Jackson and Corey Wheeler now in third as Dave Bissonnette and Oakes spun out in front of the grandstand and caution came out with 6 laps to go. Ladouceur in the lead with 3 other cars following closely, Jackson and Wheeler were able to pass Ladouceur as caution came out with 17 laps done. Jackson in front but Wheeler was running side by side with him. Jackson was able to resist during the last 2 laps and won the feature over Wheeler and Ladouceur completed the podium. A strong field of 20 Semi-Pro cars took the initial green in the 15-lap feature race with Mike Stacey the early leader; Hugh Chandler brought the caution on lap 3. Kevin McCrae took the lead when the caution came back out on the following lap. McCrae had company in front with Kevin Fetterly as they ran side by side as caution came out with 6 laps to go. Fetterly was the new leader. Fetterly the leader followed by McCrae as Nico Leblanc took third spot over Gaetan Amesse with 2 laps to go when the yellow was out. Fetterly led the final laps as Nico Leblanc made a final move to take second on the front stretch with Gaetan Amesse completing the top 3. The Mini-Stock Feature was the first feature of the event with a 12-lap event; Andrew Giroux was the early leader with Martin Bernard making his way through the field and passed Giroux for the lead on lap 2. Chris James brought the first caution on lap 4 with a tire going off his car. Ben Nurse got a good start over Bernard and took the lead as Ronnie Tyo was now in fourth spot behind Marc Usereau at the halfway point. Bernard was racing closely to Nurse while Tyo took third over Usereau with 4 laps to go. Nurse had a front flat tire and Bernard regained the lead with Tyo in second. Bernard led the final laps to win the feature over Tyo and Usereau completed the podium. One of the biggest night of season at Cornwall Motor Speedway with the Canadian National 125 Series Finale, a 125-lap event in the 358-modified series paying $5,000 to the winner. A fine field of 34 cars had made the haul in May, we can expect more for this unique event at the Speedway. The Sportsman, Pro-Stock and Mini-Stock will also be on the racing schedule on Pennzoil & Jiffy Auto Service Night. Modified
Feature Results (30 laps) Luke
Whitteker, Carey Terrance, Tim O’Brien, Kyle Dingwall, Laurent
Ladouceur, Danny O’Brien, Dave Heaslip, Joel Doiron, Lee Ladouceur,
Denis Gauvreau, Gage Morin, Bobby Herrington, Eric Gauvreau, Ron Valade,
Tommy Jock, Billy Cook, Dan Jalbert, Ryan Helm, Matt Billings, Marc
Therrien, Stéphane Lafrance, Tammy Jalbert Ontario
DIRT Late Models Feature Results (35 laps) Peter
Mantha, Greg Oakes, David Scott, Kirk Hooker, Greg Belyea, Andrew
Reaume, Greg Haskell, Adam West, Jeff Dayman, Chad Valone, Charlie
Sandercock, Phil Potts, Caley Weese, Jim Jones, Jason McCrory, Brett
Reaume, Don Gordon, Jeff Mutton, Mike Lewis, Beau Brown, Jim Mason, Rob
Perry, Keith Cameron, Jason Haskell, Dale Glassford Pro-Stock
Feature Results (20 laps) Louie
Jackson, Corey Wheeler, Joey Ladouceur, Ghislain Valade, George Renaud,
Junior Arquette, Michel Desjardins, Gilles Godard, Dion Oakes, Ricky
Thompson, David Papineau, PJ Peters, Ryan Stabler, Marc Lalonde, Steve
Johnston Semi-Pro
Feature Results (20 laps) Kevin
Fetterly, Nico Leblanc, Gaetan Amesse, Kevin McCrae, Derek Cryderman,
Shawn McMillan, Gilbert Pilon, Charles Galipeau, Wes Bilmer, Richard
Lalonde, Jeremy Thompson, Marc Dagenais, Junior Delormier, Mike Stacey,
Guy Regimbald, Hugh Chandler, Dick Planty, Roger D’Amour, Jonathan
Galipeau, Selena Simzer, Brian Billings (DNS), Jeremy Gougeon (DNS), Sébastien
Bazinet (DNS) Mini-Stock
Feature Results (12 laps) Martin Bernard, Ronnie Tyo, Marc Usereau, Carl Gorry, Mike Gaucher, Marc Chartrand, Andrew Giroux, Dan Desnoyers, Dave Seguin, Ben Nurse, Darryl Mitchell, Justin Jodoin, Alain Tardif, Justin Leroux, Michel Renaud, Chris James, Matthew Aubin(DNS)
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The Ontario DIRT Late Models Series in action this Sunday at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, July 20, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The Ontario DIRT Late Model Series will be in action at Cornwall Motor Speedway with the completion of the 3-race weekend that included Autodrome Edelweiss and Brockville Ontario Speedway. The Modified, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will also see action on Jim’s Performance Night. Race
fans will be treated this Sunday with a good field of cars confirmed to
compete for the last event of the weekend. Peter Mantha, from Gatineau
will lead the way will a World Of Outlaws Late Model car from the Chub
Frank Racing Team. Mantha had some success during the recent Great
Northern Tour with a 12th place finish at Can-Am in June.
Greg Oakes from Franklinville, New York, winner last year at Edelweiss
and current champion of the ODLM Series for the last 2 years will be
there to defend his title. Eleven of the top 12 in the 2009 series
points will be in action with John Lobb, Adam West and Jeff Dayman that
finished in the top 5 last year. Regular drivers from Brighton Speedway
with 4 of the 5 top drivers from that new Late Models Series in
2010 making the haul, point`s leader Charlie Sandercock, Phil Potts,
Caley Weese and Jason McCrory will be in the pits. Other drivers that
will compete for the win are 2009 Stateline Speedway Champ, Chad Valone
from Warren, Pennsylvania and veteran Modified driver and current
point`s leader in the Pro Late Model class in Can-Am Speedway, Lee Gill
will also be here. Other American drivers like David Scott from Garland,
Pennsylvania and Dave Hartman from Howard City, Michigan will have the
long drive to race during the weekend. More than $13,500 in purse will be given out during the 30-lap feature race with the winner getting $2,000 for the win. Each car that will take part in the A-Main will at least leave the speedway with $400 in their pockets. Expect to see some 2 and 3-wide racing around the track all feature long. Along with the Late Models, the Modified, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will also see some action with regular events in each class. With still a lot of racing to do, these nights are really important to accumulate precious points towards track championship. For more details on all the action at Cornwall, please visit the speedway`s website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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Steve Poirier wins the ASCS Patriot Sprint Feature, Danny O’Brien, Chris Raabe, Dave Bissonnette and Ronnie Tyo are the other winners at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, July 18, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Carey Terrance was the early leader in the 30-lap Modified feature with Gage Morin in second and Kyle Dingwall in third spot. The high lane seemed good for Morin as he got closer to Terrance with 5 laps down. Morin was able to pass Terrance on the following lap and grabbed the lead but Terrance charged back as the two cars were now with a slower car. The leaders were now in heavy traffic with 11 laps done. Morin bobbled in turn 4 and Terrance gained back the lead on lap 13. At the halfway, Terrance, Morin, Dingwall, Laurent Ladouceur and Dave Heaslip, was your top 5. Still using the top line, Morin got close to Terrance as 20 laps were done. Morin tried hard and went a little too high in the frontstretch and hit the retaining wall and caution came out after running 23 consecutive laps on green conditions. On the restart, Terrance kept the lead over Dingwall with Danny O’Brien now third and Stéphane Lafrance in the mix. O’Brien used the outside lane to pass Dingwall for second with 2 laps to go. Terrance had the feature in his pocket but a flat tire in turn 4, cost him the win and Danny O’Brien won the feature over Dingwall, Lafrance. Terrance rallied the finish line in fourth with Ladouceur completing the top 5. The 25-lap ASCS Patriots Sprint Group took the green with 20 cars on the track, Vern Wasson took the early lead followed by Steve Poirier and Jeff Cook. Rick Wilson and Brian McDonald brought the first caution on the fourth lap. Wasson stayed first but got passed by Poirier on the fifth lap; Cook did the same over Wasson on the next lap. Alain Bergeron was now in the mix for third when Normand Beaudreault spun out and caution came out with 10 laps completed. Poirier got a good start over Cook when a multi-car tangle in turn with 2 cars on their sides brought the red flag on the track on lap 11. Poirier kept the lead with Cook getting closer to him. The top 2 cars got away from the rest of the field with 8 laps to go. Poirier and Cook got into a little traffic with 20 laps in the books. Poirier resisted at some charges from Cook and won the feature race over Cook and Tim Kelly completed the top 3. Ryan Stabler grabbed the early lead in the 20-lap Pro-Stock Feature with Rock Aubin and Dave Bissonnette behind him. Aubin was now running with Stabler with 4 laps completed. Bissonnette was also in the mix for the lead as Michel Desjardins brought the first caution on lap 5. Stabler kept the lead with Bissonnette as his dancing partner. The top 10 cars were racing together when the race hit the halfway point. Ricky Thompson was now in third when the caution came out for Steve Johnston on lap 12. Stabler in the lead but Bissonnette charges had and takes over the lead with a great battle for third between Thompson, Aubin and Corey Wheeler with 5 laps to go. Thompson got to second by passing Stabler as 17 laps were done. Bissonnette led the final laps to win the feature in front of Thompson and Wheeler completing the top 3. The 20-lap Sportsman Feature closed out the night with Dillon Sallows taking the lead over Randy Earl and Steve Bernier. Earl took the lead on the first lap by passing Sallows in turn 4. Chris Raabe and Chris Herbison quickly got into the top 5. Raabe seemed pretty fast as he past Sallows for second on lap 5. The first caution came out on lap 7. On the restart, Raabe was able to pass Earl as Steve Bernier stopped in turn 2 and the race was slowed down on lap 8. Raabe had a good start over Earl with Sallows in third when caution came out at the halfway point. Raabe still in front with Earl following him closely with Cole Dingwall taking third spot over teammate Shane Pecore with 11 laps in the record books. Earl was now racing side by side with Raabe, the veteran driver was able pass Raabe using the outside lane on lap 14 but Raabe charged back and regained the lead when the yellow was out with 4 laps to go. Raabe in front as Cole Dingwall passed Earl for second. Raabe managed to lead the final laps and won his fourth feature race at Cornwall in front of Dingwall and Earl completed the podium. The 12-lap Mini-Stock Feature race saw David Seguin take the lead with Marc Chartrand in second. Ronnie Tyo was really fast and took second spot when caution came out on lap 3. On the restart, Tyo passed Seguin for the lead and the yellow was back out on lap 5. Tyo led 3 more laps when a multi-car tangle occurred in turn 1 and slowed the field down. Tyo still the leader with Martin Bernard and Seguin in third, the leader led the final laps to win the feature in front of Bernard and Seguin. Another spectacular show next week with the Ontario DIRT Late Model Series, these vehicles runs under the same rules as the World of Outlaws Late Models that was at Cornwall earlier in the year. A solid field of Late Model from Southern Ontario, New-York and Pennsylvania are expected. The Modifieds, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will also be in action on Jim`s Performance Night.
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Brett Hearn wins the Go Glass International 100 at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, July 11, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
In the Go Glass 100 Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series race, Dale Planck and Billy Decker were on the top row to start the 30-car field. Decker took the early lead with Planck and Kayle Robidoux in third. Robidoux used the outside lane to pass Planck for second on lap 4 as Decker had already a sizeable lead on the field. Decker got close to traffic as Michael Storms brought the yellow on lap 7. Super DIRTcar ruling states that caution counts on the first 75 laps. The race started back on lap 11 as Decker kept his spot when caution came out for Martin Roy on lap 13. Decker kept the lead as Laurent Ladouceur took third spot on Danny Johnson as Pierre Dagenais was now running in fifth spot with 17 laps down. Decker got into traffic with a quarter of the race completed. Robidoux was able to get closer but Decker was running strong in front as he pulled away from the field with 70 laps to go. Brett Hearn cracked the top 5 on lap 33 by passing Dagenais. Billy Dunn stopped in turn 2 and the third yellow was brought on lap 38. The green when back out on lap 45 with Decker still in the lead with Hearn and Steve Paine now in the top 5 as Johnson went too high in the backstretch. Mario Clair brought the caution by stopping in the backstretch on lap 49. At the halfway point, the top 5 was Decker, Robidoux, Ladouceur, Hearn and Paine. Decker brought the field on lap 53 with Brett Hearn now in third spot as he passed Ladouceur on the green flag. Paine was now challenging Ladouceur for fourth; he passed him on lap 58. Hearn got close to Robidoux and used the outside lane to pass him on lap 62. The Corporate Jet was now getting closer to Decker as Paine was now on the backbumper of Robiboux with 65 laps in. Hearn was strong on the inside lane and took the lead on lap 67 as the leaders got into heavy traffic. Hearn pulled away from Decker with 75 laps completed. The yellow was back on the field as Mario Clair slowed in the infield on lap 76. Hearn still in the lead with Paine having a strong restart and took third. Paine then passed Decker on lap 78 and took second as Danny Johnson was back in the top 5. Billy Dunn slowed the field down by stopping in turn 4 with 80 laps in the record book. On the restart, Hearn had Paine as a dancing partner but managed to pull away as Jimmy Phelps was now fifth after starting 21st on the starting grid. Phelps and Johnson swapped the fifth spot as Ryan Phelps was looking in seventh spots with a dozen laps to go. Hearn got back into traffic with 90 laps completed. Johnson passed Robidoux for fourth spot on lap 93. Jimmy Phelps used the same strategy to pass Robidoux for fifth; Ryan Phelps used the same momentum to pass Robidoux. Brett Hearn led the final laps by dominating the last portion of the race and won his first series race of the season over Billy Decker, Steve Paine, Danny Johnson and Jimmy Phelps completed the top 5. Michel Desjardins took the early in the 20-lap Pro-Stock feature race as Mike Blais brought the caution on the first lap. Desjardins kept the lead with Ryan Stabler and PJ Peters the top 3. Ghislain Valade was running strong and passed two cars on lap 3 and was now second. Corey Wheeler was third using the inside lane, Wheeler and Valade passed Desjardins and Wheeler was now the leader as the a 3-car tangle happened in the top 3 as point`s leader Joey Ladouceur was involved with Stabler and Chris Tremblay. The leaders are racing together for a lap as Rock Aubin brought the yellow on lap 9. On the restart, Valade was now back in the lead with some 3-wide racing happening for third as Ricky Thompson was now in that position. Mike Blais and Rock Aubin got together and caution came out on lap 13. The battle was back between Wheeler and Valade as both drivers swapped the lead as Tremblay brought the caution with 5 laps to go. The lead was again exchanged as Valade was back on top with Wheeler still with him as Desjardins slowed the field down with 18 laps completed. Valade kept the lead on the restart and led the final laps to win the featute over Wheeler, Thompson, George Renaud and PJ Peters. In the 15-laps Semi-Pro Feature, Richard Lalonde took the lead with Mike Stacey and Kevin McCrae in third. The first caution came out on lap 3. Lalonde led two more laps as yellow was out. On the restart, Lalonde and Stacey swapped the lead; Stacey got the lead on lap 6 as Lalonde got passed by Gaetan Amesse for second. McCrae lost a wheel and caution got out on lap 11. Amesse took the lead on the restart but Lalonde passed him with 3 laps to go. Amesse charged back on the last lap to win the feature race over Lalonde and Stacey. The 12-lap Mini-Stock feature race brought 17 cars to the green flag as Corey Barnes took the lead with Mike Gaucher in second and Martin Bernard in third. The first caution came out on lap 3. Barnes kept the lead with Gaucher still behind him. Barnes built himself a good lead at the halfway point as Ben Nurse was doing battle with Gaucher for second. Ronnie Tyo was really fast at the end and passed Gaucher and Nurse to take second with 2 laps to go. Barnes led the final laps to win feature race over Tyo and Nurse. The top 13 in the points made the haul to Cornwall with Steve Paine establishing the track record in the big block series with 12.875 seconds around the quarter mile bullring during hot laps, Matt Sheppard was the fastest during the time trials. Another great century race completed less than 40 minutes. Sprint car fans will be served next week with the Patriot Sprint Group making their visit to the speedway on Nortrax Night. The Modifieds, Sportsman, Pro-Stock and Mini-Stock will also be on the racing schedule as the Semi-Pro will have a night off. For more information on the racing at Cornwall Motor Speedway please visit the speedway website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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The MrDIRTcar Big Block Series hits Cornwall Motor Speedway this Sunday Night
Cornwall, Ont – Wednesday, July 7, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Current Super DIRTcar Series points leader, Billy Decker will lead the way with several other superstars like Matt Sheppard, last year`s event winner, Jimmy Phelps, Danny Johnson, Brett Hearn, Dale Planck, Billy Dunn, Michael Storms, Ryan Phelps, Tom Sears,Jr, Rich Scagliotta and others will invade Cornwall to compete against local stars such as points leader Laurent Ladouceur, brothers Danny and Tim O’Brien, young guns Luke Whitteker, Kyle Dingwall, Gage Morin and Matt Billings, Carey Terrance, Dave Heaslip, Joel Doiron and others will try to defend home turf during 100 laps around the Cornwall bullring and try to win the coveted title and $6,000 included with the winner’s trophy. The always competitive Pro-Stock category will have some action in a 20-lap feature race with the Semi-Pro with 15 laps and Mini-Stock with a dozen will complete the racing card. The Sportsman will have a night off. The pit gates will open at 3:30pm with general admission opening at 4pm. Time Trials are scheduled for 5:30pm with the first heat to start at 6pm. General admission costs will be 30$ for adults with kids 12 years old and under always admitted for free. For more information, you can visit the speedway website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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Joey Ladouceur wins the Mohawk Race Parts Pro-Stock Series Race at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, July 4, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The Pro-Stock category had the spotlight with the presentation of the first race in the Mohawk Race Parts Pro-Stock Series with a 50-lap event, the Modified, Sportsman and Mini-Stock shared the racing card on Alexandria Home Hardware Night at Cornwall Motor Speedway. Stéphane Lebrun and Dion Oakes were sitting on the front row of a 22-car starting field in the 50-lap Mohawk Race Parts Pro-Stock Series feature race. Lebrun took the lead with a 4-wide racing start as Oakes passed him while Godard did the same. Godard used the inside lane to pass Oakes for the lead with the first 5 laps done quickly. A good battle for second between Oakes and Ghislain Valade, the North Lancaster, Ontario driver, past Oakes for second while Joey Ladouceur was running in fourth, Ladouceur was able to pass Oakes for third as Ricky Thompson brought the yellow on lap 10. Godard had company on the restart with Valade as Stéphane Lebrun stopped in turn 3 and caution came out on lap 12. Joey Ladouceur had a great jump on the green from his third starting spot and grabbed the lead as Ryan Stabler had a right rear flat tire and yellow was out on lap 14. Ladouceur led another lap as a few cars got together in turn 4 and the race was slowed down again with 15 laps in. Ladouceur still in front with some 4-wide racing in the back, Ladouceur was in cruise control in front with 30 laps to go. At the halfway point, Ladouceur was in front, Valade, Godard, George Renaud and Dion Oakes was the top 5. By lap 30, Ladouceur had a full stretch lead over Valade as Godard used a lap car to pass Valade and take the second spot. David Papineau spun out and the race was slowed on lap 31. Another lap was completed in the feature as Thunder Anderson stopped in the backstretch. Ladouceur in front with some position changes in the top 5 with Rock Aubin running strong in third and Corey Wheeler looking for the fifth spot as Louie Jackson also in the mix. Valade was running good on the top lane and gained back second on Godard as Wheeler jumps into third with 11 laps to go. Valade was getting close to Ladouceur with only 7 laps to go. The two cars were now side by side, Ladouceur, inside and Valade on the outside. Lap cars helped out Ladouceur as he pulled away from Valade with 2 laps to go. Ladouceur managed his lead and won the feature race over Valade, Wheeler, Renaud and Aubin completed the top 5. Dan Jalbert got the lead in the 30-lap Modified feature with Gage Morin and Stéphane Lafrance in third. Lafrance passed Morin for second and Joel Doiron was now in the mix for third. Doiron passed Lafrance for second and used the outside lane to pass Jalbert for the lead with 5 laps in the books. Morin was back in second with Lafrance in third. The ``Little Hammer’’ grabbed second from Morin with 8 laps done as the leaders were into traffic and Lafrance got the first spot on Doiron with 17 laps to go. At the halfway, Lafrance, Doiron, Morin, Luke Whitteker and Danny O’Brien completed the top 5. O’Brien passed Whitteker for fourth on lap 17. Lafrance was the fastest car on the track when the first caution came out with the 23 first laps done on green conditions. Lafrance maintained the lead when a multi-car tangle came in turn 1, only Ryan Helm needed assistance. Lafrance in the lead with Morin founding the high lane and took second with O’Brien now in third sending Doiron to fourth spot. Lafrance led the final laps to win the feature race over Morin and O’Brien, Doiron and Whitteker rounded out the top 5. In the 20-lap Sportsman feature race, Dillon Sallows jumps into the lead with Matt Collins and Corey Winters in third when caution came out on lap 2 for Ghislain Lacombe. Sallows in the lead with Randy Earl taking second with Brent Kelsey in third when Lacombe spins in turn 2 and caution is back out on lap 4 and the field was brought back together. On the restart, Sallows in the lead with Shane Pecore breaking in the back stretch and yellow was out with 15 laps to go. Sallows in front with Earl in second with rookie Jeff Philipps in third as Chris Raabe was making his way back into the top 5 with the feature hitting the halfway mark. The leaders were racing together as Earl was now racing alongside Sallows with Raabe in the mix in fourth. Earl was now in front with Raabe now second as he took the outside lane to pass Earl in turn 4 on lap 16. Raabe led the final lap to win his third win of the weekend after Mohawk on Friday and Brockville on Saturday. Randy Earl finished second and Chris Herbison completed the top 3. A 16-car field took the green in the 12-lap Mini-Stock feature race; Martin Bernard took the lead with Mike Gaucher and Carl Gorry in the top 3. Gaucher got closer to Bernard with 4 laps down, Bernard got too high and Gaucher used the inside lane to pass Bernard on the fifth lap but Bernard was still following him closely, Chris James brought the first caution of the race with half of the race done. Gaucher kept the lead with Bernard still with him while Gorry was able to pass Bernard for second on lap 7. Ronnie Tyo was now in the mix and passed Bernard for third with 2 laps to go. Gaucher led the remainder of the race to win the feature over Gorry and Tyo in third spot. A tribute was done before the start of the Modified feature for Mitchell Jock that passed away last Wednesday after a hard fight against illness. The Cornwall Motor Speedway is again offering their thoughts and prayers to the Mitchell Jock family and friends. Next week is the big one at Cornwall with the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino International 100 with the Big Blocks in town for their annual trip at the quarter mile bullring. The best in the business will be in action for 100-lap of racing with over $40,000 in purse money. Time Trials will start at 5:30pm with heat racing starting at 6pm. The Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will also be in action with the Sportsman having the night off.
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Danny O’Brien, Chris Raabe, Joey Ladouceur, Kevin Fetterly Jr and Ronnie Tyo winners at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, June 27, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
In the 30-lap Modified feature race, Stéphane Lafrance took the early lead with Lee Ladouceur taking second has Brian McDonald hit the outside wall in turn 1 after running three wide in the front stretch and caution came out on lap 1. On the restart, Lafrance took a great lead over Luke Whitteker now second with Ladouceur running closely in third. Ladouceur came back to the charge and took back second with Tim O’Brien now the mix in fourth, O’Brien used the inside lane to pass Whitteker for third on lap 6. Tim O’Brien went high in turn 1 and lost several spots with 10 laps down. Danny O’Brien was now running strong on the outside lane and took third spot from Whitteker while Lee Ladouceur caught Lafrance in traffic and got the lead on lap 14. Dan Jalbert brought the caution on lap 18. Ladouceur has strong start with Danny O’Brien taking second with Laurent Ladouceur now in third with 20 laps in the books, O’Brien had the top line dialled in and passed Ladouceur for the lead with 7 laps to go, but Lee didn`t say his last word as he was running side by side with him with 25 laps in. O’Brien managed to pull away with about a 2-car length and led the final laps to win the feature race over Lee Ladouceur, his father Laurent Ladouceur in third, Kyle Dingwall and Whitteker completed the top 5. Lee Ladouceur was found illegal during post race inspection and lost all points and money. A good field of 18 cars took the initial green in the 20-lap Sportsman feature race as Jeff Philipps took the lead with Chris Raabe taking second and Shane Pecore in third as caution came out on lap 2 for cars tangling together in turn 2. On the following green, Raabe took the top spot on Philipps with Pecore in third. Randy Earl took third on lap 6 over Pecore. Raabe joined lapped cars on lap 9. Raabe was extending his lead when Corey Winters slowed on the front stretch and yellow came out with 8 laps to go. Raabe in front with a lot of action in the back with Earl now in second as the race was slowed for Brent Kelsey that had stopped in turn 2. Earl has issues with his front end of the car and had to leave his second spot open. Raabe maintained his lead over Philips with point’s leader Chris Herbison now in third. Caution was signalled on the field for Winters that went off the track in turn 2. The green his back out with Raabe still first and led the final laps to win the feature over Philipps, Herbison, Travis Back and Shane Pecore completing the top 5. Michel Desjardins bounced into the lead in the 20-lap Pro-Stock feature race with PJ Peters in second and Gilles Godard holds down the third spot. Peters gave away second spot has caution came out for Dave Bissonnette with 3 laps completed. Desjardins pulls ahead with Godard in second but bobbled and Dion Oakes took second and passed Desjardins for the lead with 6 laps done. Joey Ladouceur was now in the mix in third; Ladouceur passed Desjardins for second on lap 8 as caution came out for Chris Tremblay. On the restart, Ladouceur used the outside lane and took the lead over Oakes with Ghislain Valade in third with 12 laps in the books. Valade took second with 5 laps to go while Ladouceur was cruising in front. Ladouceur led the final laps to capture the win over Valade and Oakes completed the podium. In the 15-lap Semi-Pro Feature, Richard Lalonde took the early lead with Junior Delormier in second and Mike Stacey in third. Kevin Fetterly jr, seemed pretty fast as he was now in third when caution came out on lap 4. Lalonde your leader with Fetterly now in second, Fetterly cut in the inside of Lalonde and took the lead on lap 7 as caution came out for an incident in front of the grandstand. Fetterly has a good jump on the restart, with Lalonde et Delormier behind him. Fetterly built himself a sizeable lead as Gaetan Amesse took second over Lalonde. Fetterly led the final laps to win his second win a row over Amesse and Lalonde. Marc Usereau led the 18-car field in the 12-lap Mini-Stock feature race; Usereau led the first three laps when caution came for several cars that had flat tires. On the restart, Ronnie Tyo had a good jump and took the lead over Usereau and Carl Gorry when Ben Nurse stopped in turn 2 and caution came out with 5 laps down. Tyo retained the top spot over Usereau has Gorry passed the second place car using the outside lane. Gorry got closer to Tyo but the leader manages to lead the final laps and won the feature over Gorry and Jean-Paul Laberge completed the top 3. Next week, Cornwall will be host of the first race of the Mohawk Race Parts Pro-Stock Series with a 50-lap Pro-Stock Feature race along with regular races in the Modified, Sportsman and Mini-Stock as the Semi-Pro will have a night off on Home Hardware from Alexandria Night. For more information we invite you to visit the speedway website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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Steve Francis wins the World of Outlaws Late Model Feature Race at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, June 20, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The World of Outlaws Late Models 50-lap feature race started with Steve Francis and Clint Smith on the front row. Francis took the early lead, with Darrell Lanigan in second and Smith in third. Francis got into traffic with 7 laps down. Tim McCreadie brought the caution on lap 11 as when off the track on turn 1. Francis kept the lead with Smith back in second with Dan Stone in battle for third with Lanigan. Francis got back into traffic on lap 17 as Lanigan got away for third in those conditions with 30 laps to go. At the halfway point, the top 5 was Francis, Smith, Lanigan, Tim Fuller and Shane Clanton. Smith lost some ground with Lanigan and Fuller passed him when series point leader, Josh Richards came to a stop and caution came out on lap 31. Francis got jump with Fuller strong on the outside when Russ King stopped in the backstretch on lap 32. Francis stayed first with Fuller in second, the Watertown Ny, driver got close to Francis with Billy Decker now cracking the top 5 with 15 laps to go. Francis was back into slower cars with 39 laps in the books. Francis pulled away from Fuller when Chub Frank spun out with only 6 laps to go in the finale. Francis kept his lead with another great start with Fuller and Lanigan in to battle for second. Francis led the final laps to win the feature, Lanigan passed Fuller in the last laps to finish second in front of Fuller, Decker and Austin Hubbard made a late charge to complete the top 5. As usual, the World of Outlaws put on a real show for the huge crowd at Cornwall. The 30-lap modified feature was next on the track after the WOO Lates. Luke Whitteker led the first lap when caution came out for Kayle Robidoux that got tangled up in turn 4. Kyle Dingwall took the lead over Whitteker and Danny O’Brien in third as Ron Valade brought caution on lap 2. Dingwall still on top with Laurent Ladouceur on the move taking third on O’Brien and then second on Whitteker a lap later as the race had 7 laps completed. O’Brien came back and charged Ladouceur for second. The top 3 got closer as the race went to halfway point. Dingwall got into traffic and Ladouceur was on the bumper of Dingwall when Brian McDonald slowed the feature with him stopping in turn 2 with 10 laps to go. On the restart, Ladouceur took the lead on Dingwall with O’Brien watching in third. O’Brien used the top line to pass Dingwall for second with 23 laps down as Yan Bussière was now in fourth spot and Whitteker closing the top 5 with only 5 laps to go. O’Brien was now on the backbumper of Ladouceur but O’Brien went too high in turn 4 and lost ground and was now in third. Ladouceur led the final laps to win over Dingwall, O’Brien, Bussière and Whitteker rounded out the top 5. Steve Johnston took the early lead in the 20-lap Pro-Stock Feature and led the first lap as Dion Oakes took the lead on the next lap with Dave Bissonnette now second and Ricky Thompson in third with 5 laps down. Bissonnette using the inside lane, passed Oakes for the lead on lap 6. Thompson used the same strategy to pass Oakes for second on lap 9. Louie Jackson and Joey Ladouceur were completing the top 5 with dozen laps in. The first caution came out on lap 17 and brought the field together. Bissonnette still in front on the restart with Ladouceur taking fourth on Oakes as Jackson was strong on the top and took second in the last turn to finish behind Bissonnette who led the final laps to win the feature. Thompson completed the podium with Ladouceur and Oakes finishing the top 5. Kevin Fetterly Jr. led the first lap in the 15-lap Semi-Pro Feature when Kevin Clement brought caution. Fetterly led the way with Kevin McCrae in second and Richard Lalonde in third. Adam Delormier lost a wheel in the backstretch and caution came on lap 4. On the restart, Fetterly was still first as James Guerin rolled over and the red flag came out on lap 5. Fetterly still the leader with Gaetan Amesse now in third spot and closing in on McCrae for second with 5 laps to go. Sloane Shuman brought the yellow on the same lap. Fetterly in first with Amesse and McCrae following the leader with 2 laps to go, Fetterly led the final laps to win the feature over Amesse and McCrae in third. The Mini-Stock took the track first with their 12-lap feature race; David Seguin took the early lead over Marc Usereau and Marc Chartrand. Ronnie Tyo paced through the field and was now third with 4 laps in. Usereau was now the new leader on lap 5 as the caution came out on the same lap for Chris James. Usereau kept the lead with Tyo strong in second but had a flat tire and caution came back out in lap 8. Pair of car #2 was racing side by side with Usereau in first and Ben Nurse in second. Usereau was able to resist and won the feature race over Nurse and Martin Bernard completed the top 3. Action continues next week with a complete race program in all 5 divisions, a lot of good racing is expected on Sub Place night. Racing will start at 6pm. For more information please visit the www.cornwallspeedway.com
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World of Outlaws Late Models are in town this Sunday at Cornwall Motor
Speedway!!!
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, June 17, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Defending Series champion and current point`s leader driver Josh Richards will try and remain undefeated at Cornwall as ``The Rocket Man`` won the first two editions. Local favourites Tim McCreadie who finished second last year and Tim Fuller who just won the Great Northern Tour opener at Can-Am will be looking to win in a WOO Late Model after winning in a modified in the past. Other WOO stars such as Steve Francis, Darrell Lanigan, Austin Hubbard, Rick Eckert, Chub Frank, Shane Clanton, Clint Smith and Russell King will also be in the pits for this great event. Northern Tour regulars will include Peter Mantha from Gatineau, QC, Greg Oakes, Dan Stone and for the first time in three years, 2 ladies could attempt making the show with April Farmer and Jill George making the haul down. A lot of 3-wide racing is expected around the quarter mile bullring. Sharing the spot light with the Late Models will be the Modifieds with a regular 30-lap event, the Pro-Stock with a 20-lap finale, the Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock with 15 and 12 respectively. When the World of Outlaws Tour is in town, it usually attracts several outsiders. General admission price will be 40$ for adults, 28$ for students and seniors, kids 12 years old and under are admitted for free when accompanied by an adult. Pit admission will be 45$ with membership and 50$ for non-members. Pit gates will open at 3:30pm with general admission opening at 4pm. Time trials are scheduled to start at 5:30pm with the first heat starting at 6pm. We suggest that you arrive early with one of the big show of the year in town, a huge crowd is expected. Do not miss one of the greatest shows on dirt! The World of Outlaws Late Models! For more information, please visit the speedway website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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Timmy Sears Jr wins the Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Series Race at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, June 13, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The Cornwall Motor Speedway was host of the MrDIRTcar Sportsman Series with a 30-lap feature event along with a complete race program in the Modified, Pro-Stock and Mini-Stock categories, the Semi-Pros had an evening off. This great night of racing was sponsored by Goodyear and Benson Auto Parts. In the 30-lap MrDIRTcar Sportsman Series, a field of 31 cars took the initial green as Timmy Sears Jr led the way when 3 cars spun out in turn 1 and caution came out. Sears kept the lead with Steve Gray and Chris Raabe running second and third as Travis Back went out the track in turn 3 and caution came out on lap 2. Sears had a good jump on the restart when Gray, series points leader spun out and had to go back to the field as caution came out on lap 3. Sears had another good start and led another lap and caution came out for Loren Lincoln. Sears still in front with a 3-way battle for second between Raabe, Chris Herbison and Justin Wright as Jenna David lost control in the backstretch on lap 9 and the yellow flag was waved. On the green, Sears kept the lead over Raabe but the field had to slow down 2 laps later. Sears was able to resist at a charge of Raabe on the restart as Chris Herbison was following closely. Sears built himself a good lead over the field as he got into heavy traffic while Raabe had to defend against to Herbison with 20 laps down. Caution came out for Jenna David with 7 laps to go. Sears still the leader with Chris Raabe and Randy Earl getting together and yellow was out with only 5 laps to go. Sears still in front with Herbison running strong in second when Donnie Lawson stopped with 26 laps down and caution came out. The two leaders were running side by side as a few cars got together with only 2 laps to go. Sears led another lap but Jenna David stopped in turn 3 and caution was out. In the final dash, Sears was able to keep the lead and won the feature over Herbison, Ryan Susice, Wright and Steve Bernier completed the top 5. Steve Gray, Chris Raabe, Justin Wright and Randy Earl had won the heats. Luke Whitteker grabbed the lead in the 30-lap Modified feature race with Carey Terrance running strong in second. Terrance got close to Whitteker with 5 laps down. Terrance was able to pass Whitteker on lap 7 as Gage Morin spun out in turn 2 on the next lap. Terrance had a great jump with Brian McDonald now racing in third spot. Danny O’Brien seemed to be the fastest car on the track as he passed McDonald and Terrance to grab the lead on lap 15. O’Brien pulled away from the rest of the field as the top 5 were spread apart on the track with 10 laps to go. Ron Valade went out the track in turn 4 and caution came on lap 23. Terrance got a good start and regained the lead over O’Brien. Joel Doiron brought the yellow with 4 laps to go. Danny O’Brien got the lead but went into the infield as his car broke and Terrance was now back in front as the caution came out on lap 27. Terrance led the final laps to win the feature race over Laurent Ladouceur, Whitteker, Lee Ladouceur and Tim O’Brien completes the top 5. Terrance had a perfect night winning his heat, Kyle Dingwall won the other. Ryan Stabler took the early lead in the 20-lap Pro-Stock feature race over Ricky Thompson and PJ Peters. Thompson took the lead when Stabler rolled over and the red flag came out on lap 4. Thompson kept the first spot with George Renaud now second and Dave Bissonnette in third. The top 5 cars were running together with 5 laps to go with Louie Jackson in battle with Bissonnette for the third spot. Renaud spun out and caution came with one lap to go. Thompson led the final laps with Corey Wheeler making a big jump and finished second with Dave Bissonnette completed the top 3. In the 12-lap Mini-Stock feature, David Seguin led the first lap with Martin Bernard taking over the lead on the next lap in the backstretch. The caution came out on lap 5 for Ronnie Tyo. Bernard stayed in front but spun out in the back shoot and Ben Nurse is the new leader as caution came out. Nurse led another lap when another car slowed in turn 2 and the yellow was out. On the restart, Nurse had company with Mike Gaucher as Ronnie Tyo was strong and took third with 2 laps to go. Tyo seemed to be the fastest car on the track and passed Gaucher for second and didn`t have enough for Nurse as they were nose to nose at the flagstand. Nurse won his first feature of the year. The show of the year is already at our doors with the World of Outlaws Late Models Series in town for 50 laps of racing action with more than $75,000 in purse money and $10,000 going to the winner. Come and see the stars and cars of that series with 2-time Cornwall winner Josh Richards leading the way with Tim McCreadie, Darrell Lanigan, Steve Francis, Tim Fuller, Austin Hubbard, Rick Eckert, Brady Smith, Shane Clanton, Chub Frank and other top runners of that series. The Modified, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will also see some action with the Sportsman having a night off. D&A Tractor Sales and Glen`s Towing will be the major sponsor of the evening.
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Motor Speedway cancels June 6th program
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, June 6, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Mother Nature claimed her first win of the season at Cornwall Motor Speedway with inclement weather occurring during morning and early afternoon forced promoter Ron Morin to cancel June 6th program that consists of Bumper Sticker night along with a complete race program in Modifieds, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stocks. The Sportsmans will have the spotlight next week as the second race of the MrDIRTcar Sportsman Series will be in town. Current MrDIRTcar champion and Cornwall regular, Chris Raabe will lead the way as the best drivers will be at Cornwall for a 30-lap feature race in quest to gain valuable points toward the MrDIRTcar trail series. The winner will leave the speedway with a $1,000 in his pockets. Other regular such as Chris Herbison, Randy Earl and Shane Pecore will try to beat the several invaders that will make the haul down to the quarter mile bullring. The Modified, Pro-Stock and Mini-Stocks will also be in action. The first heat is scheduled to start at 6pm. Pit gates will open at 3:30pm with general admission opening at 4:00pm. General admission price will be 15$. For more information on the action at Cornwall Motor Speedway, we invite you to visit the speedway website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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Doiron,
Jackson, Cryderman, Gougeon and Tyo winners at Cornwall Motor Speedway!
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, May 30, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Race fans had the opportunity to meet their favourite driver at intermission on photo and autograph night at Cornwall Motor Speedway. A complete race program was on tap with Modifieds, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock along with the special visit of RevStar SpeedSTR as the Sportsman had a night off. Jiffy Auto Services was the sponsor of the night. In the 30-lap modified feature, Gage Morin was the early leader with Ron Valade and Joel Doiron in third. Doiron used the inside lane to pass Valade for second on lap 4. Laurent Ladouceur passed Valade for third as Doiron was now on the backbumper of Morin, he used the outside lane in turn 4 to capture the top spot on lap 9. The first caution came out as a small shower was happening on the speedway on lap 16. After track was packed in, Doiron retained the lead with Brian McDonald in second and Morin in third. Doiron built himself a comfortable lead with less than 10 laps to go. Doiron was now in heavy traffic with 4 laps to go as Morin passed Mcdonald in these conditions for second, Doiron was able to resist and won his first feature of the year over McDonald who made a last minute pass over Morin in third, Dave Heaslip in fourth and Danny O’Brien completed the top 5. PJ Peters had a great jump on the initial green in the 20-lap Pro-Stock feature with Louie Jackson and Michel Desjardins were in battle for second, Jackson had the best and took second on lap 3. Ricky Thompson was strong using the inside lane and was racing for third spot with Desjardins. At the halfway, Peters had Jackson on his bumper; Jackson was able to pass Peters using the low line when caution came out with 8 laps to go. On the restart, Jackson had company with Thompson, Jackson powered in first as a good fight for second with Thompson, Desjardins and Wheeler in the mix. Thompson and Desjardins got together and caution came out on lap 16. Jackson maintained the lead over Wheeler and Ghislain Valade. They finished in the same order as Jackson won the feature race. In the 15-lap Semi-Pro feature, Richard Lalonde led the first 2 laps when caution came out. Lalonde kept the top spot with Marc Dagenais running strong in second along with Derek Cryderman. Cryderman won a 3-wide drag down the back shoot to take the lead on lap 4. Cryderman still the leader with Alex Gagnon having a good jump to take second on the restart. Red flag was thrown on lap 9 for Dagenais who made a rollover in turn 2. Cryderman had a great jump over the field as Gagnon hit the wall in the front stretch and the yellow was back out on lap 11. Cryderman was strong in front with Joe Woods and Gaetan Amesse in third. Cryderman led the final laps to win the feature over Woods and Amesse. The 20-lap SpeedSTR saw Sébastien Gougeon take the lead and led the first 2 laps when the red came out for a car that rolled over inside of turn 4. On the restart, Gougeon and Yannick Poirier were racing side by side for the lead with J-F Tessier in third. Gougeon was able to take a few car lengths over Poirier in the top spot as the feature hit the halfway point. Gougeon led the remainder of the feature and won the feature over Poirier and Tessier. A 20-car field took the green in the 12-lap Mini-Stock feature with Carl Gorry taking the lead as Corey Barnes spun out and caution came out on the first lap. On the green Gorry had Jean-Paul Laberge has a dancing partner, Laberge was able to take the lead on lap 2 as yellow came back out a lap later. Laberge kept the lead over Gorry has Pierre Picard made several rolls in turn 3 and the red flag came out on lap 4. Laberge stayed first for two more laps when Jamie Larocque spun out in turn 2 at halfway point. Laberge in the lead with a 4-car battle for second spot as Ronnie Tyo took second spot on lap 8. Tyo seemed pretty strong and used the inside lane to take the lead over Laberge on lap 10. Tyo led the final laps to win the feature over Laberge and Martin Bernard completed the podium. Another action packed program is scheduled for next week as it will be bumper sticker night at Cornwall Motor Speedway, bring your CMS sticker and have a chance to win some prizes! The Modified, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will be in action along with a kids tire race at intermission time on Paul`s Auto Body night.
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Hearn winner of the Canadian Nationals, Ladouceur wins the Mr. DIRTcar Pro-Stock Feature
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, May 23, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The Cornwall Motor Speedway presented a big night of racing with the first race ever of the Canadian Nationals with a large purse given out to the modified drivers after the completion of the 100-lap event scheduled for the headline class. Cornwall was also the host of the first race of the MrDIRTcar Pro-Stock Series with a 50-lap feature race the sportsman and Mini-Stock were also on the racing card on a terrific night of racing sponsored by Minute Auto Wash. Danny O’Brien led the way in the 100-lap Canadian Nationals Feature Race and had the lead for the first 4 laps when Martin Gagné brought the first caution. On the restart, O’Brien had company with Clement Therrien, both cars were racing side by side for the lead, Therrien used the inside lane and had a small edge over O’Brien as they raced on lap 10. Brett Hearn was on the move as he was now fourth after starting in tenth position. The leaders caught traffic on lap 15, Therrien was working in these conditions, and Hearn was now third as passed Carey Terrance on lap 20. Hearn was in pursuit of O’Brien, he was able to pass O’Brien in turn 3 on lap 24 to take second. Terrance passed O’Brien for third with a power move outside of turn 2 on lap 25. Hearn was now close to Therrien for the lead as the leaders were in heavy traffic with 30 laps down. David Hébert cracked the top 5 on lap 37 by passing Jean Boissonneault in turn 2. Therrien and Hearn were together as caution came out on lap 43 for Alex Boisvert. On the green, Hearn took the lead over Therrien with Terrance still in third. An accident occurred in the front stretch on lap 48 and caution came out. Therrien had a strong start and took the top spot as Hebert was now in third spot. Joel Doiron stopped in turn #4 and caution came out on lap 52. Therrien has a good jump on the restart but Gage Morin had problems and the race slowed down on lap 62. Therrien still in first when the green came back on as Boissonneault joined the top 5. A great battle for 6th with Kayle Robidoux and Martin Roy with 25 laps to go, Robidoux seemed pretty strong taking 5th spot on the same lap. The leaders were now back in traffic, Hearn was waiting for Therrien to make a mistake and retakes the lead on lap 79. Caution came back out for Laurent Ladouceur on lap 82. Hearn was still in front with Terrance now in second and Therrien in third. Therrien regained second with 93 laps down. Therrien got closer to Hearn with 2 laps to go but Hearn was able to resist and his the first winner of the Canadian Nationals with Therrien finishing second and winning the Syracuse spot, Terrance finishes third, Hébert fourth and Mario Clair made a late charge to finish fifth. Hearn had a perfect night, winning his heat, Ladouceur, McDonald and Bussière won the others. In the MrDIRTcar 50-lap Pro-Stock Feature race, Joey Ladouceur took the early lead over David Papineau as Louie Jackson was strong and took second on Papineau on the first lap. Ladouceur and Jackson got away from the field with 5 laps down. The first caution came on lap 7 for Ryan Stabler. On the following green, Jackson was fast on the outside lane and was racing side by side with Ladouceur for the lead with Ghyslain Valade in the mix in third spot. The two leaders were having a great battle with a dozen laps down and they swapped the lead for several laps. Caution came out on lap 17 for Michel Desjardins as he caught the wall in turn 4. Ladouceur had the edge on the green with a great battle for third with Dave Bissonnette taking charge. The yellow was back out for 2 cars on lap 21. Ladouceur still in first position as Bissonnette taking second and had his eyes set on Ladouceur for the lead as the caution was back out on lap 24. Bissonnette was now the new leader as they got to the halfway point over Ladouceur with Jackson in third, Buddy Hencke fourth and Pete Stefanski as a multi-car accident occurred in turn 3 with 27 laps down, everyone was able to leave on their own power. Bissonnette led for another lap when Papineau stopped in turn 2 and yellow was back out on lap 28. Bissonnette had a strong start over Ladouceur with Stefanski now in fourth. Bissonnette was caught behing a slower car and Ladouceur took back the lead with 16 laps to go. The leaders were now into heavy traffic as caution came out on lap 40, Bissonnette who was running in second headed to the pits. Ladouceur still in front of the pack with Ricky Thompson really strong on the high side and passes Jackson for the second spot but Jackson charged back and took the second over Thompson. Ladouceur led the final laps win the first race of the MrDIRTcar Pro-Stock series over Stefanski that made a late charge and Jackson complete the podium. Chris Raabe was the early leader in the 20-lap sportsman feature race; Matt Collins was running second with Jeff Philipps in third. The first caution came out for Corey Winters on lap 9. Raabe still the leader with Chris Herbison now in second as Jenna David spun out on lap 12. Raabe still in the lead with several cars swapping paint for positions behind him with 5 laps to go, as yellow was out with 17 laps down. Raabe kept the lead over Herbison and led the final laps to win the feature over Herbison and rookie Brent Kelsey completed the top 3. A field of 22 Mini-Stock took the green in the 12-lap feature race, Carl Gorry took the early over Martin Bernard but Bernard took the lead with Gorry still following him. David Seguin brought the first caution on lap 7. On the restart, Bernard kept the lead with Ronnie Tyo having a good jump and took second. Frank Colpitts went into smokes and caution came out with only 1 lap to go. Ronnie Tyo had a great start and won his first feature race of the year. Do not forget to bring some pens, paper and your camera as Cornwall Motor Speedway will hold a photo and autograph night during the intermission plus a complete race program in all the classes as the Sportsmans will have a night off on Jiffy Auto Service Night. Racing will start at 6pm, for more information you can visit the website on www.cornwallspeedway.com
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The Canadian Nationals are up next at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, May 19, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The Cornwall Motor Speedway will host one of its biggest events of the year this Sunday with the first race of the Canadian Nationals for the Modifieds and the first tour race for the Mr. DIRTcar Pro-Stock Series. A lot of action and several cars will be on hand for the May 23rd show sponsored by Minute Auto Wash. The Canadian Nationals will bring a lot of hype and action with a 100-lap feature race with the winner leaving Cornwall with $3,000 in his pocket and will also be qualified for Syracuse. This new series will be divided in 2 races and drivers that will compete on May 23 and August 1 will be eligible in $13,000 in money and prizes which include $3,000 to the series champion, a new Bicknell Chassis and Body and also some VP Racing Fuels. A quality field is expected with drivers from Quebec, Ontario and United-States already confirmed for Sunday.
The Pro-Stocks will share the spotlight with the modified with the first race of the Mr. DIRTcar Pro-Stock series with a 50-lap feature race. The current champion of the series, Pete Stefanski will be in the pits to start and defend his coveted title. The field of Pro-Stock at Cornwall is already strong and the addition of several outsiders for this race will raise the bar with the Ladouceur, Valade, Wheeler, Bissonnette, Jackson and company that will want to protect their own turf and try to accumulate precious points for this series. The Sportsman and Mini-Stock classes are also on this exciting racing card and will bring a lot of excitement during the evening. The pit gates are scheduled to open at 3:30pm with admission costs at $35,00, the general admission will open at 4pm and people will have to pay $25,00 for adult admission and a reduce price is set for students and seniors. Time trials are scheduled at 5:30pm for the Modifieds and also the Pro-Stocks. For more information, we invite you to visit the website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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Billings, Robidoux, Ladouceur, Dubois and Giroux winners on opening night at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, May 16, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The Cornwall Motor Speedway had their opening night of the 2010 season with a quite a night of racing with 2 25-lap feature races in the Modifieds, the new Sportsman category was seeing some action along with the other regular categories that are Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock. NORTRAX was the official sponsor of the first night of the season. In the first 25-lap modified feature race, Tim O’Brien took the early lead over Matt Billings and Kyle Dingwall when Carey Terrance stopped on the backstretch and the yellow came out on lap 1. On the restart, Billings used the outside lane to take the lead over O’Brien when 3 cars got tangle in turn 2 and caution came out with 2 laps in the books. Billings kept the lead with O’Brien in second and Eric Gauvreau in third with Michel Chicoine and Kayle Robidoux on this tail. Chicoine and Gauvreau went into battle for third as they ran side by side, Gauvreau pulled away from Chicoine while Tim O’Brien used the high lane to retake the lead over Billings on lap 9. The leaders got caught up in traffic as yellow came out for Tammy Jalbert on lap 14. O’Brien has a great start with Billings and Robidoux now in third. Billings got closer to O’Brien when they catched slower cars with 5 laps to go, Billings passed O’Brien in the final corner to win his first feature of his career over O’Brien and Kayle Robidoux completed the podium. Tim O’Brien, Kyle Dingwall and Michel Chicoine won the heat races. Joey Ladouceur grabbed the lead over Ricky Thompson in the 20-lap Pro-Stock Feature race, Stéphane Lebrun was running third with Corey Wheeler on his right side , Wheeler takes third using the inside lane on the 6th lap. Ryan Stabler stopped in front of the grandstand and caution came out on lap 8. Ladouceur picked where he left off with Thompson and Wheeler behind him. Pair of 47s with Wheeler and Bissonnette was doing battles for third as they approached the end of the feature race, Steve Johnston stopped in the backstretch with 2 laps to go. Ladouceur led the pack with Thompson going too high and lot several spots while Ladouceur led the final lap to win the feature over Bissonnette and Wheeler completed the top 3. A solid field of 18 sportsmans took the green flag in the 20-lap feature race, as Chris Herbison took the lead over Chris Raabe and Steve Bernier when yellow came out for Jenna David on the first lap. On the restart, Raabe took the lead using the outside lane. Raabe took himself a comfortable lead over the field with 5 laps down. Raabe got into lap traffic and was taking out by a slower car and the caution came out at the halfway point, Herbison is now back into the lead. Herbison kept the lead with Bernier in second and Randy Earl in third as the yellow was back out with 7 laps to go. Herbison has a strong start over Bernier as Earl got close to Bernier for second with Steve Barber waiting in fourth with 2 laps to go. Herbison led the final lap to win the feature with Earl passing Bernier on the final lap to finish second with Bernier completing the podium. Herbison had a perfect night winning his heat, Raabe and Earl won the others. The second 25-lap feature race was next with Denis Gauvreau leading the first lap with Laurent Ladouceur taking the lead in lap 2 with Eric Gauvreau making a good move from the inside and taking second as Brian McDonald and Danny O’Brien were following him. McDonald went too high and O’Brien took third. The high lane seemed the place to be as the top 5 cars were running high. O’Brien was now on the backbumper of Gauvreau with 11 laps down. The leaders got into traffic as Carey Terrance got into the wall in the frontstretch with 13 laps in the books. Ladouceur got a good jump with Gauvreau still in second and McDonald regained third over O’Brien. Kayle Robidoux was coming on strong as he took fourth from O’Brien on lap 16. Robidoux took the third spot over McDonald with 6 laps to go and was now racing with Gauvreau for second, he used the same technique to pass Gauvreau and did the same to jump over Ladouceur for the lead on lap 22. Robidoux led the final laps to win his first feature of the season over Ladouceur, Gauvreau, O’Brien and McDonald completed the top 5. In the Semi-Pro feature, Gaetan Amesse took the lead on the first lap when caution came out. Amesse leads two more laps when the yellow lights are back out. Amesse and Dubois went into a great battle when the green lights came back on with Derek Cryderman in third. Amesse and Dubois swapped the lead but Amesse got away as Dubois and Cryderman went into battle as the yellow was shown to the drivers as they got at the halfway point. Amesse retained the lead with Cryderman now in second and caution was back out with 6 laps to go. Dubois got a great jump from third and got the lead as Adam Delormier got to a stop in turn #2 and caution came out on lap 11. Dubois led the final laps to capture the win with Joe Woods finishing second and Amesse in third. A field of 18 cars took the green in the 12-lap Mini-Stock feature with Guillaume Daoust taking the lead when caution came out with 3 laps in the books. Daoust and Marc Usereau were racing side by side on the green when caution came back out for Martin Bernard. Daoust got a good start with Corey Barnes taking second but caution came back on lap 7, he was moved 2 spots for rough riding on the leader. Daoust still the leader on the green with Andrew Giroux in second and Barnes in third. Giroux used the outside lane to take the lead on the final lap and won the feature race over Daoust and Barnes completed the podium. Alexandre Pilon, Martin Bernard and Frank Colpitts won the heats in the Mini-Stocks. A great night of racing for the long weekend next Sunday with the first race of the Canadian Nationals Series race a special 2-race event at Cornwall with a 100-lap feature race in the modified with $3,000 to win and $20,000 in purse money. A huge field is expected in this class. Also on the card, the first race of the Mr.DIRTcar Pro-Stock series, all the best Pro-Stock drivers will be in Cornwall for this race and earn important points for that series. The Sportsman and Mini-Stock are also on the card on Minute Auto Wash night.
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Twin 25 Lap Features Open the Season at Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sunday May 16!
Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, May 9, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The 2010 season is finally starting at Cornwall Motor Speedway and the opener will be quite something with a NASCAR flavour for the modified division with a Dual 25 for the headline class at Cornwall. The Sportsman, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will also be in action on Nortrax Night. A solid line-up of cars is expected for the first night of the season in the Modifieds with all the local stars to be in the pits to compete and try and win one of the two 25-lap feature races and collect precious championship points. The Sportsman are back as a regular division at Cornwall, a great field of cars will be on hand each night with drivers coming from Quebec, Ontario and United-States. Steve Bernier, the guy to beat in Quebec is planning to run for the championship and compete against the two time Mr. DIRTcar sportsman champion Chris Raabe. We can expect epic battles all year long in this class. In the full fender Pro-Stock class, a stellar field of cars will be in the pits for their 20-lap season opener, Joey Ladouceur will be back defending is track title against the best drivers on the DIRTcar circuit. Action and excitement will not miss this season in the Pro-Stocks. The Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock divisions always put on some great shows for the Cornwall fans. You can expect 2 and 3-wide action all around the speedway with these support classes. A new time for 2010, as the action will start at 6pm. Pit gates will open at 3:30pm. The general admission is scheduled to open at 4pm. General Admission is only $15 and pit prices will be $25. We invite you to come and see the #1 attraction of Eastern Ontario. For more information, please visit the website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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Cornwall Motor Speedway Car Show at Cornwall Square from April 18 to April 24
Cornwall, Ont – Thursday, April 8, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The 2010 season is approaching quickly and fans are getting anxious for the upcoming summer. Cornwall Motor Speedway is proud to announce that they will be at the Cornwall Square from Sunday April 18th to Saturday, April 24th for their annual car show. Over 20 race cars and go-karts will be on display during the week as Dan Jalbert, Mitch Jock and Gage Morin will represent the 358-modified, Jenna David in the sportsman, Marc Lalonde in the Pro-Stock, Ronnie Tyo and Frank Colpitts in the Mini-Stock categories will also be on hand along with a dozen go-karts. Fans will have the chance to talk with the drivers and catch a glimpse of the new colours and paint schemes for 2010. Cornwall will have draws over the week for T-Shirts and VIP Passes. The Cornwall Square shopping centre is open from 11am to 5pm on Sunday, 9:30am to 9:00pm from Monday until Friday and 9:30am to 5:30pm on Saturday. We invite everyone to come and see a good preview of the exciting season at Cornwall Motor Speedway!
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Motor Speedway honours their 200 Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, March 21, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Kyle Dingwall was crowned in the Jiffy Auto Service Modified Championship in front of Kayle Robidoux, Carey Terrance, Mitchell Jock and Tim O’Brien completed the top 5. Because of bad weather, the Doiron Engineering Cup award was not given and no drivers were eligible for the rookie of the year award. The Akwesasne Mohawk Pro-Stock class celebrated Joey Ladouceur who had a terrific 2009 season, Ghislain Valade and Dion Oakes completed the podium. Louie Jackson and George Renaud rounded out the top 5. Michel Desjardins was named rookie of the year. Joey Ladouceur also received the top prize in the Mohawk Racing Parts Pro-Stock Series in front of Pete Stefanski and PJ Peters. In the Giant Tiger Semi-Pro Class, newcomer Jeff Philips was named the 2009 champion and also received the rookie of the year award, a great way to start his career at Cornwall! Gaetan Amesse and Kevin Fetterly Jr. step up on the podium along with Philips. Jean-Marc Larose finished on top of the D&A Tractor Sales Mini-Stock class in front of Ronnie Tyo and Frank Colpitts. Cory Winters received the rookie awards. The always coveted Sheldon Legue Merit Award was given to Pat O’Brien Sr. and his wife Rose, parents of modified stars Pat, Danny and Tim O’Brien. They have been great contributors to the sport and showed great support to Cornwall over the year as the 3 sons have been really successful with a combined win total of over 70 features and 9 championships. The O’Brien’s really deserved this award! This has put an end to the 2009 season and everyone is looking forward to a memorable 2010 season. Several big shows are on the schedule for next summer including the return of the World of Outlaws Late Models and some very special races for the modifieds with the Canadian Nationals Series and the Big Blocks. To view all the details and other information, you can visit the website at www.cornwallspeedway.com
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new things and a solid line-up, highlights the 2010 season Cornwall, Ont – Thursday, March 11, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
The website will receive a facelift courtesy of Craig Revelle of Finish Line Web Design. Revelle already has several websites under his belt and his experience and knowledge of racing will be beneficial in the creation of new and more eye-catching website for the speedway. An important change that will also be applauded by many, the start of the races will be 6pm which is an hour earlier than before. This will accommodate fans and racers who have long hauls to go back home after the races. After making a few appearances over the past few seasons, the Sportsman class has been added for this summer. They will run a total of 12 times including the Mr. DIRTcar Series race on Sunday, June 13. With several tracks surrounding Cornwall already running these cars, we can expect a good car-count right from the start in May. A number of big shows highlight the 2010 calendar for Cornwall, the season starts in fashion with two special shows in a row with the opener on May 16 which will include 2 25-lap modified feature races and a regular show for Sportsman, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock. The following week on May 23, will be the first of two races of the Canadian Nationals Series for modified with a $3,000 to win 100-lap feature race. The grand finale of this series will be during the holiday week-end on Sunday, August 1st with a special 125-lap feature race paying a cool $5,000 to the winner. The World of Outlaws Late Models, are back for a third year in a row on June 20th. These drivers gave a show to be remembered last year and will do the same this year. Come and see Steve Francis, Darrell Lanigan, Josh Richards, Shane Clanton, Rick Eckert, Tim Fuller, Chub Frank and many more of the best drivers on DIRT. Late Model fans will also be happy to hear that the Ontario DIRT Late Model Series will also make a stop on July 25. The Akwesasne Mohawk Casino International 100 for the Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block is back again on July 11 with the best names in the modified industry all in one place. The Mr. DIRTcar 358 series will make their annual stop during the Labor Day week-end for the Jiffy 150 which will also include the last race of the Mohawk Racing Parts Series for Pro-Stock. Other key nights of the 18 scheduled programs are the Patriot Sprint Car Group on July 18, the first race of the Mohawk Racing Parts Pro-Stock Series on July 4 and the season will close with the annual Fireball Enduro 200 on September 12 starting at 2pm. A very promising year for Cornwall Motor Speedway with a solid schedule and great car counts in every category that will run at the speedway in 2010. For more information and other cool stuff, we invite you to visit the new website at www.cornwallspeedway.com [francais]
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Motor Speedway to present Canadian Nationals Series for Modifieds Cornwall, Ont – Tuesday, March 9, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Cornwall Motor Speedway is proud to announce a new series for the modified division that will take place in 2010. The Canadian Nationals Series is scheduled for Sunday May 23 and August 1st. The first race in May will be a 100-lap feature paying a nice $3,000 and will also be a Syracuse Qualifier. The finale will take place during the August holiday weekend and the feature will be 125 laps of racing mayhem with a cool $5,000 going to the winner. Double points and another Syracuse Qualifier will also be given during this race. Drivers that will compete in both events will be eligible for $13,000 in money and prizes which include $3,000 to the series champion, a new Bicknell Chassis and Body and also some VP Racing Fuels. We expect a high car-count for both races, make sure to put an ``X`` on your racing calendar on May 23 and August 1 to see the best modified drivers from Quebec, Ontario and Northern USA compete for this coveted title. [francais]
For immediate release Cornwall to host 12 shows of DIRTcar Sportsman in 2010 Cornwall, Ont – Tuesday, March 9, 2010 – Martin Bélanger
Hosting some sportsman events over the last two years with a Quebec-Ontario Challenge and the Mr. DIRTcar Series trail making a stop last year and seeing that the car count was always excellent with 20 to 30 cars in the pits at each race, the decision was easy to have several races during the next season. The Mr. DIRTcar Series will be back again in 2010 on Sunday, June 13. With more than 30 cars registered last season, we can expect similar numbers for this race with Chris Raabe being the defending champion of this race. With several tracks near Cornwall, already having the sportsman as a regular class, Mohawk also adding this class regularly next summer and no other track competing against Cornwall on a Sunday night, car counts could be high right from the start. Adding the Sportsman class to an already solid line-up is just a bonus for the race fans that will attend the Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sunday nights. [francais]
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huge and exciting night of racing at Cornwall Motor Speedway with visit
of the Ontario DIRT Late Models Series along with Modified, Pro-Stock,
Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock. A total of 101 cars entered the pit gates
tonight to race on the program sponsored by Jim`s Performance.
Sprint
car fans were served on Sunday night with the ASCS Patriot Sprint Group
making their lone visit to the speedway on Nortrax Night. The Modifieds,
Sportsman, Pro-Stock and Mini-Stock were also on the racing schedule as
the Semi-Pro having a night off.
The
MrDIRTcar Big Block Tour will hit Cornwall Motor Speedway this Sunday,
July 11 with the presentation of the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino
International 100 which will be event #8 in the Super DIRTcar Series
that travels across Canada and United-States. A complete race program of
Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will complete the schedule with no
Sportsman.
The
World of Outlaws Late Models series will make a stop in Cornwall for a
third year in a row being part of the Great Northern Tour. These big
block powered beasts will have a 50-lap feature race with the winner
leaving Cornwall with $10,000 in his pockets; more than $75,000 in prize
money will be given out during the evening. A full show of Modified,
Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will be included on D&A Tractor
Sales and Glen’s Towing Night.
