Steve Bernard Takes Sunday Evening Modified Win At Cornwall Motor Speedway

Story By: MARTIN BÉLANGER / CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY – CORNWALL, ONT – The Cornwall Motor Speedway kicked his 54th season as Mother Nature threw a curve ball just before the start of the program but we were able to complete the event with 129 total entries on Propane Levac Night

Johnathon Ferguson took the lead in the 75-lap Fat Les Chip Stand Canadian Nationals feature as caution came out on lap 3 for Samuel Charland. Ferguson had a good pace as he was about to catch the lap traffic when Jarrett Herbison slowed the field down on lap 12. Ferguson led the way with David Hebert moving up to second and Carey Terrance in third. While Hebert was pushing on getting the lead, Terrance had a flat tire and caution was out on lap 22. Steve Bernard was on rails as moved to third after starting 22nd with 25 laps completed. Bernard made some great moves and took the lead on lap 37 over Ferguson. Hebert moved to second on lap 43 using the inside of the speedway. Bernard was clicking off the laps with several changes in the top 5 with Ferguson back in second with some good battles with Tristan Draper now in third. Bernard in the lead with Hebert getting close with 5 laps to go. Bernard went on to capture the win in the Canadian Nationals as Hebert finished second with Ferguson completing the podium.

In the Race for the Cure Sportsman Series, Cedric Gauvreau pulled away from the field with Gabriel Cyr running in second as Tyler Givogue moved to third with 10 laps to go. As Gauvreau continued in front, Bobby Herrington made his way to second with 15 laps completed. The had a good pace with the leaders in heavy traffic with less than 20 laps to go. Herrington got closer to Gauvreau in the final 2 laps as both drivers swapped some paint but Gauvreau came on top and captured the win over Herrington with Donovan Lussier coming in third after battling for that position.

Marc Lalonde led the way in the 40-lap Clyde Sligner Pro-Stock Series as he had very good competition from Jocelyn Roy as Burton Ward running a solid third. A lap 35 restart was a game changer as Roy passed Lalonde on the restart as both drivers ran side by side for the final 2 laps with Lalonde being able to finish half a car length over Roy with Ward in third.

In the Eastern Ontario Mini-Stock Showdown feature, Jamie Larocque took the lead over the field of 28 as Brandon MacMillan and Pierre Picard in third. A few cautions in the first few laps as James Clarke moved to second with Picard in third, Clarke had a solid run as he took the lead with 10 laps in the books. Clarke had a solid car in front of Picard and Marc Dagenais in third. An accident on lap 22 brought in the yellow-checker and gave James Clarke his first win of the 2023 campaign.

Next week will have a complete show with the Eastern Ontario Vintage Club and while the Pro-stock will have a night off as racing will start at 6:30pm.

358 Modified JLB Heating and Cooling 34 Entries
A Feature 1 75 Laps | 00:36:15.261
1.54-Steve Bernard[22]; 2. ONE-David Hebert[6]; 3. 44-Jonathan Ferguson[2]; 4. 17-Tristan Draper[4]; 5. 91-Felix Roy[5]; 6. 47S-Corey Wheeler[10]; 7. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr[7]; 8. 92P-Martin Pelletier[18]; 9. 66-Kyle Dingwall[14]; 10. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot[8]; 11. M16-Gage Morin[1]; 12. 37M-Mathieu Desjardins[20]; 13. 124C-Mario Clair[9]; 14. 77E-Ryan Stabler[12]; 15. 66X-Carey Terrance[3]; 16. 41-Samuel Charland[25]; 17. 18-Kalen Draper[28]; 18. 40-Gilles Godard[29]; 19. 21-Yan Bussiere[27]; 20. 38J-Jarrett Herbison[16]; 21. 13-Kevin Hamel[26]; 22. 23-Joey Ladouceur[11]; 23. 151-Brian McDonald[19]; 24. 88-Lee Ladouceur[13]; 25. 08-Chris Ferguson[30]; 26. 123-Yan Bilodeau[21]; 27. 54R-Even Racine[15]; 28. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[23]; 29. 90-Dany Gagne[17]; 30. 26C-Luke Carleton[24]

Sportsman Next Level Home Improvement 30 Entries
A Feature 1 50 Laps | 00:14:02.174
1.22C-Cedric Gauvreau[1]; 2. 88Z-Bobby Herrington[8]; 3. 00-Donovan Lussier[3]; 4. 35R-William Racine[11]; 5. 85-Tyler Givogue[4]; 6. 94-Gabriel Cyr[5]; 7. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[9]; 8. 88K-Dylan Kirkland[14]; 9. 0-Shane Pecore[7]; 10. 88-Fire Swamp[15]; 11. 51-Bryan Preville[6]; 12. 88J-Justin Cyr[13]; 13. 44-David Rogers[2]; 14. 44S-Casey Swamp[18]; 15. 04-Scott McGill[12]; 16. 29D-Justin Desrosiers[21]; 17. 22G-Gorden Clair[17]; 18. 1-Justin Lalancette[16]; 19. 35B-Brennan Moore[20]; 20. 95-Dan Jalbert[23]; 21. 98-Domonick Merkley[27]; 22. 1R-Ricky Thompson[30]; 23. 71-Delbert LaGrow Jr[24]; 24. M70-Billy Cook[25]; 25. 10-Blayden Arquette[29]; 26. 27-Mario Dupuis[28]; 27. 3-Adam Rozon[19]; 28. 99-Eric Giguere[26]; 29. 35-Thomas Cook[10]; 30. 55-Dan Reif[22]

Pro-Stock Alexandria Home Hardware 20 Entries
A Feature 1 40 Laps
1.8-Marc Lalonde[4]; 2. 48-Jocelyn Roy[3]; 3. 28-Burton Ward[10]; 4. 32-Jonathan Levesque[12]; 5. 33-Bruno Cyr[6]; 6. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[2]; 7. 9-Eric Jean Louis[7]; 8. 22B-Blayne Nichols[5]; 9. 4-Rock Aubin[1]; 10. 35-Jonathan Lemay[14]; 11. 27M-Thomas MacDonald[15]; 12. 3-Jeffrey Guild[13]; 13. 38JR-Steve Chaput[9]; 14. AK47-Joel Herne[19]; 15. 27-Eric Bechard[16]; 16. 55-Joel Renaud[17]; 17. 57-Alain Leduc[20]; 18. 17-Marc Péladeau[8]; 19. 3AG-Mike Gaucher[18]; 20. (DNS) 72G-Denis Gauvreau

Mini-Stock Ricks Ranch 28 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:22:05.159
1.2X-James Clarke[8]; 2. 25-Pierre Picard[3]; 3. 20-Cody Sager[9]; 4. 93M-Travis Lamarche[16]; 5. 30-Marc Dagenais[7]; 6. 37-Matt Boal[5]; 7. 8-Patrick Payeur[15]; 8. 73-Dakota Boal[4]; 9. 27A-Ryan Brown[27]; 10. 60-Sylvain Charest[24]; 11. 30B-Jean Cedrick Bouchard[13]; 12. 19M-Martin Bernard[17]; 13. 7X-Chris Cotton[14]; 14. 23B-Brandon Macmillan[1]; 15. 11-Jordan McNaughton[19]; 16. 49-Christian Charbonneau[10]; 17. 90-Christopher Proulx[25]; 18. 48-Carl Gorry[12]; 19. TJ35-Tyler Lamarche[20]; 20. 12A-Jamie Larocque[2]; 21. 21-Marc André Voyer[6]; 22. 75-Emily Massy[11]; 23. 15B-Adrian Black[26]; 24. 48X-Donald Leduc[22]; 25. (DNS) 114-Felix Lavictoire; 26. (DNS) 7-Antoine Dumouchel; 27. (DNS) 90Z-Nathan Joseph; 28. (DNS) 68L-John Lamarche

Sportsman Novice Fun Zone Inflatables 17 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps
1. ONE-Daphne Hebert[2]; 2. 37-Marco Mccarthy[3]; 3. 21L-Skylar Ladouceur[13]; 4. 35D-Dylan Moore[1]; 5. 33X-Marco Poirier[7]; 6. 16-Matthew Prunner[6]; 7. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[4]; 8. 14-Ty David[5]; 9. 18JR-Denis Rose[10]; 10. 82-Nicolas Mainville[8]; 11. 80D-Damien King[14]; 12. 09-Charlotte Morin[11]; 13. 48D-Sylvain Dupuis[9]; 14. 87X-Daylon Ezerd[15]; 15. (DNS) X23-Daniel Menard; 16. (DNS) 17M-Madie Wallace; 17. (DNS) 67-Brent Lozo