Story By: MARTIN BÉLANGER / CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY – CORNWALL, ONT – Artist in Residence hosted the Eastern Ontario Vintage Club along with a full program as the Mini-Stock had a night off! Mother Nature was active throughout the evening but we were able to complete the program.
Joey Ladouceur was the early leader in the JLB Heating and Cooling 358-Modified feature as a lap 4 restart was good for Corey Wheeler being able to pass Ladouceur using the middle lane. Wheeler got into lap traffic on lap 12 as Ladouceur and Johnathon Ferguson had a good battle for the second spot. Wheeler was doing well in lap traffic as no change in the top three with Joey Ladouceur and Ferguson. The final portion of the event was all Wheeler as he took his first feature of 2023 over Ladouceur and Ferguson.
Thomas Cook took the lead in the 25-lap Next Level Home Improvement Sportsman as Donovan Lussier and Shane Pecore were behind him. Lap traffic became a factor as Lussier surprised Cook on lap 16 as William Racine moved up quickly to the field and was quick and took the lead on lap 22 over Lussier. Racine went on to win a second in a row over Lussier and Pecore in third.
The 25-lap Alexandria Home Hardware saw Sid Harmer Jr taking the lead as a few cautions slowed the field in the first portion of the event. Marc Lalonde saw the opening on the lap 5 restart as he took the lead. A 3-way battle for the lead as Burton Ward joined the front pack with 10 laps to go. The feature went to overtime as Lalonde went on to win his second win this season.
Sylvain Dupuis led the whole 20-lap Novice Sportsman Fun Zone Inflatables and capture his first ever win in the division.
Jason Riddell and Matt Barber had a great battle in 20-lap Eastern Ontario Vintage Club feature as Barber took the lead over Riddell and pulled away from the field at halfway point. Barber led the feature to capture the win in the 70-80 as Pete Stapper got the win in the 50-60 class.
Next week at the speedway, all students will get in for free as a full program in our 5 divisions will be presented!
358 Modified JLB Heating and Cooling 21 Entries
A Feature 1 35 Laps | 00:11:22.333
1.47S-Corey Wheeler[3]; 2. 23-Joey Ladouceur[1]; 3. 44-Johnathon Ferguson[5]; 4. 91-Felix Roy[7]; 5. M16-Gage Morin[8]; 6. 77E-Ryan Stabler[4]; 7. 66X-Carey Terrance[9]; 8. 13-Kevin Hamel[12]; 9. 17-Tristan Draper[16]; 10. 18-Kalen Draper[6]; 11. 151KB-Brian McDonald[15]; 12. 18JR-Louis Jackson Jr[11]; 13. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[13]; 14. 66-Kyle Dingwall[19]; 15. 88-Lee Ladouceur[10]; 16. 555-Perry Francis[14]; 17. 31-Tommy Jock Jr[21]; 18. SS3-Sandy MacFarlane[18]; 19. 17M-Gavin MacFarlane[20]; 20. (DNF) 08-Chris Ferguson[17]; 21. (DNF) 40-Gilles Godard[2]
Sportsman Next Level Home Improvement 20 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:06:15.790
1.35R-William Racine[2]; 2. 00-Donovan Lussier[3]; 3. 0-Shane Pecore[5]; 4. 94-Gabriel Cyr[4]; 5. 35-Thomas Cook[1]; 6. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[9]; 7. 3-Adam Rozon[7]; 8. 85-Tyler Givogue[8]; 9. 1-Justin Lalancette[6]; 10. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[11]; 11. 95-Dan Jalbert[13]; 12. 04-Scott McGill[14]; 13. 88J-Justin Cyr[10]; 14. 29D-Justin Desrosiers[12]; 15. 23X-Michael Dillon[18]; 16. 23-Pryor Stacey[16]; 17. 71-Delbert LaGrow Jr[19]; 18. M70-Billy Cook[15]; 19. (DNF) 27D-Mario Dupuis[17]; 20. (DNS) 10-Blayden Arquette
Pro-Stock Alexandria Home Hardware 18 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps
1.8-Marc Lalonde[5]; 2. 690-Sid Harmer Jr[2]; 3. 28-Burton Ward[7]; 4. AK47-Joel Herne[9]; 5. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[6]; 6. 64-Daniel Desnoyers[4]; 7. 5B-Ian Bressette[17]; 8. 4-Rock Aubin[1]; 9. 17-Marc Péladeau[16]; 10. 27-Thomas MacDonald[12]; 11. 48-Jocelyn Roy[8]; 12. 55-Joel Renaud[13]; 13. 3-Mike Gaucher[14]; 14. 22B-Blayne Nichols[3]; 15. 44-Ian Richard[11]; 16. (DNF) 57-Alain Leduc[10]; 17. (DNF) 67-Eric Leblond Reche[15]; 18. (DQ) 9-Eric Jean Louis[18]
Sportsman Novice Fun Zone Inflatables 13 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps
1. 48D-Sylvain Dupuis[1]; 2. 33X-Marco Poirier[2]; 3. 16-Matthew Prunner[6]; 4. 37-Marc Olivier Mccarthy[12]; 5. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[4]; 6. 14-Ty David[8]; 7. 18JR-Denis Rose[7]; 8. 09-Charlotte Morin[3]; 9. 87X-Daylon Ezard[5]; 10. X23-Daniel Menard[9]; 11. (DNF) 67-Brent Lozo[10]; 12. (DNF) 21L-Skylar Ladouceur[11]