Corey Wheeler Wins 358-Mods Sunday At Cornwall; Donavon Lussier Takes Race For The Cure Sportsman Main

Story By: MARTIN BÉLANGER / CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY – CORNWALL, ONT – Another great night of racing at Cornwall Motor Speedway with the Action Sprint Tour East and also the Race for the Cure Sportsman Series along with a complete race program sponsored by JLB Heating and Cooling.

Tyler Givogue took the lead in the 50-lap Race for the Cure Sportsman over Cedric Gauvreau and David Rogers. Givogue got into lap traffic on lap 8. Bobby Herrington took third on lap 10 as caution was out on the same lap. On restart, Herrington moved to second as the yellow was back on the following lap. Givogue in the lead with Herrington and Rogers in third. On a lap 15 restart, William Racine made his way from 4th and challenged Givogue for the lead. Yellow is back on lap 22. A good battle for the lead between Givogue and Racine as caution was out on lap 26. On the restart, Racine used the outside of the speedway and grabbed the lead over Givogue. As Racine pulled away, Gabriel Cyr moved to second with Donovan Lussier in third. An accident happened on the frontstretch, and Racine had nowhere to go, he was sent to back of the field with 16 laps to go. Cyr to the lead over Lussier and Fire Swamp. While Cyr led, Herrington came back to the top 3 by passing Swamp on lap 40. On a lap 41 restart, Lussier took the lead over Cyr. Lussier led the final laps to capture the win.

Corey Wheeler led the way in the 35-lap JLB Heating and Cooling 358-Modified feature over Ryan Stabler and Felix Roy. Some good battles in front as Carey Terrance moved to second and challenged Wheeler for the lead with 15 laps in the books. The leaders ran well in the lap traffic as the top 3 were together with 5 laps to go. Wheeler led the whole event to win the feature as Roy surprised Terrance on the final lap to finish second. Wheeler captured his third win of 2023 at Cornwall.

In the Action Sprint Tour Feature, Mathieu Bardier took the lead over Jeffrey Weare and Lee Ladouceur, Weare used a lap car to pass Bardier for the lead on lap 4 as the caution came on the following lap. Weare set the pace over the rest of the field as he hit a lap car and did a 360 losing some laps as caution came out with 12 laps down. Bardier to the lead over Lee Ladouceur as both drivers were running close together. Lap cars became a factor in the final laps as Ladouceur passed Bardier on the final circuit to capture the win.

The Novice Sportsman Fun Zone Inflatables was the final feature of the evening as Matthew Prunner was the early leader and led the way for the first 15 laps until a lap car slow Prunner and Marco McCarthy was the leader as yellow was out. On the restart, Dylan Moore took the lead and grabbed the win.

Marc Dagenais took the lead in the 20-lap Rick’s Ranch Mini-Stock feature with James Clarke in second. On a lap 2 restart, Clarke to the lead with Dagenais fading to 4th. Adrian Black brought the caution on lap 12. James Clarke survived a few cautions and charges from Dagenais to win the feature.

Next week will be the Autograph Night along with a complete race program.

358 Modified JLB Heating and Cooling
A Feature 1 35 Laps | 00:12:29.667
1. 47S-Corey Wheeler[1]; 2. 91-Felix Roy[3]; 3. 66X-Carey Terrance[6]; 4. 44-Johnathon Ferguson[7]; 5. 77E-Ryan Stabler[2]; 6. M16-Gage Morin[4]; 7. 40-Gilles Godard[15]; 8. 13-Kevin Hamel[5]; 9. 88-Lee Ladouceur[8]; 10. 151KB-Brian McDonald[9]; 11. 23-Joey Ladouceur[12]; 12. 41-Samuel Charland[13]; 13. 66-Kyle Dingwall[10]; 14. 35-Francois Bellemare[11]; 15. 08-Chris Ferguson[16]; 16. 17M-Gavin MacFarlane[18]; 17. SS3-Sandy MacFarlane[14]; 18. (DNF) 18JR-Louis Jackson Jr[17]

Sportsman Next Level Home Improvement
A Feature 1 50 Laps | 00:44:08.960
100-Donovan Lussier[12]; 2. 94-Gabriel Cyr[13]; 3. 88Z-Bobby Herrington[6]; 4. 44-David Rogers[4]; 5. 88-Fire Swamp[8]; 6. 0-Shane Pecore[10]; 7. 85-Tyler Givogue[2]; 8. 88K-Dylan Kirkland[18]; 9. 35B-Brennan Moore[21]; 10. 1-Justin Lalancette[7]; 11. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[1]; 12. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[15]; 13. 44G-Raphael Gougeon[14]; 14. 35R-William Racine[9]; 15. 35-Thomas Cook[11]; 16. 22G-Gorden Clair[16]; 17. 111-Alexandre Rodier[26]; 18. 99-Steven Lajoie[3]; 19. 3-Adam Rozon[32]; 20. 44S-Casey Swamp[5]; 21. 27D-Mario Dupuis[31]; 22. 72B-Brandon Beauregard[28]; 23. M70-Billy Cook[30]; 24. (DNF) 29D-Justin Desrosiers[19]; 25. (DNF) 88J-Justin Cyr[17]; 26. (DNF) 71-Delbert LaGrow Jr[25]; 27. (DNF) 33X-Marco Poirier[23]; 28. (DNF) 82-Denis Forgues[29]; 29. (DNF) 29A-Aryane Imbeault[22]; 30. (DNF) 21L-Terry Ladouceur[24]; 31. (DNF) 38S-Sean Imbeault[20]; 32. (DNF) 95-Dan Jalbert[27]

Action Sprint Tour
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:14:54.661
1.51-Lee Ladouceur[1]; 2. 19-Mathieu Bardier[2]; 3. 9-Adam Turner[3]; 4. 52-Matt Billings[14]; 5. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[5]; 6. 87-Andrew Hennessy[6]; 7. 17-Chris Herbison[9]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[15]; 9. 00-Ryan Poole[11]; 10. 55-Jeffrey Weare[4]; 11. 13-Evan Reynolds[12]; 12. 115-April Wilson[7]; 13. 93-Guy Gosselin[10]; 14. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[13]; 15. M52-Marc Surprenant[16]; 16. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[8]; 17. (DNS) 71-Mike Bowman

Mini-Stock Ricks Ranch
A Feature 1 20 Laps
1.2X-James Clarke[2]; 2. 30-Marc Dagenais[1]; 3. 23B-Brandon Macmillan[4]; 4. 7M-Dan Cook[6]; 5. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[7]; 6. 30B-Jean Cedrick Bouchard[8]; 7. 0-Mathieu Voghell[3]; 8. 93M-Travis Lamarche[12]; 9. TJ35-Tyler Lamarche[11]; 10. 15B-Adrian Black[5]; 11. 87C-Christopher Cordeau[21]; 12. 75-Emily Massy[18]; 13. 90-Christopher Proulx[13]; 14. 83-Steven Boies[16]; 15. 24-Sebastien Lussier[22]; 16. 45-Dominik Blais[19]; 17. TEN-Mathieu Deschamps[10]; 18. 05-Rock St Amour[14]; 19. 48-Carl Gorry[9]; 20. 88C-Curtis Lindsay[15]; 21. 88-Jake Larocque[17]; 22. (DNS) 114-Felix Lavictoire

Sportsman Novice Fun Zone Inflatables
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:08:42.490
1. 35D-Dylan Moore[7]; 2. 37-Marc Olivier McCarthy[5]; 3. 82-Nicolas Mainville[1]; 4. 16-Matthew Prunner[2]; 5. 14-Ty David[8]; 6. 18JR-Denis Rose[6]; 7. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[9]; 8. 17M-Madie Wallace[10]; 9. 25-Pierre Picard[3]; 10. X23-Daniel Menard[13]; 11. 22D-Daylon Ezard[12]; 12. 60X-Pascal Bessette[11]; 13. (DNF) 48D-Sylvain Dupuis[4]; 14. (DNS) 67-Brent Lozo