Story By: MARTIN BÉLANGER / CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY – CORNWALL, ONT – Pioneer presented one of the biggest events of the season as the Fat Les Chip Stand Canadian Nationals was in town with a $10,000 to win along with Sportsman, Street Stock, Mod-Lite and Vintage.
In the 100 laps Fat Les Chip Stand Canadian Nationals Feature, Mat Williamson to the early lead over Mario Clair and Erick Rudolph. Caution was out on lap 6 as an accident occurred in turn 2. Williamson in front with Felix Roy moving to this as Clair was still second. Roy was quick using the inside lane and moved to second on lap 15. Felix Roy was on a tear as he took the lead from Williamson on lap 18. As the leaders were in heavy traffic, Robert Delormier brought the caution on lap 29. Roy keeping the lead over Williamson and Clair. As Roy pulled away, Clair was racing side by side with Williamson. Caution is out for Steve Bernier on lap 41. On the restart, David Hebert moved to second as the got closer to the leader. Roy, Hebert and Williamson were the top 3 at the halfway point. Leaders were in heavy traffic as Williamson passed Hebert for second with 35 laps to go. Roy mastered the lap traffic as he kept Williamson away from him, Roy went on to capture a second feature this season over Williamson and Tim Fuller who completed the podium.
Karl Letendre to the lead in the 40-lap Next Level Home Improvement Sportsman as Donovan Lussier quickly moved through the field as he took second with 7 laps in the books, Lussier was fast as he took the lead over Letendre on lap 16 after starting 10th. Sylvain Dupuis brought the caution on lap 23. Lussier pulled away as Justin Lalancette and Bobby Herrington were behind the leader. Yellow was out on lap 25. On the restart, William Racine moved from 4th to first in one lap over Lussier. Racine to the lead with Herrington in second and chasing the leader. Both Racine and Herrington went into a great battle exchanging the lead as Racine passed Herrington at the line to get his 5th feature of the season.
In the Mod-Lite feature, it was a battle with the Forcier with Martin Forcier in front as Alex and Michael Forcier were behind the leader. The Forcier got away from the field as Michael Forcier stopped and yellow was out on lap 11. Alex Forcier never looked back and got the win.
The 25-lap Street Stock was the final feature of the event as Dakota Sharp was the class of the field over Tyler French and Brock Gregory. French got credited with the win as Sharp got disqualified at post inspection.
The Eastern Ontario Vintage Club was the first on the speedway with Steve Billings in front. Some good battle for the lead as Billings had to resist a charge from Matt Barbour. Billings was victorious in the 70-80s class as Pete Stapper had the best in the 50-60s.
Next Sunday we close out our 2023 regular season with our championship night in all our divisions along with capping off our Fat Les Chip Stand Canadian Nationals, Race for the Cure Sportsman, Clyde Sligner/Farnham Ale Pro-Stock et Eastern Ontario Mini-Stock Showdown Series.
358 Modified
A Feature 1 (100 Laps): 1. 91-Felix Roy[8]; 2. 6-Mat Williamson[1]; 3. 19-Tim Fuller[7]; 4. ONE-David Hebert[6]; 5. 47S-Corey Wheeler[12]; 6. 66X-Carey Terrance[10]; 7. 66-Kyle Dingwall[14]; 8. 124C-Mario Clair[2]; 9. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot[18]; 10. 25-Erick Rudolph[3]; 11. 13-Kevin Hamel[23]; 12. 44-Johnathon Ferguson[4]; 13. 41-Samuel Charland[26]; 14. 77E-Ryan Stabler[5]; 15. 88L-Jeffrey Lapalme[15]; 16. 38J-Jarrett Herbison[13]; 17. 18-Kalen Draper[24]; 18. 54-Steve Bernard[16]; 19. 21-Yan Bussiere[29]; 20. 23-Joey Ladouceur[9]; 21. 18JR-Louis Jackson Jr[30]; 22. 17-Tristan Draper[19]; 23. 74-Lucas Fuller[21]; 24. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[20]; 25. 17M-Gavin MacFarlane[27]; 26. (DNF) 21X-Robert Delormier[17]; 27. (DNF) 88-Lee Ladouceur[22]; 28. (DNF) 40-Gilles Godard[25]; 29. (DNF) 25*-Steve Bernier[11]; 30. (DNF) 151-Brian McDonald[28]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 40-Gilles Godard[1]; 2. 41-Samuel Charland[6]; 3. 17M-Gavin MacFarlane[3]; 4. 151-Brian McDonald[8]; 5. 21-Yan Bussiere[5]; 6. 18JR-Louis Jackson Jr[9]; 7. M16-Gage Morin[4]; 8. 55-Dan Reif[10]; 9. 08-Chris Ferguson[7]; 10. (DQ) 0-Glenn Styres[2]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 44-Johnathon Ferguson[2]; 2. 124C-Mario Clair[6]; 3. 23-Joey Ladouceur[3]; 4. 38J-Jarrett Herbison[5]; 5. 21X-Robert Delormier[4]; 6. 74-Lucas Fuller[8]; 7. 40-Gilles Godard[7]; 8. 21-Yan Bussiere[9]; 9. (DNF) 18JR-Louis Jackson Jr[1]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 6-Mat Williamson[1]; 2. 25*-Steve Bernier[2]; 3. 25-Erick Rudolph[4]; 4. 66-Kyle Dingwall[3]; 5. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot[8]; 6. 88-Lee Ladouceur[5]; 7. 0-Glenn Styres[6]; 8. 41-Samuel Charland[9]; 9. 55-Dan Reif[7]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Fuller[2]; 2. ONE-David Hebert[1]; 3. 91-Felix Roy[3]; 4. 88L-Jeffrey Lapalme[4]; 5. 17-Tristan Draper[5]; 6. 13-Kevin Hamel[6]; 7. 17M-Gavin MacFarlane[7]; 8. 08-Chris Ferguson[8]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 47S-Corey Wheeler[2]; 2. 66X-Carey Terrance[1]; 3. 77E-Ryan Stabler[3]; 4. 54-Steve Bernard[5]; 5. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[4]; 6. 18-Kalen Draper[6]; 7. M16-Gage Morin[8]; 8. 151-Brian McDonald[7]
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 18JR-Louis Jackson Jr, 00:14.669[9]; 2. 44-Johnathon Ferguson, 00:14.702[8]; 3. 23-Joey Ladouceur, 00:14.717[1]; 4. 21X-Robert Delormier, 00:14.807[7]; 5. 38J-Jarrett Herbison, 00:14.815[5]; 6. 124C-Mario Clair, 00:14.900[6]; 7. 40-Gilles Godard, 00:14.912[2]; 8. 74-Lucas Fuller, 00:15.034[4]; 9. 21-Yan Bussiere, 00:15.158[3]
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 6-Mat Williamson, 00:14.677[6]; 2. 25*-Steve Bernier, 00:14.729[3]; 3. 66-Kyle Dingwall, 00:14.742[4]; 4. 25-Erick Rudolph, 00:14.760[7]; 5. 88-Lee Ladouceur, 00:15.048[8]; 6. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:15.178[5]; 7. 55-Dan Reif, 00:15.431[9]; 8. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot, 00:15.432[2]; 9. (DNF) 41-Samuel Charland, 00:16.000[1]
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. ONE-David Hebert, 00:14.773[5]; 2. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:14.795[2]; 3. 91-Felix Roy, 00:14.849[3]; 4. 88L-Jeffrey Lapalme, 00:15.002[4]; 5. 17-Tristan Draper, 00:15.022[7]; 6. 13-Kevin Hamel, 00:15.221[6]; 7. 17M-Gavin MacFarlane, 00:15.492[1]; 8. 08-Chris Ferguson, 00:15.797[8]
Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 66X-Carey Terrance, 00:14.689[3]; 2. 47S-Corey Wheeler, 00:14.835[1]; 3. 77E-Ryan Stabler, 00:14.835[6]; 4. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur, 00:14.953[8]; 5. 54-Steve Bernard, 00:14.961[2]; 6. 18-Kalen Draper, 00:15.022[5]; 7. 151-Brian McDonald, 00:15.162[7]; 8. M16-Gage Morin, 00:15.248[4]
Sportsman
A Feature 1: 1. 35R-William Racine[5]; 2. 88Z-Bobby Herrington[9]; 3. 94-Gabriel Cyr[4]; 4. 00-Donovan Lussier[10]; 5. 22S-Shane Stearns[8]; 6. 38S-Sean Imbeault[6]; 7. 1-Justin Lalancette[1]; 8. 35-Thomas Cook[14]; 9. 0-Shane Pecore[7]; 10. 8KL-Karl Letendre[2]; 11. 3KL-Keven Letendre[12]; 12. 51-Bryan Preville[13]; 13. 85-Tyler Givogue[18]; 14. 03-Joshua Jock[15]; 15. 98-Domonick Merkley[17]; 16. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[11]; 17. ONE-Daphne Hebert[23]; 18. 04-Scott McGill[25]; 19. 21L-Terry Ladouceur[29]; 20. 3-Adam Rozon[19]; 21. 48D-Sylvain Dupuis[20]; 22. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[30]; 23. 16-Matthew Prunner[16]; 24. 29D-Justin Desrosiers[27]; 25. 85L-David Langlois[21]; 26. 82-Denis Forgues[22]; 27. 27D-Mario Dupuis[24]; 28. 25-Pierre Picard[26]; 29. (DNF) 95-Dan Jalbert[28]; 30. (DNF) 94J-Justin Cyr[3]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 04-Scott McGill[2]; 2. 25-Pierre Picard[1]; 3. 29D-Justin Desrosiers[3]; 4. 95-Dan Jalbert[5]; 5. 21L-Terry Ladouceur[4]; 6. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[6]; 7. X23-Daniel Menard[8]; 8. 9-Marc Boulerice[11]; 9. 18JR-Denis Rose[9]; 10. 72B-Brandon Beauregard[10]; 11. (DNS) 911-Nick Merkley
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 94J-Justin Cyr[1]; 2. 94-Gabriel Cyr[3]; 3. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[5]; 4. 51-Bryan Preville[2]; 5. 98-Domonick Merkley[4]; 6. 85L-David Langlois[6]; 7. 25-Pierre Picard[9]; 8. 95-Dan Jalbert[8]; 9. (DNS) 18JR-Denis Rose
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Donovan Lussier[1]; 2. 8KL-Karl Letendre[2]; 3. 0-Shane Pecore[3]; 4. 35-Thomas Cook[5]; 5. 85-Tyler Givogue[6]; 6. 82-Denis Forgues[4]; 7. 04-Scott McGill[7]; 8. 21T-Trey Ladouceur[9]; 9. 72B-Brandon Beauregard[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88Z-Bobby Herrington[1]; 2. 1-Justin Lalancette[3]; 3. 22S-Shane Stearns[2]; 4. 03-Joshua Jock[6]; 5. 3-Adam Rozon[5]; 6. ONE-Daphne Hebert[4]; 7. 29D-Justin Desrosiers[7]; 8. (DNS) 911-Nick Merkley
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 35R-William Racine[1]; 2. 3KL-Keven Letendre[2]; 3. 38S-Sean Imbeault[3]; 4. 16-Matthew Prunner[4]; 5. 48D-Sylvain Dupuis[7]; 6. 27D-Mario Dupuis[6]; 7. 21L-Terry Ladouceur[5]; 8. X23-Daniel Menard[8]; 9. 9-Marc Boulerice[9]
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 94J-Justin Cyr, 00:15.203[3]; 2. 51-Bryan Preville, 00:15.352[8]; 3. 94-Gabriel Cyr, 00:15.385[5]; 4. 98-Domonick Merkley, 00:15.413[1]; 5. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur, 00:15.466[4]; 6. 85L-David Langlois, 00:15.687[2]; 7. 18JR-Denis Rose, 00:15.932[7]; 8. 95-Dan Jalbert, 00:15.940[6]; 9. 25-Pierre Picard, 00:16.161[9]
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 00-Donovan Lussier, 00:15.325[7]; 2. 8KL-Karl Letendre, 00:15.349[3]; 3. 0-Shane Pecore, 00:15.457[1]; 4. 82-Denis Forgues, 00:15.488[2]; 5. 35-Thomas Cook, 00:15.518[9]; 6. 85-Tyler Givogue, 00:15.540[5]; 7. 04-Scott McGill, 00:15.710[8]; 8. 72B-Brandon Beauregard, 00:16.047[6]; 9. 21T-Trey Ladouceur, 00:16.101[4]
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 88Z-Bobby Herrington, 00:15.333[3]; 2. 22S-Shane Stearns, 00:15.488[9]; 3. 1-Justin Lalancette, 00:15.496[2]; 4. ONE-Daphne Hebert, 00:15.564[1]; 5. 3-Adam Rozon, 00:15.586[5]; 6. 03-Joshua Jock, 00:15.813[6]; 7. 29D-Justin Desrosiers, 00:15.950[7]; 8. 911-Nick Merkley, 00:16.258[4]; 9. 9-Marc Boulerice, 00:16.914[8]
Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 35R-William Racine, 00:15.405[3]; 2. 3KL-Keven Letendre, 00:15.556[1]; 3. 38S-Sean Imbeault, 00:15.613[2]; 4. 16-Matthew Prunner, 00:15.863[5]; 5. 21L-Terry Ladouceur, 00:16.040[8]; 6. 27D-Mario Dupuis, 00:16.074[6]; 7. 48D-Sylvain Dupuis, 00:16.114[4]; 8. X23-Daniel Menard, 00:16.283[7]
Street Stocks
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 0-Tyler French[5]; 2. 26-Brock Gregory[8]; 3. 9-Joshua Black[1]; 4. 11-Martin Thibert[21]; 5. 145-Jeremy Turcotte[2]; 6. 64-Jonathan Galipeau[24]; 7. 911-Nick Merkley[10]; 8. 777-Tommy Lizotte[19]; 9. 74L-Mike Lucas[6]; 10. 74-Nicolas Gauvreau[11]; 11. 04-Christian Beauchemin[15]; 12. 03G-Eric Gilbert[13]; 13. 25-Francis Rivest[3]; 14. 125-Stephane Philippe[20]; 15. 66-Gaetan Hebert[18]; 16. 1M-Martin Livernoche[14]; 17. (DNF) 60-Marco Lalonde[16]; 18. (DNF) 47-Yves Marcoux[4]; 19. (DNF) 7-Jonathan Trudel[22]; 20. (DNF) 1-Shawn Gregory[7]; 21. (DNF) 22G-Maxime Gagnon[12]; 22. (DNF) 62-Jayson Tolhurst[25]; 23. (DNS) 91-Patrice Foster; 24. (DNS) 11X-Steve Brady; 25. (DNS) 42C-Curtis Merkley; 26. (DQ) 12S-Dakota Sharp[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12S-Dakota Sharp[2]; 2. 0-Tyler French[1]; 3. 9-Joshua Black[5]; 4. 03G-Eric Gilbert[6]; 5. 91-Patrice Foster[7]; 6. 11-Martin Thibert[8]; 7. 64-Jonathan Galipeau[4]; 8. (DNS) 42C-Curtis Merkley
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Brock Gregory[3]; 2. 47-Yves Marcoux[2]; 3. 911-Nick Merkley[5]; 4. 1M-Martin Livernoche[6]; 5. 66-Gaetan Hebert[1]; 6. 7-Jonathan Trudel[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Shawn Gregory[5]; 2. 25-Francis Rivest[2]; 3. 74-Nicolas Gauvreau[4]; 4. 04-Christian Beauchemin[7]; 5. 777-Tommy Lizotte[6]; 6. 11X-Steve Brady[1]; 7. (DNF) 62-Jayson Tolhurst[3]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 74L-Mike Lucas[5]; 2. 145-Jeremy Turcotte[2]; 3. 22G-Maxime Gagnon[3]; 4. 60-Marco Lalonde[1]; 5. (DNF) 125-Stephane Philippe[4]
Mod Lites
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 6A-Alex Forcier[4]; 2. 6F-Martin Forcier[2]; 3. 721-Jean Francois Leblanc[7]; 4. 31-Yan Beliveau[14]; 5. 91-Kevin Burke[6]; 6. 23-Alan Carrier[19]; 7. 49-Logan Carrier[9]; 8. B7-Charles Antoine Pepin Bessette[12]; 9. 27-Michael Forcier[3]; 10. 66L-Antonin Lafleur[11]; 11. 25-Eric Lamothe[8]; 12. 735-Nikos Halikas[20]; 13. 427-Francis Laliberte[10]; 14. 08-Josee Fortier[18]; 15. 4-Shawn Cote[15]; 16. D12-Julien Bessette[21]; 17. 88-Alexandre Pepin[17]; 18. (DNF) 769-Darren Trinque[5]; 19. (DNF) 20-Alex Daneau[13]; 20. (DNF) 3-Pierre Olivier Trudel[1]; 21. (DNF) 95-Ludovic Rocheleau[22]; 22. (DNF) 33-Martin Cyrenne[16]