Lance Willix Secures 358-Modified Victory Sunday Night At Cornwall Motor Speedway

Story By: MARTIN BELANGER / CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY – CORNWALL, ONT – A busy and exciting night of racing unfolded at Cornwall Motor Speedway on Bank of Montreal Night, with a full six-division program headlined by the first 2025 appearance of the Lightning Sprints.

Fans were treated to seven features, including the June 1 makeup for the Novice Sportsman, and a thrilling night of action from start to finish.

In the JLB Heating and Cooling 358-Modifieds, it was Lance Willix who put on a dominant performance in the 35-lap feature. Willix led from the start, stretching his advantage early while Louie Jackson Jr. and Jackson Gill traded positions inside the top five. Gabriel Cyr made a move into third but later slowed, bringing out a caution near the halfway mark. Willix maintained the lead on the restart despite pressure from Jackson Jr. A dramatic final lap saw Jackson spin out while attempting a last-ditch pass, resulting in a green-white-checker finish. Willix took the win, with Jackson Gill and Chris Raabe completing the podium.

The 25-lap Lightning Sprint feature brought plenty of excitement as Daniel Nadeau took the early lead before Xavier Lauzon surged to the front. After an early caution, Lauzon dominated until late-race lapped traffic caused trouble. Running high, Lauzon opened the door for Etienne Arpin, who seized the opportunity and secured the victory, with Jean-Christophe Bolduc rounding out the top three.

The Next Level Home Improvement Sportsman 25-lap event saw a strong run from Tristan Ladouceur, who led flag-to-flag to earn his first feature win at Cornwall. Donovan Lussier and Jeff Lapalme provided a challenge in the second half, with lapped traffic closing the gap, but Ladouceur remained calm and finished ahead of Lussier and Lapalme.

In the Alexandria Home Hardware Pro-Stock division, Marc Lalonde powered past early leader Denis Gauvreau to take control of the race. Kevin Fetterly and Dave Seguin pushed hard after a late caution with 8 laps remaining, but Lalonde held firm to notch his first win of the 2025 season.

A full field of 22 Mini-Stocks took the green in the Rick’s Ranch Mini-Stock division, where Martin Bernard led early before Carl Gorry and then Travis Lamarche moved into the top spot. A red flag on lap 8 stopped the action as Kathy Pommainville ended up on her roof. On the restart, Lamarche took command, but Michael Beauregard tracked him down in the final laps and made a thrilling pass on the last lap to grab the win.

The night kicked off with the June 1st makeup feature in the Novice Sportsman class, where Garin Thompson drove a clean and consistent race, fending off several challenges from Bryan Tarbell to take home the win.

Looking ahead, another major night is scheduled next week as the DIRTcar Pro-Stock Series takes center stage. With nearly 40 competitors expected, fans won’t want to miss it. A full program is also scheduled, including a visit from the Eastern Ontario Vintage Stock Car Club.

4roadservices.com 358-Modified Halfway: Lance Willix
Fix Auto 358-Modified Hard Charger: Joey Ladouceur
GB Carburation 358-Modified Hard Luck: Mario Clair
Fix Auto Sportsman Hard Charger: Shane Pecore
GB Carburation Sportsman Hard Luck: Adam Rozon
JLB Heating and Cooling Pro-Stock Hard-Charger: Jocelyn Roy
JLB Heating and Cooling Pro-Stock Hard luck: Ian Bressett
Climate Control HVAC Mini-Stock Halfway: Travis Lamarche

358 Modified
A Feature 1 35 Laps | 00:15:10.623

1. 31W-Lance Willix[1]; 2. 60-Jackson Gill[6]; 3. 47S-Corey Wheeler[5]; 4. 66X-Carey Terrance[13]; 5. 77E-Ryan Stabler[9]; 6. 18-Kalen Draper[7]; 7. 17-Tristan Draper[16]; 8. 23-Joey Ladouceur[18]; 9. 151KB-Brian McDonald[2]; 10. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[10]; 11. 18JR-Louie Jackson Jr[4]; 12. 88-Lee Ladouceur[12]; 13. 21-Robert Delormier[15]; 14. 31-Tommy Jock Jr[11]; 15. 36-Chantal Provencher[17]; 16. 17M-Gavin MacFarlane[14]; 17. 94-Gabriel Cyr[3]; 18. 124-Mario Clair[8]; 19. (DNS) 80EH-Doug Buzzell

Sportsman
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:06:39.219

1. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[2]; 2. 61L-Donovan Lussier[6]; 3. 88H-Bobby Herrington[5]; 4. 20-Elliot Gamache[9]; 5. 88-Jeffrey Lapalme[3]; 6. 17M-Justin Cyr[7]; 7. 0-Shane Pecore[14]; 8. 35B-Brennan Moore[10]; 9. 16-Matt Barbour[12]; 10. 03-Joshua Jock[8]; 11. 48D-Sylvain Dupuis[15]; 12. 33X-Marco Poirier[1]; 13. 55R-Dan Reif[16]; 14. 29D-Justin Desrosiers[18]; 15. 35D-Dylan Moore[20]; 16. 95-Dan Jalbert[17]; 17. 9-Kristian Smoke[21]; 18. 42-Kent Miller[4]; 19. M70-Billy Cook[13]; 20. 72B-Brandon Beauregard[19]; 21. 37-Marc Olivier McCarthy[11]; 22. 98-David Andre[22]; 23. 12T-Trey Ladouceur[25]; 24. 14-Ty David[23]; 25. X23-Daniel Menard[26]; 26. 3-Adam Rozon[27]; 27. (DNS) 1R-Ricky Thompson

Pro-Stock
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:11:27.700

1. 8-Marc Lalonde[2]; 2. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[3]; 3. 11A-Dave Seguin[6]; 4. 48-Jocelyn Roy[14]; 5. 28-Burton Ward[8]; 6. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[1]; 7. 22B-Blayne Nichols[15]; 8. 6-Stephane Lebrun[4]; 9. 67-Eric Leblond Reche[9]; 10. 29-Dany Voghel[12]; 11. 9-Eric Jean Louis[18]; 12. 71-Delbert LaGrow Jr[5]; 13. 4-Rock Aubin[17]; 14. 38-Justin Chaput[13]; 15. 57J-Jason Fetterly[7]; 16. 17-Marc Peladeau[10]; 17. 115-Jean Philippe Guay[16]; 18. 66-Mathieu Renaud[19]; 19. 3-Mike Gaucher[20]; 20. 5B-Ian Bressett[11]

Mini-Stock
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:21:21.900

1. 83-Sebastien Raymond Beauregard[7]; 2. 93M-Travis Lamarche[5]; 3. 90-Christopher Proulx[8]; 4. 75-Emily Massy[6]; 5. 19M-Martin Bernard[3]; 6. 7-Antoine Dumouchel[23]; 7. 5-Brandon Bagnato[10]; 8. 48-Carl Gorry[4]; 9. 47K-Karl Lecuyer[12]; 10. 22R-Eric Roy[19]; 11. 21-Marc Andre Voyer[18]; 12. 11S-Steven Quesnel[14]; 13. 35-Richard Belair[17]; 14. 29J-David Bartrend Falker[11]; 15. 87C-Christopher Cordeau[2]; 16. 27M-Crystal Pommainville[1]; 17. 77D-Danick Seguin[9]; 18. R72-Michel L’Ecuyer[20]; 19. 43-Xavier Metivier[13]; 20. 88K-Kathy Pommainville[21]; 21. C41-Valaire Lecuyer[16]; 22. 114-Felix Lavictoire[15]; 23. 5M-Cameron Malloy[22]

Lightning Sprints
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:13:50.368

1. 20X-Etienne Arpin[4]; 2. 1-Jean Christophe Bolduc[8]; 3. 96-Xavier Lauzon[6]; 4. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[11]; 5. 29-Stephane St Laurent[12]; 6. 21B-Benjamin Chouinard[3]; 7. 79-Sabrina Blanchet[10]; 8. 64-Daniel Nadeau[1]; 9. 6-Pascal Martel[2]; 10. 22-Maxime Nadeau[13]; 11. 57-David Daoust[20]; 12. 44-Eric Boisvert[21]; 13. 87C-Christopher Cordeau[17]; 14. 740S-Yann Savard[14]; 15. 34-Felix Leclerc[16]; 16. 0-Claude Bolduc[5]; 17. 973-Mikael Charbonneau[22]; 18. 14-Francis Lessard[18]; 19. 47-Mikael Alexandre Remy[19]; 20. 1K-Ronnie Tyo[9]; 21. 49-Marwan Robidoux[15]; 22. 7K-Keven Boucher Carrier[7]

Sportsman Novice
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:05:34.841

1. 82-Nicolas Mainville[2]; 2. 7D-Bryan Tarbell[1]; 3. 74-Justin Lazore[7]; 4. 1RJR-Garin Thompson[5]; 5. JR7-Jacorey Arquette[6]; 6. 18JR-Denis Rose[3]; 7. 35P-Patrick Kudrinko[10]; 8. 22D-Daylon Ezard[9]; 9. 58J-Shaun Lafave[4]; 10. FN99-Drake Cartier[8]