Cornwall,
Ont – Sunday, May 20, 2012 – Martin Bélanger – In front of capacity crowd on
Opening Night at Cornwall Motor Speedway, the best drivers in the DIRTcar
358-Modified ranks showed their talent in the Canadian Nationals/DIRTcar
358-Modified Series with the 100-lap event on Minute Auto Wash Night.
Dale Planck
led the field of 30 cars to green in the 100-lap 358-Modified Minute Auto Wash
100 as Mario Clair slipped in turn 4 and caused the first caution on lap 2. The race
resumed on lap 8 as Mat Williamson powered by Planck for the lead with defending
series champion Danny Johnson moving up to third after starting in ninth.
Johnson passed Planck on the following lap for second. Jeremy Wilder brought the field together on
lap 14 as he slowed down in turn 2. The green lights came back on lap 23 with
Williamson charging in first. The leaders were pulling away from the rest of the
field when Steve Bernard came to a stop in the backstretch on lap 27. Williamson
is still the leader with Johnson, Planck, Bobby Herrington and Brett Hearn
cracking the top 5 with 31 laps in the books. Johnson used the heavy traffic to his
advantage has he moved by Williamson for the lead on lap 38. Hearn used the high lane to take
3rd on Planck with 43 laps completed.
At the
mid-race, Johnson was still in the lead with Williamson, Hearn, Planck and
Laurent Ladouceur running the top 5. While the top 4 remained unchanged, Danny
O’Brien made his way to fifth on lap 55. Hearn was strong on the outside as
charged by Williamson for second with 40 laps to go. The yellow came back on lap
63 as Bruno Lepage spun out in turn 4. Johnson kept the top spot over Hearn as
Planck got a good jump on the restart and returned to third as Williamson was
back to fourth. Johnson still in the lead as Yan Bussière had a tremendous start
and took fifth with a bold move between O’Brien and Ladouceur on lap 76. Hearn was waiting for an opportunity with
Johnson as Lepage made another stop in turn 4 on with 16 laps to go. Johnson
pulled away from Hearn with only 5 laps to go. Johnson led the final laps to win
over Hearn, Planck, Williamson and Bussière completed the top 5.
Jocelyn Roy
got the edge in the 40-lap Mohawk Race Parts Pro-Stock Series; Roy led the first
6 laps as a pair of #7 cars passed him with Ryan Stabler in the lead over Rob
Yetman with Roy running in third. Yetman was running on the backbumper of
Stabler as the feature quickly came to the halfway point with Roy, Michel
Desjardins and Ladouceur now in fifth. Yetman used the top lane to get by
Stabler on the following lap as both drivers were swapping the lead as they ran
a clean race in front with Stabler back on top with 15 left to go. Ladouceur was
now running in third as he used the inside lane to gain real estate on the
leaders. Stabler pulled away from the field as several positions were changed in
the top 5 as Stabler captured the feature over Ghislain Valade, Marc Lalonde,
Joey Ladouceur and Rob Yetman as the race went green to checker.
Martin
Pelletier led the 24-car field in the 20-lap Storm Realty Tracey Wheeler
sponsored Sportsman feature. Pelletier was running the top side well has he had
rookie contender Corey Wheeler on the bottom. Pelletier ran on top for the first
12 laps as Wheeler took the lead over Pelletier with Mathieu Desjardins running
in third. Wheeler led the final laps to win his first career feature in the
Sportsman rank over Pelletier and Desjardins.
Derek
Cryderman was able to resists to several cautions to capture the 15-lap Evans
Bus Line Semi-Pro feature race. Benoit Dubois and Guy Regimald completed the
podium.
In the Crazy
Dave’s DJ Services 15-lap Feature race, Mathieu Aubin had to hold off on some
charges of Joe McNichols and Mike Gaucher to win the first feature of the season
in this category.
Race fans
will be able to see the drivers and their cars from a closer perspective next
week with photo and autograph night during intermission. A full race program in
all five divisions will occur. The Squire Shop will be the main sponsor of the
evening. We invite you to visit our website at
www.cornwallspeedway.com to have all the latest news
and also our Facebook page to view our contests and other useful information
about Cornwall Motor Speedway.
Jiffy Auto Service Modified Feature
Results (100 laps)
Danny Johnson, Brett Hearn, Dale
Planck, Mat Williamson, Yan Bussiere, Bobby Herrington, Matt Billings, Danny
O'Brien, Chris Raabe, Laurent Ladouceur, David Hebert, Joel Doiron, Erick
Rudolph, Kyle Dingwall, Brian McDonald, Carey Terrance, Mario Clair, Stephane
Lafrance, Travis Braun, Tim Currier, Marc Therrien, Luke Whitteker, Shane
Pecore, Steve Bernard, Bruno Lepage, Claude Brouillard, Tim O'Brien, Alain
Boisvert, Kayle Robidoux, Jeremy Wilder
Mohawk Race Parts Pro-Stock Series
Feature Results (20 laps)
Ryan Stabler, Ghislain Valade,
Marc Lalonde, Joey Ladouceur, Rob Yetman, George Renaud, Michel Desjardins,
Jocelyn Roy, Dion Oakes, Rosco Garreau, Rock Aubin, Francois Adam, Ricky
Thompson, Dave Seguin, Stephane Lemire, Stephane Lebrun, Charles David
Beauchamp, Steve Johnston, Bruno Cyr, Chris Tremblay, Dan Desnoyers, Richard
Bertrand, Trevor Gaucher, Claude Parisien, Shawn Johnson
Storm Realty Tracy Wheeler Sportsman
Feature Results (20 laps)
Corey Wheeler, Martin Pelletier,
Mathieu Desjardins, Jessica Powers, Dan Jalbert, Chris Herbison, Ryan Arbuthnot,
Travis Back, Dillon Sallows, Corey Winters, Billy Cook, Jenna David, Gilles
Godard, John Mills, Brian Comeau, Nolan Swamp, Mitch Primeau, Tammy Jalbert,
Thomas Cook, Corey Barnes, Mike Stacey, Terry Ladouceur, Rene Duquette, Adam
Rozon
Evans Bus Lines Semi-Pro Feature Results
(15 laps)
Derek Cryderman, Benoit Dubois,
Guy Regimbald, Andrew Giroux, Joe Woods, Michael McCargar, Charles Galipeau,
Adam Switzer, Jake Deer, Darryl Mitchell, Robert Delormier, Simon Tisseur,
Jonathan Galipeau, Richard Lalonde, Junior Delormier, Andre Mainville, Anthony
Perron
Crazy Dave’s DJ Services Mini-Stock
Feature Results (12 laps)
Mathieu Aubin, Joe McNichols, Mike
Gaucher, Martin Bernard, Justin Desrosiers, Jamie McKee, Alain Tardif, Marc
Chartrand, Pier-Luc Lemieux, Sebastien Raymond, Joel Pilon, Danny Lefebvre,
Francis Remillard, Serge Langlois