Cornwall,
Ont – Sunday, July 29, 2012 – Martin Bélanger – An historic night at Cornwall
Motor Speedway as the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series was in town for the
first time ever. The Sprint Car drivers in the business were in town to compete
in the $10,000 to win 40-lap event. The Immovex Lightning Sprint and our own
Modifieds were also on the racing card on LKQ Night.
The 40-lap
World of Outlaws had Donny Schatz and Craig Kinser on the first line, Schatz is
the early leader as Kerry Madsen is running third behind Kinser. Schatz got into
traffic with 10 laps in the books, he kept a good distance over the rest of the
leaders but Kinser closed on to him 5 laps later as Craig Dollansky took third.
Steve Kinser cracked the top 5 after starting in 12th on lap 23, he
got to fourth 2 laps later and had eyes on the leaders. Dollansky and Craig
Kinser got together just as Kerry Madsen brought the first caution with only 8
laps to go. Schatz in front as Steve Kinser got second after a good battle with
Dollansky. Schatz led wire to wire to win the first ever WOO Sprint Car feature
at Cornwall in front of Steve Kinser, Dollansky, Sammy Swindell and Lucas Wolfe
completed the top 5.
Shane Pecore
was the early leader in the 30-lap Jiffy Auto Services Modified feature, he had
Gage Morin as a dancing partner on the inside lane as Marc Therrien was in
third. Michel Chicoine brought the first caution on lap 6. Morin had a great
start when the green lights came back and took the lead over Pecore as Laurent
Ladouceur was now in third. At the halfway point, Morin, Pecore, Ladouceur, Tim
O’Brien and Joel Doiron were the top 5. Morin pulled away from the rest of the
field with 10 laps to go. Ladouceur passed Pecore for second on lap 24. Roger
Levesque got out of turn 2 and caution was out. Morin and Ladouceur got together
and the veteran driver got a flat tire, Morin led the final laps to win his
second feature of the season in front of Tim O’Brien, Joel Doiron, Chris Raabe
and Shane Pecore completed the top 5.
The 25-lap
Immovex Lightning Sprints feature was the first to take track, Stéphane
St-Laurent took the lead as Mathieu Bardier took second followed by Guillaume
Nedeirer. On the restart, Bardier and St-Laurent goes into battle for first and
Bardier takes the lead on lap 5. Bardier stayed first as Chantal Provencher
stopped in turn 2 on lap 7. Movement behind the leader as Simon Couture attacks
St-Laurent for second. A red flag occurred for a flip on lap 12. Officials
decided to shorten the feature to 14 laps as time constraint occurred. Bardier
led the final two laps to win over St-Laurent and Couture.
The biggest
crowd in history was on hand as several fans were sent to the infield as we ran
out of space in the grandstands.
Another big
event next week at the speedway as the second event of the Canadian Nationals
for 358-Modifieds will be on the card with a $4,000 to win, 100-lap event along
with a full show for Sportsman, Pro-Stock, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stocks. For more
information on the upcoming events at the speedway, you can visit the website at
www.cornwallspeedway or join us on
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for useful information and fun contests!
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Feature
Results (40 laps)
Donny
Schatz, Steve Kinser, Craig Dollansky, Sammy Swindell, Lucas Wolfe, Chad
Kemenah, Craig Kinser, Joey Saldana, Michael Parent, Cody Darrah, James
McFadden, Bill Rose, Kerry Madsen, Lee Ladouceur, Devin Caron, Mike Stelter,
Warren Stevenson, Tyler Rand, Jessica Zemken, Kayle Robidoux
Jiffy Auto Services Modified Feature
Results (30 laps)
Gage Morin, Tim O'Brien, Joel
Doiron, Chris Raabe, Shane Pecore, Matt Billings, Laurent Ladouceur, Carey
Terrance, Luke Whitteker, Kyle Dingwall, Brian McDonald, Yan Bussiere, Dale
Planck, Gilles Godard, Marc Therrien, Bruno Lepage, Michel Chicoine, Roger
Levesque, Kayle Robidoux
Immovex Lightning Sprints (25
laps)
Mathieu
Bardier, Stéphane St-Laurent, Simon Couture, Guillaume Nedeirer, Yan Bilodeau,
Daniel Nadeau, Yannick Poirier, Benjamin Mathieu, Pascal Levesque, Pierre-Yves
Joyal, Simon Dufour, Eric Sundborg, René Couture, Kevin Burke, Andre Bardier,
Eric Mireault, Michel Giguère, Michael Dion, Yves Capobianco, Sébastien Ferland,
Michel Audy, Jonathan Mathieu, Maxime Grenon, Chantal Provencher, Normand Hamel,
Marc Chapdeleine