Monday, August 30, 2010

CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY: Gage Morin wins at Cornwall Motor Speedway!

Cornwall, Ont – Sunday, August 29, 2010 –Mother Nature finally decided to cooperate with Cornwall Motor Speedway. A great field of cars answered the call on this gorgeous night for racing; a full racing program was on hand in all five classes with a 25-lap Semi-Pro feature and a 25-lap Mini-Stock finale. Jones Brown Insurance was the main sponsor of tonight`s racing program.

 

A fine field of 23 cars took the green in the 30-lap Modified feature. Youngsters Gage Morin and Matt Billings were on the top row with Billings taking the early lead but Morin came back and took the lead on lap 2. Morin was strong in front with Lee Ladouceur now second followed by Joel Doiron. Morin caught slower cars with 10 laps in the books. A good battle for third between Doiron and Stéphane Lafrance at the halfway point as Eric Gauvreau brought the first caution out on lap 18 as he stopped in the backstretch. Morin was fast on the following green with Ladouceur still in second as Lafrance was on the backbumper of Doiron for third. Morin was tearing the field down as he was back in traffic with only 2 laps to go in the feature. He led the final laps of the feature to win the race over Lee Ladouceur and Joel Doiron completed the podium. Laurent Ladouceur needs to be at the track next in the Jiffy 150 to claim the Modified track title.

 

In the 20 lap Pro-Stock Feature, Ricky Thompson was the early leader with PJ Peters behind him. Thompson had a pair of #73 cars behind him with Peters and Michel Desjardins. Peters was trying hard to pass Thompson and was able to take the lead using the inside lane on lap 8. Dave Bissonnette was now in third and was getting close to Thompson with a dozen laps in. Peters had a great lead over Thompson with less than 2 laps to go. The feature went caution free and Peters captured the win over Thompson, Dave Bissonnette, Corey Wheeler and George Renaud rounded out the top 5.

 

Josh Jock was the early leader in the 20-lap Sportsman feature, as Chris Raabe was one the fastest cars on the track being in fourth place. Raabe took third over Kristian Smoke on lap 4. The caution came out on lap 7 for a 2-car tangle in the front stretch. Cole Dingwall had a strong start and took the lead on Jock with Raabe now behind Dingwall with 11 laps to go.  Raabe was trying hard to pass Dingwall for the lead with a dozen laps completed with Randy Earl alone in third spot. Raabe took the lead over Dingwall using the outside lane on the front stretch on lap 15. Raabe led the final laps to win his fifth feature in a row at Cornwall in front of Dingwall and Earl completing the top 3.

 

Hugh Chandler led the first lap when Kevin McCrae slowed in turn 2. Chandler got back in the lead with Jeremy Thompson in second and Mike Stacey in third. Chandler got a few cars length lead over Thompson as Wes Bilmer got a flat tire and the caution came out on lap 9. Chandler got a good start with Kevin Fetterly now in second spot with Jonathan Galipeau in third. Fetterly took the lead on lap 10 and one lap later a few cars together in turn 4 and caution came out. On the following green, Fetterly got pushed and Galipeau was now the new leader, a few cars got together in turn 2 and the yellow was out at the halfway point. Galipeau the leader with Gaetan Amesse and Derek Cryderman behind him, Cryderman was able to pass Amesse but had problems with his car and Amesse was back in second spot with 7 laps to go. Amesse had good line on the top and grabbed the lead over Galipeau on lap 20 as Fetterly was right behind him. Roger D'Amour brought the yellow with 3 laps to go. A great battle for the lead between 3 cars as Hugh Chandler stopped in front of the grandstand with only 1 lap to go in the feature race. Amesse was able to resists for the final green and won the feature race over Galipeau and Fetterly was on the third step of the podium

 

A field of 18 cars took the initial green in the 25-lap Mini-Stock feature race; Dan Desnoyers led the first two laps as caution came out for debris on the track. Desnoyers had a good start with Mike Gaucher now in second. Corey Barnes brought the caution on lap 4 and the field had to slow down. Gaucher had a good jump on the following green and was the new leader over Desnoyers and Ben Nurse in third. Gaucher had confortable lead over the rest of the field at the halfway point. Justin Jodoin slowed in the back stretch and the yellow was out with 11 laps to go. Gaucher was still the leader with Nurse in second and Marc Usereau now in third. Gaucher led another 10 laps when Jean-Paul Laberge hit the wall hard in turn 4. Gaucher still the leader, the #3 car led the final laps and won the feature race in front of Ben Nurse and Marc Usereau completed the top 3.

 

The traditional Jiffy 150 is already at our doors with the MrDIRTcar 358 Modified Series will be at Cornwall Motor Speedway with a 100-lap feature race, the last race of the Mohawk Race Parts Pro-Stock Series will also be on the schedule with a 50-lap event. The Sportsman, Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock will have a regular night of racing. More than $35,000 in purse will be given out. A great field of cars and a lot of action is expected for next weekend.

 

Modified Feature Results (30 laps)

Gage Morin, Lee Ladouceur, Joel Doiron, Stéphane Lafrance, Dave Heaslip, Kyle Dingwall, Tim O'Brien, Luke Whitteker, Laurent Ladouceur, Alex Fortier, Carey Terrance, Kayle Robidoux, Danny O'Brien, Denis Gauvreau, Bobby Herrington, Marc Therrien, Michel Chicoine, Sébastien Benoit, Ryan Helm, Billy Cook, Ron Valade, Matt Billings, Eric Gauvreau

 

Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps)

Chris Raabe, Cole Dingwall, Randy Earl, Josh Jock, Travis Back, Kristian Smoke, Shane Pecore, Bruno Lepage, Dave Wilgosh, Jeff Philipps, Mitch Primeau, Dillon Sallows, Josh Kane, Jenna David, Rob Ezard, Chris Herbison, Corey Winters.

 

Pro-Stock Feature Results (20 laps)

PJ Peters, Ricky Thompson, Dave Bissonnette, Corey Wheeler, George Renaud, Joey Ladouceur, Michel Desjardins, Ryan Stabler, Louie Jackson, Gilles Godard, Ghislain Valade, Rock Aubin, Daniel Dupuis, Marc Lalonde, Michel Blais, Chris Tremblay

 

Semi-Pro Feature Results (25 laps)

Gaetan Amesse, Jonathan Galipeau, Kevin Fetterly, Steve Kearney, Gilbert Pilon, Mike Stacey, Richard Lalonde, Roger D'Amour, Kevin Clément, Wes Bilmer, Jeremy Thompson, Hugh Chandler, Dick Planty, Derek Cryderman, Jeremy Lacombe, Martin Thibert, Junior Delormier, Kevin McCrae

 

Mini-Stock Feature Results (25 laps)

Mike Gaucher, Ben Nurse, Marc Usereau, Dan Desnoyers, Ronnie Tyo, Martin Bernard, Guillaume Daoust, Justin Jodoin, Carl Gorry, Justin Leroux, Jean-Paul Laberge, Corey Barnes, Alain Tardif, Darryl Mitchell, Bob Ray, David Seguin, Luc Bisson, Shawn Lafabe, Marc Chartrand (DNS)

 

 

Release Prepared by Martin Bélanger

Ciekiewicz Repeat Winner at the Grand Prix of Mosport

(BOWMANVILLE, ON – August 29, 2010) – Dave Ciekiewicz repeated his wire- to-wire win on Saturday, by leading every lap to take the checkered flag in Sunday's feature race in the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship presented by Toyo Tires at the Grand Prix of Mosport.
 
Starting from pole position, Ciekiewicz used a good start to keep his Donington Motorsports Subaru WRX ahead of the fellow front row starter, Gregory Pootmans in the Team Aldo/Northwest BMW 328. The two Super Touring (ST) machines engaged in a race long dice, and while Pootmans never lost contact with Ciekiewicz, he was unable to get by the black Subaru.
 
Ciekiewicz led all 20 laps and crossed the finish line with a 0.837 advantage over Pootmans.  Sasha Anis started and finished third in ST in a G1 Racing Hyundai Genesis.
 
"It was pretty much identical to yesterday. I would get a little gap on the straight, but [Pootmans] was all over my butt in 5a, 5b and knocked me around a couple of times, but I was able to get out of 5b usually pretty good and pulled a gap, so it was a good race. I'm just happy to gap the points and move a little bit closer in the overall championship lead," Ciekiewicz explained.
 
After starting from the third position, Tom Kwok got by Saturday's race winner and polesitter, Kurt Langeveldt, late in the race. Kwok's M&S Racing Honda Civic took the checkered flag ahead of Langeveldt's Can-Saf Motorsports Mazda Protégé by 0.291 seconds.
 
"Thank you to my team for giving me a great car," a happy Kwok said afterwards.
 
Anthony Rapone rounded out the Touring class podium in a Durabond/Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si.
 
The NOS Energy Drink Fastest Lap Award went to Dave Ciekiewicz in Super Touring who turned in a 1:30.810. Tom Kwok had the fastest lap in Touring with a best time of 1:36.498.
 
The MK Technologies Hard Charger Award went to David Bensadoun`s BMW 328 of Team Aldo Northwest, who finished seventh after starting 29th.
 
The ANZE Suspension Hard Luck Award went to Super Touring car driver Michael Delle Donne of RMP Competition who sat out the race because he donated an ECU and an alternator from his BMW 330i to team mate Rocco Marciello's car. Despite his efforts, Marciello lasted only seven laps in race.
 
The final stop of the season is the Sundown Enduro at ICAR in Mirabel, Quebec, September 11-12.

The Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship Presented By Toyo Tires is Canada's Premiere Touring Car Series and features Canada's Best Drivers Racing Today's Hottest Touring Cars. The Championship is showcased at eight event weekends in Quebec and Ontario with marquee events at Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres and Honda Indy Toronto.

 
Media contact:
Perry Iannuzzi
(416) 505-1691
perry@touringcar.ca