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A big night ahead on Sunday at Cornwall Motor Speedway
Martin Belanger
A big night ahead on Sunday at Cornwall Motor Speedway
After Mother Nature showed her way last Sunday with only the second rainout of the 2011 season, the Cornwall Motor Speedway is looking forward to this Sunday, August 14 as a full show for Modifieds, Sportsman along with 25-lap events for Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock plus the Eastern Ontario Vintage Modified Club and the return of Rocket Roger the stuntman!

Cornwall - Aug. 10, 2011 - After Mother Nature showed her way last Sunday with only the second rainout of the 2011 season, the Cornwall Motor Speedway is looking forward to this Sunday, August 14 as a full show for Modifieds, Sportsman along with 25-lap events for Semi-Pro and Mini-Stock plus the Eastern Ontario Vintage Modified Club and the return of Rocket Roger the stuntman!

With only four nights of points left for the Modifieds, no one can predict who will be the the 2011 track champion. A slim margin of 28 points separates the top five. Stéphane Lafrance is currently tied with Carey Terrance as Joel Doiron, Tim O’Brien and Laurent Ladouceur completes the front five. Rookie of the year contender, Chris Raabe along with Luke Whitteker is seventh spot are still in contention with less than 55 points away from Lafrance. Another heated battle is expected in the 30-lap event.

The Sportsman will have a 20-lap affair of their own with point`s leader Chris Herbison looking to extend his lead of 43 points over Shane Pecore. Second year driver Jeff Philipps is currently third with 19 points behind Pecore. The positions four to six are pretty tight as only eight points separates the drivers with Josh Jock, Mitch Primeau and Dillon Sallows in sixth.

The Semi-Pro will have a 25-lap feature this Sunday, this race was postponed due to the rain last weekend, before the cancellation, a really good field had already showed up, most of them will be back. Kevin Fetterly Jr currently has a strong lead of 118 points over rookie Michael McCargar.

Ernie Cree will try to win his fifth feature of the season and extend his lead of 36 points over veteran Mike Gaucher in the 25-lap Mini-Stock feature. Mathieu Aubin, Daniel Desnoyers and Marc Usereau, currently completes the top five in the points.

The Pro-Stocks will have the night off as they will be up in Quebec to compete in the Mohawk Race Parts Series.

The Eastern Ontario Vintage Modified Club will be in town to race in a special feature, come and see the old Modified and this will bring up great souvenirs for veteran fans.

The stuntman Rocket Roger will back to entertain the fans during the intermission and after the races with different stunts.

For more information on following events, results, photos and other useful information, we invite you to consult the website at www.cornwallspeedway.com


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