Cornwall, ON, August 2, 2024 – Martin Belanger – August 2024 will be an historic month at Cornwall Motor Speedway for many reasons! First, on August 7th, the Short Track Super Series will make a first ever visit at the speedway and it will be the first time that a Modified feature winner will leave with $10,055 in his pockets at 2 occasions in a single month!
Busy month with 6 events on the calendar!
August 4th: We start the month with a big event with round 2 of our Fat Les Chip Stand Canadian Nationals Sail Panel Edition with a 75-lap $4,555 to win feature event along with the Lamoureux Pumping Sportsman Series and the Farnham Ale Lager Pro-Stock Series, being a long weekend in Ontario combined with these 3 series, we will get close to 120 cars in attendance! The Novice Sportsman and Mini-Stock are also on the card.
August 7th: The Short Track Super Series makes it’s first ever stop at Cornwall next Wednesday, the Rumble on the Seaway 75 will be presented as some of the biggest stars like Stewart Friesen, Matt Sheppard, Mat Williamson, Alex Yankowski, Anthony Perrego, David Hebert will be in attendance to try and get the $10,055 to win check! Sportsman will have a 40-lap event paying $1,055 to win as the Mini-Stock will be on the schedule as well.
August 11th: After two big events in a row, we wanted to provide a relief to our fans and have a Fan Appreciation/Family Night, for this night only general admission will be at $5 for everyone! A complete program is on the docket as the Midget STR and Vintage are on the schedule, the Novice Sportsman will have the night off.
August 18th: A complete race program will be presented as feature winners in each class will get either a redraw spot or a provisional during our 5th edition of the Canadian Super Dirt Weekend presented in October.
August 22nd: Our third big event of the month as the Fat Les Chips Stand Canadian Nationals will host his 3rd round with a $10,055 to win 100-lap feature event, another stout field of modified stars is expected for that evening! Pro-Stock and Mini-Stock will take part in this event.
August 25th: We will close out August with a full program as the Street Stock will make a second visit this season with the Pro-Stock having the night off.
Several championship battles to watch !
August is always an interesting month as championship battles are heating up and our regulars will have many occasions to collect valuable points throughout the 6 events planned in the month.
With his two consecutive victories, Louie Jackson Jr has built a three-way battle for the JLB Heating and Cooling 358-Modified championship as Carey Terrance currently leads the way over Corey Wheeler with a 12-point lead and Jackson is third with 19 points behind the leader. Jackson Gill who had a scorching start with 3 consecutive wins is still in contention in 4th with 37 points behind the leader.
Defending Next Level Home Improvement Sportsman champion Gabriel Cyr is currently leading the points with a 17-point priority over Shane Pecore both drivers have multiple wins in the division this season. Young gun Tristan Ladouceur is currently in third with a 40-point deficit on Cyr.
It will be hard to remove Marc Lalonde from the first spot in the Alexandria Home Hardware. Lalonde’s consistency over the first portion of the year gives him a 50-point lead over Kevin Fetterly Jr as Jonathan Levesque is currently third with 56 points behind Lalonde.
The Ricks Ranch Mini-Stock currently has the tightest points battle for the first spot as consistency is also paying off for Travis Lamarche currently holding a slight 4-point lead over Antoine Dumouchel who is racking up the wins with 4 already! Early favourite, Brandon MacMillan is currently sitting in third with 28 points behind Lamarche.
Again, what a month of August with a spectacular lineup of events as we will host some of the biggest names of local dirt racing on many occasions during this month and there are several points battle to follow as well as they will be completed on September 1st.
For more information on the upcoming season at Cornwall, please visit the website at www.cornwallspeedway.com you can add us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cornwallspeedway , twitter at @cms_speedway, and now on Instagram under Cornwall Speedway, we will use these media platforms for results and contests over the summer.