Fall Showdown Weekend To Close Out 2020 Season At Cornwall Motor Speedway

Story By: MARTIN BÉLANGER / CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY – CORNWALL, ONT – Cornwall Motor Speedway will look to end 2020 in great fashion by presenting a unique 3-day event called the Fall Showdown Weekend presented by Bicknell Racing Products that starts Friday night and will end on Sunday evening.

A lot is on the line for the 358-Modifieds and Sportsman Modifieds as the Fat Les Chip Stand Canadian Nationals and TAS Racing Sportsman Series will crown a champion on Sunday.

Very healthy field of cars are expected in the 358-Modifieds and Sportsman Modifieds as Corey Wheeler will look in keeping his lead and winning the coveted Fat Les Chip Stand Canadian Nationals, he has a 9-point lead over Kyle Dingwall as Steve Bernier, Ryan Arbuthnot and David Hebert are still in the hunt for the crown. A total of 3 features are scheduled over the weekend with 50-lap events on Friday and Saturday and the big 125-lap finale on Sunday. More than 30 cars have signed in to compete over the weekend.

Over 45 cars have registered for the TAS Racing Sportsman Series that will culminate on Sunday. The points battle going into the 3-day event is very close with Jarrett Herbison holding a very slight lead of 2 points over Robert Delormier as Gabriel Cyr and Johnathan Ferguson are less than 10 points away from Herbison. With 3 events being run over the weekend with 50 laps on Friday and Sunday along with a 100-lap feature to crown the champion on Sunday.

The top 5 in points after the Saturday portion in both Series, will automatically be entered into the top 10/12 redraw for the big features on Sunday, with the amount of cars entered to compete, this will remove some stress on these teams as we go into the final day of competition.

Along with the 358-Modified and Sportsman Modified, the Lightning Sprints, Pro-Stock, Vintage and Mini-Stock will make a presence over the weekend and interest in competing in these category is very high !

This event will be run under strict COVID-19 guidelines as no spectators allowed during this event, social distancing being enforced along with mandatory face coverings for every race team members attending.

For our fans looking into watching the event, we are continuing our partnership with www.360nitro.tv who will broadcast all the races live, you can purchase the special 3-day package for only $44.95 or individually at $21.95 on Friday, $21.95 on Saturday and $24.95 on Sunday.