Dany Gagne Wins ‘Back To The Track 50’ At Cornwall Motor Speedway Saturday Night
Story By: MARTIN BÉLANGER / CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY – CORNWALL, ONT – The Cornwall Motor Speedway was finally able to present a race program without any spectators during this pandemic as the Back to The Track 50 was presented with Modified, Sportsman and Mini-Stock in action.
Yan Bussiere jumped to the lead in the Back to the Track 50 Modified feature in front of Dany Gagne and Mat Williamson, the first 7 laps were done quickly as Francois Bellemare spun in turn 3. Bussiere leads the way as Carey Terrance and Louie Jackson have some issues with their rides on lap 11. While Bussiere was in front, Williamson moved to second, but we saw some smoke coming out as he had to let go is second sport by lap 20. Chris Raabe broke something in the back of this car and caution was out on lap 22. While Bussiere led the field, a few drivers moved their way as David Hebert crack the top 5 by halfway point. Bussiere moved a little too high and Gagne wasted no time and got the lead on lap 28. Gagne pulled away from the field as Tristan Draper slowed down and caution came out with 39 laps in the books. The event concluded in a green-white-checker as Dany Gagne made no errors and got his first win in the Modifieds over Yan Bussiere and Corey Wheeler.
Johnathon Ferguson took the lead on the initial green of the back to track 50 in the Sportsman as Justin Lalancette and Broen White had a great fight for second, the yellow came out on lap 5 for J-F Tessier that slowed in the front stretch. Ferguson led two more laps as Karl Potvin and Chris Ferguson got together in turn 4. Ferguson kept the lead as Junior Mailhot moved to third. Cedric Gauvreau broke something at the back of his ride and caution was out with 16 laps in. Ferguson had some challenges on restarts from Lalancette and Mailhot but was able to build a sizeable lead by lap 32. Ferguson made no errors and went on to win the feature in front of Lalancette and Scott McGill.
An exciting 20-lap Mini-Stock feature as several drivers exchanged positions. The leaders Alexis Charbonneau and Danyk Sylvestre led the way as they swapped paint unfortunately, they got together, and Sebastien Beauregard got the lead. A great ending to the event as James Clarke was able to surprise Beauregard in the final lap and captures his first ever win.
The Lavergne family would like to thank everyone for their support in these challenging times for everyone and hopefully we will be able to return to the speedway soon.
