Sheppard wins Jiffy 100, Ladouceur takes Pro Stock crown at Cornwall
Matt Sheppard loves to come to Canada. His last two visits north of the border have produced victories in the Turning Stone Casino Super DIRT Series for 358 Modifieds. Sheppard captured the Jiffy 100 on Sunday night at Cornwall Motor Speedway.
Sheppard passed Danny O Brien on a restart on lap 83 and then led the rest of the way to back up a win earlier this month at Autodrome Eldeweiss. "We both left at the same time on that restart but I knew there was more bite at the bottom of the track," said Sheppard in victory lane. "I just squirted down underneath and went by."
O Brien who had led most of the race lost his power steering after an incident with a lapped car admitted he had nothing left for Sheppard and was simply holding on at the end. Chad Brachmann with some late moves finished third. Stephane LaFrance who sat on the pole and set a new track record in time trials of 13.391 seconds was fourth followed by Pete Bicknell. Cornwall Modified track champ Laurent Ladouceur was 30th.
The Pro Stock division points chase was a dead heat between Joey Ladouceur and Dave Bissonette heading into the 20 lap feature. Bissonnette was involved in a pair of accidents while Ladouceur ran a safe race finishing 7th to grab the crown. Stephane Lebrun using a borrowed engine won the event after a good duel with Marc Therrien and Mitchell Jock. Jock got the number two spot followed by Louis Jackson while Therrien slid off the track on the final circuit in a bid for glory.
The Duke Stocks ran two features to make up for a rain out a week ago. Dave Renaud took both ends of the twin bill. Kevin Duffy with a fourth in the opener and a third in the nightcap which carried him to the unofficial track title over former leader Gaetan Amesse who finished a lap down after an early race mishap.
The Rookies capped off the night with their 12 lap feature with Billy Woodward Jr holding off a determined Danny Larose for the top spot. Kurtis McPhee grabbed the third spot in a race that found Franklin Colpitts upside down in turn 2. Colpitts was not injured.
The Fireball Enduro will close out the 2003 racing season at Cornwall Motor Speedway. Over 200 cars took part in last year’s event. The action gets underway at 2pm next Sunday afternoon.
Modifieds 100 laps: 1. Matt Sheppard 2. Danny O Brien 3. Chad Brachmann 4. Stephane LaFrance 5. Pete Bicknell 6. Justin Haers 7. Steve Poirier 8. Tim Fuller 9. Randy Chrysler 10. Todd Burley 11. Alex Hoag 12. Kyle Jacobs 13. Mark Hitchcock 14. Clement Therrien 15. Ian Bussiere 16. Pierre Dagenais 17. Kayle Robidoux 18. Lee Ladouceur 19. Richard Chauvin 20. Mario Clair 21. Dave Heaslip 22. Leon Gonyo 23. Al Jacobs 24. Eric Gauvreau 25. Jeff Marshall 26. Jasmin Leveille 27. Brian MacDonald 28. Ron White 29. Dale Planck 30. Laurent Ladouceur 31. David Hebert 32. Mario Lajoie
Pro Stocks 20 laps 1. Stephane Lebrun 2. Mitchell Jock 3. Louis Jackson 4. George Renaud 5. Clayton Benedict 6. Marc Therrien 7. Joey Ladouceur 8. Roy Delormier 9. Michel Dupuis 10. Travis Back
Duke Stock 1st feature 15 laps: 1. Dave Renaud 2. Carey Terrance 3. Robbie Ezard 4. Kevin Duffy 5. Dale Seymour
Duke Stock 2nd feature 15 laps: 1. Dave Renaud 2. Peter Stapper 3. Kevin Duffy 4. Kevin McRae 5. Stephane Lemire
Rookies feature 12 laps: 1. Billy Woodward Jr. 2. Danny Larose 3. Kurtis McPhee 4. Ernie Cree 5. Dan Lortie
Heat Winners
Modifieds: Brachmann, La. Ladouceur, Bicknell, Poirier
Pro Stocks: Ladouceur, Adams, Bissonnette
Dukes: Amesse, Terrance, Renaud, Ezard
Rookies: Larose, Leduc, McPhee