O'Brien makes it two for two at Cornwall, May 30, 1999
Danny O'Brien won the modified feature at the Cornwall Motor Speedway making it two wins in two weeks for the Kingston, Ontario driver. O'Brien's 17D car raced to a heat win on "Bargain Night" but started the feature in 9th because of the handicap point system official's use at Cornwall. O'Brien had moved into 3rd by the first caution during lap 7. By lap 10, the fan favorite worked himself into second with a line on the lead. Stephane Lafrance had used his number 2 starting position to jump into the lead and was running a good race until O'Brien dropped to the low side heading into turn 4 to jump into 1st.
O'Brien dedicated the win to long-time friend and supporter Sheldon Leque who is dealing with a personal illness. O'Brien also credited the win to his brother Pat's racing team who built the motor for the race at Cornwall. Fellow Kingston driver, Mark Hitchcock finished the 30-lap feature in 2nd with Laurent "laser" Ladouceur coming 3rd. 2nd generation racer Joel Doiron finished 4th just ahead of Iroquois, Ontario driver Bill "moon" Mullin.
It would also be a night of repeat winners in 2 of the 3 supporting classes at Ron Morin's speed plant. Eric Gauvreau won his 2nd straight Late Model feature but it wasn't easy. Joey ladouceur, making a special visit to Cornwall on a break from school in North Carolina, took over the lead on lap 6 and was running well until a caution on lap 17. On the restart, Gauvreau dropped low out of turn 2 heading down the back straight and vaulted into the lead to stay. Ladouceur finished 2nd. Marc Therein drove his N17 to a 3rd place finish while Lee Ladouceur finished 4th. Dave Marshall rounded out the top 5. #22
Robin laframboise followed the trend of repeat winners with his 2nd Rookie class feature win. No less than 23 cars took the green for the largest rookie feature ever at the Cornwall motor speedway.
The only class to buck the trend and not deliver a repeat winner was the Duke stock. Steve Johnston took advantage of a couple of timely cautions to work his way into the lead and his 1st ever feature win at the speedway.
The 358-modified cars will take a break from the Cornwall motor speedway on June 5th. That's when the "Coca-Cola Sprint Car Spectacular" takes place. The Empire Super Sprints will make their only visit to Cornwall on that night with an $18,000 purse on the line. The Late Models will run a 50-lap feature. It'll be the 1st of 4 races in the Mr. Radiator series. The Duke and Rookie stocks will run their regular features.