CORNWALL, Ont. – Cornwall Motor Speedway was back in action Sunday night with five classes in action, as the Fat Les Chip Stand Canadian Nationals Series and TAS Racing Sportsman Series began their fall championship in preparation for Fall Showdown Weekend.
The Pro Stock, Lightning Sprint and Mini Stock classes were also on hand.
Brian McDonald led the way in the 50-lap Canadian Nationals, with Corey Wheeler and Kyle Dingwall in the top three. The leader hit heavy traffic by lap eight, and McDonald was the leader as the first caution came out on lap 13.
McDonald went back to the lead on the restart, with Wheeler right behind him as lot of action was going on for the other top five positions by the time 20 laps were in the books.
Another 10 laps were completed before Carey Terrance slowed down in the backstretch on lap 30. On the restart, Corey Wheeler took the lead as Dingwall moved to second.
McDonald spun in turn four when something broke on his ride on lap 34, allowing Wheeler to go to the lead with Dingwall and Chris Raabe following suit.
Wheeler had a scare with two laps to go, but managed to keep the lead and capture round one of the Canadian Nationals.
In other action, Johnathon Ferguson (Sportsman), Pascal Payeur (Pro Stock), Mike Gaucher (Mini Stock) and Yannik Poirier (Lightning Sprints) also took feature victories.