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Cornwall Karting Club Back in Action
Thursday, May 29, 2008
It was fast passed action once again at the Cornwall Karting Club Tuesday Night when the 2008 racing season got under way After last weeks and this Tuesday's cancelation's due to mother nature for what is sure to be an exciting year of racing action on the fast 1/8 mile Clay Oval located between turns three and four of the big Track at Cornwall Motor Speedway.
Kart racing takes place every Tuesday from May to late August with the action starting at 7:15 each Tuesday night with a rain date of the following Tuesday if mother nature decides to go against us on any given week. Admission each week is 4years and under are free and 5years and up is $4.00 at the gate.
Early in the evening you could see in the pit area that all teams where excited to be back for another season of racing. As they made their last minute adjustments to the race machines drivers and teams alike got ready to take the track. It was during hot laps where you could tell that with the new racing surface that the track was going to be faster and better then previous years.
Once again this racing season safety will be the first and foremost concern on each race night. Running by the WKA Karting Rules each team most adhere by the safety rules and regulations to make sure each race night is a safe race night. Each week's press release will have a different rule or safety issue so racing fans new and old alike will know more about this upcoming sport in the seaway valley.
While on the track each drive must obey the flag mans flags and orders to keep each race safe and fair.
FLAG RULES: Any driver who does not obey the flag rules will be subject to disqualification. Where light signals are also used, a definite understanding concerning these signals in relation to the Hag will be made before the race
THE FLAG RULES ARE:
GREEN FLAG ...........................Start of race
BLUE FLAG WITH YELLOW.. Passing flag to indicate to slower cars that
STRIPE OR MARKER ..............Faster cars are coming up behind.
YELLOW FLAG ........................Caution, go slow, single file, hold position- NO PASSING!
RED FLAG ...: Danger, race stops immediately!
BLACK FLAG ...Go to pit area immediately for consultation.
WHITE FLAG ..........................One lap to go.
CHECKERED FLAG ...............End of race.
For full rules and regulations please visit www.cornwallspeedway.com under the Karting section.
With the cool temperatures of the last few days and nights the track was in tip top shape for the first night of the 2008 season. And with the new track surface made for some super fast racing. Thursday being a none points event gave each team to get a good feel of the track and time to make the needed adjustments to make them competitive as well as time to get the cob webs out after not racing all winter.
It was easy to tell during the heats that the night was going to be a great one with some super fast racing. The intermission gave each team some time to make final adjustments to their race machines before the features started.
In feature action the 94 of Gabriel Cyr took the win in the box stock class holding off the field. In Rookie One the 22 of Cedric Gaveraeu takes his first checkered of the year making some great moves through out the race holding off the field. The 7 of Brendan Robinson takes his first checkers in Cornwall in the Rookie two class.
Jr Sportsman One was nothing less then fantastic with fast speed's and clean racing with the 67 of Logan Delormier coming out victorious. While in Jr Sportsman Two the 115 of Jacob Blais takes the win in his first feature of the season. In Sportsman Action the 73 of Joey Blais also takes the win. And last but not least in our fastest class the Stock the 37 of Mitchell holds off a fast charging pack to win his first feature event of 2008.
If Thursday nights events is what we are in for this season it will sure be one of the best yet.
Join us this Sunday on the big track its meet your favorite drive night with $9.00 admission with green dropping at 7pm . And nest Tuesday June 3rd it's the Napa Shoot Out, Sponsored by Napa Auto Parts with green dropping at 7:15pm.
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