Noah Korner Sweeps the Canadian Legend Car Asphalt Nationals
Noah Korner Sweeps the Canadian Legend Car Asphalt Nationals
By Jim Clarke, Clarke Motorsports Communications/First Draft Media
Coming into the weekend, its unlikely that Noah Korner had ever heard of Kawartha or Peterborough Speedways, but after his stellar performance at the inaugural running of the Canadian Legend Car Asphalt Nationals – presented by Trailers Plus – the Bloomfield, Connecticut native will never forget his maiden racing voyage on Canadian soil.
Starting alongside fellow U.S. invader Alex McCollum on the front row, Korner set off into battle. After a quick yellow flag called-off the initial start, Korner and Nick Ledson – who was making his second start of the weekend in Jeff Drimmie's #44 machine – took control of things, while McCollum slipped to 7th. The lead duo was joined by Matt Haufe in a 3-car breakaway, with Korner taking a 6 car length advantage and Haufe moving into 2nd by lap 16. A caution for a first turn issue a lap later gave everyone a chance to catch their breath and regroup for the second half of the race.
A hard-charging Dave Riopelle had moved into 5th on lap 20, but a red flag caused by Cole McFadden's untimely fireball that started with a smoking engine created a lengthy delay for track clean-up. With Ledson looking for the lead after the restart, a final yellow flag – with just a couple of laps remaining – slowed the pace. Korner, who had led from the drop of the green picked-up his second straight weekend win. Nick Ledson, McCollum, Haufe and Cole Ledson rounded-out the top 5.
Riopelle, Joshua Indig, Joe Adams, Parker Traves, Mark Griffin, Terry McClelland, Paul Pierik, Dawson Drimmie, Luke Atkins, Rick Eades, Howard Bentley, Jeff Forsey, Cole McFadden, Andrew Massey, Shane Pollack, Cory Richardson, Don Arnott and Hayden Brown completed the finishing order.
Friday, July 13th at Kawartha Downs & Speedway, Korner picked-up the opening round win over Haufe, Nick Ledson, McCollum, Riopelle, Adams, Cole Ledson, Indig, McFadden, McClelland, Traves, Atkins, Griffin, Eades, Pollock, Arnott, Forsey, Bentley, Tiffany Vanderbelt, Drimmie and Massey.
All feature event finishes are unofficial and subject to scoring review and confirmation.
Trailers Plus Ontario Legends Series notebook: A number of drivers were playing musical chairs during the Canadian Legend Car Asphalt Nationals. Nick Ledson was running Jeff Drimmie's #44 machine, while his brother Cole took a turn in Matt Haufe's #88. Haufe ran the #57 of Kevin Foisy…The series returns to action Saturday, July 28th at Peterborough Speedway.
2018 Trailers Plus Ontario Legends Series Schedule
Saturday, May 19th: Peterborough Speedway
Cancelled - rain
Sunday, May 20th: Sunset Speedway
Main event winner - #57, Kevin Foisy
Friday, June 1st: Kawartha Downs & Speedway
Main event winner - #7, Matt Haufe
Saturday, June 2nd: Peterborough Speedway
Main event winner - #0, Alex McCollum
Saturday, June 16th: Peterborough Speedway
Main event winner - #88, Matt Haufe
Saturday, June 23rd: Grand Bend Speedway
Cancelled - rain
Sunday, June 24th: Grand Bend Speedway (road course test)
Postponed to Sunday, September 9th
Saturday, July 7th: Sauble Speedway
Main event winner - #88, Matt Haufe
Friday, July 13th: Kawartha Downs & Speedway
Main event winner - #31, Noah Korner
Saturday, July 14th: Peterborough Speedway
Main event winner - #31, Noah Korner
Saturday, July 28th: Peterborough Speedway
Saturday, August 11th: Sunset Speedway
Saturday, August 18th: Sauble Speedway
Saturday, August 25th: Peterborough Speedway
Saturday, September 8th: Grand Bend Speedway
Sunday, September 9th: Grand Bend Speedway (road course test)
Saturday, September 22nd: Sunset Speedway
Saturday, September 29th: Flamboro Speedway
October 5th, 6th & 7th: Peterborough Speedway
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Photo attachment: Morgan-Amber Photography - www.morgan-amberphotography.
Noah Korner (#31) was named the first ever Canadian Legend Car Asphalt Nationals Champion after his feature race win – Saturday, July 14th – at Peterborough Speedway.
Prepared by: Jim Clarke, Clarke Motorsports Communications/First Draft Media
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