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Thomas Tops Empire Super Sprints Field at Cornwall

2026-08-13 12:56

By Curtis Berleue (Cornwall, ONT) | On Sunday night in Cornwall, Jordan Thomas picked up his first Empire Super Sprints win of the season over Alex Therrien and Shawn Donath. Thomas led 20 laps after starting on the pole to earn $2,000 and extend his Transport Benoit Lafleur Canadian Tour points lead.
Jordan Thomas and Alex Bergeron would lead the field to the initial green, with Bergeron jumping out to an early lead. His lead was short lived though, as the field was stopped by a red flag for Evan Reynolds flipping in turn four.
When racing resumed, Bergeron again took the lead, with Thomas and Alex Therrien falling in line behind him.
As the leaders entered lap traffic, Bergeron maintained pace until making contact with a lap car, resulting in a flip in turn one.
As Thomas inherited the lead on the ensuing restart, he was able to maintain it through multiple restarts and heavy lap traffic.
Jordan Poirier had entered a podium spot, from his eighth-place starting position, only to be involved in an incident with four laps to go, effectively ending his night.
Thomas would have to survive one final restart with a lap remaining, but was able to hold on to capture his first Empire Super Sprints win of the 2026 season.
"Bergeron really set a good pace there at the beginning," said Thomas in victory lane. "It was just equal with those lap cars. We'd catch them in a couple laps and they were kind of all over the place and hard to judge."
"I don't know what it is about this track, it's kind of like Outlaw down home and I go pretty good there so I'm always really excited to get back here, I wish it was on the schedule a little bit more."
Alex Therrien held on for a second-place finish.
"I think I was too gentle with the lap cars," said Therrien. "I tried my best, but Jordan was very fast."
Shawn Donath rounded out the Ashely Lynn Winery podium with a third place finish.
"These guys have got my car driving super good, this is a new car and it's been driving extremely well since we got it out of the box," said Donath.
"The restarts - they were starting really early so when you were back a couple of rows, it made it extremely difficult to keep up."
With 24 cars signed in, the field was split into three timed hot lap groups. Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Mathieu Bardier, Shawn Donath and Jason Barney. Elab Smokers Boutique heats were won by Jordan Poirier, Jeremy Lafleur and Joe Trenca.
The Empire Super Sprints will now have a week off, followed by another trip north of the border - this time to Autodrome Granby on Friday August 21, and Autodrome Drummond on Saturday August 22. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, Hoosier Racing Tire, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Elab Smokers Boutique, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Wilwood Disc Brakes, FX Caprara, Ashley Lynn Winery, Slade Shock Technology, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Bicknell Racing Products, Swagger Factory, PJC Sprayfoam, Donath Motor Worx, Transport Benoit Lafleur, All Star Performance, Stirling Lubricants, Trenca & Co. Realty, Speedway Press, Primal Tee, and Glenn Styres Racing.

The ESS Road Ahead:
Friday, August 21 - Autodrome Granby - Granby, QC ($3,000 to Win)
Saturday, August 22 - Autodrome Drummond - Drummondville, QC ($3,000 to Win)
Friday, September 4 - Brewerton Speedway - Brewerton, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 79-Jordan Thomas[1]; 2. 21-Alex Therrien[4]; 3. 53-Shawn Donath[7]; 4. 90-Matt Tanner[5]; 5. 38-Zach Sobotka[14]; 6. 93-Bryan Cloutier[17]; 7. 28F-Davie Franek[20]; 8. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 9. 3-Denny Peebles[9]; 10. 36-Tomy Moreau[13]; 11. 13T-Trevor Years[15]; 12. 33-Lacey Hanson[12]; 13. 44-Eric Boisvert[16]; 14. 28-Jordan Poirier[8]; 15. 55-Jeffrey Weare[21]; 16. 3V-Zach Virkler[18]; 17. 93L-Guy Gosselin[24]; 18. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[11]; 19. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[6]; 20. 12-Alex Bergeron[2]; 21. 87-Jason Barney[10]; 22. M52-Marc Surprenant[19]; 23. 22-Gary Drum[22]; 24. 13E-Evan Reynolds[23]
Elab Smokers Boutique Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[1]; 2. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[4]; 3. 21-Alex Therrien[3]; 4. 33-Lacey Hanson[2]; 5. 36-Tomy Moreau[6]; 6. 44-Eric Boisvert[8]; 7. M52-Marc Surprenant[5]; 8. (DNF) 22-Gary Drum[7]
Elab Smokers Boutique Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[2]; 2. 79-Jordan Thomas[1]; 3. 90-Matt Tanner[6]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[4]; 5. 38-Zach Sobotka[5]; 6. 93-Bryan Cloutier[7]; 7. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds[8]
Elab Smokers Boutique Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 98-Joe Trenca[1]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[4]; 3. 3-Denny Peebles[2]; 4. 12-Alex Bergeron[3]; 5. 13T-Trevor Years[6]; 6. 3V-Zach Virkler[5]; 7. 55-Jeffrey Weare[8]; 8. 93L-Guy Gosselin[7]
Rifenburg Contracting Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier, 11.330[7]; 2. 21-Alex Therrien, 11.556[1]; 3. 33-Lacey Hanson, 11.586[5]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier, 11.731[2]; 5. M52-Marc Surprenant, 11.988[8]; 6. 36-Tomy Moreau, 12.270[6]; 7. 22-Gary Drum, 12.402[4]; 8. 44-Eric Boisvert, 13.355[3]
Rifenburg Contracting Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 53-Shawn Donath, 11.221[2]; 2. 28F-Davie Franek, 11.295[4]; 3. 24-Jeremy Lafleur, 11.375[7]; 4. 79-Jordan Thomas, 11.384[1]; 5. 38-Zach Sobotka, 11.384[3]; 6. 90-Matt Tanner, 11.452[8]; 7. 93-Bryan Cloutier, 11.825[6]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds, 12.219[5]
Rifenburg Contracting Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 87-Jason Barney, 11.615[4]; 2. 12-Alex Bergeron, 11.749[3]; 3. 3-Denny Peebles, 11.899[8]; 4. 98-Joe Trenca, 11.999[7]; 5. 3V-Zach Virkler, 12.412[1]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years, 12.555[5]; 7. 93L-Guy Gosselin, 13.037[6]; 8. 55-Jeffrey Weare, 13.130[2]

Awards & Contingencies (full members only eligible for payout):
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #19KC-Mathieu Bardier; #53-Shawn Donath; #87-Jason Barney
Elab Smokers Boutique Heat Winners ($25 each): #28-Jordan Poirier; #24-Jeremy Lafleur; #98-Joe Trenca
Keizer Wheels 5th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #38-Zach Sobotka
King Motorsports 10th Place Finisher ($25 Certificate): #36-Tomy Moreau
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place Finisher (5 Gal Fuel): #13T-Trevor Years
Swagger Factory 12th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #33-Lacey Hanson
Wilwood Disc Brakes 13th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #44-Eric Boisvert
All-Star Performance 15th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #55-Jeffrey Weare
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #28F-Davie Franek (+13)
PJC Sprayfoam Reverse Hard Charger ($100): #12-Alex Bergeron (-18)
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #79-Jordan Thomas; #21-Alex Therrien; #53-Shawn Donath
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #21-Alex Therrien
Slade Shock Tech ($50 Certificate): #38-Zach Sobotka