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OHSWEKEN, Ont. (September 11, 2025) – Middleport Mechanical presented the 2nd Running of the Northern Thunder Stock Nationals and the Inaugural Running of the Northern Mini Stock Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway on Thursday; Ryan Beagle took the win for the Thunder Stocks, and Jeff Elsliger won in the Mini Stock division.
Northern Thunder Stock Nationals
Dave Bailey and Ryan Beagle earned front row starting positions for the 35 lap Northern Thunder Stock Nationals A-Main. Bailey set the pace as he led the opening lap over defending champion Beagle. Trevor Monaghan spun on lap three, bringing out the first of several caution flags. Bailey held on to his lead after the restarts, however another caution came out that extinguished his lead. Beagle used this opportunity to take away the lead from Bailey, becoming the second leader of the race on lap 17.
Despite three more caution flags, Beagle proved to be unshakable as he went on to win his second Northern Thunder Stock Nationals Championship by over three seconds, keeping him the sole driver to win the crown jewel event. Rounding out the top ten were Bailey in second, Brock Gregory third, Kyle Wert fourth, Rob Murray fifth, Ryan Dinning sixth, Kyle Pelrine seventh, Trevor DeBoer eighth, Gofast Teeple ninth, and Spencer Smolders tenth. Bailey set a new time trial track record for Thunder Stocks earlier in the evening with a lap of 18.841 seconds.
Northern Mini Stock Nationals
Ken Hair and Jeff Elsliger earned front row starting positions for the 35 lap Northern Mini Stock Nationals A-Main. Hair led the first lap, but a caution flag was shown due to Rogan Monaghan coming to a stop on the track. Hair continued to lead the race after the restart and looked like a favourite to win the race after surviving another restart on lap eleven. Gillian Hils sized up a pass for the lead on lap 15 though, becoming the second driver to lead the race.
Jason Tolton suffered an untimely front end failure which brought out the caution flag again. This allowed Jeff Elsliger to pounce on the lead on the restart, becoming the third race leader. A late race caution flag came out, setting up a dash to the finish with Hils and Elsliger racing door-to-door for the remaining laps. The race came down to a photo finish, as Elsliger eked out a win over Hils by just 0.03 seconds.
Elsliger etched his name into the Ohsweken Speedway history books as the very first Northern Mini Stock Nationals champion. Crossing the finish line next after runner-up Hils were 2025 Mini Stock Champion Tim DeBoer in third, Alex Riley fourth, Wayde Thorne fifth, Tristan DaSilva sixth, Hair seventh, Monaghan eighth, Spencer Riddell ninth, and John Lubeck tenth. Hils was fastest in time trials with a lap of 21.298 seconds.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Saturday, September 11, 2025
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Northern Thunder Stock Nationals &
Northern Mini Stock Nationals
Total Entries: 92
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Northern Thunder Stock Nationals (50 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 35 laps – NT
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[2]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[1]; 3. 26G-Brock Gregory[20]; 4. 19-Kyle Wert[25]; 5. 99-Rob Murrary[16]; 6. 8-Ryan Dinning[14]; 7. 47X-Kyle Pelrine[5]; 8. 23-Trevor DeBoer[6]; 9. 11-Gofast Teeple[3]; 10. 21S-Spencer Smolders[9]; 11. 26-Keith Dale[23]; 12. 10-Carter Rhodes[4]; 13. 0-Tyler French[30]; 14. 13-Kacey Huffman[29]; 15. 24T-Aaron Turkey[13]; 16. 03-George Grosul[8]; 17. 55-Mike Thorne[11]; 18. 427-Tim Phalen[19]; 19. 41-Adam Plazek[21]; 20. 21-Mark Bazuin[12]; 21. 81-Nick Cameron[26]; 22. 01-Kyle Gregory[7]; 23. (DNF) 108-Zack Bleich[10]; 24. (DNF) 21J-Trevor Monaghan[15]; 25. (DNF) 17W-Travis Whittal[22]; 26. (DNF) 17-Robert Disher[18]; 27. (DNF) 37-Robert Hoskins[28]; 28. (DNF) 22C-Chris Crowe[24]; 29. (DNF) 96-Steve Shaw Sr[31]; 30. (DNF) 93F-Calvin Fox[27]; 31. (DNF) 93K-Mike Klazinga[17]
Hard Charger – Kyle Wert +21
Pole Dash [Started] 5 laps – 1:37.903
1. 49-Dave Bailey[1]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[2]; 3. 11-Gofast Teeple[4]; 4. 10-Carter Rhodes[3]; 5. 47X-Kyle Pelrine[7]; 6. 23-Trevor DeBoer[8]; 7. 01-Kyle Gregory[5]; 8. 03-George Grosul[6]
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 19-Kyle Wert[7]; 2. 81-Nick Cameron[1]; 3. 93F-Calvin Fox[4]; 4. 37-Robert Hoskins[8]; 5. 13-Kacey Huffman[2]; 6. 0-Tyler French[3]; 7. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[5]; 8. 88L-Logan Ferguson[18]; 9. 62-Brian Pescetti[9]; 10. 51D-Dylan Peckham[14]; 11. 13X-Bella General[13]; 12. 43C-Clinton Nicholls[19]; 13. 44-Robbie General[20]; 14. 09T-Garren Taylor[10]; 15. 74-Mike Lucas[11]; 16. 96O-John Overholt[21]; 17. 45-Johnathan Mason[12]; 18. 06-Chris Hackett[15]; 19. 76-Jamie Goudge[16]; 20. (DNS) 81B-Brando Greene Styres; 21. (DNS) 6X-Marshall Bellamy; 22. (DNS) 5-Gord Grant
C-Main [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 43C-Clinton Nicholls[7]; 2. 44-Robbie General[6]; 3. 96O-John Overholt[5]; 4. 5-Gord Grant[1]; 5. (DNF) H2O-Mason Heintz[2]; 6. (DNF) 7-Brent Colby[3]; 7. (DNS) 11J-Austin Walker; 8. (DNS) 43-Kyle Andress
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[4]; 2. 8-Ryan Dinning[2]; 3. 108-Zack Bleich[5]; 4. 41-Adam Plazek[3]; 5. 0-Tyler French[1]; 6. 19-Kyle Wert[6]; 7. 88L-Logan Ferguson[7]; 8. 5-Gord Grant[9]; 9. 44-Robbie General[8]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 01-Kyle Gregory[2]; 2. 23-Trevor DeBoer[3]; 3. 21-Mark Bazuin[5]; 4. 26G-Brock Gregory[4]; 5. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[1]; 6. 09T-Garren Taylor[6]; 7. 76-Jamie Goudge[7]; 8. 11J-Austin Walker[8]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 10-Carter Rhodes[4]; 2. 47X-Kyle Pelrine[3]; 3. 55-Mike Thorne[5]; 4. 17W-Travis Whittal[2]; 5. 93F-Calvin Fox[1]; 6. 37-Robert Hoskins[6]; 7. 13X-Bella General[8]; 8. 96O-John Overholt[7]; 9. (DNS) 43-Kyle Andress
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 2:40.686
1. 03-George Grosul[1]; 2. 21S-Spencer Smolders[3]; 3. 99-Rob Murrary[4]; 4. 26-Keith Dale[2]; 5. 13-Kacey Huffman[5]; 6. 74-Mike Lucas[6]; 7. 06-Chris Hackett[7]; 8. 7-Brent Colby[8]
Heat Race 5 [Started] 8 laps – 2:34.976
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[4]; 2. 24T-Aaron Turkey[2]; 3. 427-Tim Phalen[3]; 4. 22C-Chris Crowe[1]; 5. 81-Nick Cameron[5]; 6. 62-Brian Pescetti[6]; 7. 51D-Dylan Peckham[7]; 8. H2O-Mason Heintz[8]
Heat Race 6 [Started] 8 laps – 2:37.781
1. 11-Gofast Teeple[3]; 2. 21J-Trevor Monaghan[2]; 3. 93K-Mike Klazinga[4]; 4. 17-Robert Disher[6]; 5. 81B-Brando Greene Styres[1]; 6. (DNF) 45-Johnathan Mason[5]; 7. (DNF) 6X-Marshall Bellamy[7]; 8. (DNS) 43C-Clinton Nicholls
Qualifications Flight 1
1. 49-Dave Bailey, 00:18.841 NTR[2]; 2. 26G-Brock Gregory, 00:19.312[13]; 3. 41-Adam Plazek, 00:19.389[12]; 4. 23-Trevor DeBoer, 00:19.403[7]; 5. 8-Ryan Dinning, 00:19.479[8]; 6. 01-Kyle Gregory, 00:19.492[17]; 7. 0-Tyler French, 00:19.504[15]; 8. 96-Steve Shaw Sr, 00:19.580[16]; 9. 108-Zack Bleich, 00:19.702[1]; 10. 21-Mark Bazuin, 00:19.714[4]; 11. 19-Kyle Wert, 00:19.736[11]; 12. 09T-Garren Taylor, 00:19.770[5]; 13. 5-Gord Grant, 00:19.978[9]; 14. 76-Jamie Goudge, 00:21.049[10]; 15. 44-Robbie General, 00:21.102[3]; 16. 11J-Austin Walker, 00:22.720[6]; 17. 88L-Logan Ferguson[14]
Qualifications Flight 2
1. 10-Carter Rhodes, 00:18.957[12]; 2. 99-Rob Murrary, 00:19.170[9]; 3. 47X-Kyle Pelrine, 00:19.270[2]; 4. 21S-Spencer Smolders, 00:19.435[11]; 5. 17W-Travis Whittal, 00:19.457[17]; 6. 26-Keith Dale, 00:19.547[1]; 7. 93F-Calvin Fox, 00:19.694[16]; 8. 03-George Grosul, 00:19.773[13]; 9. 55-Mike Thorne, 00:19.780[5]; 10. 13-Kacey Huffman, 00:19.797[4]; 11. 37-Robert Hoskins, 00:19.814[3]; 12. 74-Mike Lucas, 00:20.035[15]; 13. 96O-John Overholt, 00:20.118[14]; 14. 06-Chris Hackett, 00:20.292[6]; 15. 13X-Bella General, 00:20.468[10]; 16. (DQ) 7-Brent Colby, 00:22.250[8]; 17. (DNS) 43-Kyle Andress
Qualifications Flight 3
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle, 00:18.920[4]; 2. 93K-Mike Klazinga, 00:19.329[1]; 3. 427-Tim Phalen, 00:19.396[14]; 4. 11-Gofast Teeple, 00:19.408[3]; 5. 24T-Aaron Turkey, 00:19.475[15]; 6. 21J-Trevor Monaghan, 00:19.591[16]; 7. 22C-Chris Crowe, 00:19.610[9]; 8. 81B-Brando Greene Styres, 00:19.752[7]; 9. 81-Nick Cameron, 00:19.800[8]; 10. 45-Johnathan Mason, 00:19.832[12]; 11. 62-Brian Pescetti, 00:19.864[5]; 12. 17-Robert Disher, 00:19.933[10]; 13. 51D-Dylan Peckham, 00:20.172[6]; 14. 6X-Marshall Bellamy, 00:20.278[13]; 15. H2O-Mason Heintz, 00:20.774[2]; 16. (DNF) 43C-Clinton Nicholls[11]
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Northern Mini Stock Nationals (42 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 35 laps – NT
1. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[2]; 2. 32-Gillian Hils[3]; 3. 9-Tim DeBoer[6]; 4. 17-Alex Riley[17]; 5. 46-Wayde Thorne[22]; 6. 01-Tristan DaSilva[18]; 7. 5K-Ken Hair[1]; 8. 04-Rogan Monaghan[11]; 9. 17K-Spencer Riddell[16]; 10. 14L-John Lubeck[15]; 11. G8-Tyler Lafantaisie[7]; 12. 24-Brendan Lefrancois[29]; 13. 23-Dusty DeBoer[10]; 14. 19-Hana Rothwell[25]; 15. 4A-Mason Anderson[20]; 16. 24R-Kris Lawrence[21]; 17. 1R-Sierra Robison[14]; 18. 16S-Alex Stewart[27]; 19. 64-Nick Erskine[5]; 20. 44-Doug Erskine[23]; 21. 34-Randy Alway[24]; 22. (DNF) X-Jeremy Cooper[19]; 23. (DNF) 22G-Tyson Gregory[8]; 24. (DNF) 10X-Brandon Gregory[12]; 25. (DNF) 26-Alexander Klotz[13]; 26. (DNF) 54-Christopher French[26]; 27. (DNF) 1-Jason Tolton[4]; 28. (DNF) 17DW-Dave Wininger[9]; 29. (DNF) 32L-Grayden Lyons[28]; 30. (DNS) X2-Peter Reid
Hard Charger – Wayde Thorne +17
Pole Dash [Started] 5 laps – 2:55.088 NTR
1. 5K-Ken Hair[3]; 2. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[1]; 3. 32-Gillian Hils[6]; 4. 1-Jason Tolton[7]; 5. 64-Nick Erskine[2]; 6. 9-Tim DeBoer[5]; 7. G8-Tyler Lafantaisie[4]; 8. 22G-Tyson Gregory[8]
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 19-Hana Rothwell[6]; 2. 34-Randy Alway[11]; 3. 16S-Alex Stewart[16]; 4. 54-Christopher French[2]; 5. 24-Brendan Lefrancois[17]; 6. 32L-Grayden Lyons[1]; 7. 25-Joe Stevenson[5]; 8. 00-Steven Boverhof[18]; 9. 20J-Nathan Joyner[8]; 10. 60-Richard Hadler[15]; 11. 9C-Connor Chambers[3]; 12. 11-Mike Giberson[12]; 13. 265-Mike Evers[9]; 14. 22-James Marshall[10]; 15. 81D-Crystal Soules[7]; 16. 43J-John Trivieri[4]; 17. 215-Nick Bowman[13]; 18. (DNF) 31-Jeff Earl[14]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:49.892
1. Jason Tolton[1]; 2. 23-Dusty DeBoer[3]; 3. 1R-Sierra Robison[4]; 4. 24R-Kris Lawrence[2]; 5. 32L-Grayden Lyons[6]; 6. 34-Randy Alway[5]; 7. (DNF) 215-Nick Bowman[7]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:50.414
1. 5K-Ken Hair[4]; 2. G8-Tyler Lafantaisie[6]; 3. 17K-Spencer Riddell[3]; 4. 44-Doug Erskine[2]; 5. 25-Joe Stevenson[5]; 6. 60-Richard Hadler[1]; 7. (DNS) 00-Steven Boverhof
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[4]; 2. 17DW-Dave Wininger[3]; 3. 10X-Brandon Gregory[5]; 4. 4A-Mason Anderson[2]; 5. 54-Christopher French[6]; 6. 81D-Crystal Soules[7]; 7. (DNF) 24-Brendan Lefrancois[1]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 2:49.023
1. 64-Nick Erskine[4]; 2. 04-Rogan Monaghan[3]; 3. X-Jeremy Cooper[1]; 4. X2-Peter Reid[2]; 5. 43J-John Trivieri[5]; 6. 22-James Marshall[6]; 7. 11-Mike Giberson[7]
Heat Race 5 [Started] 8 laps – 2:49.873
1. 9-Tim DeBoer[3]; 2. 32-Gillian Hils[4]; 3. 17-Alex Riley[2]; 4. 46-Wayde Thorne[1]; 5. 9C-Connor Chambers[5]; 6. 19-Hana Rothwell[7]; 7. 16S-Alex Stewart[6]
Heat Race 6 [Started] 8 laps – 2:49.999
1. 22G-Tyson Gregory[1]; 2. 26-Alexander Klotz[2]; 3. 14L-John Lubeck[4]; 4. 01-Tristan DaSilva[5]; 5. 20J-Nathan Joyner[3]; 6. 265-Mike Evers[6]; 7. 31-Jeff Earl[7]
Qualifications Flight 1
1. 1R-Sierra Robison, 00:21.877[12]; 2. 5K-Ken Hair, 00:21.907[1]; 3. 23-Dusty DeBoer, 00:21.929[5]; 4. 17K-Spencer Riddell, 00:22.123[10]; 5. 24R-Kris Lawrence, 00:22.169[8]; 6. 44-Doug Erskine, 00:22.173[13]; 7. 1-Jason Tolton, 00:22.281[3]; 8. 60-Richard Hadler, 00:22.362[2]; 9. 34-Randy Alway, 00:22.764[7]; 10. 25-Joe Stevenson, 00:23.077[6]; 11. (DNF) 32L-Grayden Lyons[4]; 12. (DNF) G8-Tyler Lafantaisie[9]; 13. (DNF) 215-Nick Bowman[11]; 14. (DNS) 00-Steven Boverhof
Qualifications Flight 2
1. 11J-Jeff Elsliger, 00:21.410[5]; 2. 64-Nick Erskine, 00:21.503[11]; 3. 17DW-Dave Wininger, 00:21.637[10]; 4. 04-Rogan Monaghan, 00:21.641[7]; 5. 4A-Mason Anderson, 00:21.663[6]; 6. X2-Peter Reid, 00:21.788[14]; 7. 24-Brendan Lefrancois, 00:21.803[8]; 8. X-Jeremy Cooper, 00:21.841[1]; 9. 10X-Brandon Gregory, 00:21.921[13]; 10. 43J-John Trivieri, 00:22.157[3]; 11. 54-Christopher French, 00:22.643[9]; 12. 22-James Marshall, 00:23.254[4]; 13. 81D-Crystal Soules, 00:24.584[2]; 14. (DQ) 11-Mike Giberson, 00:23.865[12]
Qualifications Flight 3
1. 32-Gillian Hils, 00:21.298[7]; 2. 14L-John Lubeck, 00:21.448[1]; 3. 9-Tim DeBoer, 00:21.456[13]; 4. 20J-Nathan Joyner, 00:21.523[8]; 5. 17-Alex Riley, 00:21.625[14]; 6. 26-Alexander Klotz, 00:21.764[6]; 7. 46-Wayde Thorne, 00:21.818[11]; 8. 22G-Tyson Gregory, 00:21.912[5]; 9. 9C-Connor Chambers, 00:21.926[2]; 10. 01-Tristan DaSilva, 00:21.966[3]; 11. 16S-Alex Stewart, 00:22.080[4]; 12. 265-Mike Evers, 00:22.106[10]; 13. 19-Hana Rothwell, 00:22.155[9]; 14. 31-Jeff Earl, 00:25.475[12]
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