From TJ Buffenbarger: OHSWEKEN, Ontario – (September 16th, 2006) – Steve Poirier scored the biggest feature victory of his short sprint car career Saturday night at the Ohsweken Speedway during the 2nd Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals presented by Arrow Express. Poirier inherited the lead when Justin Barger crashed while leading and held off a multitude of challengers including sprint car veteran Dale Blaney to claim the feature victory.
“The car was great, this is a really (big) win,” said Poirier in victory lane. “The crew did a great job giving me a good car.”
The 30 Lap feature event started with Alain Bergeron and Justin Barger on the front row. Bergeron, who had been dominant throughout the evening, took the lead at the start and opened up a sizeable advantage with Barger, Dussel, Poirier, and Jason Barney in tow.
Five laps into the event the first caution appeared for Ken Mackey and Fred Cade spinning in turns one and two. Both drivers restarted at the tail of the field.
During the restart Bergeron continued to lead until he slipped off the track in turns three and four and allowed Barger to take the lead. Blaney, who started ninth, methodically moved his way through the field and battled with Poirier and Bergeron for the second spot.
Disaster struck Barger on lap 13 when he tangled with the lap car of Rick Wilson and flipped hard going into turn three. Both drivers eventually emerged uninjured.
This allowed Poirier to inherit the lead with a lap car between himself and Blaney. Bergeron was the next to experience bad luck when his car that had been experiencing brake problems throughout the event flipped out of the race track in turns one and two. Bergeron, the Empire Super Sprints point leader, emerged uninjured.
For the restart Poirier had no lapped cars between himself and Blaney. Poirier was better again on the restart and pulled away from the rest of the field. Then while running second Blaney’s front wing was knocked askew and caused him to drop back. Jason Barney moved past Blaney for second and set sail after Poirier. After Barney moved past upstart ASCS Sprints on Dirt competitor Ryan Grubaugh made a daring outside pass to take away the third spot.
Blaney admitted after the race the cautions hurt his persuit of the leader.
“I really needed some longer green flag runs,” said Blaney after the event. “(Poirier’s) car took off much better on restart and without the longer green flag runs our car would not come in enough to catch him.”
Up front through it was all Poirier as he took the $6,000 first prize over Barney, Grubaugh, Don Adamczyk, and Blaney rounded out the top five.
The 2006 ASCS Sprints on Dirt driver Ken Mackey was the fastest qualifier with a lap of 13.717 seconds around the 3/8-mile oval. Ron Blair was the third of four drivers to flip out of the ball park when he tumbled during the second heat race. Nick Bashford flipped during the non-qualifiers event while Gary Troutman tipped over during the C-Main. All the drivers emerged uninjured.
2nd Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
Presented by Arrow Express
Ohsweken Speedway – Ohsweken, Ontario
Results:
Time Trials: 1. 25M – Ken Mackey, 13.717; 2. 51 – Bryan Howland, 13.814; 3. 30 Adam West, 13.828; .4. 28FM – Steve Poirier, 13.909; 5. 56D Jeff VanDusen, 13.931; 6. 2x – Ryan Coniam, 13.969; 7. 85 – Dustin Daggett, 13.971; 8. 6N – Dain Naida, 13.995; 9. 6B – Dale Blaney, 13.996; 10. 17J – Lance Yonge, 14.011; 11. 32B – Justin Barger, 14.030; 12. 12C – Fred Cade, 14.036; 13. 8B – Alain Bergeron, 14.039; 14. 35B – Ron Blair, 14.041; 15. 0 – Glenn Styres, 14.052; 16. 49T – Gregg Dalman, 14.106; 17. 33K – Kyle Patrick, 14.219; 18. 7B – Brock Mayes, 14.219; 19. 25Q – Geoff Quackenbush, 14.228; 20. 9 – Bobby Breen, 14.244; 21. 10X – Rob Dietrick, 14.292; 22. 0x – Caleb Griffith, 14.337; 23. 10 – Jeff Cook , 14.346; 24. 87 – Jason Barney, 14.352; 25. 11 – Tim Allison, 14.387; 26. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 14.395; 27. 92M – Doug Norrie, 14.407; 28. 37S – J.R. Stewart, 14.419; 29. 21x – Kevin Job, 14.429; 30. 10mx – Chris Muhleisen, 14.476; 31. 21 – Don Adamczyk, 14.487; 32. 1A – John Riegling, 14.532; 33. 20 – Dan Kaszubinski, 14.537; 34. 6 – Mike Dussel, 14.569; 35. 38M – Nick Mulheim, 14.588; 36. F37 – Jamie Collard, 14.589; 37. 33T – Doug Emery, 14.595; 38. 22 – Ray Preston,14.610; 39. 1F – Nick Fratto, 14.613; 40. 1z – Jessica Zemken, 14.615; 41. 8 – Blake Breen, 14.626; 42. 32 – Keith Dempster, 14.669; 43. 17 – Gary Evans, 14.677; 44. 42W – Rick Wilson, 14.687; 45. 52 – Mark Broughman ,14.722; 46. 27H – Tom Huppunen, 14.747; 47. 3G – Tim Norman, 14.750; 48. 11M – Joe Middlesmiss, 14.760; 49. 25P – Mike Parent, 14.765; 50. 44 – Gary Troutman, 14.780; 51. 36 – Mike Stelter, 14.797; 52. 21J – John Burbridge, 14.802; 53. 77 – Kyle Moffit, 14.907; 54. 34 – Luke Hall, 14.912; 55. 86 – Jeremy Barnard, 14.938; 56. 29- Daryl Turford, 14.963; 57. 24x – Nick Bashford, 14.970; 58. 47x – Louie Carufel, 15.052; 59. 10C – Bob Crawford, 15.097; 60. 25 – Warren Mahoney, 15.228; 61. 94 – Stan Zanchin, 15.244; 62. 11x – Fred Pigeon, 15.290; 63. 14M – Matt Norrie, 15.371; 64. 35 – Jared Zimbardi, 15.475; 65. 79 – Dick Mahoney, 15.517; 66. 33 – Jim Porter, 15.634; 67. 7 – Jim Price, 15.738; 68. 20D – Jeff Daniels, 15.781; 69. 96 – Jim Davies. 15.827; 70. 10mx – Rob Middlemiss, 15.890; 71. 83W – James Whittaker, 15.900; 72. 9jr – Tim Zack, 16.020; 73. 81 – Derek Jonathan, 16.300; 74. 15AW – April Wilson, 16.362; 75. 15 – Mike Ferrell, 16.694; 76. 4u – Buddy Kerrick,16.750.
Non-Qualifiers Races (Top two finishers transferred to the heat race events)
Non-Qualifiers Race #1 (10 Laps): 1. 36 – Mike Stelter, 2. 10c – Bob Crawford, 3. 24 – Nick Bashford, 4. 25P – Mike Parent, 5. 14M – Matt Norrie, 6. 94 – Stan Zanchin, 7. 86 – Jeremy Barnard, 8. 77 – Kyle Moffitt, 9. 79 – Dick Mahoney, 10. 96 – Jim Davies, 11. 15 – Mike Ferrell, 12. 81 – Derek Jonathan. DNS: 7 – Jim Price, 83W – James Wittaker
Non-Qualifiers Race #2 (10 Laps): 1. 44 – Gary Troutman, 2. 21J – John Burbridge, 3. 34 – Luke Hall, 4. 25 – Warren Mahoney, 5. 47x – Louie Carufel, 6. 29 – Daryl Turford, 7. 33 – Jim Porter, 8. 10m – Rob Middlemiss, 9. 15AW – April Wilson, 10. 9JR – Tim Zack DNS: 35 – Jared Zimbardi, 20D – Jeff Daniels, 4U – Buddy Kerrick.
Heat Races (Top four finishers transferred to the “A” Main)
Heat Race #1 (10 Laps): 1. 8B – Alain Bergeron, 2. 25M – Ken Mackey, 3. 6B – Dale Blaney, 4. 10X – Rob Dietrick, 5. 11 – Tim Allison, 6. 33T – Doug Emery, 7. 36 – Mike Stelter, 8. 8 – Blake Breen, 9. 52 – Mark Broughman, 10. Dan Kaszubinski, 11. 33K – Kyle Patrick, 12. 56D – Jeff Vandusen, 13. 21X – Kevin Job
Heat Race #2 (10 Laps): 1. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 2. 0x – Caleb Griffith, 3. 6 – Mike Dussel, 4. 22 – Ray Preston, 5. 10MX – Chris Muhleisen, 6. 32- Keith Dempster, 7. 10C – Bob Crawford, 8. 27H – Tom Huppunen, 9. 51 – Bryan Howland, 10. 17J Lance Yonge, 11. 7B – Brock Mayes, 12. 35B – Ron Blair, 13. 2x – Ryan Coniam
Heat Race #3 (10 Laps): 1. 32B – Justin Barger, 2. 25Q – Geoff Quackenbush, 3. 85 – Dustin Daggett, 4. 0 – Glenn Styres, 5. 10 – Jeff Cook, 6. 21 – Don Adamczyk, 7. 92M – Doug Norrie, 8. 38M – Nick Mulheim, 9. 3G – Tim Norman, 10. Gary Troutman, 11. 17 – Gary Evans, 12. 1F – Nick Fratto, 13. 30 – Adam West
Heat Race #4 (10 Laps): 1. 9 – Bobby Breen, 2. 28FM – Steve Poirier, 3. 87 – Jason Barney, 4. 12C – Fred Cade, 5. 1Z – Jessica Zemken, 6. 49T – Gregg Dalman, 7. 6N – Dain Naida, 8. 1a – John Reigling, 9. 42W – Rick Wilson, 10. 11M – Joe Middlemiss, 11. 21J – John Burbridge, 12. F37 – Jamie Collard, 13. 37S – J.R. Stewart
Consolation Race (For cars that did not make the heat race events)
Consolation race (10 Laps): 1. 47x – Louie Carufel, 2. 33 – Jim Porter, 3. 86 – Jeremy Barnard, 4. 15aw – April Wilson, 5. 10 – Jeff Cook, 6. 81 – Derek Jonathan, 7. 24 – Nick Bashford, 8. 25 – Warren Mahoney, 9. 94 – Stan Zanchin, 10. 15 – Mike Ferrell, 11. 29 – Daryl Turford.
Dashes (Finish determined the lineup for the inside and outside eight rows of the “A” Feature Lineup)
Dash #1 (8 Laps): 1. 8B – Alain Bergeron, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 6 – Mike Dussel, 4. 25M – Ken Mackey, 5. 6B – Dale Blaney, 6. 22 – Ray Preston, 7. 0x – Caleb Griffith. DNS: 10x – Rob Dietrick
Dash #2 (8 Laps): 1. 32B – Justin Barger, 2. 28FM – Steve Poirier, 3. 87 – Jason Barney, 4. 9 – Bobby Breen, 5. 85 – Dustin Daggett, 6. 12C – Fred Cade, 7. 25Q – Geoff Quackenbush, 8. 0 – Glenn Styres
C-Main Event (First four finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
“C” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 7B – Brock Mayes, 2. 42W – Rick Wilson, 3. 3G – Tim Norman, 4. 56D – Jeff Vandusen, 5. 30 – Adam West, 6. 52 – Mark Broughman, 7. 21x – Kevin Job, 8. F37 – Jamie Collard, 9. F1 – Nick Fratto, 10. 21J – John Burbridge, 11. 17 – Gary Evans, 12. 11x – Fred Pigeon, 13. 44 – Gary Troutman, 14. 20 – Dan Kaszubinski. DNS: 37S – J.R. Stewart, 35B – Ron Blair, 2x – Ryan Coniam, 17J – Lance Yonge
B-Main Event (First nine finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 11 – Tim Allison, 2. 10 – Chris Muhleisen, 3. 10 – Jeff Cook, 4. 49T – Gregg Dalman, 5. 21 – Don Adamczyk, 6. 7B – Brock Mayes, 7. 36 – Mike Stelter, 8. 6N – Dain Naida, 9. 33T – Doug Emery, 10. 42W – Rick Wilson, 11. 92M – Doug Norrie, 12. 56D – Jeff VanDusen, 13. 22 – Ray Preston, 14. 10C – Bob Crawford, 15. 27H – Tom Huppunen, 16. 32 – Keith Dempster, 17. 1a – John Reigling, 18. 30 – Adam West, 19. 8 – Blake Breen, 20. 38M – Nick Mulhiem, 21. 3G – Tim Norman. DNS: 1Z – Jessica Zemken.
2nd Annual Canadian Nationals A-Main Event:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 28FM – Steve Poirier, 2. 87 – Jason Barney, 3. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 4. 21 – Don Adamczyk, 5. 6B – Dale Blaney, 6. 49T – Gregg Dalman, 7. 10 – Jeff Cook, 8. 12C – Fred Cade, 9. 6 – Mike Dussel, 10. 11 – Tim Allison, 11. 1Z – Jessica Zemken, 12. 10M – Chris Mulheisen, 13. 10X – Rob Deitrick, 14. 9 – Bobby Breen, 15. 25Q – Geoff Quackenbush, 16. 33K – Kyle Patrick, 17. 0 – Glenn Styres, 18. 7B – Brock Mayes, 19. 25M – Ken Mackey, 20. 8B – Alain Bergeron, 21. 85 – Dustin Daggett, 22. 32B – Justin Barger, 23. 42w – Rick Wilson, 24. 36 – Mike Stelter, 25. 22 – Ray Preston, 26. 6N – Dain Naida, 27. 33T – Doug Emery.
pos car # MINI STOCKS FEATURE
1st 777x PAUL GOODALE
2nd 40 JIM SWING
3rd 9 GLEN LEINEN
4th 14 TED HALLETT
5th 72 KEVIN HILBORN
6th 18 RYAN DINNING
7th 77X CHASE HESS
8th 99 KEN KADWELL
9th 79 STEVE MILLER
10th 55 ROB SLATER
11th 2 KEVIN MAGRIN
12th 772 JOHNNA MARTIN
13TH 62 AJ PESCETTI
14TH 5 DAVID GOODACRE
15TH 265 JEREMY EVERS
16TH 13 CHUCK SAUL
17TH 24K KYLE MAGRIN
18TH 11 MIKE GIBERSON
19TH 113 MARK THORNE
20TH 42 RICK ROBINSON
21ST 27 DAN STEWART
22ND 23 MATT CASTELEIN
23RD 148 JIM PORTER (DNS)
24TH 37 ABEL CASTELEIN (DNS)