CHRISTIE, COSTA, AND KLOTZ TAKE VICTORIES ON GALE’S CASH BLAST NIGHT AT OHSWEKEN

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Article Credit: Brent Otchere

OHSWEKEN, Ont. (July 31, 2026) – Electromart and Central Ontario presented the Gale’s Cash Blast 30 on Friday at Ohsweken Speedway. DJ Christie, Jesse Costa, and Alexander Klotz took A-Main victories.

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Corey Turner started on pole with Dylan Westbrook next to him for the 360 Sprint Car A-Main. Dylan Westbrook rocketed straight to the lead, setting the pace of the race. DJ Christie and Nick Sheridan could be found fighting for position within the top ten as the rest of the drivers settled into their positions respectively.

Christie was able to break away from the field, setting his sights on the leading Westbrook. On lap ten, Christie was able to set up his pass for the lead over Westbrook. A caution came out with five laps remaining due to third place running Eric Gledhill colliding into a lapped John Burbridge Junior. Christie was able to hold off Westbrook and Sheridan to pick up his maiden regular feature 360 sprint victory at Ohsweken. Next to finish were Sheridan in second who overtook Westbrook in the closing laps. Rounding out the top five were Josh Hansen, and Glenn Styres fifth.

Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Mack DeMan and Liam Martin brought the 28 car field to the green flag for the Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Riley Mercer suffered a spin on the opening lap bringing out the caution. DeMan led from the restart until Jesse Costa ran him down for the lead on lap five, becoming the new race leader.

The race became a battle of attrition as three cautions came out due to multiple drivers spinning out. With eight laps to go, Costa proved to be unstoppable as he sailed into his fifth victory of the year. Rounding out the top five were Mike Bowman in second, Martin third, DeMan fourth, and Steve Murdock fifth.

Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Mike Klazinga and Kacey Huffman to begin the 30 Lap Gale’s Cash Blast 30 A-Main. A caution fell before the first lap could be completed as Brando Greene-Styres and Brian Pescetti suffered a spin. Huffman took the early lead on the restart, leading just one lap as Gofast Teeple assumed the lead.

Zack Bleich pursued after Teeple, overtaking him for the lead on lap seven. Ron Loggie was challenging Bleich for the lead when a caution fell with fifteen laps left to go. Bleich held off Loggie just long enough as the final caution of the race came out just three laps later. Newcomer Ryan Kimball found himself in contention for the lead after the restart as he started on the eleventh row and worked himself up to the top three throughout the race. Kimball got around Bleich, bringing Dave Bailey with him.

Bailey tried to match Kimball’s pace in the closing laps, but he ran out of time as Kimball appeared to pick up his first feature win at Ohsweken. Rounding out the top five were Bleich in third, and Brock Gregory fourth, and Tyler French fifth. Kimball was later disqualified after failing post race inspection at the tech barn.

Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
Jeff Elsliger started on pole alongside Alex Riley to take the green flag for the 15 Lap Mini Stock A-Main. Christopher French led the opening laps until a caution fell due to Tim DeBoer spinning on the front stretch collecting Jason Tolten. Jans Janssens had a stunning restart, taking the lead away from French.

Alexander Klotz became the new race leader with nine laps remaining after he successfully tracked down Janssens. Klotz became untouchable once he got the lead, going on to win his first feature at Ohsweken. Rounding out the top five were Craig Cole in second, Elsliger third, Dusty DeBoer fourth, and Ken Hair fifth.

Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Strode’s BBQ & Deli and Elite present the Noelle Teal Memorial featuring Mod-Lites on Friday, August 7, 2026. Three of Ohsweken Speedway’s weekly Friday Night Excitement divisions will also be in competition, including the Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, and Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.

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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, July 31, 2026
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Total Entries: 125

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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (25 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 25 laps
1. 5-DJ Christie[3]; 2. 45-Nick Sheridan[10]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[2]; 4. 88H-Josh Hansen[7]; 5. 0-Glenn Styres[11]; 6. 15-Ryan Turner[4]; 7. 39-Cory Turner[1]; 8. 84-Mike Lichty[9]; 9. 68-Aaron Turkey[13]; 10. 21-Kyle Phillips[8]; 11. 12DD-Darren Dryden[14]; 12. 7-Eric Gledhill[6]; 13. 87XS-Skyler Evans[5]; 14. 90-Travis Cunningham[16]; 15. 81-Derek Jonathan[22]; 16. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[12]; 17. 77T-Tyeller Powless[21]; 18. 0C-Cole MacDonald[18]; 19. 84R-Tyler Rand[17]; 20. 31C-Dale Curran[19]; 21. 29W-Tyler Ward[24]; 22. (DNF) 70-Baily Heard[15]; 23. (DNF) 77E-Ashton VanEvery[20]; 24. (DNF) 21J-John Burbridge Jr[23]; 25. (DNF) 11-Jamie Turner[25]
Hard Charger – Nick Sheridan +8

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 87XS-Skyler Evans[1]; 2. 88H-Josh Hansen[5]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]; 4. 45-Nick Sheridan[3]; 5. 68-Aaron Turkey[6]; 6. 90-Travis Cunningham[2]; 7. 31C-Dale Curran[8]; 8. 81-Derek Jonathan[9]; 9. 11-Jamie Turner[7]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 15-Ryan Turner[1]; 2. 7-Eric Gledhill[3]; 3. 84-Mike Lichty[2]; 4. 0-Glenn Styres[6]; 5. 12DD-Darren Dryden[4]; 6. 84R-Tyler Rand[8]; 7. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[5]; 8. 21J-John Burbridge Jr[7]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 5-DJ Christie[1]; 2. 21-Kyle Phillips[3]; 3. 39-Cory Turner[4]; 4. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[2]; 5. 70-Baily Heard[5]; 6. 0C-Cole MacDonald[8]; 7. 77T-Tyeller Powless[7]; 8. 29W-Tyler Ward[6]

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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (35 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 20 laps
1. 52-Jesse Costa[7]; 2. 71-Mike Bowman[4]; 3. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 4. 4-Mack DeMan[1]; 5. 2M-Steve Murdock[3]; 6. 28T-Cameron Thomson[11]; 7. 14-Larry Gledhill[5]; 8. 3S-Austin Roes[17]; 9. 1-Holly Porter[6]; 10. 16X-Keegan Baker[10]; 11. 48-Lance Erskine[8]; 12. 57C-Cooper Fritz[19]; 13. 27H-Niko Hansen[13]; 14. 94-Ryan Fraser[14]; 15. 20-Johnny Miller[21]; 16. 53-Logan Shwedyk[16]; 17. 24K-Kiana Teal[12]; 18. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[15]; 19. 51-Trevor Young[25]; 20. 55-Cory Whittam[9]; 21. 36-Jeremy May[27]; 22. 24A-AJ Lewis[24]; 23. 44-Connor Ross[22]; 24. 78-Darren McLennan[23]; 25. 89L-Logan Ferguson[26]; 26. 88R-Riley Mercer[28]; 27. 26X-Campbell Baker[18]; 28. (DNF) 2S-Al Sleight[20]
Hard Charger – Roes Austin +9

B-Main [Started] 12 laps
1. 20-Johnny Miller[1]; 2. 44-Connor Ross[5]; 3. 78-Darren McLennan[6]; 4. 24A-AJ Lewis[2]; 5. 51-Trevor Young[3]; 6. 89L-Logan Ferguson[8]; 7. 36-Jeremy May[9]; 8. 88R-Riley Mercer[13]; 9. 14B-Broden Weiler[14]; 10. 69K-Ken Hamilton[4]; 11. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[12]; 12. 78X-Matt Boyes[10]; 13. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[11]; 14. 2-Travis Hofstetter[7]; 15. 22X-Brandon Sobeski[15]

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 9-Liam Martin[1]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[4]; 3. 55-Cory Whittam[5]; 4. 27H-Niko Hansen[2]; 5. 3S-Austin Roes[8]; 6. 20-Johnny Miller[7]; 7. 44-Connor Ross[6]; 8. 36-Jeremy May[3]; 9. 88R-Riley Mercer[9]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 48-Lance Erskine[1]; 2. 4-Mack DeMan[4]; 3. 16X-Keegan Baker[2]; 4. 94-Ryan Fraser[6]; 5. 26X-Campbell Baker[3]; 6. 24A-AJ Lewis[7]; 7. 78-Darren McLennan[5]; 8. 78X-Matt Boyes[8]; 9. 14B-Broden Weiler[9]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 14-Larry Gledhill[1]; 2. 71-Mike Bowman[4]; 3. 28T-Cameron Thomson[7]; 4. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[2]; 5. 57C-Cooper Fritz[3]; 6. 51-Trevor Young[5]; 7. 2-Travis Hofstetter[6]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[8]; 9. 22X-Brandon Sobeski[9]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps
1. 2M-Steve Murdock[4]; 2. 1-Holly Porter[2]; 3. 24K-Kiana Teal[1]; 4. 53-Logan Shwedyk[6]; 5. 2S-Al Sleight[8]; 6. 69K-Ken Hamilton[7]; 7. 89L-Logan Ferguson[3]; 8. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[5]
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (29 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 30 laps
1. 49-Dave Bailey[18]; 2. 108-Zack Bleich[10]; 3. 26G-Brock Gregory[17]; 4. 0-Tyler French[16]; 5. 93K-Mike Klazinga[1]; 6. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[19]; 7. 97-Ron Loggie[13]; 8. 23-Trevor DeBoer[14]; 9. 81C-Nick Cameron[20]; 10. 55-Mike Thorne[7]; 11. 13-Kacey Huffman[2]; 12. 24T-Aaron Turkey[23]; 13. 11-Gofast Teeple[5]; 14. 03-George Grosul[6]; 15. 427-Tim Phalen[4]; 16. 21S-Spencer Smolders[15]; 17. 21X-Mark Bazuin[12]; 18. 43-Kyle Andress[22]; 19. 81-Brando Greene Styres[8]; 20. 69G-Brian General[11]; 21. 26-Keith Dale[3]; 22. (DNF) 8-Ryan Dinning[24]; 23. (DQ) 21K-Ryan Kimball[21]; 24. (DQ) 62-Brian Pescetti[9]
Hard Charger – Dave Bailey +17

B-Main [Started] 8 laps
1. 21K-Ryan Kimball[4]; 2. 43-Kyle Andress[2]; 3. 24T-Aaron Turkey[7]; 4. 8-Ryan Dinning[8]; 5. 19-Kyle Wert[5]; 6. 51D-Dylan Peckham[6]; 7. 93F-Calvin Fox[1]; 8. 53-Liam Shwedyk[9]; 9. (DNS) 44B-Bella General

Qualifier 1 [Started] 10 laps
1. 11-Gofast Teeple[5]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[13]; 3. 69G-Brian General[8]; 4. 55-Mike Thorne[6]; 5. 23-Trevor DeBoer[10]; 6. 21X-Mark Bazuin[9]; 7. 93K-Mike Klazinga[3]; 8. 0-Tyler French[11]; 9. 62-Brian Pescetti[7]; 10. 26-Keith Dale[4]; 11. 93F-Calvin Fox[14]; 12. 53-Liam Shwedyk[15]; 13. (DNF) 21K-Ryan Kimball[12]; 14. (DNS) 51D-Dylan Peckham; 15. (DQ) 8-Ryan Dinning[2]

Qualifier 2 [Started] 10 laps
1. 26G-Brock Gregory[11]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[12]; 3. 97-Ron Loggie[9]; 4. 108-Zack Bleich[7]; 5. 13-Kacey Huffman[3]; 6. 03-George Grosul[5]; 7. 21S-Spencer Smolders[10]; 8. 81C-Nick Cameron[14]; 9. 81-Brando Greene Styres[6]; 10. 427-Tim Phalen[4]; 11. 43-Kyle Andress[2]; 12. (DNF) 44B-Bella General[1]; 13. (DNF) 19-Kyle Wert[8]; 14. (DNF) 24T-Aaron Turkey[13]

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Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks (36 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 15 laps
1. 26-Alexander Klotz[7]; 2. 55-Craig Cole[8]; 3. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[16]; 4. 23-Dusty DeBoer[5]; 5. 5K-Ken Hair[13]; 6. 17K-Spencer Riddell[6]; 7. 17-Alex Riley[18]; 8. 64-Nick Erskine[15]; 9. 01-Tristan DaSilva[9]; 10. 4-Wayde Thorne[17]; 11. 2EZ-John Lubeck[3]; 12. 44-Doug Erskine[11]; 13. 66-Jon Janssens[4]; 14. 4A-Mason Anderson[12]; 15. 51-Jesse McDonald[19]; 16. 3-Chase Mitchell[1]; 17. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[10]; 18. 9C-Connor Chambers[24]; 19. 99R-Ryan Farrington[23]; 20. 79-Steve Miller[27]; 21. (DNF) 54-Christopher French[2]; 22. (DNF) 801-Joshua Dmytrow[25]; 23. (DNF) 32L-Grayden Lyons[26]; 24. (DNF) 46-Mark Thorne[22]; 25. (DNF) 9-Tim DeBoer[14]; 26. (DNF) 1-Jason Tolton[20]; 27. (DNF) 12-Mark Allan[21]; 28. (DNS) 00-Steven Boverhof
Hard Charger – Jeff Elsliger +13

B-Main [Started] 6 laps
1. 1-Jason Tolton[1]; 2. 12-Mark Allan[2]; 3. 46-Mark Thorne[3]; 4. 99R-Ryan Farrington[5]; 5. 9C-Connor Chambers[4]; 6. 801-Joshua Dmytrow; 7. 32L-Grayden Lyons[7]; 8. 79-Steve Miller[6]; 9. 327-Trevor Farrington[14]; 10. 81D-Crystal Soules[8]; 11. 11-Mike Giberson[15]; 12. (DNS) 25-Joe Stevenson; 13. (DNS) 215-Jeremy Cooper; 14. (DNS) 34-Randy Alway; 15. (DNS) 5-Rodney Rutherford; 16. (DNS) 15-Rogan Monaghan

Qualifier 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 9-Tim DeBoer[14]; 2. 4-Wayde Thorne[15]; 3. 23-Dusty DeBoer[7]; 4. 4A-Mason Anderson[13]; 5. 2EZ-John Lubeck[5]; 6. 01-Tristan DaSilva[10]; 7. 51-Jesse McDonald[17]; 8. 26-Alexander Klotz[9]; 9. 44-Doug Erskine[12]; 10. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[11]; 11. 1-Jason Tolton[8]; 12. 12-Mark Allan[3]; 13. 9C-Connor Chambers[6]; 14. 79-Steve Miller[4]; 15. 81D-Crystal Soules[1]; 16. (DNF) 215-Jeremy Cooper[2]; 17. (DNF) 11-Mike Giberson[18]; 18. (DNF) 15-Rogan Monaghan[16]

Qualifier 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 55-Craig Cole[9]; 2. 17-Alex Riley[15]; 3. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[18]; 4. 5K-Ken Hair[13]; 5. 64-Nick Erskine[14]; 6. 3-Chase Mitchell[1]; 7. 17K-Spencer Riddell[7]; 8. 66-Jon Janssens[6]; 9. 00-Steven Boverhof[11]; 10. 54-Christopher French[3]; 11. 801-Joshua Dmytrow[17]; 12. 46-Mark Thorne[8]; 13. 99R-Ryan Farrington[10]; 14. 32L-Grayden Lyons[4]; 15. 25-Joe Stevenson[5]; 16. (DNF) 34-Randy Alway[2]; 17. (DNS) 5-Rodney Rutherford; 18. (DNS) 327-Trevor Farrington

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About Ohsweken Speedway: Opened in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex and event centre featuring a 3/8 mile clay oval auto racing track and 1/6 mile clay oval Micro Sprint and Karting track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday Night Excitement racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, and Mini Stocks, while the facility also hosts weekly Micro Sprint and Kart racing on Thursday nights.

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