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OHSWEKEN, Ont. (September 12, 2025) – Nitro 54 Variety, Sit ‘N’ Bull Tires, and Arrow Express presented the 4th Running of the Northern Crate Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday; Jesse Costa took the $5,000 A-Main win for the Crate Sprint Cars, while Jordan Poirier, DJ Christie, Brock Gregory, and Rogan Monaghan also took wins in their respective divisions.
Northern Crate Nationals Crate Sprint Cars
Eric Gledhill earned the pole position with Jesse Costa next to him on the front row for the 35 lap Northern Crate Nationals A-Main. Gledhill managed to lead the opening lap until Costa made his pass for the lead on lap two. Costa set sail and quickly drove away from the rest of the field; Costa had a 2.2 second lead over Gledhill by lap eight. Meanwhile, visiting drivers Andrew Hennessy and Josh Verne Jr were battling it out for the final podium spot.
Lap ten saw Costa navigating through heavy traffic with magnificent precision, maintaining his gap over teammate Gledhill. The race ran caution-free with drivers using every inch of the slick surface, showcasing the phenomenal talent of the field. Costa went on to win in dominant fashion, as he put 21 drivers at least one lap down and finished more than seven seconds ahead of runner-up Gledhill.
Hennessy found himself in the final podium position after his battle with Verne. Rounding out the top ten were Verne in fourth, Jacob Dykstra fifth, Lucas Smith sixth, Bruno Richard seventh, Austin Roes eighth, Ryan Fraser ninth, and Cameron Thomson tenth. Holly Porter was fastest in time trials with a lap of 14.808 seconds. Costa’s time of 10:20.582 established a 35 lap track record for Crate Sprint Cars.
360 Sprint Car NSCN Twin 15’s
Davie Franek and Jordan Poirier brought the field to the green flag for the first of the Twin 15’s for the 360 Sprint Cars. Franek enjoyed his early lead until Poirier passed him on lap three. Alex Therrien also followed through the open door, relegating Franek to third on the same lap. Poirier and Therrien battled between traffic all the way to the finish but it was Poirier who crossed the finish first, besting his fellow Quebecer. The victory was Poirier’s first win at Ohsweken. Therrien finished a close second, with Darren Dryden in third. The rest of the top five were Franek in fourth and Baily Heard fifth.
The second of the Twin 15’s had DJ Christie and Liam Matin on the front row. Christie led the opening lap over Martin with a healthy lead. With seven laps left to go, Christie could be found slicing through traffic like a surgeon. Christie proved to be untouchable as he led every lap to claim his first 360 Sprint Car victory at Ohsweken. Next to finish were Martin in second, Skyler Evans third, Nick Sheridan fourth, and Josh Hansen fifth.
The wins guaranteed Poirier and Christie top ten starting positions in Saturday’s $30,000-to-win Northern Sprint Car Nationals A-Main.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Brock Gregory started on pole alongside Kyle Wert to take the green flag for the 20 lap Thunder Stock A-Main. Gregory led the opening two laps as 2025 Thunder Stock champ Ryan Beagle claimed the lead for himself on lap three. Robbie General brought out the caution flag when he spun out in turn two on lap five. This caution flag bunched the field and bred three more cautions in a span of eight laps. This was an advantage to Gregory, as each restart was like a practice session on how to get around Beagle, the two-time Northern Thunder Stock Nationals winner.
With knowledge gained, Gregory sailed past Beagle for the lead with six laps left to go. Beagle tried to regain the lead, but his efforts proved futile as Gregory went onto win the race, becoming just the third different driver to win a Thunder Stock A-Main this year following the dominant season of Beagle and Dave Bailey. Finishing the top five were Kyle Wert in third, Bailey fourth, and Mike Klazinga fifth.
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Mason Anderson and Rogan Monaghan to begin the 15 lap Mini Stock A-Main. Monaghan led the first five laps with ease until debris on the track brought the caution flag out. Brian Wilson Jr. got the better of Monaghan on the restart, however Monaghan quickly bounced back to regain the lead on the next lap.
Monaghan went on to win the race on his own merit, proving to everyone that he could win the race on the track; his first win earlier in the season came about due to another driver’s disqualification. Wilson had to settle for second after having a quick taste of the lead, with Alex Riley claiming the final podium step. Rounding out the top five were Wayde Thorne in fourth and Jeremy Cooper fifth.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, September 12, 2025
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Northern Crate Nationals
Total Entries: 141
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Northern Crate Nationals Crate Sprint Cars (47 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 35 laps – 10:20.582 NTR
1. 52-Jesse Costa[2]; 2. 14-Eric Gledhill[1]; 3. 87-Andrew Hennessy[9]; 4. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[3]; 5. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[12]; 6. 8-Lucas Smith[8]; 7. 72I-Bruno Richard[5]; 8. 3S-Austin Roes[10]; 9. 94-Ryan Fraser[7]; 10. 28T-Cameron Thomson[6]; 11. 53-Logan Shwedyk[21]; 12. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[19]; 13. 45-Curtis Gartly[23]; 14. 01K-Mikey Kruchka[15]; 15. 1-Holly Porter[13]; 16. 16X-Keegan Baker[25]; 17. 88-Lance Erskine[22]; 18. BS39-Brett Stratford[14]; 19. 92-Adam Turner[4]; 20. M52-Marc Surprenant[28]; 21. 777A-Tyler Willard[29]; 22. 2M-Steve Murdock[20]; 23. 44-Connor Ross[17]; 24. 20-Johnny Miller[26]; 25. 2-Travis Hofstetter[18]; 26. 77-Liam Ladouceur[30]; 27. 57C-Cooper Fritz[11]; 28. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[24]; 29. 3B-Blaine Barrow[16]; 30. 26-John Verney[27]
Hard Charger – Logan Shwedyk +10
Pole Dash [Started] 5 laps – NT
1. 14-Eric Gledhill[1]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[2]; 3. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[3]; 4. 92-Adam Turner[4]; 5. 72I-Bruno Richard[6]; 6. 28T-Cameron Thomson[7]; 7. 94-Ryan Fraser[8]; 8. 8-Lucas Smith[5]
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[1]; 2. 2M-Steve Murdock[4]; 3. 53-Logan Shwedyk[2]; 4. 88-Lance Erskine[5]; 5. 45-Curtis Gartly[3]; 6. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[6]; 7. 777A-Tyler Willard[11]; 8. 26X-Campbell Baker[15]; 9. 16X-Keegan Baker[7]; 10. 2S-Al Sleight[18]; 11. M52-Marc Surprenant[10]; 12. 74-Rob Neely[14]; 13. 24K-Kiana Teal[20]; 14. 77-Liam Ladouceur[13]; 15. 51-Trevor Young[19]; 16. 4K-Jamie Kay[16]; 17. 20-Johnny Miller[8]; 18. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[21]; 19. 55-Cory Whittam[22]; 20. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[17]; 21. 26-John Verney[9]; 22. (DNF) 5-Tom Pellizzari[12]
C-Main [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 51-Trevor Young[5]; 2. 24K-Kiana Teal[10]; 3. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[2]; 4. 55-Cory Whittam[1]; 5. 88R-Riley Mercer[3]; 6. 69K-Ken Hamilton[4]; 7. 24A-AJ Lewis[6]; 8. 24R-Rodney Rutherford[11]; 9. 22-Tyson Gregory[8]; 10. 11W-Josh Robertson[9]; 11. 47B-Mitchel Brosseau[7]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps – 2:32.385
1. 8-Lucas Smith[3]; 2. 94-Ryan Fraser[2]; 3. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]; 4. 2M-Steve Murdock[5]; 5. 77-Liam Ladouceur[1]; 6. 26X-Campbell Baker[6]; 7. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[8]; 8. 11W-Josh Robertson[7]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 14-Eric Gledhill[4]; 2. 87-Andrew Hennessy[2]; 3. 01K-Mikey Kruchka[3]; 4. 45-Curtis Gartly[6]; 5. 74-Rob Neely[1]; 6. 777A-Tyler Willard[7]; 7. 51-Trevor Young[5]; 8. 22-Tyson Gregory[8]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 10 laps – 2:41.017
1. 28T-Cameron Thomson[2]; 2. 92-Adam Turner[6]; 3. 3B-Blaine Barrow[1]; 4. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[4]; 5. 20-Johnny Miller[5]; 6. M52-Marc Surprenant[7]; 7. 24A-AJ Lewis[3]; 8. 47B-Mitchel Brosseau[8]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[4]; 2. 57C-Cooper Fritz[2]; 3. 44-Connor Ross[1]; 4. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[7]; 5. 26-John Verney[5]; 6. 4K-Jamie Kay[6]; 7. 55-Cory Whittam[8]; 8. (DNF) 24K-Kiana Teal[3]
Heat Race 5 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 72I-Bruno Richard[2]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[1]; 3. 1-Holly Porter[4]; 4. 53-Logan Shwedyk[6]; 5. 5-Tom Pellizzari[3]; 6. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[5]; 7. (DNF) 88R-Riley Mercer[7]; 8. (DNF) 24R-Rodney Rutherford[8]
Heat Race 6 [Started] 10 laps – 2:37.483
1. 52-Jesse Costa[4]; 2. 3S-Austin Roes[2]; 3. 2-Travis Hofstetter[1]; 4. 88-Lance Erskine[5]; 5. 16X-Keegan Baker[6]; 6. 2S-Al Sleight[3]; 7. 69K-Ken Hamilton[7]
Qualifications Flight 1
1. BS39-Brett Stratford, 00:14.818; 2. 14-Eric Gledhill, 00:14.860; 3. 8-Lucas Smith, 00:15.030[3]; 4. 01K-Mikey Kruchka, 00:15.065; 5. 94-Ryan Fraser, 00:15.165; 6. 87-Andrew Hennessy, 00:15.194; 7. 77-Liam Ladouceur, 00:15.260; 8. 74-Rob Neely, 00:15.290; 9. 2M-Steve Murdock, 00:15.373; 10. 51-Trevor Young, 00:15.394; 11. 26X-Campbell Baker, 00:15.471; 12. 45-Curtis Gartly, 00:15.511; 13. 11W-Josh Robertson, 00:15.892; 14. 777A-Tyler Willard, 00:16.035; 15. 9C-Brian Nanticoke, 00:16.049; 16. 22-Tyson Gregory, 00:16.207
Qualifications Flight 2
1. 50LS-Adrian Stahle, 00:15.228; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr, 00:15.255; 3. 24A-AJ Lewis, 00:15.303; 4. 24K-Kiana Teal, 00:15.399; 4. 28T-Cameron Thomson, 00:15.423; 5. 57C-Cooper Fritz, 00:15.432; 6. 3B-Blaine Barrow, 00:15.443; 7. 44-Connor Ross, 00:15.495; 8. 20-Johnny Miller, 00:15.523; 9. 26-John Verney, 00:15.532; 10. 92-Adam Turner, 00:15.549; 11. 4K-Jamie Kay, 00:15.553; 12. M52-Marc Surprenant, 00:15.761; 13. 55-Cory Whittam, 00:15.939; 14. 47B-Mitchel Brosseau, 00:18.226; 15. (DQ) 51L-Lee Ladouceur
Qualifications Flight 3
1. 1-Holly Porter, 00:14.808; 2. 52-Jesse Costa, 00:14.903; 3. 5-Tom Pellizzari, 00:15.153; 4. 2S-Al Sleight, 00:15.160; 5. 72I-Bruno Richard, 00:15.287; 6. 3. 3S-Austin Roes, 00:15.291; 7. 5D-Jacob Dykstra, 00:15.371; 8. 2-Travis Hofstetter, 00:15.608; 9. 85C-Cam MacKinnon, 00:15.661; 10. 88-Lance Erskine, 00:15.699; 11. 53-Logan Shwedyk, 00:15.756; 12. 16X-Keegan Baker, 00:15.824; 13. 88R-Riley Mercer, 00:15.930; 14. 69K-Ken Hamilton, 00:15.987; 24R-Rodney Rutherford, 00:16.761
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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (39 Entries)
A-Main 1 [Started] 15 laps – 3:49.286
1. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 2. 21-Alex Therrien[3]; 3. 12DD-Darren Dryden[6]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 5. 70-Baily Heard[7]; 6. 71H-Max Stambaugh[4]; 7. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[5]; 8. 87-Jason Barney[9]; 9. 17X-Cory Turner[10]; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[13]; 11. 12-Alex Bergeron[8]; 12. 0-Glenn Styres[11]; 13. 84-Mike Lichty[12]; 14. 85-Dustin Daggett[14]; 15. 46-Kevin Pauls[15]
Hard Charger – Darren Dryden +3
A-Main 2 [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 2. 71H-Max Stambaugh[5]; 3. 79-Jordan Thomas[1]; 4. 87X-Shone Evans[2]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 6. 19-Mathieu Bardier[8]; 7. 77T-Tyeller Powless[14]; 8. 14H-Jim Huppunen[10]; 9. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[15]; 10. 15-Ryan Turner[9]; 11. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 12. 12DD-Darren Dryden[13]; 13. 7-Eric Gledhill[11]; 14. (DNF) 84-Tyler Rand[12]; 15. (DNF) 88H-Josh Hansen[6]
Hard Charger – Nick Sheridan +8
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:05.431
1. 71H-Max Stambaugh[1]; 2. 77X-Alex Hill[2]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron[4]; 4. 84R-Tyler Rand[5]; 5. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 6. 79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 7. 0C-Cole MacDonald[3]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 1:59.463
1. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 2. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[3]; 3. 19D-Allan Downey[5]; 4. 21K-Kyle Phillips[4]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[6]; 6. 52-Scott Kreutter[7]; 7. 28K-Tate O’Leary[1]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:02.368
1. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 2. 70-Baily Heard[1]; 3. 0JB-Justin Barger[4]; 4. 17X-Cory Turner[5]; 5. 45-Nick Sheridan[6]; 6. 6-Ryan Coniam[3]; 7. 13-Evan Reynolds[7]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 21-Alex Therrien[2]; 2. 28F-Davie Franek[6]; 3. 88H-Josh Hansen[1]; 4. 84-Mike Lichty[4]; 5. 43-Scott Sherk[5]; 6. (DNF) 77T-Tyeller Powless[3]
Heat Race 5 [Started] 8 laps – 2:02.249
1. 7C-Dylan Swiernik[2]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner[1]; 3. 12DD-Darren Dryden[5]; 4. 68-Aaron Turkey[3]; 5. 85-Dustin Daggett[6]; 6. 70MM-Matt Billings[4]
Heat Race 6 [Started] 8 laps – 1:56.435
1. 87XS-Skyler Evans[1]; 2. 5-DJ Christie[5]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[4]; 4. 46-Kevin Pauls[2]; 5. 94X-Scott Hall[6]; 6. 81-Tyler Reynolds[3]
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (32 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 26G-Brock Gregory[1]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[3]; 3. 19-Kyle Wert[2]; 4. 49-Dave Bailey[4]; 5. 24K-Mike Klazinga[5]; 6. 10-Carter Rhodes[6]; 7. 23-Trevor DeBoer[10]; 8. 0-Tyler French[9]; 9. 81C-Nick Cameron[8]; 10. 8-Cory McAllister[28]; 11. 13X-Bella General[17]; 12. 44-Robbie General[12]; 13. 93F-Calvin Fox[25]; 14. 427-Tim Phalen[15]; 15. 43-Kyle Andress[23]; 16. 81-Brando Greene Styres[21]; 17. 74-Mike Lucas[27]; 18. 45-Jody Mason[24]; 19. 96O-John Overholt[20]; 20. 7K-Kevin Kocarik[14]; 21. H2O-Mason Heintz[22]; 22. 13-Kacey Huffman[13]; 23. 5-Gord Grant[26]; 24. (DNF) 77-Mitch Petta[16]; 25. (DNF) 51D-Dylan Peckham[19]; 26. (DNF) 6X-Marshall Bellamy[18]; 27. (DNF) 11-Gofast Teeple[7]; 28. (DNF) 55-Mike Thorne[11]
Hard Charger – Cory McAllister +18
Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[4]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[3]; 3. 26G-Brock Gregory[8]; 4. 24K-Mike Klazinga[11]; 5. 0-Tyler French[2]; 6. 55-Mike Thorne[13]; 7. 44-Robbie General[14]; 8. 7K-Kevin Kocarik[9]; 9. 77-Mitch Petta[12]; 10. 6X-Marshall Bellamy[5]; 11. 96O-John Overholt[15]; 12. H2O-Mason Heintz[10]; 13. 45-Jody Mason[16]; 14. 5-Gord Grant[7]; 15. (DNF) 8-Cory McAllister[6]; 16. (DNF) 09T-Garren Taylor[1]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 19-Kyle Wert[4]; 2. 81C-Nick Cameron[7]; 3. 11-Gofast Teeple[9]; 4. 10-Carter Rhodes[15]; 5. 23-Trevor DeBoer[10]; 6. 21X-Mark Bazuin[2]; 7. 13-Kacey Huffman[11]; 8. 427-Tim Phalen[14]; 9. 13X-Bella General[13]; 10. 51D-Dylan Peckham[3]; 11. 81-Brando Greene Styres[1]; 12. 43-Kyle Andress[6]; 13. 93F-Calvin Fox[16]; 14. 74-Mike Lucas[12]; 15. (DNF) 76-Jamie Goudge[5]; 16. (DNF) 21S-Spencer Smolders[8]
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Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks (23 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 04-Rogan Monaghan[2]; 2. 1-Brian Wilson Jr[8]; 3. 17-Alex Riley[5]; 4. 46-Wayde Thorne[12]; 5. X-Jeremy Cooper[10]; 6. 1RJR-Sierra Robison[9]; 7. 4A-Mason Anderson[1]; 8. 23-Dusty DeBoer[11]; 9. 32-Gillian Hils[7]; 10. 26-Alexander Klotz[15]; 11. 17K-Spencer Riddell[3]; 12. 32L-Grayden Lyons[16]; 13. 24R-Tim Norris[17]; 14. 9C-Connor Chambers[21]; 15. 54-Christopher French[13]; 16. 60-Richard Hadler[14]; 17. 16S-Graydon Bunn[18]; 18. 11-Mike Giberson[23]; 19. 81D-Crystal Soules[20]; 20. (DNF) 37-Robert Hoskins[19]; 21. (DNF) XXX-Steve Robison[4]; 22. (DNF) 9-Tim DeBoer[6]; 23. (DNS) 22-James Marshall
Hard Charger – Wayde Thorne +8
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:51.334
1. 1-Brian Wilson Jr[1]; 2. 17-Alex Riley[5]; 3. 04-Rogan Monaghan[9]; 4. 17K-Spencer Riddell[8]; 5. 1RJR-Sierra Robison[4]; 6. 23-Dusty DeBoer[3]; 7. 54-Christopher French[2]; 8. 26-Alexander Klotz[7]; 9. 24R-Tim Norris[10]; 10. 37-Robert Hoskins[12]; 11. 9C-Connor Chambers[11]; 12. (DNF) 11-Mike Giberson[6]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:50.918
1. 32-Gillian Hils[5]; 2. 9-Tim DeBoer[8]; 3. 4A-Mason Anderson[1]; 4. XXX-Steve Robison[7]; 5. X-Jeremy Cooper[11]; 6. 46-Wayde Thorne[4]; 7. 60-Richard Hadler[3]; 8. 32L-Grayden Lyons[10]; 9. 16S-Graydon Bunn[6]; 10. 81D-Crystal Soules[2]; 11. (DNS) 22-James Marshall
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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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