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OHSWEKEN, Ont. (September 18, 2026) – Flamboro Machine Shop & Connell’s Construction presented the 5th Running of the Northern Crate Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday; Jesse Costa took the $15,000 A-Main win for the Crate Sprint Cars, while Alex Therrien, Parker Price Miller, Dave Bailey, and Gillian Hils also took wins in their respective divisions.
Northern Crate Nationals Crate Sprint Cars
Jesse Costa earned the pole position with Adam Turner next to him on the front row for the 35 lap Northern Crate Nationals A-Main. Costa led the opening laps, leading by over a second until a red flag was thrown on lap three as Mike Bowman flipped on turn one after contact with AJ Lewis. Bowman was unharmed but had to retire from the race after sustaining too much damage to carry on.
The restart of the race saw another red flag as Adam Turner lost brakes on the back stretch, hurdling straight into the outside wall of turn three. Turner too was also unharmed, retiring from the race. Costa resumed his lead once again as he took the green flag on the restart. The green flag racing was cut short as Kiana Teal came to a stop on the back stretch with a flat front left tire after contacting the inside wall.
Costa led the field to the restart, setting a pace that couldn’t be matched. Lap traffic came into play as the laps ticked down, but they were a minor inconvenience for Costa as he lapped down to thirteenth place. Steve Murdock managed to close the gap to Costa in the last few laps, but it wasn’t enough to make a difference as Costa went onto lead every single lap, winning his second Northern Crate Nationals in back to back years. Murdock finished in second with Liam Martin in third to finish the podium. The rest of the top ten were Cooper Fritz in fourth, Keegan Baker fifth, Austin Roes sixth, Josh Verne Jr. seventh, Lee Ladouceur eighth, Jeremy May ninth, and Johnny Miller tenth.
360 Sprint Car NSCN Twin 15’s
Dylan Swiernik and Alex Therrien brought the field to the green flag for the first of the Twin 15’s for the 360 Sprint Cars. Swiernik enjoyed his lead until he made a mistake on lap four, driving too high off turn four, allowing Therrien to grab the lead. Swiernik tried to mount a comeback to no avail as Therrien drove away with the clean air, picking up the victory and redemption from where he finished second last year. Rounding out the top five were Dylan Westbrook second, Swiernik third, Jordan Poirier fourth, and Skyler Evans fifth.
The second of the Twin 15’s had Danny Varin and Price Miller Parker on the front row. Varin took off like a rocket leading the opening laps. No one had anything for Varin as he was in front by over five seconds. With three laps to go it looked like Varin was going to lock himself into the big race until he spun out in the lead bringing out the caution. Parker assumed the lead, winning the race in the final laps. Next to finish were Jason Barney in second, DJ Christie third, Davie Franek fourth, and Josh Hansen fifth.
The wins guaranteed Therrien and Parker top ten starting positions in Saturday’s $20,000-to-win Northern Sprint Car Nationals A-Main.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Carter Rhodes started on pole alongside Dave Bailey to take the green flag for the 20 lap Thunder Stock A-Main. Bailey took over the lead on the opening lap as the rest of the field jockeyed for position.
Garren Taylor brought out the only caution of the race has he came to a stop on the track. Bailey went back to work as he had a successful restart. Ryan Kimball and Ryan Beagle tried to chase the leader down, but Bailey’s pace was strong as he went to win the race after leading every lap. Rounding out the top five were Kimball in second, Beagle third, Carter Rhodes fourth, and Kyle Wert fifth.
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Tim DeBoer and Gillian Hils to begin the 15 lap Mini Stock A-Main. DeBoer led the first nine laps until the caution flag came out due to a crash on the back stretch.
The restart set up a six lap dash to the finish that saw DeBoer and Hils get a fantastic launch over the field. They both battled for the lead, however, Hils made the race winning pass with three laps left to go, earing the victory. DeBoer settled for second, while the rest of the top five were Dusty DeBoer in third, Alexander Klotz fourth, and Chase Mitchell fifth.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, September 18, 2026
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Total Entries: 135
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Northern Crate Nationals Crate Sprint Cars (45 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 35 laps
1. 52-Jesse Costa[1]; 2. 2M-Steve Murdock[5]; 3. 9-Liam Martin[11]; 4. 57C-Cooper Fritz[9]; 5. 16X-Keegan Baker[4]; 6. 3S-Austin Roes[30]; 7. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[7]; 8. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[23]; 9. 36-Jeremy May[6]; 10. 20-Johnny Miller[19]; 11. 87-Andrew Hennessy[25]; 12. 48-Lance Erskine[8]; 13. 4-Mack DeMan[18]; 14. 51-Trevor Young[12]; 15. 72-Bruno Richard[26]; 16. 78-Darren McLennan[14]; 17. 2-Travis Hofstetter[29]; 18. 14B-Broden Weiler[22]; 19. BS39-Brett Stratford[16]; 20. 2S-Al Sleight[3]; 21. 77-Liam Ladouceur[28]; 22. 28T-Cameron Thomson[24]; 23. 88R-Riley Mercer[10]; 24. 7-Karter Beattie[17]; 25. (DNF) 24K-Kiana Teal[27]; 26. (DNF) 94-Ryan Fraser[15]; 27. (DNF) 92-Adam Turner[2]; 28. (DNF) 24A-AJ Lewis[13]; 29. (DNF) 71-Mike Bowman[21]; 30. (DNF) 27H-Niko Hansen[20]
Hard Charger – Austin Roes +24
Pole Dash [Started] 5 laps
1. 52-Jesse Costa[2]; 2. 92-Adam Turner[6]; 3. 2S-Al Sleight[3]; 4. 16X-Keegan Baker[5]; 5. 2M-Steve Murdock[1]; 6. 36-Jeremy May[7]; 7. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[8]; 8. 48-Lance Erskine[4]
B-Main [Started] 12 laps
1. 20-Johnny Miller[2]; 2. 27H-Niko Hansen[4]; 3. 71-Mike Bowman[12]; 4. 14B-Broden Weiler[1]; 5. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[6]; 6. 28T-Cameron Thomson[5]; 7. 72-Bruno Richard[10]; 8. 24K-Kiana Teal[19]; 9. 77-Liam Ladouceur[21]; 10. 2-Travis Hofstetter[8]; 11. 3S-Austin Roes[13]; 12. 44-Connor Ross[18]; 13. 14-Larry Gledhill[7]; 14. 89L-Logan Ferguson[17]; 15. 26X-Campbell Baker[22]; 16. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[3]; 17. M52-Marc Surprenant[11]; 18. 69K-Ken Hamilton[15]; 19. 8-Kurtis Connell[16]; 20. (DNF) 87-Andrew Hennessy[20]; 21. (DNF) 55-Cory Whittam[9]; 22. (DNF) 50LS-Adrian Stahle[14]
C-Main [Started] 10 laps
1. 24K-Kiana Teal[1]; 2. 87-Andrew Hennessy[6]; 3. 77-Liam Ladouceur[3]; 4. 26X-Campbell Baker[2]; 5. 53-Logan Shwedyk[8]; 6. 5-Tom Pellizzari[7]; 7. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[5]; 8. (DNS) 1-Holly Porter; 9. (DNS) 22X-Brandon Sobeski
Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps
1. 36-Jeremy May[2]; 2. 94-Ryan Fraser[1]; 3. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]; 4. 20-Johnny Miller[6]; 5. 71-Mike Bowman[3]; 6. M52-Marc Surprenant[7]; 7. 24K-Kiana Teal[8]; 8. 5-Tom Pellizzari[5]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps
1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[2]; 2. 88R-Riley Mercer[3]; 3. 7-Karter Beattie[4]; 4. 55-Cory Whittam[1]; 5. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[6]; 6. 44-Connor Ross[5]; 7. 26X-Campbell Baker[7]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 10 laps
1. 2M-Steve Murdock[4]; 2. 24A-AJ Lewis[2]; 3. 4-Mack DeMan[1]; 4. 27H-Niko Hansen[3]; 5. 28T-Cameron Thomson[6]; 6. 2-Travis Hofstetter[8]; 7. 77-Liam Ladouceur[5]; 8. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[7]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 10 laps
1. 48-Lance Erskine[3]; 2. 57C-Cooper Fritz[4]; 3. 51-Trevor Young[5]; 4. 14-Larry Gledhill[2]; 5. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[7]; 6. 8-Kurtis Connell[6]; 7. 87-Andrew Hennessy[1]
Heat Race 5 [Started] 10 laps
1. 2S-Al Sleight[3]; 2. 16X-Keegan Baker[5]; 3. 92-Adam Turner[7]; 4. 14B-Broden Weiler[8]; 5. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[1]; 6. 69K-Ken Hamilton[6]; 7. (DNF) 1-Holly Porter[2]; 8. (DNF) 53-Logan Shwedyk[4]
Heat Race 6 [Started] 10 laps
1. 52-Jesse Costa[4]; 2. 78-Darren McLennan[2]; 3. 9-Liam Martin[5]; 4. 72-Bruno Richard[1]; 5. 3S-Austin Roes[3]; 6. (DNF) 89L-Logan Ferguson[6]; 7. (DNS) 22X-Brandon Sobeski
QUALIFYING GROUP 1A [Started] 3 Laps
1. 7-Karter Beattie, 14.729[1]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr, 14.883[3]; 3. 44-Connor Ross, 15.155[2]; 4. 51L-Lee Ladouceur, 15.170[4]
QUALIFYING GROUP 1B [Started] 3 Laps
1. BS39-Brett Stratford, 14.678[3]; 2. 88R-Riley Mercer, 14.863[1]; 3. 94-Ryan Fraser, 14.961[2]; 4. M52-Marc Surprenant, 15.181[4]
QUALIFYING GROUP 1C [Started] 3 Laps
1. 71-Mike Bowman, 14.754[4]; 2. 5-Tom Pellizzari, 15.098[2]; 3. 26X-Campbell Baker, 15.306[3]; 4. (DNF) 24K-Kiana Teal, 17.824[1]
QUALIFYING GROUP 1D [Started] 3 Laps
1. 36-Jeremy May, 14.882[1]; 2. 55-Cory Whittam, 15.009[2]; 3. 20-Johnny Miller, 15.159[3]
QUALIFYING GROUP 2A [Started] 3 Laps
1. 27H-Niko Hansen, 14.927[2]; 2. 48-Lance Erskine, 15.044[4]; 3. 8-Kurtis Connell, 15.462[1]; 4. 9C-Brian Nanticoke, 15.771[3]
QUALIFYING GROUP 2B [Started] 3 Laps
1. 2M-Steve Murdock, 14.723[3]; 2. 77-Liam Ladouceur, 15.266[4]; 3. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie, 15.593[2]; 4. 2-Travis Hofstetter, 15.783[1]
QUALIFYING GROUP 2C [Started] 3 Laps
1. 24A-AJ Lewis, 15.065[3]; 2. 14-Larry Gledhill, 15.087[1]; 3. 87-Andrew Hennessy, 15.099[4]; 4. 28T-Cameron Thomson, 15.411[2]
QUALIFYING GROUP 2D [Started] 3 Laps
1. 57C-Cooper Fritz, 14.855[3]; 2. 4-Mack DeMan, 15.097[2]; 3. 51-Trevor Young, 15.359[1]
QUALIFYING GROUP 3A [Started] 3 Laps
1. 53-Logan Shwedyk, 14.814[1]; 2. 78-Darren McLennan, 15.123[3]; 3. (DNS) 22X-Brandon Sobeski; 4. (DQ) 14B-Broden Weiler[4]
QUALIFYING GROUP 3B [Started] 3 Laps
1. 72-Bruno Richard, 15.195[4]; 2. 16X-Keegan Baker, 15.250[2]; 3. 9-Liam Martin, 15.292[3]; 4. 69K-Ken Hamilton, 15.627[1]
QUALIFYING GROUP 3C [Started] 3 Laps
1. 2S-Al Sleight, 14.932[4]; 2. 3S-Austin Roes, 14.977[1]; 3. 1-Holly Porter, 15.098[2]; 4. 92-Adam Turner, 15.848[3]
QUALIFYING GROUP 3D [Started] 3 Laps
1. 52-Jesse Costa, 14.884[2]; 2. 50LS-Adrian Stahle, 15.171[1]; 3. 89L-Logan Ferguson, 15.656[3]
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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (36 Entries)
A-Main 1 [Started] 15 laps
1. 21T-Alex Therrien[2]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[5]; 3. 7C-Dylan Swiernik[1]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[11]; 5. 87XS-Skyler Evans[3]; 6. 7-Eric Gledhill[9]; 7. 45-Nick Sheridan[12]; 8. 94-Todd Hoddick[13]; 9. 70-Baily Heard[14]; 10. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[6]; 11. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[4]; 12. 52-Scott Kreutter[15]; 13. 23-Ashton VanEvery[8]; 14. 6-Ryan Coniam[7]; 15. 21K-Kyle Phillips[10]
Hard Charger – Jordan Poirier +7
A-Main 2 [Started] 15 laps
1. 9P-Parker Price Miller[2]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[4]; 3. 5-DJ Christie[11]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 5. 88H-Josh Hansen[10]; 6. 15-Ryan Turner[9]; 7. 10-Paulie Colagiovanni[6]; 8. 84-Mike Lichty[15]; 9. 38-Zach Sobotka[7]; 10. 0-Glenn Styres[5]; 11. 01-Danny Varin[1]; 12. 79-Jordan Thomas[13]; 13. 12DD-Darren Dryden[12]; 14. 77T-Tyeller Powless[14]; 15. (DNF) 67X-Sam Hafertepe Jr[8]
Hard Charger – DJ Christie +8
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 3. 6-Ryan Coniam[2]; 4. 15-Ryan Turner[4]; 5. 23-Ashton VanEvery[7]; 6. 67X-Sam Hafertepe Jr[9]; 7. 70-Baily Heard[5]; 8. 52-Scott Kreutter[8]; 9. 0C-Cole MacDonald[6]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 7C-Dylan Swiernik[6]; 2. 01-Danny Varin[7]; 3. 38-Zach Sobotka[2]; 4. 21K-Kyle Phillips[4]; 5. 0-Glenn Styres[9]; 6. 12DD-Darren Dryden[5]; 7. 94-Todd Hoddick[8]; 8. 29W-Tyler Ward[1]; 9. 12-Alex Bergeron[3]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[1]; 2. 9P-Parker Price Miller[6]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[5]; 4. 88H-Josh Hansen[3]; 5. 10-Paulie Colagiovanni[8]; 6. 7-Eric Gledhill[9]; 7. 77T-Tyeller Powless[4]; 8. 84-Mike Lichty[7]; 9. 28K-Tate O’Leary[2]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps
1. 21T-Alex Therrien[4]; 2. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[1]; 3. 87XS-Skyler Evans[6]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[3]; 5. 45-Nick Sheridan[5]; 6. 5-DJ Christie[8]; 7. 79-Jordan Thomas[7]; 8. 68-Aaron Turkey[2]; 9. 46-Kevin Pauls[9]
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (31 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps
1. 49-Dave Bailey[2]; 2. 21K-Ryan Kimball[4]; 3. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[10]; 4. 10-Carter Rhodes[1]; 5. 19-Kyle Wert[3]; 6. 108-Zack Bleich[6]; 7. 21X-Mark Bazuin[5]; 8. 03-George Grosul[8]; 9. 81C-Nick Cameron[11]; 10. 74-Mike Lucas[12]; 11. 51D-Dylan Peckham[20]; 12. 1J-Jason Fontaine[15]; 13. 21S-Spencer Smolders[13]; 14. 11-Gofast Teeple[9]; 15. 427-Tim Phalen[21]; 16. 13X-Robbie General[19]; 17. 23-Trevor DeBoer[17]; 18. 81-Brando Greene Styres[27]; 19. 21M-Mike Klazinga[18]; 20. 09T-Garren Taylor[14]; 21. 13-Kacey Huffman[16]; 22. 44B-Bella General[25]; 23. 77T-Carson Thompson[22]; 24. 43X-Kyle Andress[26]; 25. 224-Kylie Jones[24]; 26. 7K-Kevin Kocarik[23]; 27. (DNF) 0T-Trevyn McCrillis[28]; 28. (DNF) 26G-Brock Gregory[7]
Hard Charger – Brando Greene-Styres +9
Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps
1. 10-Carter Rhodes[4]; 2. 19-Kyle Wert[13]; 3. 21X-Mark Bazuin[2]; 4. 26G-Brock Gregory[11]; 5. 11-Gofast Teeple[14]; 6. 81C-Nick Cameron[1]; 7. 21S-Spencer Smolders[5]; 8. 1J-Jason Fontaine[12]; 9. 23-Trevor DeBoer[7]; 10. 13X-Robbie General[6]; 11. 427-Tim Phalen[10]; 12. 7K-Kevin Kocarik[16]; 13. 44B-Bella General[8]; 14. 81-Brando Greene Styres[3]; 15. (DNF) 53-Liam Shwedyk[9]; 16. (DNF) 93F-Calvin Fox[15]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps
1. 49-Dave Bailey[8]; 2. 21K-Ryan Kimball[13]; 3. 108-Zack Bleich[3]; 4. 03-George Grosul[4]; 5. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[10]; 6. 74-Mike Lucas[7]; 7. 09T-Garren Taylor[6]; 8. 13-Kacey Huffman[2]; 9. 21M-Mike Klazinga[12]; 10. 51D-Dylan Peckham[1]; 11. 77T-Carson Thompson[5]; 12. 224-Kylie Jones[14]; 13. 43X-Kyle Andress[11]; 14. (DNF) 0T-Trevyn McCrillis[15]; 15. (DNF) 98-Andrew Mailloux[9]
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Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks (23 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps
1. 38P-Gillian Hils[2]; 2. 9-Tim DeBoer[1]; 3. 23-Dusty DeBoer[4]; 4. 26-Alexander Klotz[3]; 5. 3-Chase Mitchell[10]; 6. 17K-Spencer Riddell[7]; 7. 09-Clinton Barrick[6]; 8. 97-Kyle Gregory[5]; 9. 3J-Jacob Mamo[21]; 10. 99R-Ryan Farrington[8]; 11. 46-Leo Labarbera[16]; 12. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[9]; 13. 4-Tim Norris[18]; 14. 60-Richard Hadler[12]; 15. 00-Steven Boverhof[14]; 16. 15-Emma Norris[20]; 17. 265-Mike Evers[13]; 18. 9C-Connor Chambers[11]; 19. 79-Steve Miller[19]; 20. 81D-Crystal Soules[17]; 21. 64-Cassie Reynolds[15]; 22. 11-Mike Giberson[22]; 23. (DNS) 11E-Jeff Elsliger
Hard Charger – Jacob Mamo +12
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 9-Tim DeBoer[8]; 2. 26-Alexander Klotz[3]; 3. 97-Kyle Gregory[4]; 4. 17K-Spencer Riddell[5]; 5. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[10]; 6. 9C-Connor Chambers[7]; 7. 265-Mike Evers[9]; 8. 64-Cassie Reynolds[12]; 9. 81D-Crystal Soules[1]; 10. 79-Steve Miller[11]; 11. (DNF) 3J-Jacob Mamo[2]; 12. (DNS) 11E-Jeff Elsliger
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 38P-Gillian Hils[6]; 2. 23-Dusty DeBoer[2]; 3. 09-Clinton Barrick[1]; 4. 99R-Ryan Farrington[4]; 5. 3-Chase Mitchell[3]; 6. 60-Richard Hadler[5]; 7. 00-Steven Boverhof[11]; 8. 46-Leo Labarbera[7]; 9. 4-Tim Norris[9]; 10. 15-Emma Norris[8]; 11. 11-Mike Giberson[10]
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