OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY – June 18th, 2004
By Ken Pelkie – Dustin Daggett of Portland, Michigan driving the family owned sprint captured the Sprints On Dirt feature event at Ohsweken Speedway Friday night. Fourteen SOD regulars made the long tow to race on the ultra fast Ohsweken clay prepared to perfection.
As the field formed to for the feature event, Nick Mulheim and John Riegling paced the starting grid. Riegling won the race into turn one and was closely followed by Mulheim, Glenn Styres, J.R. Stewart and Darren Long. The first of three cautions flew on lap three when the 2w of Jerry Whitney lost a left rear wheel and retired from the event.
On the restart, Riegling continued to use his familiarity of the Ohsweken to his advantage as he blasted away from the field. On lap six, Daggett moved past Styres for fourth as the caution flew for J.R. Stewart who stopped on the backstretch. When the race resumed, Styres made a move for the lead and took command of the point for the next four circuits with Daggett in hot pursuit. Daggett found his opportunity on lap eleven and got by Styres for the lead. At the halfway point, Daggett was followed closely by Styres with Keith Dempster now in third, Mulheim and Doug Stanley rounding out the top five.
Darren Long began to close in on the leader and when the caution flew on lap eighteen for the final time for Mulheim who came to a stop in turn two. Long was in easy striking distance of Daggett with Doug Stanley in third.
On the restart, Daggett set off on a torrid pace until lap twenty-two when the red flag was displayed for Jack Pillon in turn two. Pillon emerged from his mount uninjured but was finished for the night. As the field reformed to take the green for the final three laps, Stanley had a front axle break exiting turn four and resulted in heavy damage to his “Udderly Smooth” machine.
As the race resumed for the final time, Daggett took command and charged under the checkers for his second win of the season. Darren Long and Cody Geldart followed Daggett to the checkers however, post race inspection would find the pair along with Styres in violation of series rules and relegated to the back of the finishing order. (All cars must weigh a minimum of 1500# with driver and subsequently, only one nozzle per cylinder is allowed).
Heat races from the 25 car field were won by Tim Phillips, John Riegling, and J.R. Stewart.
CHERRY TOOL SUPPLY Heat Race #1 (8 laps)
1/ 21 – Tim Phillips – Grand Island, NY 2/ 0 – Glenn Styres – Ohsweken, ON
3/ 7 – Darren Long – Elida, OH 4/ 85 – Dustin Daggett – Portland, MI
5/ 18s – Doug Stanley – North Benton, OH 6/ 38k – Brad Knab – Delevan, NY
7/ 2 – Mike Galajda – Delaware, ON 8/ 9R – Len Robison – Spring Arbor, MI
B & B OVAL TRACK Products Heat Race #2 (8 laps)
1/ 1a – John Riegling – Chatham, ON 2/ 52 – Mark Broughman – Hillsdale, MI
3/ 5 – Keith Dempster – Alton, ON 4/ 54J – Dave Fox – Augusta, MI
5/ 2w – Jerry Whitney – Fenton, MI 6/ 33K – Kyle Patrick – Tilbury, ON
7/ 62 – Jon Nichoson – Carson City, MI 8/ 25 – Warren Mahoney – Lefroy, ON
CRANE CAMS/LANE AUTOMOTIVE Heat Race #3 (8 laps)
1/ 37s – JR Stewart – Bellefontaine, OH 2/ 18J – Jack Pillon – Belle River, ON
3/ 6N – Dain Naida – Belleville, MI 4/ 38M – Nick Mulheim – Navarre, OH
5/ 6 – Cody Geldart – Mossley, ON 6/ 49T – Gregg Dalman – Grand Ledge, MI
7/ 30 – Adam West – Ridgetown, ON 8/ 33 – Bill Johnson – Linden, MI
OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY/KENETIC PHOTOS DASH (4 laps)
1/ 1a – John Riegling 2/ 21 – Tim Phillips
3/ 52 – Mark Broughman 4/ 37s – J.R. Stewart
KENETIC Photos “A” Main (25 laps)
1/ 85 – Dustin Daggett (5) 2/ 33K – Kyle Patrick (17)
3/ 49T – Gregg Dalman (18) 4/ 6N – Dain Naida (7)
5/ 30 – Adam West (21) 6/ 1a – John Riegling (2)
7/ 52 – Mark Broughman (11) 8/ 38k – Brad Knab (16)
9/ 54J – Dave Fox (8) 10/ 25 – Warren Mahoney (23)
11/ 2 – Mike Galajda (19) 12/ 9R – Len Robison (22)
13/ 33 – Bill Johnson (24) 14/ 21 – Tim Phillips (9)
15/ 18s – Doug Stanley (13) 16/ 5 – Keith Dempster (6)
17/ 18J – Jack Pillon (12) 18/ 38M – Nick Mulheim (1)
19/ 37s – J.R. Stewart (3) 20/ 62 – Jon Nichoson (20)
21/ 2w – Jerry Whitney (14) 22/ 7 – Darren Long (10)
23/ 6 – Cody Geldart (15) 24/ 0 – Glenn Styres (4)
LAP LEADERS: 1 – 5 John RIEGLING, 6 – 10 Glenn STYRES, 11 – 25 Dustin DAGGETT
ENGINE PRO “A” MAIN Winner’s Jacket Dustin DAGGETT
HUGGINS CAMS – “A” MAIN Winner Dustin DAGGETT
CRANE CAMS / Lane Automotive – Heat Race Winner J.R. Stewart
PRO SHOCKS – Heat Race Winner John RIEGLING
AIR FLOW RESEARCH “Rookie of the Race Len ROBISON
AIR FLOW RESEARCH – Hard Charger Adam WEST
HIGH VISTA VIDEO – Hard Charger Adam WEST
KEAR’s SPEED SHOP – Hard Luck Award J.R. STEWART
car # SPORTSMAN FEATURE
1st #7 Steve Ruddy
2nd #20 Jay Mallory
3rd #56 Dereck Lemyre
4th #19j Rob Ledingham
5th #14 Greg Wilson
6th #0x Bernard Nieburg
7th #13 Dennis Giannola
8th 88x Rob Pietz
9th #44 Lee Mallory
10th #9j Tim Zack
11th #94 Mark Dixon
12th #8c Wayne Conn
13th #1j Joe Meisel
14th #19j Kenny Cosgrove
15th #01 Mike Kruchka
16th #m7 Paul Cunningham
17th #91jr Bob Hopton
18th #31 John Burbridge Jr
car # STREET STOCK FEATURE
1st #5 Jeff Burke
2nd #32 Dave Vogt
3rd #90 David Brewster
4th #11 Michelle Johnson
5th #53 Russ dqavidson
6th #38 Terry Martin
7th #40 Terry Osmond
8th #33 Dean Robillard
9th 24A A.J.Lewis
10th #12 Brad Herron
11th #3 Brad Bacher
12th #1 Mike Cripps
13th #14 Amanda Stoner
Car # MINI STOCK FEATURE
1st #265 MIKE EVERS
2nd #64 DOUG ERSKINE
3rd #86 RICK EMBERSON
4th #79 Dan Miller
5th #05 DAVID GOODACRE
6th #14 MARC HALLETT
7th #330 Malcom Foskett
8th #191 Gord Bates
9th #07 BRAD CRONKWRIGHT
10th mt50 SHARI TURNER
11th #5 Dave/Rick Robinson
12th #56 Kevin Slater
13th #83 Stan Farmer
14th #13 TED HALLETT
15th #77 John Held
16th #89 Steve Miller
17th 69e Dan Erskine
18th #11 MIKE GIBERSON
19th #23 Andrew & Abel Castelein
20th #111 ROBBIE ROUNCE
21st #222 DAVE MAGRIN NS