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OHSWEKEN, Ont. (August 1, 2025) – Strode’s BBQ & Deli and Electromart presented Friday’s event at Ohsweken Speedway. Jacob Dykstra swept both segments of the Noelle Teal Memorial for Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars, while Cody McPherson took another win in RoC Sportsman Modified action. Dave Bailey was the Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stock winner, and Bill Pearsall took Insta-Insulation Mini Stock honours.
Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Dykstra and Jesse Costa brought the 28 car field to the green flag for the first of the two 14 lap segments in the Noelle Teal Memorial A-Main. A red flag came out on the first lap as multiple drivers flipped into a pile off turn one. This crash took out many good drivers, but thankfully all were unharmed. The restart was successful and Dykstra set the pace and built a sizable gap over the pack. The midfield began to get into a rhythm as they raced fearlessly for position in Noelle Teal’s memory. Dykstra took the first stage win as the 14th lap was completed.
The second stage saw Dykstra once again leading the field to the green flag. The battle through the pack heated up right away, providing great racing. A late-race caution flag set up a seven lap dash to the finish, where Dykstra successfully held off Costa for the win. Taking the final spot on the podium was Nick Sheridan, who enjoyed an excellent one-off drive from row eleven. Finishing off the top five were Al Sleight in fourth and Austin Roes fifth.
Race of Champions Sportsman Modifieds
Brad Rouse started on pole with Curtis Friesen next to him for the RoC Sportsman Modified A-Main. Rouse led the first nine laps with a commanding advantage as he navigated through traffic. Lap twelve saw a caution flag as Bill Bleich came to a stop in turn two. It took three tries to resume the race after two false starts.
Rouse suffered a mechanical failure and forfeited the lead. Cody McPherson took over at the front while managing a flat left front tire. McPherson went on to win the race despite his car’s ailment. Next to finish were Tyler Pendykoski in second, Nigel Pendykoski third, Curtis Friesen fourth, and Matteo Panunte fifth.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Gofast Teeple and Robert Hoskins to begin the 20 lap Thunder Stock A-Main. Mike Klazinga took the early lead on the first lap, however Bella General brought out the caution flag on lap two after a spinout in turn two. Klazinga maintained his lead after the restart while the midfield were battling it out, at times racing four wide. George Grosul lost his left rear wheel on lap seven and brought out the caution flag. Another caution flag flew shortly afterward as Trevor DeBoer came to a stop in turn four.
Klazinga once again held off the field, however it didn’t last long as a three-way battle for the lead ensued. Ryan Beagle and Dave Bailey both overtook Klazinga and went to work on settling the race between themselves. Bailey passed Beagle in the closing laps for the win, chalking up his 49th Thunder Stock victory at Ohsweken Speedway. Rounding out the top five were Beagle in second, Zack Bleich third, Klazinga fourth, and Nick Masi fifth.
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
Christopher French started on pole alongside Mike Sarantakos to take the green flag for the 15 Lap Mini Stock A-Main. French led the first lap, however Bill Pearsall turned up the wick as he passed French for the lead on the second lap. The rest of the field raced amongst themselves and allowed Pearsall to pull a commanding lead of over three seconds as they scrambled for positions.
No one had anything for Pearsall as he sailed off to his second win at Ohsweken Speedway after leading all but one lap. Joining Pearsall on the podium were his teammate Gillian Hils in second, and Nick Erskine third. Dusty DeBoer and Jeremy Cooper finished fourth and fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
I.L.A. Sports and Duke Electric present Christmas in August plus UMP vs. CDN Modifieds on Friday, August 8. The Ohsweken Speedway weekly Friday Night Excitement divisions will also be in competition, including the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, 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, August 1, 2025
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Total Entries: 107
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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (33 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 28 laps – NT
1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[1]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[2]; 3. 94-Nick Sheridan[22]; 4. 2S-Al Sleight[4]; 5. 3S-Austin Roes[5]; 6. BS39-Brett Stratford[8]; 7. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[9]; 8. 14-Eric Gledhill[25]; 9. 53-Logan Shwedyk[15]; 10. 28T-Cameron Thomson[11]; 11. 74-Rob Neely[19]; 12. 44-Connor Ross[14]; 13. 45-Curtis Gartly[12]; 14. 24K-Kiana Teal[16]; 15. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[3]; 16. 1-Holly Porter[7]; 17. 88-Lance Erskine[10]; 18. 24A-AJ Lewis[26]; 19. 20-Johnny Miller[6]; 20. 2M-Steve Murdock[21]; 21. 2-Travis Hofstetter[28]; 22. 4K-Jamie Kay[27]; 23. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[23]; 24. 16X-Keegan Baker[20]; 25. 26X-Campbell Baker[17]; 26. (DNF) 78-Darren McLennan[18]; 27. (DNF) 27-Niko Hansen[13]; 28. (DNF) 5-Tom Pellizzari[24]
Hard Charger – Nick Sheridan +19
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – 03:12.518
1. 14-Eric Gledhill[3]; 2. 24A-AJ Lewis[1]; 3. 4K-Jamie Kay[2]; 4. 2-Travis Hofstetter[6]; 5. 51-Trevor Young[4]; 6. 72-Tanner Podwinski[5]; 7. 8-Kurtis Connell[8]; 8. 69K-Ken Hamilton[7]; 9. (DNF) 11W-Brennen Hagar[9]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[1]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[4]; 3. 27-Niko Hansen[3]; 4. 44-Connor Ross[5]; 5. 26X-Campbell Baker[6]; 6. 24K-Kiana Teal[9]; 7. 24A-AJ Lewis[7]; 8. 72-Tanner Podwinski[8]; 9. 11W-Brennen Hagar[2]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 02:09.746
1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[2]; 2. 28T-Cameron Thomson[1]; 3. 20-Johnny Miller[6]; 4. 53-Logan Shwedyk[5]; 5. 94-Nick Sheridan[3]; 6. 2M-Steve Murdock[7]; 7. 14-Eric Gledhill[4]; 8. 2-Travis Hofstetter[8]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 02:11.797
1. BS39-Brett Stratford[5]; 2. 88-Lance Erskine[2]; 3. 45-Curtis Gartly[4]; 4. 16X-Keegan Baker[1]; 5. 78-Darren McLennan[6]; 6. 74-Rob Neely[8]; 7. 4K-Jamie Kay[7]; 8. 8-Kurtis Connell[3]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 02:10.838
1. 1-Holly Porter[1]; 2. 2S-Al Sleight[3]; 3. 3S-Austin Roes[5]; 4. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[7]; 5. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[2]; 6. 5-Tom Pellizzari[6]; 7. 51-Trevor Young[4]; 8. 69K-Ken Hamilton[8]
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Race of Champions Sportsman Modifieds Series (18 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 7-Cody McPherson[8]; 2. 185-Tyler Puchalski[4]; 3. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[7]; 4. 68-Curtis Friesen[2]; 5. 99PJR-Matteo Panunte[6]; 6. 3N-Noah Mamo[5]; 7. 12-Jacob Chevalier[9]; 8. 72-James Friesen[15]; 9. 11-Dan Ferguson[11]; 10. 24-Austin Seburn[14]; 11. 108-Bill Bleich[10]; 12. 0-Jay Mallory[12]; 13. 13M-Daniel McKay[17]; 14. 777-Cameron Olm[13]; 15. 21-Jonathan Ayrton[18]; 16. 39-Cory Lambert[16]; 17. (DNF) 18R-Brad Rouse[1]; 18. (DNF) 91-Kraig Handley[3]
Hard Charger – Cody McPherson +7
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 02:22.477
1. 7-Cody McPherson[1]; 2. 99PJR-Matteo Panunte[2]; 3. 185-Tyler Puchalski[6]; 4. 108-Bill Bleich[3]; 5. 777-Cameron Olm[5]; 6. 39-Cory Lambert[4]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 3N-Noah Mamo[3]; 2. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[1]; 3. 68-Curtis Friesen[2]; 4. 11-Dan Ferguson[5]; 5. 24-Austin Seburn[4]; 6. 21-Jonathan Ayrton[6]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 02:24.707
1. 18R-Brad Rouse[2]; 2. 91-Kraig Handley[3]; 3. 12-Jacob Chevalier[1]; 4. 0-Jay Mallory[4]; 5. 72-James Friesen[6]; 6. 13M-Daniel McKay[5]
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (24 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[18]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[17]; 3. 108-Zack Bleich[13]; 4. 93K-Mike Klazinga[4]; 5. 222-Nick Masi[9]; 6. 37-Robert Hoskins[3]; 7. 55-Mike Thorne[14]; 8. 21J-Braedan Burning[10]; 9. 26-Keith Dale[11]; 10. 21X-Mark Bazuin[21]; 11. 21K-Ryan Kimball[19]; 12. 11-Gofast Teeple[2]; 13. 427-Tim Phalen[12]; 14. 88L-Logan Ferguson[5]; 15. 13-Kacey Huffman[24]; 16. 07-Scott McPhail[6]; 17. 51D-Dylan Peckham[7]; 18. 76-Jamie Goudge[20]; 19. 13X-Bella General[1]; 20. 23-Trevor DeBoer[16]; 21. 69G-Brian General[22]; 22. (DNF) 03-George Grosul[8]; 23. (DNF) 43-Kyle Andress[23]; 24. (DNS) 8-Ryan Dinning
Hard Charger – Dave Bailey +17
Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps – 3:23.244
1. 11-Gofast Teeple[2]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[11]; 3. 427-Tim Phalen[6]; 4. 88L-Logan Ferguson[8]; 5. 23-Trevor DeBoer[10]; 6. 222-Nick Masi[5]; 7. 03-George Grosul[7]; 8. 37-Robert Hoskins[3]; 9. 51D-Dylan Peckham[12]; 10. 21J-Braedan Burning[9]; 11. 21X-Mark Bazuin[4]; 12. 43-Kyle Andress[1]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 108-Zack Bleich[8]; 2. 93K-Mike Klazinga[5]; 3. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[10]; 4. 55-Mike Thorne[7]; 5. 07-Scott McPhail[3]; 6. 26-Keith Dale[4]; 7. 21K-Ryan Kimball[11]; 8. 13X-Bella General[1]; 9. 76-Jamie Goudge[12]; 10. (DNF) 8-Ryan Dinning[9]; 11. (DNF) 69G-Brian General[2]; 12. (DNF) 13-Kacey Huffman[6]
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Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks (32 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps – 05:17.830
1. 38P-Bill Pearsall[3]; 2. 32-Gillian Hils[8]; 3. 64-Nick Erskine[6]; 4. 23-Dusty DeBoer[10]; 5. X-Jeremy Cooper[7]; 6. 17-Alex Riley[18]; 7. 46-Wayde Thorne[5]; 8. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[19]; 9. 9-Tim DeBoer[17]; 10. 4A-Mason Anderson[12]; 11. 1-Jason Tolton[11]; 12. 01-Tristan DaSilva[14]; 13. 66-Jon Janssens[13]; 14. 5K-Ken Hair[16]; 15. 26-Alexander Klotz[9]; 16. 1RJR-Sierra Robison[21]; 17. 54-Christopher French[1]; 18. 44-Doug Erskine[4]; 19. 14L-John Lubeck[25]; 20. 43-Dave Wininger[20]; 21. 30-Joe Dirt[28]; 22. 15-Chase Mitchell[24]; 23. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[2]; 24. 00-Steven Boverhof[23]; 25. 25-Joe Stevenson[15]; 26. 17K-Spencer Riddell[27]; 27. 16-Fabio Olivieri[26]; 28. (DNF) 32L-Grayden Lyons[22]
Hard Charger – Alex Riley +12
B-Main [Started] 6 laps – 02:08.898
1RJR-Sierra Robison[2]; 2. 32L-Grayden Lyons[3]; 3. 00-Steven Boverhof[1]; 4. 15-Chase Mitchell[7]; 5. 14L-John Lubeck[9]; 6. 16-Fabio Olivieri[5]; 7. 17K-Spencer Riddell[4]; 8. 30-Joe Dirt[6]; 9. 10S-Steve Delisle[8]; 10. 11-Mike Giberson[11]; 11. 79-Steve Miller[10]; 12. 265-Mike Evers[12]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 02:49.513
1. 38P-Bill Pearsall[1]; 2. 32-Gillian Hils[4]; 3. 64-Nick Erskine[6]; 4. 66-Jon Janssens[5]; 5. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[13]; 6. 23-Dusty DeBoer[8]; 7. 5K-Ken Hair[9]; 8. 17-Alex Riley[12]; 9. 4A-Mason Anderson[11]; 10. 43-Dave Wininger[14]; 11. 00-Steven Boverhof[2]; 12. 32L-Grayden Lyons[3]; 13. 16-Fabio Olivieri[10]; 14. 15-Chase Mitchell[15]; 15. 14L-John Lubeck[7]; 16. 79-Steve Miller[16]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 6 laps – 02:53.456
1. 46-Wayde Thorne[4]; 2. X-Jeremy Cooper[6]; 3. 1-Jason Tolton[5]; 4. 9-Tim DeBoer[11]; 5. 26-Alexander Klotz[10]; 6. 01-Tristan DaSilva[7]; 7. 44-Doug Erskine[3]; 8. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[1]; 9. 54-Christopher French[2]; 10. 25-Joe Stevenson[12]; 11. 1RJR-Sierra Robison[9]; 12. 17K-Spencer Riddell[13]; 13. 30-Joe Dirt[8]; 14. 10S-Steve Delisle[14]; 15. 11-Mike Giberson[15]; 16. 265-Mike Evers[16]
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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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