Bill Oldroyd
Ohsweken Speedway – August 13, 2004
The tenth round of the Southern Ontario Sprints was scheduled for Ohsweken Speedway, Friday, August 13th and for a couple of reasons, it truly was an unlucky day. Rain, washed out the running of the feature and a violent crash in the third heat likely ended the season for one of the SOS regular competitors.
Al Gaukel of Cambridge had his right front wheel collapse at the end of the front stretch sending him into a sever flip in turn one. The crash caused extensive damage to the #99 Lee-Tronics.com machine but fortunately, Gaukel was able to climb out of the wreckage shaken, but otherwise un-injured.
A solid field of twenty-six sprinters were on-hand and all the heat races were completed prior to the skies opening up. Going into the night, Glenn Styres from Ohsweken held a slim five-point lead over Cody Geldart of Mossley. Geldart won the first heat race putting the pressure on Styres who responded by taking victory in heat two. Heat three saw Gary Evans of Thorndale take home his first-ever, SOS heat race win.
Next up the series will travel to Brighton Speedway to close out the weekend. Then on Saturday, August 21st the SOS/SOD Can-Am Challenge will begin with a trip to Owendale Speedway in Michigan and then back to Ohsweken Speedway August 27th to complete the two race challenge. The SOS will run a double feature during the August 27th event to make-up for the cancelled feature from August 13th.
Leaf Racewear Heat
1. #6 – Cody Geldart, Mossley, ON; 2. #79 – Dick Mahoney, Newmarket, ON; 3. #18j – Jack Pillon, Belle River, ON; 4. #33k – Kyle Patrick – Tilbury, ON; 5. #25 – Warren Mahoney, Lefroy, ON; 6. #32 – Mark Schulz, Newfane, NY; 7. #21 – Tim Phillips, Grand Island, NY; 8. #93 – Daryl Turford, Stratford, ON; 9. #18 – Stephanie Christiano, Tonawanda, NY
Wiseco Heat
1. #0 – Glenn Styres, Ohsweken, ON; 2. #17m – Charlie McCann, London, ON; 3. #33 – Jamie Collard, Princeton, ON; 4. #10 – Bob Crawford, Sutton, ON; 5. #1a – John Riegling, Chatham, ON; 6. #2 – Vinnie Christiano Jr., Tonawanda, NY; 7. #12 – Willy Northcott, London, ON
dns – #27 – Paul Ballantyne, Brantford, ON
Kenetic Heat
1. #17 – Gary Evans, Thorndale, ON; 2. #77 – Les MacMillan, Belmont, ON; 3. #30 – Adam West, Ridgetown, ON; 4. #5 – Keith Dempster, Alton, ON; 5. #31 – Curt Sherwood, Sanborn, NY; 6. #71 Craig Downie, Burlington, ON; 7. #4z – Joel Lehman, Elora, ON; 8. #99 – Al Gaukel, Cambridge, ON
car # SPORTSMAN FEATURE
1st #20 Jay Mallory
2nd #8c Wayne Conn
3rd #62 John schule
4th #01 Mike Kruchka
5th #77 Bill Willard
6th #56 Dereck Lemyre
7th #20k Rick St. Pierre
8th #13 Dennis Giannola
9th #1B Not Listed
10th #44 Lee Mallory
11th #0x Bernard Nieburg
12th 11Z Allan Blanchard
13th #94 Mark Dixon
14th #31 John Burbridge
15th #9j Tim Zack
16th #21 Johm Burbidge Sr.
17th #7 Steve Ruddy
18th #91jr Bob Hopton
19th #1j Joe Meisel
car # STREET STOCK FEATURE
1st #24A A.J.Lewis
2nd #5 Jeff Burke
3rd #32 Dave Vogt
4th #777 Tyler McPherson
5th #3 Brad Bacher
6th #40 Terry Osmond
7th #53 Russ Davidson
8th #15 Bill Law
9th #57 Murray Nichols
10th #07 Scott McPhail
11th #11 Michelle Johnson
12th #47 Gordon Farnsworth
13th #12 Brad Herron
14th #7f Fred Korten
15th #31a Paul Plante
16th #25 Bill Hogue
Car # MINI STOCK FEATURE
1st #2 LEE WINGER
2nd #79 Dan Miller
3rd #11 MIKE GIBERSON
4th #5 Dave/Rick Robinson
5th #83 Stan Farmer
6th #86 RICK EMBERSON
7th #05 DAVID GOODACRE
8th #mt50 SHARI TURNER
9th #111 ROBBIE ROUNCE
10th #148 KEVIN MT.PLEASANT
11th #64 DOUG ERSKINE
12th #23 Andrew & Abel Castelein
13th #222 DAVE MAGRIN
14th #191 Gord Bates
15th #13 TED HALLETT
16th #18 Team #!8
17th #265 MIKE EVERS
18th #77 John Held
19th #55 Kevin Thorne
20th #89 Steve Miller
21st #10 Kevin Magrin
22nd #69e Dan Erskine
23rd #56 Kevin Slater
24th #07 BRAD CRONKWRIGHT
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