A total of 68 cars were on hand for the $12,000 dollar to win Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway on Saturday, September 13th. When the checkered flag flew it was Jessica Zemken of Sprakers, NY standing in victory lane.
Zemken started 14th in the A-Main after mechanical issues took her from the lead to third in her qualifying heat. She quickly made up the track position at the start of the 35 lap feature race and was inside the top four by lap 6.
The bottom lane worked to perfection for Zemken as she reeled in the top duo of Shane Stewart and Dustin Daggett and took over command of the race on lap 13. From that point on she dominated the race and held of all challenges during late race restarts.
Zemken won by 1.42 seconds over a hard charging Wayne Johnson and claimed her first career Nationals win and second feature victory of the season at the 3/8 mile clay oval in Ohsweken. Dustin Daggett completed the top three.
The win caps off an exciting couple of weeks for Zemken, who was recently married and grabbed a second place finish in the Cole Cup at Utica-Rome behind husband Stewart Friesen.
For complete results of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals A-Main visit the following link: http://www.mylaps.com/en/classification/3267612
In the Thunder Stock feature Lee Winger captured the win while Hannah Ferrell and Scott Hall were victorious in the Micro Sprint division.
Stay tuned for a full recap and results.
CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS A-FEATURE (35 laps)
Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 1z Jessica Zemken (14)
2. 77x Wayne Johnson (10)
3. 2m Dustin Daggett (2)
4. 51h Bryan Howland (12)
5. 28fm Steve Poirier (21)
6. 3g Shane Stewart (4)
7. 45 Chuck Hebing (13)
8. 45t Joe Trenca (7)
9. 19p Paige Polyak (15)
10. 35 Jared Zimbardi (11)
11. 87 Jason Barney (25)
12. 89 Robbie Stillwaggon (24)
13. 10 Mitch Brown (9)
14. 13 Dylan Swiernik (23)
15. 36 Mike Stelter (20)
16. 49d Shawn Dancer (30)
DNF. 67 Steve Collins (19)
18. 77 Dain Naida (29)
19. 0 Glenn Styres (16)
20. 14h Jim Huppunen (28)
21. 33k Kyle Patrick (3)
22. 2 Dave Axton (18)
DNF. 55 Mark Smith (17)
DNF. 10c Jeff Cook (26)
DNF. 79 Jordan Thomas (22)
DNF. 123 Yan Bilodeau (5)
DNF. 17h Hud Horton (27)
DNF. 22h Randy Hannagan (6)
DNF. 17 Jared Horstman (1)
DNF. 16 Ryan Ruhl (8)
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A-Feature Lap Leaders – Dustin Daggett (1-5), Shane Stewart (6-12), Jessica Zemken (13-45)
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AFFORDABLE TOWING & RECOVERY THUNDER STOCKS A-FEATURE (25 laps)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 2 Lee Winger (3)
2. 49 Dave Bailey (7)
3. 9 Dave Silverthorn, Jr. (9)
4. 04 Wyatt Van Wart (11)
5. 84rk Ryan Beagle (10)
6. 23 Trevor DeBoer (8)
7. 5 Ryan Hess (16)
8. 55 Dereck Lemyre (14)
9. 38 Derek Miller (19)
10. 40 Jay Liverance (18)
11. 81 Alex Schuts (4)
12. 777x Steve Hess (17)
13. 8 Dale Gyokery (6)
14. 83 Robbie General (22)
15. 48 Mike Graham (21)
16. 66 Brady Longboat (28)
17. 13x Craig White (25)
DNF. 85b Ryan Dinning (2)
DNF. 38c Mark Bazuin (15)
DNF. 24 Blake Bomberry, Sr. (12)
21. 911 Dylan Peckham (27)
22. 52 Jonathan Ayrton (23)
DNF. 93 Mike Klazinga (1)
DNF. 77d Rob Disher (13)
DNF. 53 Logan Shwedyk (26)
DNF. 78 Luke Albrecht (24)
DNF. 7x Chase Hess (5)
DNF. 64 Steve Book (20)
No Time
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Ryan Dinning (1), Lee Winger (2-25)