June 9, 2006
For Immediate Release – Ken Pelkie, SOS Public Relations
The “Cobra” struck at Ohsweken Friday night as Chuck Hebing of Ontario, New York warmed up the crowd dominating a record field of 360 sprints on his way to claiming his first SOS win of the season. “I really like to race here at Ohsweken. The track is always smooth and tacky” exclaimed Hebing during post race celebrations. “I would also like to thank Fred Cade of the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel in Niagara Falls for sponsoring to-nights race”. Hebing picked up some bonus cash for his feature win while the 17th place finisher, Brad Malloy also collected some extra cash courtesy of the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel.
Unusually cool temperatures didn’t slow the action as a large field of forty-three cars filed into the pit. Four qualifying heats and two “B” Mains were completed to pare down to the twenty-four car field for the twenty lap feature event.
Veteran’s Dick Mahoney and Garry Evans paced the field to the green flag with rookie’s Rob Pietz and Brad Malloy making up the second row. Evans grabbed the early lead as the duo exited turn two with Brad Malloy taking second. Hebing started his charge to the front early from his twelfth place starting position and was in second by lap four when the caution waved for Dick Mahoney and Joe Middlemiss in turn one. Mahoney restarted and joined the back of the field while Middlemiss retired from the event.
As the green flag reappeared, Hebing made a bid for the lead and was in front as the two exited turn two. The caution reappeared on lap six as Kevin Job, Daryl Turford, and Fred Cade spun coming out of turn four. John Watson was also involved and retired from the event.
With Hebing in command the race for second became the issue as Garry Evans, Warren Mahoney, Adam West and Craig Downie stacked up in the top five. Caution reappeared quickly on lap six as Brad Malloy spun in turn three. He quickly restarted and joined the back of the field.
The green waved again with Evans, Mahoney and West locked up in a fight for second. The three ran wheel to wheel with West claiming the second spot by the half way point. Mahoney and Evans were running third and fourth with Lauterborn moving into the fifth spot. Hebing continued to dominate the field as he lapped up to sixth place Jessica Zemken. Warren Mahoney overtook West for third on lap eighteen with West finishing third over a hard charging Bob Crawford. Mike Lauterborn rounded out the top five. Sixth through tenth were Zemken, Evans, Wilson, Styres, and John Riegling.
Heat races were won by Garry Evans, Warren Mahoney, Dick Mahoney and Jessica Zemken, while Tom Huppunen and Brad Knab claimed the two “B” Mains.
Next up will be a return trip to Brighton Speedway Saturday, June 10th where Glenn Styres claimed the top prize during the first of five visits to the popular speed plant on the shores of Lake Ontario. Action is scheduled to get underway at 7:00 PM.
RESULTS: 43 cars
Heat #1 69 – Garry EVANS (London, ON); 45 – Chuck HEBING (Ontario, NY); 10 – Bob CRAWFORD (Sutton, ON); 11x – Fred PIGEON (Prince George, BC); 27 – Tom HUPPUNEN (Fenwick, ON); 24 – Bob MacDONALD (Woodstock, ON); 7 – Jim PRICE (Wainfleet, ON); 32 – Keith DEMPSTER (Alton, ON) (DNF); 18 – Stephanie CHRISTIANO (Buffalo, NY)(DNS); 33 – Jamie COLLARD (Princeton, ON) (DNS)
Heat #2 25 – Warren MAHONEY (Lefroy, ON); 69E – Rob PIETZ (Port Colborne, ON); 41 – Mike LAUTERBORN (Rochester, NY); 1a – John RIEGLING (Chatham, ON); 0 – Glenn STYRES (Ohsweken, ON); 42s – Ken SWAN (Lockport, NY); 17 – Gary EVANS (Thorndale, ON); 75 – Jim SWEERS (Milgrove, ON); 9 – Tim ZACK (Dain City, ON); 18s – Mark SCHULZ (Newfane, NY); 19 – Dean HOFFMAN (DNS)
Heat #3 79 – Dick MAHONEY (Newmarket, ON); 5m – Brad MALLOY (Niagara Falls, ON); 71 – Craig DOWNIE (Burlington, ON); 21x – Kevin JOB (Campbellville, ON); 42w – Rick WILSON (Joyceville, ON); 38 – Brad KNAB (Delevan, NY); 94 – Stan ZANCHIN (Fort Erie, ON); 10m – Robert MIDDLEMISS (St. Catharines, ON) ; 83w –James WHITTAKER (Lynden, ON); 20 – Jeff DANIELS (Chatham, ON) (DNS)
Heat #4 1z – Jessica ZEMKEN (Sprakers, NY); 30 – Adam WEST Ridgetown, ON); 11m – Joe MIDDLEMISS (St. Catharines, ON); 93 – Daryl TURFORD (Mitchell, ON); 5c – Chris PYLE (Cambridge, ON); 21 – Tim PHILLIPS (Grand Island, NY); 21J – John BURBRIDGE (Simcoe, ON); 15aw – April WILSON (Joyceville, ON); 96 – Jim DAVIES (London, ON)(DNS)
B Main #1 Huppunen; Collard; Dempster; McDonald; M. Christiano; Swan; Evans; Sweers; Zack;
B Main #2 Knab; Cade; Zanchin; Phillips; Burbridge; R. Middlemiss; A. Wilson; Whittaker; Hoffman; Davies; Daniels (DNS)
“A” Feature 45 – Chuck HEBING (12); 25 – W. MAHONEY (7); 30 – WEST (9); 10– CRAWFORD (6); 41 – LAUTERBORN (10); 1z – ZEMKEN (11); 69 – EVANS (2); 42w – R.WILSON (19); 0 – STYRES (18); 1a – RIEGLING (14); 69E – PIETZ (3); 11x – PIGEON (17); 33 – COLLARD (23); 38 – KNAB (22); 12c – CADE(24); 5c – PYLE (20); 5m – MALLOY (5m); 27 – HUPPUNEN (21); 21xJ – JOB (15); 79 – D. MAHONEY (1); 71 – DOWNIE (8); 93 – TURFORD (16); 26 – WATSON (13); 11m – J. MIDDLEMISS (5)
Unofficial Points after June 9th:
1 Adam West 468
2 Bob Crawford 451
3 Warren Mahoney 448
4 Glenn Styres 444
5 John Riegling 395
KENETIC Photos Hard Charger after June 9th:
1 Glenn Styres 23
2 Jamie Collard 22
3 Rick Wilson 20
4 Fred Pigeon 16
5 Tom Huppunen 12
Post Race Awards:
Ohsweken Winners Bonus – Chuck Hebing
Grisdale Racing Products – Bob Crawford
Keizer Wheels – Tom Huppunen
Leaf Racewear – Garry Evans
Ultra Shield
– Chris Pyle
– Brad Malloy
– Tom Huppunen
– Kevin Job
– Dick Mahoney
Kenetic Photos Hard Charger
– Chuck Hebing
– Rick Wilson
pos. car # SPORTSMAN FEATURE
1st #P38 ROB PRATT
2nd #12 CHAD CHEVALIER
3rd #5 DAVE DYKSTRA
4th #99C NICK CUPOLO
5th #27 BRETT WOOD
6th #88B DOUG SPIECE
7th #7X TOMMY FLANNIGAN
8th #6 MAT WILLIAMSON
9th #20 JAY MALLORY
10th #111 ROBBIE ROUNCE
11th #08 MARK DI’LARIO
12th #11M MARK DIXON
13TH #11Z DARREN ZUMPE
14TH #21J JOHN BURBRIDGE
15TH #88 DON SPIECE
16TH #3 ZACK ZUMPE
17TH #77 TYLER RAND
18TH #18 BRAD ROUSE
19TH #64 DOUG ERSKINE
20TH #25 ROY RINNE
21ST #7 STEVE RUDDY
22ND #20J TONY COWEL
23RD #36 BILL GILL
pos. car # THUNDER STOCK FEATURE
1st #24A A.J. LEWIS
2nd #12 BRAD HERRON
3rd #98 MIKEY KRUCHKA
4th #3 BRAD BACHER
5th #37 JEREMY BEAN
6th #40 TERRY OSMOND
7th #50 JEFF BURKE
8th #777 MIKEY GRANTON
9th #38 TERRY MARTIN
10TH #7 REMINGTON PRICE
11TH #18 AMANDA STONER
12TH #01 ADAM SMUCK
13TH #191 GORD BATES
pos. Car # MINI STOCK FEATURE
1st #86 RICK EMBERSON
2nd #14 MARC HALLETT
3rd #18 tEAM #18
4th #9 GLEN LEINEN
5th #48 CRAIG ERSKINE
6th #71 GARNET WILSON
7th #40 JIM SWING
8th #72 KEVIN HILBORN
9th #72X ABEL CASTELEIN
10th #11 MIKE GIBERSON
11th #69E DAN ESKINE
12th #0 RICK ROBINSON
13th #27 DAN STEWART
14th #05 DAVID GOODACRE
15th #13 MARK SAUL
16th #772 JOHNNA MARTIN
17th #15 MIKE THORNE
18th #24K KYLE MAGRIN
19TH #148 MT. PLEASANT / PORTER
20TH #113 MARK THORNE
21ST #2 LEE WINGER
22ND #23 MATT CASTELEIN
23RD #55 MIKE HICKS
24TH #79 THE MILLERS
pos. Car # MINI STOCK CONSI
1ST #0 RICK ROBINSON
2ND #148 MT. PLEASANT / PORTER
3RD #15 MIKE THORNE
4TH #772 JOHNNA MARTIN
5TH #27 DAN STEWART
6TH #55 MIKE HICKS
7TH #23 MATT CASTELEIN
8TH #50X JOHN BURDICK
9TH #02 ERIN BAILEY
10TH #39 JIM COCHRANE
11TH #MT50 SHARI TURNER
12TH #25 ED JOREMA (DQ)
#62 BRIAN PESCETTI NS FEATURE
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