Bill Oldroyd
Ohsweken Speedway – June 10, 2005
The Southern Ontario Sprints visited Ohsweken Speedway for the third time this season and once again, past SOS Champion and track owner Glenn Styres, came home victorious. Styres has been perfect this season at Ohsweken winning all three SOS events.
The fifth stop on the SOS 10th anniversary tour will go in the record books as one of the best races of the season up to his point. A strong field of 24 sprinters took the green and the race would run the entire 21 laps without a caution. In fact, there were no cautions all night as the Heat races and Dash for Cash also went off without a hitch.
When the green dropped for the Feature event of the night, Warren Mahoney of Lefroy took the early lead. Styres and Brad Knab from Delevan, NY both went very high in turn one causing them to loose several positions. Styres dropped back to 13th place from his 8th place starting position while Knab dropped from 10th to 16th.
Lap two would see the lead change again when Curt Sherwood from Sanborn, NY made the pass for the top spot. Another lead change took place on lap three when “Gentlemen” John Riegling of Chatham took over the lead, a position he held until late in the race.
Jim Porter from Grand Island, NY started the Feature in 7th place and by lap six had made his way up to the 2nd position. Sprint car rookie “Fast” Freddie Cade, from Niagara Falls, ON was in 3rd with current SOS points leader Adam West from Ridgetown now up to 4th from his 11th place starting position. Sherwood was still running strong in 5th.
At the mid-point of the race, Riegling was still in command with Cade in 2nd. Styres had battled back from his first lap problems and was now up to 3rd position with West in 4th and Dick Mahoney of Newmarket running a very strong 5th. Rounding out the top ten at the half way point were Porter, Knab, Mark Schulz of Newfane, NY, Sherwood and Cayuga Speedway owner Garry Evans making his first appearance of the season.
Styres would inherit the lead with only a handful of laps remaining when Riegling was forced to pull off the track. Riegling was using a new Hans device and was experiencing sever neck pain forcing him to retire for the race. At the checkered it was Styres taking his third victory of the season, all coming at the “Big O”. West would make a last lap pass to take the 2nd position with Cade finishing in 3rd. Mahoney finished a very strong 4th with Schulz rounding out the top five.
A last lap spin by Jim Sweers took out Knab as well dropping him out of the top five.
Heat race winners were Styres, Riegling and Dick Mahoney. Knab captured the Fan-Dash for Cash with fan Janet Manns, sharing the honors.
Results: 24-car field
Signet Tool Heat
1. #0 – Glenn Styres, Ohsweken, ON; 2. #25 – Warren Mahoney, Lefroy, ON#25 – Warren Mahoney, Lefroy, ON; 3. #17 – Gary Evans, Thorndale, ON; 4. #77 – Les MacMillan, Belmont, ON; 5. #17m – Charlie McCann, London, ON; 6. #10 – Bob Crawford, Sutton, ON; 7. #20 – Jeff Daniels, Chatham, ON; dns. #27h – Tom Huppunen, Fenwick, ON
Leaf Racewear Heat
1. #1a – John Riegling, Chatham, ON; 2. #12c – Fred Cade, Niagara Falls, ON; 3. #22 – Jim Porter, Grand Island, NY; 4. #30 – Adam West, Ridgetown, ON; 5. #26 – John Watson, St. Thomas, ON; 6. #75 – Jim Sweers, Westover, ON; 7. #93 – Daryl Turford, Mitchell, ON; dns. #33 – Jamie Collard, Princeton, ON
Wiseco Heat
1. #79 – Dick Mahoney, Newmarket, ON; 2. #38 – Brad Knab, Delevan, NY; 3. #71 – Craig Downie, Burlington, ON; 4. #31 – Curt Sherwood, Sanborn, NY; 5. #69 – Garry Evans, London, ON; 6. #32 – Mark Schulz, Newfane, NY; 7. #12 – Willy Northcott, London, ON; 8. #8 – Brian Lee, Kitchener, ON
Kenetic Dash
1. #38 – Brad Knab; 2. #0 – Glenn Styres; 3. #79 – Dick Mahoney; 4. #1a – John Riegling; 5. #12c – Fred Cade; 6. #25 – Warren Mahoney
Pennzoil Feature
1. #0 – Glenn Styres; 2. #30 – Adam West; 3. #12c – Fred Cade; 4. #79 – Dick Mahoney; 5. #32 – Mark Schulz; 6. #22 – Jim Porter; 7. #71 – Craig Downie; 8. #69 – Garry Evans; 9. #38 – Brad Knab; 10. #31 – Curt Sherwood; 11. #33 – Jamie Collard; 12. #26 – John Watson; 13. #10 – Bob Crawford; 14. #17 – Gary Evans; 15. #12 – Willy Northcott; 16. #27h – Tom Huppunen; 17. #17m – Charlie McCann; 18. #20 – Jeff Daniels; 19. #77 – Les MacMillan; 20. #75 – Jim Sweers; 21. #8 – Brian Lee; 22. #1a – John Riegling; 23. #93 – Daryl Turford ; 24. #25 – Warren Mahoney
Leaf Racewear Award – Garry Evans
pos car # SPORTSMAN FEATURE
1st 77 BILL WILLARD
2nd 56 dERECK LEMYRE
3rd 20 JAY MALLORY
4th 108 BILL BLEICH
5th 1 MIKE kRUCHKA
6th 44 LEE MALLORY
7th 11M MARK DIXON
8th 37 FRANCISCO PERERIA
9th 99C NICK CUPOLO
10th 28 JAY BAIN
11th 15 MARTIN POHILL
12th 4J ANDY IMBEAULT
13th 7 STEVE RUDDY
14TH 11Z DARREN ZUMPE
15TH 21 JOHN BURBRIDGE
16TH 7A ALLAN BLANCHARD DNS
pos car # STREET STOCK FEATURE
1st 24A AJ LEWIS
2nd 50 JEFF BURKE
3rd 48H BILL HOGUE
4th 1J JASON FONTAINE
5th 98 BRAD BACHER
6th 18 AMANDA STONER
7th 2D DARYL RANDALL
8th 45T SEAN HILL
9th 40 TERRY OSMOND
10TH 38 TERRY MARTIN
11TH 11 MICHELLE PARR
pos Car # MINI STOCK FEATURE
1st 79 THE MILLER’S
2nd 2 LEE WINGER
3rd 265 MIKE EVERS
4th 9 GLEN LEINEN
5th 86 RICK EMBERSON
6th 222 DAVE MAGRIN
7th 69E DAN ERSKINE
8th 27 DAN STEWART
9th 5 DAVID GOODACRE
10th 18 TEAM #18
11th 89 SAM MILLER
12th 25 ROY RINNE
13th 148 JIM PORTER
14th 55 ROB SLATER
15th 81 RYAN DINNING
16th 191 GORD BATES
17th 31 GARNET WILSON
18th 10 KEVIN MAGRIN
19th 0 JEFF LEEGSTRA
20th 5 MIKE ROBINSON
21st 11 MIKE GIBERSON
22nd 28 ABEL CASTELEIN
23rd 14 HALLETT / GOWAN
24th 39 JIM COCHRANE 100% DQ
DNS 48 CRAIG ERSKINE
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