Photos by Dale Calnan/Image Factor Media
OHSWEKEN, Ont. (May 31, 2019) – A historic and exciting night at Ohsweken Speedway saw 137 cars in the pit area for Friday Night Excitement presented by Victory Gamez. For the first time in Ohsweken history, the Feature portion of the night’s racing aired live on MavTV Canada as part of the new show All North Racing powered by Pinty’s.
When the dust settled, it was Dylan Westbrook claiming his second straight win with the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars and Jesse Costa leading all 20 laps on route to victory with the Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars. Both stock car divisions raced under an abbreviated but high-octane format that saw Trevor DeBoer score the win with the Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks and Kyle Wert in victory lane with the HRW Automotive Mini Stocks.
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Jim Huppunen and Shone Evans started on the front row for the 20-lap Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Car A-Feature. Evans took the early lead to pace the opening two laps until fourth-starting Scott Kreutter raced to the point on lap three. Kreutter held the top spot for nine laps until Dylan Westbrook was able to get past and drive to his second straight victory to start the Ohsweken season.
The Hill’s Racing/Nathan Ackland Racing team swept the qualifying heats for the night as Westbrook, Evans and Mack DeMan all claimed checkered flags. Lewiston, NY’s Derek Jonathan scored the win in the B-Main.
Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars
Jesse Costa and Nick Sheridan paced the field to the green flag for the Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars season opening feature. Costa was quick to jump out to the lead and never looked back as he paced all 20 laps to score a win in his first start since he was injured in an accident at Humberstone Speedway last August.
Behind Costa, opening night winner Liam Martin was making a mad dash to the front and furiously drove his way to a second-place finish after starting in 18th. Steven Beckett also had a strong run from 14th to third while Beachville, Ont. native DJ Christie came from dead last in 24th starting spot after transferring from the B-Main to finish fifth.
Lucas Smith, Costa, Brian Nanticoke and Hannah Ferrell won their qualifying heats to begin the nights while Johnny Miller and Caleb Wood won the B-Mains.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Chris Hale and Aaron Rewutzsky brought the 29-car field of Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks to the line for the green flag. Hale led the opening two laps until third-starting Jim Lampman raced to the point on lap three. Lampman held the top spot past the halfway point until opening night winner Dave Bailey took the lead on lap 13.
Bailey was under heavy pressure from 13th-starting Trevor DeBoer in the closing laps and the underdog DeBoer got past the reigning champion with three laps to go to score his first victory of the season. Bailey, Ken Sargent, Logan Shwedyk and Rob Hoskins rounded out the top-five.
Bailey and DeBoer won the pair of qualifying heat races while Ryan Beagle was the fast qualifier in the Time Hot Laps session.
HRW Automotive Mini Stocks
Tristan Da Silva and Cole Hardy were on the front row for the HRW Automotive Mini Stock 20-lap Feature that saw 32 cars take the green flag under the high octane format. Da Silva led the opening lap until fifth-starting Ryan Hillar raced out front on lap two. Hillar paced the field until lap 10 when Tim DeBoer took the point for a lap only for Hillar to take it back on lap 12.
On lap 13 though, it was Kyle Wert who raced forward from 14th to take the lead and paced the field the rest of the way to score his first victory of the season. Invader Kyle Rothwell grabbed a second-place finish while Sean Iftody, DeBoer and Nick Masi rounded out the top-five.
Iftody and DeBoer won the pair of qualifying races after Iftody was quickest in the Timed Hot Laps session that determined the heat race lineups.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Ohsweken Speedway returns to action on Friday, June 7 for Rochester Knighthawks Minor Sports Night. All four of Ohsweken’s weekly divisions will be in action, including the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. The race will be the second home track race for the Insta-Panels Duel on the Dirt. Pit gates open at 5:30pm and spectator gates open at 6:00pm. Race time is 7:30pm and adult admission is just $14 and children 12 and under are $3 or less. For additional event information, visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca.
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Ohsweken Speedway Race Report
May 31, 2019
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Friday Night Excitement presented by Victory Gamez
All North Racing powered by Pinty’s on MavTV Canada
Total Entries – 137
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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (27 Entries)
A-Feature (20 laps – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, [3]; 2. 49-Scott Kreuter, [4]; 3. 17X-Mack DeMan, [5]; 4. 14H-Jim Huppunen, [1]; 5. 87X-Shone Evans, [2]; 6. 13-Cory Turner, [6]; 7. 10-Mitch Brown, [7]; 8. 91-Ryan Turner, [15]; 9. 88H-Josh Hansen, [11]; 10. 5D-Shane Ross, [8]; 11. 1-Holly Porter, [9]; 12. 68-Aaron Turkey, [10]; 13. 11-Jamie Turner, [17]; 14. 55-Mike Thorne, [14]; 15. 1-10-Jake Brown, [12]; 16. 9-Steve Lyons, [18]; 17. 15-Dan Nanticoke, [22]; 18. 81-Derek Jonathan, [20]; 19. 21-John Burbridge Jr, [13]; 20. 9B-Scott Burk, [23]; 21. 15F-Mike Ferrell, [21]; 22. 46-Kevin Pauls, [19]; 23. 0C-Cole MacDonald, [24]; 24. 80-Chris Steele, [16]
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Shone Evans 1-2; Scott Kreutter 3-12; Dylan Westbrook 13-20
Hard Charger – Ryan Turner +7 (15th to 8th)
Heat Race No.1 (8 laps – Top 6 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 17X-Mack DeMan, [2]; 2. 49-Scott Kreuter, [5]; 3. 88H-Josh Hansen, [1]; 4. 13-Cory Turner, [7]; 5. 80-Chris Steele, [4]; 6. 55-Mike Thorne, [8]; 7. 9B-Scott Burk, [6]; 8. 15F-Mike Ferrell, [9]; 9. 15-Dan Nanticoke, [3]
Heat Race No.2 (8 laps – Top 6 Transfer – 2:03.169)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, [2]; 2. 5D-Shane Ross, [1]; 3. 1-Holly Porter, [4]; 4. 10-Mitch Brown, [7]; 5. 21-John Burbridge Jr, [6]; 6. 9-Steve Lyons, [3]; 7. 46-Kevin Pauls, [8]; 8. 43-Scott Sherk, [5]; 9. 0C-Cole MacDonald, [9]
Heat Race No.3 (8 laps – Top 6 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 87X-Shone Evans, [3]; 2. 14H-Jim Huppunen, [4]; 3. 1-10-Jake Brown, [1]; 4. 68-Aaron Turkey, [6]; 5. 91-Ryan Turner, [5]; 6. 11-Jamie Turner, [7]; 7. 81-Derek Jonathan, [2]; 8. 45-Curtis Gartly, [8]
B-Feature 1 (6 laps – Top 6 Transfer – 1:34.567)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 81-Derek Jonathan, [4]; 2. 15F-Mike Ferrell, [3]; 3. 15-Dan Nanticoke, [6]; 4. 9B-Scott Burk, [2]; 5. 46-Kevin Pauls, [1]; 6. 0C-Cole MacDonald, [8]; 7. 43-Scott Sherk, [5]; 8. 45-Curtis Gartly, [7]
Ackland Insurance Top Gun: Shone Evans
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Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars (37 Entries)
A-Feature (20 laps – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 52-Jesse Costa, [1]; 2. 29-Liam Martin, [18]; 3. 08-Steven Beckett, [14]; 4. 5-D.J. Christie, [24]; 5. R52-Ryan Hunsinger, [25]; 6. 1EH-Paul Klager, [11]; 7. 49L-Lucas Smith, [6]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke, [7]; 9. 49H-Jerry Hill, [17]; 10. 43-Darren Dryden, [19]; 11. 24A-A.J. Lewis, [13]; 12. 51-Trevor Young, [20]; 13. 39-Shane Stickel, [16]; 14. 7-Caleb Wood, [23]; 15. 14-Eric Gledhill, [15]; 16. 83-Spencer Davis, [12]; 17. 20-Johnny Miller, [22]; 18. 19D-Allan Downey, [21]; 19. 45-Nick Sheridan, [2]; 20. 4-Hannah Ferrell, [4]; 21. 74-Rob Neely, [8]; 22. 5D-Jacob Dykstra, [9]; 23. 10-Lofton Schuts, [5]; 24. MK8-Matthew Hill, [10]; (DQ) 12-Brad Herron, [3]
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Jesse Costa 1-20
Hard Charger – Liam Martin +16 (18th to 2nd)
Heat Race No.1 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer – 2:39.630)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 49L-Lucas Smith, [3]; 2. 1EH-Paul Klager, [2]; 3. 5D-Jacob Dykstra, [5]; 4. MK8-Matthew Hill, [7]; 5. 83-Spencer Davis, [9]; 6. 39-Shane Stickel, [10]; 7. 3B-Blaine Barrow, [1]; 8. 56-Dereck Lemyre, [4]; 9. 88-Jesse McDonald, [6]; 10. 14T-Noelle Teal, [8]
Heat Race No.2 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 52-Jesse Costa, [1]; 2. 74-Rob Neely, [3]; 3. 10-Lofton Schuts, [7]; 4. 43-Darren Dryden, [4]; 5. 19D-Allan Downey, [6]; 6. 29W-Tyler Ward, [8]; 7. 5-D.J. Christie, [2]; 8. 28-Jordan Hill, [5]; 9. 69-Joshua Hill, [9]
Heat Race No.3 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer – 2:06.108)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 9C-Brian Nanticoke, [1]; 2. 12-Brad Herron, [3]; 3. 49H-Jerry Hill, [2]; 4. 45-Nick Sheridan, [8]; 5. 51-Trevor Young, [6]; 6. 38-Derek Miller, [4]; 7. 20-Johnny Miller, [9]; 8. 7-Caleb Wood, [7]; 9. 22JR-Allen Gilleta, [5]
Heat Race No.4 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 4-Hannah Ferrell, [2]; 2. 24A-A.J. Lewis, [1]; 3. 08-Steven Beckett, [4]; 4. 29-Liam Martin, [5]; 5. 14-Eric Gledhill, [8]; 6. 50LS-Adrian Stahle, [6]; 7. 2-Travis Hofstetter, [7]; 8. 70MM-Dave McKnight Jr, [3]; 9. R52-Ryan Hunsinger, [9]
B-Feature 1 (10 laps – Top 2 Transfer – 2:37.639)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 20-Johnny Miller, [2]; 2. 5-D.J. Christie, [4]; 3. 39-Shane Stickel, [1]; 4. 3B-Blaine Barrow, [5]; 5. 56-Dereck Lemyre, [6]; 6. 88-Jesse McDonald, [8]; 7. 38-Derek Miller, [3]; 8. 14T-Noelle Teal, [9]; 9. 69-Joshua Hill, [7]
B-Feature 2 (10 laps – Top 6 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 7-Caleb Wood, [4]; 2. R52-Ryan Hunsinger, [6]; 3. 50LS-Adrian Stahle, [2]; 4. 28-Jordan Hill, [5]; 5. 70MM-Dave McKnight Jr, [7]; 6. 22JR-Allen Gilleta, [8]; 7. 2-Travis Hofstetter, [3]; 8. 29W-Tyler Ward, [1]
Ackland Insurance Top Gun: Lucas Smith
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (29 entries)
A-Feature (20 laps – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 1. 23-Trevor DeBoer, [13]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey, [12]; 3. 25-Ken Sargent, [11]; 4. 53-Logan Shwedyk, [15]; 5. 37-Robert Hoskins, [14]; 6. 53P-Wade Purchase, [6]; 7. 79-Christopher Hale, [1]; 8. 28D-Donny Lampman, [8]; 9. 8-Ryan Dinning, [9]; 10. 32-Mark Fawcett, [7]; 11. 96-Steve Shaw Sr, [10]; 12. 28-Jim Lampman, [3]; 13. 6R-Jeff Roelofs, [4]; 14. 96JR-Steve Shaw Jr, [19]; 15. 14-Jonny Lowenberg, [17]; 16. 93-Melissa Miller, [26]; 17. 40-Derek Liverance, [23]; 18. 1-Chris Dickie, [18]; 19. 74H-Devin Habiuk, [20]; 20. 13-Kacey Huffman, [25]; 21. 63C-Brandon Crumbie, [21]; 22. 11-Gofast Teeple, [29]; 23. 21X-Mark Bazuin, [5]; 24. 41-Adam Plazek, [24]; 25. 43-Kyle Andress, [27]; 26. 84RK-Ryan Beagle, [16]; 27. 4-Aaron Rewutzsky, [2]; 28. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr., [28]; 29. 38-Frank Turkey, [22]
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Christopher Hale 1-2; Jim Lampman 3-12; Dave Bailey 13-17; Trevor DeBoer 18-20
Hard Charger – Trevor DeBoer +13 (13th to 1st)
Heat Race No.1 (15 laps – All Transfer – 5:03.705)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 49-Dave Bailey, [3]; 2. 37-Robert Hoskins, [2]; 3. 96-Steve Shaw Sr, [4]; 4. 84RK-Ryan Beagle, [1]; 5. 53P-Wade Purchase, [15]; 6. 21X-Mark Bazuin, [7]; 7. 4-Aaron Rewutzsky, [9]; 8. 28-Jim Lampman, [8]; 9. 14-Jonny Lowenberg, [6]; 10. 96JR-Steve Shaw Jr, [14]; 11. 63C-Brandon Crumbie, [11]; 12. 40-Derek Liverance, [10]; 13. 13-Kacey Huffman, [12]; 14. 43-Kyle Andress, [13]; 15. 11-Gofast Teeple, [5]
Heat Race No.2 (15 laps – All Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 23-Trevor DeBoer, [2]; 2. 53-Logan Shwedyk, [1]; 3. 25-Ken Sargent, [3]; 4. 8-Ryan Dinning, [4]; 5. 28D-Donny Lampman, [5]; 6. 32-Mark Fawcett, [6]; 7. 79-Christopher Hale, [10]; 8. 6R-Jeff Roelofs, [7]; 9. 1-Chris Dickie, [8]; 10. 74H-Devin Habiuk, [14]; 11. 38-Frank Turkey, [11]; 12. 41-Adam Plazek, [13]; 13. 93-Melissa Miller, [12]; 14. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr., [9]
Fast Qualifier: Ryan Beagle 19.516 seconds
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HRW Automotive Mini Stocks (44 Entries)
A-Feature (20 laps – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 19-Kyle Wert, [14]; 2. 114-Kyle Rothwell, [13]; 3. 15-Sean Iftody, [15]; 4. 9-Tim DeBoer, [10]; 5. 222-Nick Masi, [32]; 6. 01-Tristan DaSilva, [1]; 7. 16J-Jeremy May, [7]; 8. 265-Mike Evers, [27]; 9. 21-Jonathan Ayrton, [17]; 10. 188X-Tim Jamieson, [19]; 11. 6X-Mike Sarantakos, [11]; 12. 96-Brian Crosgrove, [20]; 13. 11-Mike Giberson, [24]; 14. 05-Dave Goodacre, [26]; 15. 16-Fabio Olivieri, [8]; 16. 88-Aidan Nigh, [28]; 17. 21H-Ryan Hillar, [5]; 18. 188-Paul Longboat, [21]; 19. 19T-Trevor Want, [22]; 20. 517-Cody Sommerville, [29]; 21. 73-Jordan Morris, [18]; 22. 46-Wayde Thorne, [16]; 23. 7C-Cole Hardy, [2]; 24. 69-Rob Twitchett, [3]; 25. 22-Kyle Haynes, [12]; 26. 6W-Brent Walker, [25]; 27. 1-Jason Tolton, [23]; 28. 4-Mark Thorne, [30]; 29. 360-Kevin Thorne, [6]; 30. 26-Tim Nuell, [9]; 31. 6-Jason Dixon, [4]; 32. 23-Dusty DeBoer, [31]
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Tristan DaSilva 1; Ryan Hillar 2-10, 12; Tim DeBoer 11; Kyle Wert 13-20
Hard Charger – Mike Evers +19 (27th to 8th)
Heat Race No.1 (15 laps – Top 15 Transfer – 5:31.826)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 15-Sean Iftody, [1]; 2. 19-Kyle Wert, [2]; 3. 46-Wayde Thorne, [12]; 4. 22-Kyle Haynes, [3]; 5. 16-Fabio Olivieri, [6]; 6. 360-Kevin Thorne, [8]; 7. 26-Tim Nuell, [5]; 8. 01-Tristan DaSilva, [13]; 9. 21-Jonathan Ayrton, [7]; 10. 188X-Tim Jamieson, [18]; 11. 188-Paul Longboat, [17]; 12. 1-Jason Tolton, [15]; 13. 6W-Brent Walker, [21]; 14. 265-Mike Evers, [22]; 15. 517-Cody Sommerville, [16]; 16. 63C-Dave Crumbie, [11]; 17. X-Sam Iftody, [10]; 18. 222-Nick Masi, [9]; 19. 38C-John Cote, [14]; 20. 23-Dusty DeBoer, [4]; 21. 11E-Jeff Elsliger, [19]; 22. 8-Barry Westman, [20]
Heat Race No.2 (15 laps – Top 15 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 9-Tim DeBoer, [4]; 2. 114-Kyle Rothwell, [2]; 3. 7C-Cole Hardy, [12]; 4. 21H-Ryan Hillar, [8]; 5. 16J-Jeremy May, [6]; 6. 6-Jason Dixon, [10]; 7. 6X-Mike Sarantakos, [3]; 8. 69-Rob Twitchett, [11]; 9. 73-Jordan Morris, [14]; 10. 96-Brian Crosgrove, [5]; 11. 19T-Trevor Want, [15]; 12. 11-Mike Giberson, [17]; 13. 05-Dave Goodacre, [18]; 14. 88-Aidan Nigh, [7]; 15. 4-Mark Thorne, [21]; 16. 13-Bobby Tolton, [1]; 17. 188P-Joel Pepper, [22]; 18. 11M-Daniel McKay, [16]; 19. 17-Mike Taylor, [20]; 20. 54-Christopher French, [13]; 21. 6R-Tom Cole, [19]; 22. 10-Zach Buchwald, [9]
Fast Qualifier: Sean Iftody 21.128 seconds
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About MavTV Canada’s All North Racing Powered by Pinty’s
Ohsweken Speedway is excited to announce its Friday Night Excitement racing will be the centerpiece of a new international television broadcast on MavTV Canada called All North Racing powered by Pinty’s. All North Racing will visit Ohsweken for six live broadcasts that will be re-aired multiple times in Canada and the United States. The MavTV broadcasts are scheduled for May 31, June 21, July 22, July 23, August 30 and September 14. These broadcasts include both nights of the Northern Summer Nationals featuring Tony Stewart, Christopher Bell and Rico Abreu as well as the 15th annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. For more information on MavTV Canada, visit www.facebook.com/MAVTVCanada.
Northern Summer Nationals Tickets Available Now
Tony Stewart, Christopher Bell and Rico Abreu are coming to Ohsweken Speedway for two action-packed nights on July 22-23. All three Sprint Car stars will be in action both nights for two $5,000-to-win 360 Sprint Car shows. Tickets and camping for the Northern Summer Nationals are on sale online at https://ohswekenspeedway.ticketforce.com/ or can be purchased by phone by calling (519) 717-0023.
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Can’t make it to the track or don’t live within driving distance? No problem! Check out all of Ohsweken’s weekly Friday Night Excitement action live online for free via the Ohsweken Speedway Live Stream. The stream goes live at 7:30pm EST each race night at www.OhswekenSpeedway.ca and on our official Facebook page.
2019 SEASON
Ohsweken Speedway’s 24th season of weekly Friday Night Excitement features four divisions of racing, including the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. Visit www.OhswekenSpeedway.com or call (519) 717-0023 for more information.
About Ohsweken Speedway: Founded in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex which includes a 3/8 (0.375) mile clay oval track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks and Mini Stocks. The season finishes each year with the track’ annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights.
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