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OHSWEKEN, Ont. (September 5, 2025) – EPIC Racewear and Bradshaw Brothers presented Championship Friday at Ohsweken Speedway on September 5. Dylan Westbrook, Brett Stratford, Dave Bailey, and Jeremy Cooper took A-Main victories, while Westbrook, Jacob Dykstra, Ryan Beagle, and Tim DeBoer clinched track championships.
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprints
Darren Dryden started on pole with Cory Turner next to him for the 360 Sprint Car A-Main. DJ Christie led the opening laps after starting fourth on the grid, fending off the field. Ashton VanEvery got sideways in turn one, collecting Mike Lichty and Nick Sheridan. The hard crash resulted in a lengthy red flag; fortunately none of the drivers were seriously harmed. Dylan Westbrook got the lead on the restart and looked set to win the race once he got clean air, as he survived multiple race restarts.
A late-race caution saw Christie lead with five laps to go, but Westbrook shook off Christie to win the race. The win was Westbrook’s 50th victory in 360 Sprint Car competition at Ohsweken and sealed his second consecutive track championship. Next to finish the race were Josh Hansen in second, Christie third, Sheridan fourth from deep in the pack, and Cory Turner fifth.
Strickland’s Crate Sprints
Lance Erskine and Tom Pellizzari brought the 28 car field to the green flag for the Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Pellizzari edged out Erskine to lead the first lap, however his efforts were cut short as Riley Mercer brought out the caution flag with a spin in turn four. Erskine regained his original position for only a lap after the restart as Brett Stratford swooped into the lead. Points leader Jacob Dykstra spun to a stop on lap four bringing out the caution flag.
The Dykstra caution bred two more consecutive cautions but Stratford hung tough, defending his lead each time. Stratford went to on to win the race, sharing the podium with Pellizzari and Steve Murdock. Rounding out the top five were Eric Gledhill in fourth and Mikey Kruchka fifth. Dykstra’s 21st place finish wasn’t ideal, but it was enough to claim the track championship when contender Jesse Costa ran into trouble.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Logan Ferguson and Trevor Monaghan to begin the Thunder Stock A-Main. Monaghan got around Ferguson to lead the first lap. Kacey Huffman quickly moved to the lead on lap three after starting sixth on the grid, however Dave Bailey tracked down and overtook Huffman for the lead by lap nine after overtaking 18 drivers.
Ryan Beagle did what he had to do to win the track championship by staying glued to Bailey in the non-stop race. Beagle didn’t have quite enough to challenge for the lead as Bailey picked up the win, but Beagle’s second place finish clinched his second consecutive Thunder Stock title. Next to finish were Trevor DeBoer in third, Mike Thorne fourth, and Zack Bleich fifth.
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
Steven Boverhof started on pole alongside Jeremy Cooper to take the green flag for the Mini Stock A-Main. Cooper jumped onto the lead, claiming it for himself in the opening laps and holding off the pack. The pack raced hard but fair, as not a single caution was drawn throughout the 15 lap distance.
Cooper proved to be the class of the field, leading every lap of the race without making a single mistake. The top five were rounded out by Boverhof in second, Jeff Elsiger third, Ken Hair fourth, and Nick Erskine fifth. Tim DeBoer clinched the Mini Stock title with his sixth place finish, joining brother Dusty on the Mini Stock champions list.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
The 21st edition of Nationals Weekend will finish the 2025 season with four nights of racing, culminating with the Northern Sprint Car Nationals on Saturday, September 13! Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, September 5, 2025
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Total Entries: 108
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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprints (21 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[3]; 2. 88H-Josh Hansen[10]; 3. 5-DJ Christie[4]; 4. 45-Nick Sheridan[21]; 5. 17X-Cory Turner[2]; 6. 15-Ryan Turner[7]; 7. 12DD-Darren Dryden[1]; 8. 77T-Tyeller Powless[9]; 9. 68-Aaron Turkey[12]; 10. 71-Mike Bowman[11]; 11. 0-Glenn Styres[14]; 12. 46-Kevin Pauls[17]; 13. 77X-Alex Hill[19]; 14. 0C-Cole MacDonald[15]; 15. (DNF) 19D-Allan Downey[16]; 16. (DNF) 43-Scott Sherk[20]; 17. (DNF) 21K-Kyle Phillips[8]; 18. (DNF) 9-Liam Martin[5]; 19. (DNF) 87XS-Skyler Evans[6]; 20. (DNF) 77E-Ashton VanEvery[13]; 21. (DNF) 84-Mike Lichty[18]
Hard Charger – Nick Sheridan +17
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[1]; 2. 87XS-Skyler Evans[2]; 3. 77T-Tyeller Powless[3]; 4. 17X-Cory Turner[4]; 5. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 6. 19D-Allan Downey[6]; 7. (DNF) 77X-Alex Hill[5]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 12DD-Darren Dryden[4]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner[1]; 3. 88H-Josh Hansen[2]; 4. 68-Aaron Turkey[3]; 5. 0C-Cole MacDonald[5]; 6. 46-Kevin Pauls[7]; 7. 43-Scott Sherk[6]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 5-DJ Christie[2]; 2. 21K-Kyle Phillips[6]; 3. 71-Mike Bowman[3]; 4. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[5]; 5. 9-Liam Martin[1]; 6. 84-Mike Lichty[7]; 7. (DNF) 45-Nick Sheridan[4]
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Strickland’s Crate Sprints (32 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]; 2. 5-Tom Pellizzari[2]; 3. 2M-Steve Murdock[5]; 4. 88-Lance Erskine[1]; 5. 14-Eric Gledhill[14]; 6. 01K-Mikey Kruchka[9]; 7. 53-Logan Shwedyk[12]; 8. 1-Holly Porter[13]; 9. 45-Curtis Gartly[11]; 10. 26X-Campbell Baker[16]; 11. 3S-Austin Roes[21]; 12. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[8]; 13. 2S-Al Sleight[22]; 14. 52-Jesse Costa[10]; 15. 20-Johnny Miller[17]; 16. 24A-AJ Lewis[20]; 17. 72-Tanner Podwinski[18]; 18. 94-Ryan Fraser[24]; 19. 44-Connor Ross[23]; 20. 28T-Cameron Thomson[26]; 21. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[15]; 22. 16X-Keegan Baker[7]; 23. 51-Trevor Young[19]; 24. 11W-Josh Robertson[27]; 25. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[25]; 26. (DNF) 74-Rob Neely[3]; 27. (DNF) 88R-Riley Mercer[28]; 28. (DNF) 69K-Ken Hamilton[6]
Hard Charger – Roes Austin +10
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
94-Ryan Fraser[4]; 2. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[3]; 3. 28T-Cameron Thomson[5]; 4. 11W-Josh Robertson[1]; 5. 24K-Kiana Teal[6]; 6. 26-John Verney[8]; 7. 55-Cory Whittam[2]; 8. (DNS) 2-Travis Hofstetter
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 16X-Keegan Baker[1]; 2. 88-Lance Erskine[2]; 3. 45-Curtis Gartly[3]; 4. 26X-Campbell Baker[4]; 5. 51-Trevor Young[6]; 6. 2S-Al Sleight[5]; 7. 55-Cory Whittam[7]; 8. (DNF) 94-Ryan Fraser[8]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 02:00.716
1. 5-Tom Pellizzari[2]; 2. 74-Rob Neely[1]; 3. 53-Logan Shwedyk[3]; 4. 14-Eric Gledhill[5]; 5. 52-Jesse Costa[8]; 6. 44-Connor Ross[4]; 7. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[7]; 8. (DNF) 2-Travis Hofstetter[6]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 02:03.774
1. BS39-Brett Stratford[5]; 2. 69K-Ken Hamilton[2]; 3. 1-Holly Porter[3]; 4. 20-Johnny Miller[4]; 5. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[7]; 6. 3S-Austin Roes[6]; 7. 24K-Kiana Teal[1]; 8. 28T-Cameron Thomson[8]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 02:04.485
1. 2M-Steve Murdock[1]; 2. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[2]; 3. 01K-Mikey Kruchka[4]; 4. 72-Tanner Podwinski[3]; 5. 24A-AJ Lewis[6]; 6. 88R-Riley Mercer[8]; 7. 11W-Josh Robertson[7]; 8. 26-John Verney[5]
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (24 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – 06:42.695
1. 49-Dave Bailey[19]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[11]; 3. 23-Trevor DeBoer[16]; 4. 55-Mike Thorne[8]; 5. 108-Zack Bleich[7]; 6. 03-George Grosul[5]; 7. 21X-Mark Bazuin[3]; 8. 13-Kacey Huffman[6]; 9. 93K-Mike Klazinga[14]; 10. 19-Kyle Wert[20]; 11. 11-Gofast Teeple[10]; 12. 8-Ryan Dinning[15]; 13. 427-Tim Phalen[9]; 14. 43-Kyle Andress[24]; 15. 21J-Trevor Monaghan[4]; 16. 17-Robert Disher[18]; 17. 51D-Dylan Peckham[22]; 18. 13X-Bella General[2]; 19. 81-Brando Greene Styres[21]; 20. 37-Robert Hoskins[17]; 21. 69G-Brian General[13]; 22. (DNF) 88L-Logan Ferguson[1]; 23. (DNF) 76-Jamie Goudge[23]; 24. (DNS) 26-Keith Dale
Hard Charger – Dave Bailey +18
Qualifier 1 [Started] 10 laps – 03:21.693
1. 11-Gofast Teeple[6]; 2. 55-Mike Thorne[5]; 3. 93K-Mike Klazinga[8]; 4. 23-Trevor DeBoer[9]; 5. 21J-Trevor Monaghan[3]; 6. 21X-Mark Bazuin[2]; 7. 88L-Logan Ferguson[1]; 8. 13-Kacey Huffman[4]; 9. 26-Keith Dale[7]; 10. 17-Robert Disher[10]; 11. 81-Brando Greene Styres[11]; 12. 76-Jamie Goudge[12]
Qualifier 2 [Started] 10 laps – 03:14.604
1. 49-Dave Bailey[10]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[6]; 3. 03-George Grosul[3]; 4. 108-Zack Bleich[4]; 5. 8-Ryan Dinning[8]; 6. 69G-Brian General[7]; 7. 19-Kyle Wert[11]; 8. 427-Tim Phalen[5]; 9. 37-Robert Hoskins[9]; 10. 13X-Bella General[1]; 11. 51D-Dylan Peckham[12]; 12. (DNF) 43-Kyle Andress[2]
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Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks (31 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps – 5:19.666
1. X-Jeremy Cooper[2]; 2. 00-Steven Boverhof[1]; 3. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[6]; 4. 5K-Ken Hair[20]; 5. 64-Nick Erskine[7]; 6. 9-Tim DeBoer[14]; 7. 46-Wayde Thorne[18]; 8. 32-Gillian Hils[16]; 9. 17-Alex Riley[8]; 10. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[10]; 11. 4A-Mason Anderson[4]; 12. 17K-Spencer Riddell[9]; 13. X2-Tyler Lafantaisie[13]; 14. 04-Rogan Monaghan[15]; 15. 01-Tristan DaSilva[23]; 16. 14L-John Lubeck[21]; 17. 1-Jason Tolton[11]; 18. 23-Dusty DeBoer[17]; 19. 17DW-Dave Wininger[24]; 20. 38P-Bill Pearsall[12]; 21. 32L-Grayden Lyons[22]; 22. 24R-Mark Thorne[25]; 23. 44-Doug Erskine[19]; 24. 25-Joe Stevenson[26]; 25. 15-Phil Givens[27]; 26. 265-Mike Evers[28]; 27. 12-Mark Deagle[3]; 28. (DNF) 26-Alexander Klotz[5]
Hard Charger – Ken Hair +16
B-Main [Started] 6 laps – 02:08.359
1. 14L-John Lubeck[1]; 2. 32L-Grayden Lyons[2]; 3. 01-Tristan DaSilva[4]; 4. 17DW-Dave Wininger[3]; 5. 24R-Mark Thorne[6]; 6. 25-Joe Stevenson[5]; 7. 15-Phil Givens[7]; 8. 265-Mike Evers[9]; 9. 11-Mike Giberson[8]; 10. 79-Steve Miller[11]; 11. (DNS) 54-Christopher French
Qualifier 1 [Started] 8 laps – 02:54.137
1. X-Jeremy Cooper[2]; 2. 26-Alexander Klotz[4]; 3. 38P-Bill Pearsall[8]; 4. 9-Tim DeBoer[9]; 5. 64-Nick Erskine[5]; 6. 32-Gillian Hils[10]; 7. 17K-Spencer Riddell[6]; 8. 46-Wayde Thorne[11]; 9. 1-Jason Tolton[7]; 10. 12-Mark Deagle[3]; 11. 14L-John Lubeck[12]; 12. 17DW-Dave Wininger[15]; 13. 25-Joe Stevenson[13]; 14. 15-Phil Givens[14]; 15. 265-Mike Evers[1]; 16. 79-Steve Miller[16]
Qualifier 2 [Started] 8 laps – 02:49.146
1. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[4]; 2. X2-Tyler Lafantaisie[8]; 3. 17-Alex Riley[5]; 4. 4A-Mason Anderson[3]; 5. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[6]; 6. 04-Rogan Monaghan[9]; 7. 23-Dusty DeBoer[10]; 8. 5K-Ken Hair[12]; 9. 44-Doug Erskine[11]; 10. 00-Steven Boverhof[1]; 11. 32L-Grayden Lyons[7]; 12. 01-Tristan DaSilva[13]; 13. 24R-Mark Thorne[14]; 14. 11-Mike Giberson[15]; 15. (DNS) 54-Christopher French
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About Ohsweken Speedway: Opened in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex and event centre featuring a 3/8 mile clay oval auto racing track and 1/6 mile clay oval Micro Sprint and Karting track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday Night Excitement racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, and Mini Stocks, while the facility also hosts weekly Micro Sprint and Kart racing on Thursday nights.
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