TURNER, DRYDEN, WERT, AND LAFANTAISIE LEAVE O’NEIL’S/CASE IH NIGHT AT OHSWEKEN AS WINNERS

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TURNER, DRYDEN, WERT, AND LAFANTAISIE LEAVE O’NEIL’S/CASE IH NIGHT AT OHSWEKEN AS WINNERS

By Brent Otchere

OHSWEKEN, Ont. (June 17, 2022) – The Sprint Cars returned to Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night following a week off for Modified Madness. Cory Turner, Darren Dryden, Kyle Wert, and Tyler Lafantaisie won their division’s A-Main races respectively.

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Cory Turner and Ryan Coniam were on the front row to start the 20 lap 360 Sprint Car A-Main. It only took until turn two for the excitement to really pick up as Coniam spun on the high side; he was able to gather his car back up and blend back into the middle of the pack while Turner began to encounter traffic by lap six. The first caution came on lap 11 when Kevin Pauls spun and was unable to restart. The green flag waved again with the field back tightly together with nine laps to go. Mikey Kruchka was hot on Turner’s heels until the next yellow flag waved when Travis Cunningham stopped with a flat left front tire. Turner was able to hold off Kruchka for the next six laps and win the race, leading every single lap. Kruchka and Ryan Turner took the final podium spots, followed by Josh Hansen and Liam Martin. 19 of the 24 cars finished on the lead lap, showing the calibre of drivers racing at Ohsweken each week. Cory Turner’s win moved him to the top of the championship standings, two points ahead of his brother Ryan.

Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Eric Gledhill and Ryan Fraser brought the 28 car field to the green flag for the 20 lap Crate Sprint Car A-Main. The yellow flag made its first appearance on lap one as Travis Hofstetter and Joshua Hill got tangled up. Darren Dryden quickly became the star of the race as he stole first from polesitter Gledhill on lap seven. The battle for second place began to heat up on lap 12 between Gledhill and Austin Roes. Roes was able to pull away from Gledhill with four laps to go, while Gledhill was passed by A.J. Lewis in the closing laps. Dryden cruised to his second win of the year, moving up six positions from his starting spot on the grid. Roes secured second and A.J. Lewis rounded out the final podium spot, followed by Brett Stratford and Eric Gledhill. Dryden extended his lead in the championship standings to 20 points with the win.

Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Mark MacDonald started on pole with Christopher Hale next to him for the 20 lap Thunder Stock A-Main. Mike Thorne brought out the first caution due to his spin on lap two. Ryan Beagle made his way to first by lap six, taking it away from Hale. It looked like clear sailing for Beagle, but a caution on lap 15 changed everything; Ron Loggie’s car went up in a cloud of smoke and dropped fluid on the track, causing him to retire from the race. With the field packed together again for the restart, it was anyone’s race. Donnie Lampman tried to get past race leader Beagle on the inside in turn one but got too close and the two were momentarily hooked together, causing them to be engulfed by the pack as they tried to get free. Kyle Wert pounced on the opportunity and quickly gathered up the lead and held off the pack to bring his #19 machine to Victory Lane. Beagle was able to recover for second place and Donny Lampman earned the final spot on the podium. Trevor DeBoer finished fourth, while Dave Bailey kept his points lead with a fifth place finish.

HRW Automotive Mini Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Jason Tolton and Tim DeBoer to begin the 15 lap Mini Stock A-Main. The top five were having a pretty straightforward race until Steve Miller spun right in front of them with eight laps to go; thankfully everyone was able to avoid contact. Things seemed to settle down for the restart but as the saying goes, “cautions breeds cautions.” After the green flag Jeremy Hughes spun and Tim Nuell could not react in time and slammed into Hughes. The hard collision and resulting fuel leak on Hughes’ car caused officials to throw a red flag. Thankfully both drivers left the accident without any serious injuries. The race restarted and remained caution-free from there to the finish. Tyler Lafantaisie emerged from a spirited race with his third consecutive victory to start the season. Jason Tolton and Eric Yorke finished up the race second and third respectively, followed by Nick Erskine and Ryan Hillar. Lafantaisie’s win extended his lead in the championship standings to 29 points.

Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Gale’s Auto Aftermarket presents the Gale’s Cash Blast 50 with a $2,000 winner’s prize for the Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, plus Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars, and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.com for more information.

OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY STATISTICAL REPORT
Friday, June 17, 2022
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
O’Neil’s Farm Equipment & Case IH Night
Total Entries: 111

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (24 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 13-Cory Turner[1]; 2. 01K-Mikey Kruchka[4]; 3. 91-Ryan Turner[6]; 4. 88H-Josh Hansen[3]; 5. 9-Liam Martin[7]; 6. 7NY-Matt Farnham[9]; 7. 68-Aaron Turkey[8]; 8. 87X-Shone Evans[14]; 9. 46C-Ryan Coniam[2]; 10. 17X-Mack DeMan[16]; 11. 14H-Jim Huppunen[12]; 12. 45-Nick Sheridan[19]; 13. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[22]; 14. 0-Glenn Styres[24]; 15. 10-Mitch Brown[11]; 16. 5-DJ Christie[15]; 17. 1 10-Jake Brown[10]; 18. 70-Baily Heard[13]; 19. 1-Holly Porter[17]; 20. 90-Travis Cunningham[5]; 21. 84-Tyler Rand[21]; 22. 70MM-Dave McKnight Jr[18]; 23. (DNF) 46-Kevin Pauls[23]; 24. (DNF) 11-Jamie Turner[20]
Hard Charger – Glenn Styres +10

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:07.404
1. 01K-Mikey Kruchka[4]; 2. 9-Liam Martin[5]; 3. 1 10-Jake Brown[3]; 4. 88H-Josh Hansen[8]; 5. 17X-Mack DeMan[1]; 6. 1-Holly Porter[6]; 7. 45-Nick Sheridan[7]; 8. (DQ) 0-Glenn Styres[2]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:12.516
1. 46C-Ryan Coniam[1]; 2. 7NY-Matt Farnham[2]; 3. 91-Ryan Turner[6]; 4. 10-Mitch Brown[3]; 5. 87X-Shone Evans[5]; 6. 14H-Jim Huppunen[8]; 7. 11-Jamie Turner[4]; 8. 46-Kevin Pauls[7]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 90-Travis Cunningham[2]; 2. 13-Cory Turner[6]; 3. 68-Aaron Turkey[7]; 4. 70-Baily Heard[1]; 5. 5-DJ Christie[5]; 6. 70MM-Dave McKnight Jr[4]; 7. 84-Tyler Rand[3]; 8. (DNF) 5D-Jacob Dykstra[8]

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Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars (29 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 12DD-Darren Dryden[7]; 2. 3S-Austin Roes[4]; 3. 24A-AJ Lewis[8]; 4. BS39-Brett Stratford[6]; 5. 7-Eric Gledhill[1]; 6. 49L-Lucas Smith[9]; 7. 94-Ryan Fraser[2]; 8. 28-Jordan Hill[14]; 9. 4-Jesse Costa[11]; 10. 2M-Steve Murdock[3]; 11. 7W-Caleb Wood[16]; 12. 74-Rob Neely[18]; 13. 77T-Tyeller Powless[20]; 14. 45-Curtis Gartly[15]; 15. 5X-Seth Roy[5]; 16. 19D-Allan Downey[10]; 17. 88-Lance Erskine[23]; 18. 20-Johnny Miller[25]; 19. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[24]; 20. MK8-Matthew Hill[22]; 21. 14-Larry Gledhill[12]; 22. 2-Travis Hofstetter[17]; 23. 51-Trevor Young[13]; 24. 14T-Noelle Teal[26]; 25. 48-Andrew Marshall[27]; 26. (DNF) 29W-Tyler Ward[21]; 27. (DNF) 99-Joshua Hill[19]; 28. (DNS) 420-Victor Bomberry
Hard Charger – Tyeller Powless +7

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 3S-Austin Roes[4]; 2. 5X-Seth Roy[6]; 3. 12DD-Darren Dryden[8]; 4. 7-Eric Gledhill[9]; 5. 51-Trevor Young[7]; 6. 74-Rob Neely[5]; 7. 7W-Caleb Wood[10]; 8. 14T-Noelle Teal[2]; 9. 48-Andrew Marshall[1]; 10. (DNF) 77E-Ashton VanEvery[3]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:14.834
1. BS39-Brett Stratford[3]; 2. 49L-Lucas Smith[2]; 3. 2M-Steve Murdock[9]; 4. 4-Jesse Costa[5]; 5. 45-Curtis Gartly[6]; 6. 99-Joshua Hill[4]; 7. 77T-Tyeller Powless[7]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[1]; 9. 88-Lance Erskine[8]; 10. 420-Victor Bomberry[10]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:18.274
1. 24A-AJ Lewis[2]; 2. 94-Ryan Fraser[5]; 3. 14-Larry Gledhill[1]; 4. 28-Jordan Hill[4]; 5. 19D-Allan Downey[8]; 6. 2-Travis Hofstetter[6]; 7. 29W-Tyler Ward[3]; 8. MK8-Matthew Hill[7]; 9. 20-Johnny Miller[9]

B-Main [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. MK8-Matthew Hill[3]; 2. 88-Lance Erskine[5]; 3. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[2]; 4. 20-Johnny Miller[6]; 5. 14T-Noelle Teal[1]; 6. 48-Andrew Marshall[4]; 7. (DNF) 420-Victor Bomberry[8]; 8. (DNS) 77E-Ashton VanEvery

Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (28 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 19-Kyle Wert[9]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[4]; 3. 28D-Donny Lampman[8]; 4. 23-Trevor DeBoer[3]; 5. 49-Dave Bailey[7]; 6. 79-Christopher Hale[2]; 7. 93K-Mike Klazinga[20]; 8. 55-Mike Thorne[10]; 9. 28-Jim Lampman[5]; 10. 41-Adam Plazek[18]; 11. 2M-Mark MacDonald[1]; 12. 32-Mark Fawcett[6]; 13. 53-Logan Shwedyk[12]; 14. 17-Jeff Humphry[14]; 15. 3-Devon Bacher[25]; 16. 13-Kacey Huffman[21]; 17. 43-Kyle Andress[13]; 18. 75-Ryan Berry[23]; 19. 28T-Cameron Thomson[16]; 20. 19T-Trevor Want[19]; 21. 93-Melissa Miller[26]; 22. (DNF) 11-Gofast Teeple[11]; 23. (DNF) 37-Robert Hoskins[27]; 24. (DNF) 97-Ron Loggie[15]; 25. (DNF) 8-Aidan Nigh[22]; 26. (DNS) 427-Tim Phalen; 27. (DNS) 76-Jamie Goudge
Hard Charger – Mike Klazinga +13

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 28D-Donny Lampman[2]; 2. 19-Kyle Wert[5]; 3. 53-Logan Shwedyk[1]; 4. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[3]; 5. 43-Kyle Andress[4]; 6. 28T-Cameron Thomson[8]; 7. 19T-Trevor Want[7]; 8. 8-Aidan Nigh[10]; 9. 76-Jamie Goudge[6]; 10. (DNF) 37-Robert Hoskins[9]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:44.993
1. 79-Christopher Hale[3]; 2. 32-Mark Fawcett[9]; 3. 11-Gofast Teeple[7]; 4. 2M-Mark MacDonald[6]; 5. 17-Jeff Humphry[4]; 6. 427-Tim Phalen[5]; 7. (DNF) 93K-Mike Klazinga[1]; 8. (DNS) 38-Frank Turkey; 9. (DQ) 3-Devon Bacher[2]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:41.484
1. 55-Mike Thorne[2]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[6]; 3. 23-Trevor DeBoer[4]; 4. 28-Jim Lampman[1]; 5. 97-Ron Loggie[8]; 6. 41-Adam Plazek[5]; 7. 13-Kacey Huffman[3]; 8. 75-Ryan Berry[9]; 9. 93-Melissa Miller[7]

HRW Automotive Mini Stocks (30 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[7]; 2. 1-Jason Tolton[1]; 3. 51-Eric Yorke[5]; 4. 64-Nick Erskine[9]; 5. 21H-Ryan Hillar[12]; 6. 01-Tristan DaSilva[6]; 7. 23-Dusty DeBoer[3]; 8. 14L-John Lubeck[16]; 9. 54-Christopher French[17]; 10. 16-Fabio Olivieri[11]; 11. 24-Max Chechark[4]; 12. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[14]; 13. 1A-Ashton Dickie[23]; 14. 60-Martin Schroder[8]; 15. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[10]; 16. 9-Tim DeBoer[2]; 17. 7B-Braden Keus[21]; 18. 188-Paul Longboat[15]; 19. 69-Rob Twitchett[27]; 20. 79-Steve Miller[28]; 21. 10X-Josh Robertson[19]; 22. 01S-Scott Simpson[20]; 23. 4-Wayde Thorne[22]; 24. (DNF) 265-Mike Evers[26]; 25. (DNF) 2-Matt Nuell[13]; 26. (DNF) 10J-Jeremy Hughes[25]; 27. (DNF) 26-Tim Nuell[18]; 28. (DNS) 46-Mark Thorne
Hard Charger – Ashton Dickie +10

Heat Race 1 [Started] 6 laps – NT
1. 21H-Ryan Hillar[2]; 2. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[4]; 3. 24-Max Chechark[10]; 4. 23-Dusty DeBoer[3]; 5. 2-Matt Nuell[1]; 6. 14L-John Lubeck[9]; 7. 10X-Josh Robertson[7]; 8. 1A-Ashton Dickie[8]; 9. 265-Mike Evers[6]; 10. 79-Steve Miller[5]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 6 laps – NT
1. 9-Tim DeBoer[1]; 2. 64-Nick Erskine[5]; 3. 01-Tristan DaSilva[8]; 4. 51-Eric Yorke[7]; 5. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[9]; 6. 54-Christopher French[6]; 7. 01S-Scott Simpson[3]; 8. 11-Mike Giberson[4]; 9. (DNF) 69-Rob Twitchett[2]; 10. (DNF) 4-Wayde Thorne[10]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 6 laps – 2:15.060
1. 1-Jason Tolton[4]; 2. 16-Fabio Olivieri[1]; 3. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[8]; 4. 60-Martin Schroder[7]; 5. 188-Paul Longboat[6]; 6. 26-Tim Nuell[10]; 7. 7B-Braden Keus[5]; 8. 12-Don Deagle[2]; 9. 46-Mark Thorne[9]; 10. (DNF) 10J-Jeremy Hughes[3]

B-Main [Started] 6 laps – 2:10.817
1. 4-Wayde Thorne[8]; 2. 1A-Ashton Dickie[1]; 3. 46-Mark Thorne[6]; 4. 10J-Jeremy Hughes[9]; 5. 265-Mike Evers[4]; 6. 69-Rob Twitchett[5]; 7. 79-Steve Miller[7]; 8. 12-Don Deagle[3]; 9. 11-Mike Giberson[2]

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