NEW AND FAMILIAR FACES WIN ON GALE’S AUTO AFTERMARKET NIGHT AT OHSWEKEN

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NEW AND FAMILIAR FACES WIN ON GALE’S AUTO AFTERMARKET NIGHT AT OHSWEKEN

By Brent Otchere

OHSWEKEN, Ont. (June 24, 2022) – With $2,000 on the line, 41 drivers entered to race in the Gale’s Cash Blast 50 for Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks at Ohsweken Speedway, but it was Dave Bailey who won the race and left with his pockets full of cash. The other three classes saw Liam Martin, Eric Gledhill, and Fabio Olivieri take victories.

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Cory Turner and Liam Martin led the pack to the green flag for the 20 lap 360 Sprint Car A-Main and quickly battled for first. Mitch Brown appeared to have braking issues in the early going as his brakes began to spark, however he was able to keep the pace up. The caution came out on lap six when Mack DeMan made contact with the inside wall of turn two, causing major wheel damage. Martin made the winning move on Cory Turner as they encountered traffic with nine laps to go, passing both Turner and a lapped car. Martin raced his way to his exciting first career 360 Sprint Car race win. Nick Sheridan used the outside groove to earn a solid second place as he passed four cars in the last three laps. Ryan Turner gained valuable points with a third place finish, moving him to the top of the championship standings and two points ahead of his brother Cory. Josh Hansen moved up to race in the top three before settling for fourth, while Cory Turner rounded out the top five.

Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Jesse Costa and Eric Gledhill started on the front row for the 20 lap Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Lucas Smith quickly showed dominance as he made his way from fourth to first in a matter of two laps. It seemed like Smith had the race under control as he was able to fend off the pack through cautions, but a broken nose wing mount caused handling issues for Smith. Gledhill was able to capitalize on the third restart and gain the lead. Gledhill had to hold off the wild card of Modified veteran Mike Bowman for three more restarts to gain his first career Crate Sprint win after coming so close last year. After all the dust was settled it was Bowman – also with nose wing issues – and Smith who joined Gledhill at the Qwick Wick Victory Lane. Matt Billings took the fourth spot in his first Ohsweken appearance of 2022 and Brett Stratford rounded out the top five. Darren Dryden finished ninth and remains the overall points leader of the Crate Sprint Cars by one point over Eric Gledhill.

Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Tim Phalen started on pole with Ron Loggie next to him for the 50 lap Gale’s Cash Blast Thunder Stock A-Main. With a $2,000 prize for the winner on the line everyone was trying to get to the front of the pack, leading to the first caution on lap two for a melee involving many drivers. Unfortunately for Adam Plazek, Mark Fawcett, and Rob Hoskins, their cars sustained the most damage and they were unable to continue with the race. Dave Bailey made quick work of the pack to move up 15 positions within five laps to gain the lead, creating a gap of over two seconds by lap 12. However the main battle was between Kyle Wert, Ryan Beagle, and Jim Lampman for the third position, while B-Main winner Christopher Hale marched forward until Ron Loggie spun from contact with Trevor DeBoer to bring out the second caution. Once the race got underway Bailey took a commanding lead over the pack, but all eyes were on Beagle as he overtook Hale for second and began gnawing away at Bailey’s lead. With only six laps left to go, Beagle was basically banging at the back door of Bailey when the unthinkable happened – polesitter Phalen got loose just as he was going a lap down and clipped Beagle. Beagle suffered a cut down tire which took him out of the running to win the race. Hale made a last minute charge for the win but came up short by only 0.063 seconds to Bailey, while Loggie was able to recover for third place. Bailey left the race not only $2,000 richer but also 21 points ahead of Hale in the championship standings.

HRW Automotive Mini Stocks
Rob Twitchett and Wayde Thorne were on the front row to begin the 15 lap Mini Stock A-Main. The first caution of the night came out on lap two when Tim Nuell got sideways and Ryan Hillar clipped him, also collecting Christopher French and Matt Nuell. French was unable to carry on due to the damage from the incident. Fabio Olivieri was on a mission, gaining nine positions to take the lead away from Thorne. The second caution came out for Ashton Dickie as he experienced steering issues and came to a stop on the high side of turn four. Tyler Lafantaisie wanted to maintain his streak of winning each race this season, but Olivieri managed to hold him off for the win. Lafantaisie was able to maintain his podium streak with a second place finish, with Thorne finishing third, Eric Yorke fourth, and Tim DeBoer fifth. Lafantaisie had a good points day and maintained his lead in the Mini Stock standings, 41 points ahead of second place Jason Tolton.

UP NEXT AT OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY
Burger Barn presents the 16th running of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals on Friday, July 1 featuring $10,000-to-win for the Pinty’s Knights of Thunder 360 Sprint Car series, plus the Action Sprint Tour Crate Sprint Car series and 358 Modifieds. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.com for more information.
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OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY STATISTICAL REPORT
Friday, June 24, 2022
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Gale’s Auto Aftermarket Night
Total Entries: 127

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (29 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 2. 45-Nick Sheridan[10]; 3. 91-Ryan Turner[3]; 4. 88H-Josh Hansen[7]; 5. 13-Cory Turner[1]; 6. 10-Mitch Brown[5]; 7. 68-Aaron Turkey[16]; 8. 0-Glenn Styres[9]; 9. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[19]; 10. 5-DJ Christie[11]; 11. 87X-Shone Evans[6]; 12. 14H-Jim Huppunen[8]; 13. 94-Todd Hoddick[21]; 14. 1 10-Jake Brown[12]; 15. 20-Brayden Cooley[14]; 16. 84-Tyler Rand[18]; 17. 17X-Mack DeMan[15]; 18. 70-Baily Heard[4]; 19. 1-Holly Porter[13]; 20. 11J-Chris Jones[20]; 21. 81-Derek Jonathan[23]; 22. 24-Ben Silliker[24]; 23. (DNF) 11-Jamie Turner[17]; 24. (DNF) 90-Travis Cunningham[22]
Hard Charger – Jacob Dykstra + 10

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 88H-Josh Hansen[1]; 2. 87X-Shone Evans[3]; 3. 45-Nick Sheridan[2]; 4. 5-DJ Christie[5]; 5. 20-Brayden Cooley[4]; 6. 11-Jamie Turner[6]; 7. 46-Kevin Pauls[8]; 8. (DNF) 5D-Jacob Dykstra[9]; 9. (DNF) 15-Dan Nanticoke[10]; 10. (DNF) 24-Ben Silliker[7]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 1:55.752
1. 9-Liam Martin[1]; 2. 91-Ryan Turner[6]; 3. 0-Glenn Styres[3]; 4. 10-Mitch Brown[7]; 5. 68-Aaron Turkey[2]; 6. 1 10-Jake Brown[9]; 7. 90-Travis Cunningham[8]; 8. 94-Todd Hoddick[4]; 9. 81-Derek Jonathan[5]; 10. 21-John Burbridge Jr[10]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 70-Baily Heard[1]; 2. 14H-Jim Huppunen[5]; 3. 13-Cory Turner[7]; 4. 1-Holly Porter[3]; 5. 17X-Mack DeMan[4]; 6. 84-Tyler Rand[6]; 7. 11J-Chris Jones[8]; 8. 70MM-Dave McKnight Jr[9]; 9. (DNF) 01K-Mikey Kruchka[2]

B-Main [Started] 12 laps – 3:03.985
1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[4]; 2. 11J-Chris Jones[2]; 3. 94-Todd Hoddick[7]; 4. 90-Travis Cunningham[3]; 5. 81-Derek Jonathan[8]; 6. 24-Ben Silliker[11]; 7. 21-John Burbridge Jr[9]; 8. 70MM-Dave McKnight Jr[5]; 9. 46-Kevin Pauls[1]; 10. (DNS) 15-Dan Nanticoke[6]; 11. (DNS) 01K-Mikey Kruchka[10]
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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (32 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 7-Eric Gledhill[2]; 2. 71-Mike Bowman[3]; 3. 49L-Lucas Smith[4]; 4. 52-Matt Billings[5]; 5. BS39-Brett Stratford[8]; 6. 4-Jesse Costa[1]; 7. 74-Rob Neely[18]; 8. 45-Curtis Gartly[9]; 9. 12DD-Darren Dryden[6]; 10. 28-Jordan Hill[12]; 11. 2M-Steve Murdock[11]; 12. 2-Travis Hofstetter[20]; 13. 08-Steven Beckett[21]; 14. 94-Ryan Fraser[19]; 15. 77T-Tyeller Powless[13]; 16. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[23]; 17. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[25]; 18. 99-Joshua Hill[16]; 19. 51-Trevor Young[24]; 20. 16R-Seth Roy[10]; 21. 3S-Austin Roes[14]; 22. 88-Lance Erskine[15]; 23. MK8-Matthew Hill[17]; 24. 26X-Terry Baker[26]; 25. 29W-Tyler Ward[22]; 26. (DNF) 420-Victor Bomberry[28]; 27. (DNF) 48-Andrew Marshall[27]; 28. (DNF) 19D-Allan Downey[7]
Hard Charger – Rob Neely + 11

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 52-Matt Billings[2]; 2. 7-Eric Gledhill[4]; 3. 12DD-Darren Dryden[5]; 4. 19D-Allan Downey[8]; 5. 77T-Tyeller Powless[6]; 6. 94-Ryan Fraser[3]; 7. 08-Steven Beckett[1]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[9]; 9. 29W-Tyler Ward[10]; 10. 420-Victor Bomberry[11]; 11. (DNF) 14-Larry Gledhill[7]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:06.661
1. 4-Jesse Costa[1]; 2. 49L-Lucas Smith[5]; 3. 2M-Steve Murdock[2]; 4. BS39-Brett Stratford[7]; 5. 99-Joshua Hill[3]; 6. 74-Rob Neely[4]; 7. MK8-Matthew Hill[9]; 8. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[6]; 9. 51-Trevor Young[10]; 10. 16X-Keegan Baker[11]; 11. (DNF) 20-Johnny Miller[8]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:07.018
1. 71-Mike Bowman[5]; 2. 45-Curtis Gartly[2]; 3. 16R-Seth Roy[4]; 4. 88-Lance Erskine[1]; 5. 28-Jordan Hill[7]; 6. 3S-Austin Roes[8]; 7. 2-Travis Hofstetter[6]; 8. 26X-Terry Baker[3]; 9. 48-Andrew Marshall[9]; 10. 97-Sheldon Bender[10]

B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 29W-Tyler Ward[2]; 2. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[1]; 3. 51-Trevor Young[3]; 4. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[4]; 5. 26X-Terry Baker[6]; 6. 48-Andrew Marshall[5]; 7. 420-Victor Bomberry[9]; 8. 16X-Keegan Baker[10]; 9. 97-Sheldon Bender[11]; 10. (DNS) 20-Johnny Miller; 11. (DNS) 14-Larry Gledhill

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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (41 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 50 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[16]; 2. 79-Christopher Hale[22]; 3. 97-Ron Loggie[2]; 4. 23-Trevor DeBoer[14]; 5. 05-Pete Reid[20]; 6. 53-Logan Shwedyk[24]; 7. 19-Kyle Wert[11]; 8. 28-Jim Lampman[8]; 9. 28D-Donny Lampman[12]; 10. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[10]; 11. 108-Zach Bleich[17]; 12. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[15]; 13. 13-Kacey Huffman[27]; 14. 55-Mike Thorne[3]; 15. (DNF) 427-Tim Phalen[1]; 16. (DNF) 75-Ryan Berry[5]; 17. (DNF) 07-Scott McPhail[23]; 18. (DNF) 2M-Mark MacDonald[6]; 19. (DNF) 28T-Cameron Thomson[9]; 20. (DNF) 11-Gofast Teeple[21]; 21. (DNF) 601-Jeff Larment[25]; 22. (DNF) 38-Frank Turkey[28]; 23. (DNF) 26-Craig Handley[19]; 24. (DNF) 0-Dave Small[26]; 25. (DNF) 03-Justin Ramsay[18]; 26. (DNF) 41-Adam Plazek[4]; 27. (DNF) 37-Robert Hoskins[7]; 28. (DNF) 32-Mark Fawcett[13]
Hard Charger – Christopher Hale + 20

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 97-Ron Loggie[6]; 2. 427-Tim Phalen[2]; 3. 55-Mike Thorne[7]; 4. 41-Adam Plazek[8]; 5. 11-Gofast Teeple[9]; 6. 93-Melissa Miller[5]; 7. 88-Aidan Nigh[1]; 8. 38-Frank Turkey[3]; 9. (DNF) 19T-Trevor Want[4]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:46.819
1. 28-Jim Lampman[5]; 2. 37-Robert Hoskins[4]; 3. 2M-Mark MacDonald[2]; 4. 75-Ryan Berry[1]; 5. 53-Logan Shwedyk[8]; 6. 25-Ken Sargent[3]; 7. (DNF) 43-Kyle Andress[6]; 8. (DNS) 3-Devon Bacher

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:44.733
1. 28D-Donny Lampman[5]; 2. 19-Kyle Wert[4]; 3. 28T-Cameron Thomson[2]; 4. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[3]; 5. 13-Kacey Huffman[1]; 6. 07-Scott McPhail[7]; 7. (DNF) 76-Jamie Goudge[6]; 8. (DQ) 65-Scott Dunn[8]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 2:43.362
1. 32-Mark Fawcett[4]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[2]; 3. 108-Zach Bleich[5]; 4. 26-Craig Handley[3]; 5. 79-Christopher Hale[1]; 6. 135-Brian General[6]; 7. (DNF) 48-Al King[7]

Heat Race 5 [Started] 8 laps – 2:39.237
1. 49-Dave Bailey[3]; 2. 23-Trevor DeBoer[2]; 3. 03-Justin Ramsay[5]; 4. 05-Pete Reid[6]; 5. 93K-Mike Klazinga[1]; 6. 0-Dave Small[7]; 7. 601-Jeff Larment[4]; 8. 18-Kyle Anderson[8]

B-Main 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:47.091
1. 11-Gofast Teeple[1]; 2. 07-Scott McPhail[11]; 3. 601-Jeff Larment[8]; 4. 13-Kacey Huffman[2]; 5. 18-Kyle Anderson[10]; 6. 25-Ken Sargent[4]; 7. 135-Brian General[5]; 8. 3-Devon Bacher[9]; 9. 76-Jamie Goudge[7]; 10. 93K-Mike Klazinga[3]; 11. (DNS) 88-Aidan Nigh

B-Main 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:44.380
1. 79-Christopher Hale[2]; 2. 53-Logan Shwedyk[1]; 3. 0-Dave Small[4]; 4. 38-Frank Turkey[7]; 5. 93-Melissa Miller[3]; 6. 65-Scott Dunn[8]; 7. 48-Al King[6]; 8. 2M-Mark MacDonald[10]; 9. (DNS) 43-Kyle Andress; 10. (DNS) 19T-Trevor Want

HRW Automotive Mini Stocks (25 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 16-Fabio Olivieri[10]; 2. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[17]; 3. 4-Wayde Thorne[2]; 4. 51-Eric Yorke[8]; 5. 9-Tim DeBoer[11]; 6. 1-Jason Tolton[14]; 7. 23-Dusty DeBoer[13]; 8. 14L-John Lubeck[12]; 9. 01-Tristan DaSilva[19]; 10. 64-Nick Erskine[15]; 11. 21H-Ryan Hillar[9]; 12. 222-Nick Masi[20]; 13. 69-Rob Twitchett[1]; 14. 188-Paul Longboat[5]; 15. 10X-Jeremy May[23]; 16. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[22]; 17. 79-Steve Miller[18]; 18. 26-Tim Nuell[3]; 19. 11-Mike Giberson[24]; 20. (DNF) 11E-Jeff Elsliger[7]; 21. (DNF) 1A-Ashton Dickie[21]; 22. (DNF) 2-Matt Nuell[16]; 23. (DNF) 54-Christopher French[6]; 24. (DNF) 81D-Crystal Soules[25]; 25. (DNF) 265-Mike Evers[4]
Hard Charger – Tyler Lafantaisie

Heat Race 1 [Started] 6 laps – 2:17.345
1. 4-Wayde Thorne[3]; 2. 265-Mike Evers[5]; 3. 69-Rob Twitchett[1]; 4. 54-Christopher French[7]; 5. 26-Tim Nuell[4]; 6. 188-Paul Longboat[6]; 7. 79-Steve Miller[8]; 8. 1A-Ashton Dickie[9]; 9. 11-Mike Giberson[2]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 6 laps – 2:14.150
1. 51-Eric Yorke[2]; 2. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[1]; 3. 265-Mike Evers; 4. 21H-Ryan Hillar[3]; 5. 16-Fabio Olivieri[4]; 6. 9-Tim DeBoer[6]; 7. 01-Tristan DaSilva[8]; 8. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[5]; 9. 81D-Crystal Soules[7]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 6 laps – 2:14.125
1. 23-Dusty DeBoer[2]; 2. 64-Nick Erskine[4]; 3. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[7]; 4. 1-Jason Tolton[3]; 5. 14L-John Lubeck[1]; 6. 2-Matt Nuell[6]; 7. 222-Nick Masi[8]; 8. (DNF) 10X-Jeremy May[5]