WILLIAMSON, MILLS, BAILEY, AND LAFANTAISIE TAKE WINS ON MODIFIED MADNESS NIGHT AT OHSWEKEN

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WILLIAMSON, MILLS, BAILEY, AND LAFANTAISIE TAKE WINS ON MODIFIED MADNESS NIGHT AT OHSWEKEN

By Tommy Goudge

OHSWEKEN, Ont. (June 10, 2022) – Modified Madness invaded Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night as the 358 Modifieds and UMP/Canadian Modifieds featuring NASCAR legend Ken Schrader joined the Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. Mat Williamson, Justin Mills, Dave Bailey, and Tyler Lafantaisie emerged with A-Main wins.

DIRTcar 358 Modifieds
Chad Chevalier and Dave Flanigan had front row starting positions for the first 358 Modified A-Main at Ohsweken in nearly six years. Chevalier took the lead, but Flanigan had early problems and brought out the yellow flag with three laps complete. Gary Lindberg had moved to second and took the lead from Chevalier after the restart, while Mat Williamson also got past Chevalier just before a debris caution. Lindberg stayed up front and opened a gap on Williamson after the restart, but a broken driveshaft derailed Lindberg’s race with 20 laps remaining. Williamson assumed the lead, while Fred Carleton moved into the second position. Chevalier fought back and dueled with Carleton for several laps while Tyler Willard closed in on both of them. Mark D’Ilario spun and brought out a yellow with 10 laps to go, but Williamson was undeterred and drove on to his third career Ohsweken 358 Modified win. Willard, Mike Bowman, Chevalier, and Brad Rouse came home with top five finishes. Heat race wins went to Bowman and Williamson.

DIRTcar UMP/Canadian Modified Challenge
Justin Mills and Shawn Gregory started up front for the 25 lap UMP/Canadian Modified A-Main, and Mills opened a healthy lead while Ken Schrader moved into second. A yellow flag with five laps complete negated the Mills lead and Schrader took over at the front of the field. Another yellow flag bunched the field again and the ensuing restart found Schrader and Mills dueling for the lead while Drew Smith and Glenn Styres raced closely behind for the third spot. Mills finally got clear of Schrader after the two repeatedly traded slide jobs and opened a lead, but a Styres spin with six laps left erased the Mills advantage again. Mills patiently worked the middle groove after the restart while Schrader searched high and low in pursuit of his third Ohsweken win.

Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Jim Lampman and Trevor DeBoer were front row starters for the 20 lap Thunder Stock A-Main. DeBoer took the lead and held it through a couple of early caution flags, while opening night winner Dave Bailey picked his way quickly through the pack from row five. DeBoer, Mike Thorne, and Bailey raced three-wide for the lead and Bailey took the lead as the trio completed the fourth lap, just before another yellow flag for a Ken Sargent spin. Bailey kept the lead and opened a gap during the ensuing green flag run, while wild three-wide racing throughout the field kept the fans entertained. Bailey was closing in on heavy traffic when yellow flag for a Melissa Miller spin set up a six lap dash to the finish. Bailey took advantage of the clear track to claim his 30th career Ohsweken Thunder Stock win, followed by Chris Hale, DeBoer, Rob Hoskins, and Mark Fawcett. Heat race wins went to Fawcett, Hale, Devon Bacher, and Ryan Beagle, while Kacey Huffman won the B-Main.

HRW Automotive Mini Stocks
Fabio Olivieri and Nick Erskine were on the front row for the 15 lap Mini Stock A-Main, and Olivieri grabbed the early lead. The polesitter opened a healthy lead after an early caution flag but a flat right rear tire derailed his bid for the win. Opening night winner Tyler Lafantaisie inherited the lead as a result of Olivieri’s misfortune and eventually went on to take the victory, but not before row seven starter Braden Keus gave the leader a challenge. Lafantaisie pulled away at the end of the race while a frantic race for the runner-up spot finished with Keus edging out Matt Nuell, Erskine, and Jeremy Hughes. Heat race wins were claimed by Hughes, Elsliger, and Olivieri, while Don Deagle won the B-Main.

Up Next At Ohsweken Speedway
O’Neil’s Farm Equipment and Case IH present Friday Night Excitement on June 17 featuring the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars and Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars, plus Duel on the Dirt home races for the Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.com for more information.

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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, June 10, 2022
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Modified Madness Night
Presented by APC Auto Parts Centres
Total Entries: 93

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DIRTcar 358 Modifieds (15 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 30 laps – NT
1. 6-Mat Williamson[7]; 2. 33-Tyler Willard[9]; 3. 71-Mike Bowman[3]; 4. 12-Chad Chevalier[1]; 5. 18R-Brad Rouse[8]; 6. 96-Fred Carleton[10]; 7. 88-Shayne Pierce[13]; 8. 28-Todd Gordon[11]; 9. 08-Mark D’Ilario[5]; 10. 0-Glenn Styres[14]; 11. 97C-Luke Carleton[12]; 12. 37S-Gary Lindberg[6]; 13. 74-David Flannigan[2]; 14. (DNS) 0S-Ken Schrader; 15. (DNS) 3RS-Danny O’Brien
Hard Charger – Tyler Willard +7

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:14.706
1. 71-Mike Bowman[3]; 2. 3RS-Danny O’Brien[5]; 3. 37S-Gary Lindberg[4]; 4. 18R-Brad Rouse[2]; 5. 33-Tyler Willard[7]; 6. 28-Todd Gordon[6]; 7. 88-Shayne Pierce[1]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 6-Mat Williamson[2]; 2. 12-Chad Chevalier[4]; 3. 08-Mark D’Ilario[5]; 4. 74-David Flannigan[8]; 5. 96-Fred Carleton[7]; 6. 97C-Luke Carleton[3]; 7. 0-Glenn Styres[6]; 8. 0S-Ken Schrader[1]

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DIRTcar UMP/CDN Modifieds (14 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 6M-Justin Mills[1]; 2. 9-Ken Schrader[4]; 3. 86-Drew Smith[8]; 4. 09D-Joel Dick[13]; 5. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 6. 1-Shawn Gregory[2]; 7. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[6]; 8. 07-Curtis King[5]; 9. 2-Leslie Turcotte Mowat[10]; 10. 28-Tate O’Leary[9]; 11. (DNF) 5-Wally Alderdice[3]; 12. (DNF) 28K-Caleb O’Leary[12]; 13. (DNS) 5X-Tim Richardson; 14. (DNS) 00-Jim Dale Jr
Hard Charger – Joel Dick +9

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 6M-Justin Mills[4]; 2. 86-Drew Smith[5]; 3. 5-Wally Alderdice[3]; 4. 07-Curtis King[2]; 5. 28-Tate O’Leary[1]; 6. (DNF) 5X-Tim Richardson[6]; 7. (DNS) 09D-Joel Dick

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 0-Glenn Styres[6]; 2. 9-Ken Schrader[5]; 3. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[1]; 4. 1-Shawn Gregory[3]; 5. 2-Leslie Turcotte Mowat[2]; 6. (DNS) 28K-Caleb O’Leary; 7. (DNS) 00-Jim Dale Jr

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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (34 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[10]; 2. 79-Christopher Hale[3]; 3. 23-Trevor DeBoer[2]; 4. 37-Robert Hoskins[8]; 5. 32-Mark Fawcett[9]; 6. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[11]; 7. 93K-Mike Klazinga[17]; 8. 53-Logan Shwedyk[13]; 9. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[14]; 10. 3-Devon Bacher[6]; 11. 38-Frank Turkey[15]; 12. 11R-Bryce Richardson[18]; 13. 13-Kacey Huffman[25]; 14. 43-Kyle Andress[4]; 15. 2M-Mark MacDonald[19]; 16. 28D-Donny Lampman[26]; 17. 41-Adam Plazek[12]; 18. 75-Ryan Berry[20]; 19. 19-Kyle Wert[24]; 20. 11-Gofast Teeple[16]; 21. 28T-Cameron Thomson[22]; 22. 93-Melissa Miller[27]; 23. 65-Scott Dunn[21]; 24. 25-Ken Sargent[23]; 25. 28-Jim Lampman[1]; 26. (DNF) 07-Scott McPhail[28]; 27. (DNF) 97-Ron Loggie[7]; 28. (DNF) 55-Mike Thorne[5]
Hard Charger – Kacey Huffman +12

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:52.077
1. 32-Mark Fawcett[1]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[7]; 3. 37-Robert Hoskins[4]; 4. 53-Logan Shwedyk[5]; 5. 93K-Mike Klazinga[8]; 6. 65-Scott Dunn[3]; 7. 13-Kacey Huffman[6]; 8. 427-Tim Phalen[2]; 9. (DNS) 19T-Trevor Want

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 79-Christopher Hale[7]; 2. 23-Trevor DeBoer[2]; 3. 41-Adam Plazek[5]; 4. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[3]; 5. 11R-Bryce Richardson[6]; 6. 28T-Cameron Thomson[9]; 7. 28D-Donny Lampman[1]; 8. 21-Blake Bomberry Sr[8]; 9. 93-Melissa Miller[4]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 3B-Devon Bacher[3]; 2. 43-Kyle Andress[7]; 3. 28-Jim Lampman[2]; 4. 38-Frank Turkey[5]; 5. 2M-Mark MacDonald[8]; 6. 25-Ken Sargent[6]; 7. 07-Brian Pescetti[1]; 8. (DNF) 5G-Darcy Grant[4]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[8]; 2. 97-Ron Loggie[2]; 3. 55-Mike Thorne[4]; 4. 11-Gofast Teeple[3]; 5. 75-Ryan Berry[1]; 6. 19-Kyle Wert[6]; 7. 17-Jeff Humphry[7]; 8. 8-Aidan Nigh[5]

B-Main [Started] 8 laps – 2:46.105
1. 13-Kacey Huffman[1]; 2. 28D-Donny Lampman[2]; 3. 93-Melissa Miller[10]; 4. 07-Scott McPhail[3]; 5. 19T-Trevor Want[9]; 6. 17-Jeff Humphry[4]; 7. 5G-Darcy Grant[7]; 8. (DNS) 427-Tim Phalen; 9. (DNS) 8-Aidan Nigh; 10. (DNS) 21-Blake Bomberry Sr

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HRW Automotive Mini Stocks (30 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[5]; 2. 7B-Braden Keus[13]; 3. 2-Matt Nuell[8]; 4. 64-Nick Erskine[2]; 5. 10J-Jeremy Hughes[7]; 6. 1-Jason Tolton[18]; 7. 01-Tristan DaSilva[11]; 8. 23-Dusty DeBoer[21]; 9. 26-Tim Nuell[9]; 10. 60-Martin Schroder[16]; 11. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[23]; 12. 14L-John Lubeck[3]; 13. 9-Tim DeBoer[4]; 14. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[6]; 15. 12-Don Deagle[22]; 16. 16-Fabio Olivieri[1]; 17. 79-Steve Miller[28]; 18. 1A-Ashton Dickie[26]; 19. 11-Mike Giberson[19]; 20. 265-Mike Evers[24]; 21. 188-Paul Longboat[15]; 22. 10X-Aimee Malyk[27]; 23. (DNF) 51-Eric Yorke[14]; 24. (DNF) 54-Christopher French[17]; 25. (DNF) 21H-Ryan Hillar[12]; 26. (DNF) 4-Wayde Thorne[10]; 27. (DNF) 27-Niko Hansen[20]; 28. (DNS) 88-Aidan Nigh
Hard Charger – Dusty DeBoer +13

Heat Race 1 [Started] 6 laps – NT
1. 10J-Jeremy Hughes[3]; 2. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[7]; 3. 21H-Ryan Hillar[10]; 4. 4-Wayde Thorne[9]; 5. 7B-Braden Keus[1]; 6. 60-Martin Schroder[4]; 7. 11-Mike Giberson[2]; 8. 265-Mike Evers[8]; 9. (DNS) 69-Rob Twitchett; 10. (DNS) 1A-Ashton Dickie

Heat Race 2 [Started] 6 laps – 2:11.782
1. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[5]; 2. 2-Matt Nuell[4]; 3. 26-Tim Nuell[2]; 4. 14L-John Lubeck[7]; 5. 51-Eric Yorke[9]; 6. 54-Christopher French[3]; 7. 27-Niko Hansen[8]; 8. 12-Don Deagle[1]; 9. 10X-Aimee Malyk[10]; 10. (DNS) 81D-Crystal Soules

Heat Race 3 [Started] 6 laps – 2:15.037
1. 16-Fabio Olivieri[3]; 2. 64-Nick Erskine[5]; 3. 01-Tristan DaSilva[2]; 4. 9-Tim DeBoer[4]; 5. 188-Paul Longboat[1]; 6. 1-Jason Tolton[8]; 7. 23-Dusty DeBoer[7]; 8. 88-Aidan Nigh[9]; 9. 79-Steve Miller[6]; 10. (DNF) 6X-Mike Sarantakos[10]

B-Main [Started] 6 laps – 2:15.400
1. 12-Don Deagle[2]; 2. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[9]; 3. 265-Mike Evers[1]; 4. 88-Aidan Nigh[3]; 5. 1A-Ashton Dickie[7]; 6. 10X-Aimee Malyk[5]; 7. 79-Steve Miller[6]; 8. (DNS) 69-Rob Twitchett; 9. (DNS) 81D-Crystal Soules