Story By: ACTION SPRINT TOUR – PORT COLBORNE, ONT – Matt Billings and Adrian Stahle took Action Sprint Tour Pinty’s National Series wins in The Fall Classic weekend at Humberstone Speedway, while Billings clinched the 2023 championship.
BILLINGS TAKES AST VICTORY ON NIGHT ONE OF HUMBERSTONE FALL CLASSIC
Matt Billings took another big step towards securing the 2023 Action Sprint Tour Pinty’s National Series championship on Friday night at Humberstone Speedway.
Billings took his fourth AST Pinty’s National series win of the season on night one of The Fall Classic, while Mathieu Bardier, Ashton VanEvery, Tyler Willard, and Sheldon Bender claimed top five finishes. Johnny Miller, Adam Turner, John Cadman, Al Sleight, and title contender Lee Ladouceur rounded out the top ten.
The win extended Billings’ advantage over Ladouceur to 38 points heading into the Saturday night season finale at Humberstone. Mike Bowman entered the weekend with a chance at the championship as well, but a dust-up between Bowman and Brett Stratford led to DNF’s for both and suspensions for rough driving.
STAHLE SNARES FIRST ACTION SPRINT TOUR WIN; BILLINGS CLINCHES CHAMPIONSHIP
Adrian Stahle took his first career Action Sprint Tour win on Saturday night at Humberstone Speedway, while Matt Billings clinched the 2023 Action Sprint Tour Pinty’s National Series championship.
Stahle started on the pole and kept Adam Turner and John Cadman behind him for the duration of the 25 lap AST season finale. Title contender Lee Ladouceur came home fourth, but Billings finished fifth to lock down the championship.
360 Sprint Car regulars Dylan Westbrook and Nick Sheridan finished sixth and seventh driving cars normally campaigned by Brett Stratford and Mike Bowman respectively. Bowman entered the weekend with a chance at the championship, but he and Stratford received suspensions for rough driving after a dust-up on Friday night. Ashton VanEvery, Cam MacKinnon, and Keegan Baker rounded out the top ten.
The championship was worth $5,000 to Billings and car owner Ryan Hunsinger, while the top 15 in the final standings all earned at least $1,000 from the AST Pinty’s National Series points fund.
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Action Sprint Tour Pinty’s National Series
Statistical Report – Friday, September 29, 2023
Humberstone Speedway – Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
A-Main [Started] 25 laps
1. 52-Matt Billings[1]; 2. 19-Mathieu Bardier[4]; 3. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[6]; 4. 7A-Tyler Willard[10]; 5. 97-Sheldon Bender[2]; 6. 20-Johnny Miller[3]; 7. 9-Adam Turner[7]; 8. 71C-John Cadman[11]; 9. 2S-Al Sleight[16]; 10. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[12]; 11. 88-Lance Erskine[14]; 12. 72-Tanner Podwinski[13]; 13. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[9]; 14. 20L-Treyten Lapcevich[20]; 15. 87-Andrew Hennessy[19]; 16. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[18]; 17. 28T-Cameron Thomson[15]; 18. 29W-Tyler Ward[21]; 19. 16X-Keegan Baker[17]; 20. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[23]; 21. 11W-Jeremy May[22]; 22. 14B-Broden Weiler[24]; 23. (DNF) 71-Mike Bowman[8]; 24. (DNF) BS39-Brett Stratford[5]
B-Main [Started] 12 laps
1. 87-Andrew Hennessy[1]; 2. 20L-Treyten Lapcevich[2]; 3. 29W-Tyler Ward[5]; 4. 11W-Jeremy May[3]; 5. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[6]; 6. 14B-Broden Weiler[7]; 7. 19M-Will Marche[4]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 20-Johnny Miller[2]; 2. 9-Adam Turner[3]; 3. BS39-Brett Stratford[6]; 4. 2S-Al Sleight[1]; 5. 71-Mike Bowman[9]; 6. 16X-Keegan Baker[7]; 7. 87-Andrew Hennessy[8]; 8. 29W-Tyler Ward[5]; 9. 14B-Broden Weiler[4]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 52-Matt Billings[1]; 2. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[2]; 3. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[4]; 4. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[3]; 5. 72-Tanner Podwinski[6]; 6. 28T-Cameron Thomson[8]; 7. 11W-Jeremy May[7]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[5]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 19-Mathieu Bardier[1]; 2. 97-Sheldon Bender[3]; 3. 7A-Tyler Willard[2]; 4. 71C-John Cadman[4]; 5. 88-Lance Erskine[6]; 6. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[5]; 7. 20L-Treyten Lapcevich[7]; 8. 19M-Will Marche[8]
Action Sprint Tour Pinty’s National Series
Statistical Report – Saturday, September 30, 2023
Humberstone Speedway – Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
A-Main [Started] 25 laps
1. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[1]; 2. 9-Adam Turner[3]; 3. 71C-John Cadman[2]; 4. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[6]; 5. 52-Matt Billings[8]; 6. BS39-Dylan Westbrook[11]; 7. 71-Nick Sheridan[13]; 8. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[9]; 9. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[4]; 10. 16X-Keegan Baker[5]; 11. 87-Andrew Hennessy[10]; 12. 7A-Tyler Willard[12]; 13. 97-Sheldon Bender[7]; 14. 24A-AJ Lewis[23]; 15. 20-Johnny Miller[15]; 16. 29W-Tyler Ward[18]; 17. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[24]; 18. 88-Lance Erskine[14]; 19. 11W-Connor Ross[20]; 20. 2S-Al Sleight[16]; 21. 2-Travis Hofstetter[22]; 22. (DNF) 19-Mathieu Bardier[19]; 23. (DNF) 72-Tanner Podwinski[17]; 24. (DNF) 28T-Cameron Thomson[21]
B-Main [Started] 12 laps
1. 19-Mathieu Bardier[2]; 2. 11W-Connor Ross[1]; 3. 28T-Cameron Thomson[4]; 4. 2-Travis Hofstetter[3]; 5. 24A-AJ Lewis[9]; 6. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[5]; 7. 14B-Broden Weiler[8]; 8. 19M-Will Marche[6]; 9. 20L-Caleb Wood[7]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[1]; 2. 16X-Keegan Baker[4]; 3. 71C-John Cadman[6]; 4. 9-Adam Turner[8]; 5. 71-Nick Sheridan[7]; 6. 72-Tanner Podwinski[3]; 7. 28T-Cameron Thomson[5]; 8. 2-Travis Hofstetter[9]; 9. 24A-AJ Lewis[2]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 52-Matt Billings[1]; 2. 87-Andrew Hennessy[3]; 3. BS39-Dylan Westbrook[5]; 4. 97-Sheldon Bender[8]; 5. 88-Lance Erskine[7]; 6. 2S-Al Sleight[6]; 7. 19-Mathieu Bardier[9]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[2]; 9. 14B-Broden Weiler[4]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[2]; 2. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[5]; 3. 7A-Tyler Willard[4]; 4. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[8]; 5. 20-Johnny Miller[7]; 6. 29W-Tyler Ward[3]; 7. 11W-Connor Ross[9]; 8. 19M-Will Marche[1]; 9. 20L-Caleb Wood[6]