Story By: BRENT OTCHERE / OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY – OHSWEKEN, ONT – FS Partners & County Line presented the Late Model Open at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday; Charlie Sandercock, Jesse Costa, Ryan Beagle, and Jeff Elsliger took A-Main wins.
Open Late Models
The 25 lap Open Late Model A-Main began with Gregg Haskell on pole and Brad Simpson starting alongside. Haskell had a great start and led the first six laps. A yellow flag came out on the sixth lap and set up a restart that Charlie Sandercock took full advantage of, quickly dispatching Haskell from the lead.
Three quick cautions fell due to drivers getting frustrated while fighting for positions in the mid-field. Sandercock began to ramp up his pace once the racing resumed, putting three seconds between himself and the field and eventually finding the finish line first. Rounding out the top five were Brian Speelman in second, Andrew Reaume third, CJ Field fourth, and Craig Graham fifth.
Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Sheldon Bender started on pole alongside Ken Hamilton to take the green flag for the 20 lap Crate Sprint A-Main. Brett Stratford had a brilliant start and took the lead after starting sixth on the grid. Stratford began to pull away at a quick pace, however his lead was nullified on the fourth lap when a caution flag came out.
Once racing resumed Stratford was lights out, however in the closing laps Stratford’s lead was diminishing as he tried to navigate traffic, bringing Matt Billings and Jesse Costa ever so close to him. Costa made a last lap push for the lead, squeaking by Stratford on the final turn for the win. Stratford had to settle for second with Billings in third. Ashton VanEvery and Bender rounded out the top five.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Aidan Nigh started on pole with Tim Phalen next to him for the 20 lap Thunder Stock A-Main. Phalen led the first lap and put a gap of one second between himself and the rest of the pack. Dave Bailey made a mad dash through the field after starting 14th on the grid, and was up to second by lap six.
The tenth lap saw a caution flag which allowed Bailey to claim the lead on the restart. Bailey began to lose his lead to Ryan Beagle who had advanced to second. The final caution flag of the race arrived with six laps left to go. Bailey conceded his lead to Beagle on the restart, which allowed Beagle to lock down the win. Bailey finished in second while Ron Loggie was third, Jim Lampman was fourth, and Kyle Wert came home fifth.
HRW Automotive Mini Stocks
Tim DeBoer and Shawn Taylor brought the 28 car field to the green flag for the Mini Stock A-Main. DeBoer held the lead in the opening laps until a yellow flag on lap four due to a pileup in the middle of the field. DeBoer stayed strong, retaining his lead on the restart despite Ken Hair applying tremendous pressure on him.
With six laps left to go a final caution fell, making the race into a sprint to the finish. This time however DeBoer couldn’t keep his lead as Hair overtook him. Hair had just one lap left to go but got passed at finish line by Jeff Elsliger for the win by just 0.142 seconds. Finishing third is Nick Erskine, Alex Riley fourth, and DeBoer fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Case IH and O’Neil’s Farm & Lawn Equipment present Agriculture Night on Friday, June 28, featuring Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and Vintage Modifieds.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, June 21, 2024
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
FS Partners & County Line
Total Entries: 114
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Open Late Models (22 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 57-Charlie Sandercock[6]; 2. 22-Brian Speelman[5]; 3. 88-Andrew Reaume[4]; 4. 4-CJ Field[17]; 5. 98-Craig Graham[14]; 6. 89-Austin King[13]; 7. 00-Jim Dale Jr[15]; 8. 14-Brandt Graham[10]; 9. 1A-Jake Hooker[9]; 10. 94Z-Stan Zanchin[16]; 11. 60-Nick Glassford[3]; 12. 53-Brad Simpson[2]; 13. 06-Jordan VanHall[12]; 14. N64-Dylan Bonner[18]; 15. (DNF) 3-Nathan Rinaldi[7]; 16. (DNF) RH03-Gregg Haskell[1]; 17. (DNF) J19-Rob Ledingham[11]; 18. (DNF) 2-Ed Carley[19]; 19. (DNF) 46-Brandon Mowat[8]; 20. (DNF) 47P-Blaine Murawski[20]; 21. (DNF) 31-Marshall Hereygers[21]; 22. (DNS) 33-Chris Fidler
Hard Charger – CJ Field +13
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 57-Charlie Sandercock[4]; 2. RH03-Gregg Haskell[2]; 3. 46-Brandon Mowat[10]; 4. 60-Nick Glassford[11]; 5. 1A-Jake Hooker[8]; 6. J19-Rob Ledingham[9]; 7. 89-Austin King[6]; 8. 00-Jim Dale Jr[3]; 9. 4-CJ Field[7]; 10. 2-Ed Carley[1]; 11. 31-Marshall Hereygers[5]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 88-Andrew Reaume[2]; 2. 22-Brian Speelman[3]; 3. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[5]; 4. 53-Brad Simpson[9]; 5. 14-Brandt Graham[10]; 6. 06-Jordan VanHall[4]; 7. 98-Craig Graham[11]; 8. 94Z-Stan Zanchin[1]; 9. N64-Dylan Bonner[8]; 10. (DNF) 47P-Blaine Murawski[7]; 11. (DNS) 33-Chris Fidler
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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (35 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 52-Jesse Costa[12]; 2. BS39-Brett Stratford[6]; 3. 52RHR-Matt Billings[5]; 4. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[13]; 5. 97-Sheldon Bender[1]; 6. 14-Larry Gledhill[3]; 7. 16X-Keegan Baker[23]; 8. 74-Rob Neely[8]; 9. 88-Lance Erskine[14]; 10. 28T-Cameron Thomson[7]; 11. 2M-Steve Murdock[17]; 12. 45-Curtis Gartly[24]; 13. 99-Joshua Hill[21]; 14. 72-Tanner Podwinski[28]; 15. 20L-Aaron Turkey[25]; 16. 71-Brent Begolo[22]; 17. 51-Trevor Young[11]; 18. 20-Johnny Miller[16]; 19. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[9]; 20. 2S-Al Sleight[4]; 21. 29W-Tyler Ward[26]; 22. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[27]; 23. 98-Jonah Mutton[18]; 24. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[19]; 25. 14B-Broden Weiler[20]; 26. 69K-Ken Hamilton[2]; 27. (DNF) 2-Travis Hofstetter[10]; 28. (DNF) 24A-AJ Lewis[15]
Hard Charger – Keegan Baker +16
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – 3:09.070
1. 99-Joshua Hill[1]; 2. 71-Brent Begolo[4]; 3. 16X-Keegan Baker[3]; 4. 45-Curtis Gartly[2]; 5. 20L-Aaron Turkey[6]; 6. 29W-Tyler Ward[5]; 7. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[9]; 8. 72-Tanner Podwinski[7]; 9. 3-Devon Bacher[11]; 10. 777O-Cameron Olm[13]; 11. 27-Niko Hansen[15]; 12. 38-Melissa Miller[12]; 13. M52-Marc Surprenant[14]; 14. 24K-Kiana Teal[10]; 15. (DNF) 53-Logan Shwedyk[8]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:00.375
1. 14-Larry Gledhill[1]; 2. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[2]; 3. 52-Jesse Costa[4]; 4. 24A-AJ Lewis[5]; 5. 88-Lance Erskine[8]; 6. 20L-Aaron Turkey[6]; 7. 71-Brent Begolo[9]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[7]; 9. 27-Niko Hansen[3]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:00.687
1. 74-Rob Neely[2]; 2. BS39-Brett Stratford[3]; 3. 52RHR-Matt Billings[6]; 4. 20-Johnny Miller[5]; 5. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[1]; 6. 99-Joshua Hill[8]; 7. 29W-Tyler Ward[9]; 8. 3-Devon Bacher[4]; 9. 777O-Cameron Olm[7]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:07.085
1. 69K-Ken Hamilton[1]; 2. 2-Travis Hofstetter[2]; 3. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[4]; 4. 2M-Steve Murdock[5]; 5. 51-Trevor Young[9]; 6. 45-Curtis Gartly[8]; 7. 53-Logan Shwedyk[3]; 8. 24K-Kiana Teal[7]; 9. M52-Marc Surprenant[6]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 2:05.215
1. 28T-Cameron Thomson[2]; 2. 97-Sheldon Bender[6]; 3. 2S-Al Sleight[5]; 4. 98-Jonah Mutton[3]; 5. 14B-Broden Weiler[1]; 6. 16X-Keegan Baker[8]; 7. 72-Tanner Podwinski[7]; 8. 38-Melissa Miller[4]
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (23 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[18]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[14]; 3. 97-Ron Loggie[17]; 4. 28-Jim Lampman[15]; 5. 19-Kyle Wert[19]; 6. 03-George Grosul[4]; 7. 427-Tim Phalen[2]; 8. 37-Robert Hoskins[5]; 9. 108-Zach Bleich[12]; 10. 8-Ryan Dinning[10]; 11. 23-Trevor DeBoer[11]; 12. 93K-Mike Klazinga[6]; 13. 11-Gofast Teeple[21]; 14. 55-Mike Thorne[9]; 15. 13-Kacey Huffman[7]; 16. 28D-Donny Lampman[16]; 17. 5G-Gord Grant[20]; 18. 07-Scott McPhail[8]; 19. 88L-Logan Ferguson[22]; 20. 43-Kyle Andress[3]; 21. (DNF) 69G-Brian General[13]; 22. (DNF) 88-Aidan Nigh[1]; 23. (DNF) 17W-Travis Whittal[23]
Hard Charger – Ryan Beagle +17
Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps – 3:16.164
1. 28-Jim Lampman[8]; 2. 97-Ron Loggie[10]; 3. 23-Trevor DeBoer[6]; 4. 13-Kacey Huffman[3]; 5. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[11]; 6. 93K-Mike Klazinga[4]; 7. 49-Dave Bailey[7]; 8. 5G-Gord Grant[12]; 9. 43-Kyle Andress[2]; 10. 88-Aidan Nigh[1]; 11. (DNF) 11-Gofast Teeple[5]; 12. (DNF) 17W-Travis Whittal[9]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps – 3:19.093
1. 55-Mike Thorne[4]; 2. 8-Ryan Dinning[5]; 3. 427-Tim Phalen[1]; 4. 19-Kyle Wert[11]; 5. 37-Robert Hoskins[3]; 6. 108-Zach Bleich[6]; 7. 28D-Donny Lampman[9]; 8. 03-George Grosul[2]; 9. 69G-Brian General[10]; 10. 07-Scott McPhail[8]; 11. (DNF) 88L-Logan Ferguson[7]
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HRW Automotive Mini Stocks (34 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[20]; 2. 5K-Ken Hair[6]; 3. 64-Nick Erskine[19]; 4. 17-Alex Riley[15]; 5. 9-Tim DeBoer[1]; 6. 1A-Ashton Dickie[12]; 7. 32-Gillian Hils[18]; 8. 4A-Mason Anderson[7]; 9. 14L-John Lubeck[14]; 10. 76-Shawn Taylor[2]; 11. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[4]; 12. 1-Jason Tolton[11]; 13. 2-Matt Nuell[16]; 14. 04-Rogan Monaghan[3]; 15. 16-Fabio Olivieri[5]; 16. 66-Jon Janssens[21]; 17. 4-Wayde Thorne[17]; 18. 23-Dusty DeBoer[9]; 19. 64E-Doug Erskine[25]; 20. 20A-Aiden Maynard[26]; 21. 54-Christopher French[28]; 22. 79-Steve Miller[27]; 23. (DNF) 38C-John Cote[24]; 24. (DNF) 66X-Martin Schroder[8]; 25. (DNF) 26-Tim Nuell[23]; 26. (DNF) X-Jeremy Cooper[10]; 27. (DNF) 01-Tristan DaSilva[22]; 28. (DNF) 20J-Nathan Joyner[13]
Hard Charger – Jeff Elsliger +19
B-Main [Started] 6 laps – 3:47.714
1. 66-Jon Janssens[3]; 2. 01-Tristan DaSilva[1]; 3. 26-Tim Nuell[2]; 4. 38C-John Cote[7]; 5. 64E-Doug Erskine[5]; 6. 20A-Aiden Maynard[6]; 7. 79-Steve Miller[8]; 8. 54-Christopher French[14]; 9. 265-Mike Evers[4]; 10. 16S-Alex Stewart[11]; 11. (DNF) 15-Brady Cox[12]; 12. (DNF) 11-Mike Giberson[9]; 13. (DNS) 32L-Grayden Lyons; 14. (DNS) 51-Jesse McDonald
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:55.329
1. 9-Tim DeBoer[3]; 2. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[5]; 3. 20J-Nathan Joyner[8]; 4. 5K-Ken Hair[12]; 5. 32-Gillian Hils[10]; 6. 4-Wayde Thorne[13]; 7. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[14]; 8. 23-Dusty DeBoer[7]; 9. 04-Rogan Monaghan[11]; 10. 1-Jason Tolton[6]; 11. 01-Tristan DaSilva[9]; 12. 66-Jon Janssens[17]; 13. 64E-Doug Erskine[2]; 14. 38C-John Cote[15]; 15. 11-Mike Giberson[4]; 16. 16S-Alex Stewart[16]; 17. (DNS) 32L-Grayden Lyons
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 64-Nick Erskine[11]; 2. 16-Fabio Olivieri[4]; 3. 76-Shawn Taylor[2]; 4. X-Jeremy Cooper[6]; 5. 4A-Mason Anderson[10]; 6. 17-Alex Riley[13]; 7. 1A-Ashton Dickie[12]; 8. 66X-Martin Schroder[5]; 9. 14L-John Lubeck[7]; 10. 2-Matt Nuell[9]; 11. 26-Tim Nuell[14]; 12. 265-Mike Evers[17]; 13. 20A-Aiden Maynard[1]; 14. 79-Steve Miller[3]; 15. (DNF) 51-Jesse McDonald[16]; 16. (DNF) 15-Brady Cox[15]; 17. (DNF) 54-Christopher French[8]