Story By: BRENT OTCHERE / OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY – OHSWEKEN, ONT – Strode’s BBQ & Deli and Insta-Insulation presented Memorial Night at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday; Brent Begolo, Ryan Beagle, Alex Riley, and Tyler Winger took A-Main wins.
Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Johnny Miller started on pole with Logan Shwedyk next to him for the 28 lap Crate Sprint Car A-Main that was be split into two equal segments for the Noelle Teal Twin 14’s. Brett Stratford quickly led the first lap after starting from fourth on the grid and overtaking the leaders. Traffic became a factor in just six laps as Stratford began to navigate through the slower drivers as a caution flag came out. Stratford was able to pull away on the restart, leading all the way to the first half break.
The second half of the race saw Stratford lead the field to green with Steve Murdock next to him. Once again Stratford proved to be fast, as he caught up to traffic in just five laps. The tides began to change when Murdock and Brent Begolo challenged for the lead from with seven laps left to go. Stratford was about to lose his lead when a red flag was thrown due to Jonah Mutton and Tanner Podwinski getting tangled up and flipping into turn one. Both drivers were thankfully unharmed.
The red flag set up a three lap dash to the finish which saw Stratford try his best to close out the race, but Begolo had the momentum, beating him to the finish by 0.568 seconds. Rounding out the top five were Murdock in third, Liam Martin fourth and Brian Nanticoke fifth.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Ryan Beagle started on pole alongside Zach Bleich to take the green flag for the Brock Leonard Memorial 50 A-Main for the Thunder Stocks. Beagle led early, and Robert Hoskins brought out the caution on lap six due to a spin. Kyle Wert became the new race leader four laps after the restart, but his lead was short-lived as Beagle reclaimed the lead just one lap later.
Lap 23 saw Dave Bailey bring out the caution flag as he suffered two flat left side tires and spun, ultimately ending any chance of winning the prestigious event. Beagle began to feel pressure from Brock Gregory in the later stages of the race, but Beagle had enough pace to hold him off. Gregory settled for second, with the rest of the top five being Mark Fawcett in third, Wert fourth, and Steve Shaw Sr. fifth.
HRW Automotive Mini Stocks
The front row of the Mini Stock grid featured Shawn Taylor and Tim DeBoer to begin the 42 lap Art Hill Memorial A-Main for the Mini Stocks. Tim DeBoer led the opening laps until Taylor reclaimed his spot at the front. Gillian Hils became the third new race leader, pulling away from the pack on lap six. Debris brought out the first caution flag of the race on lap ten.
Jeff Elsliger took advantage of the restart and rocketed ahead of Hils, however Elsliger began to slow due to a mechanical failure and lost his lead to Alex Riley on lap 16. The final caution of the race fell on lap 30 due to Mike Sarantakos coming to a stop in turn one. Riley led the final eleven laps to claim back-to-back Art Hill Memorial 42 victories. Finishing next in the endurance test were Shawn Keus in second, Hils third, Dusty DeBoer fourth, and Tim DeBoer fifth.
Mod Lites
Dave Cornish and Joe Isabell brought the field to the green flag for the first Mod Lites A-Main at Ohsweken since 2016 The opening laps were filled with caution flags, however proper racing resumed on lap six with Josh Sliter leading the race. Isabell claimed the lead on lap eight, only to retire from the race three laps later just as another caution came out. Tyler Winger claimed the lead on the restart.
The final caution flag set up a six lap dash to the finish and saw Winger lose the lead briefly to Justin Williams, only to claim it back with three laps left. Winger locked down the win, while Williams had to settle for second. Ryan Anderson finished third, Greg Zack fourth, and Anthony Kelly rounded out the top five.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Duke Electric and All-Lift Ltd. present the Sterling Lubricants Sportsman Shootout on Friday, August 2 featuring the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and Sportsman Modifieds. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, July 19, 2024
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Sponsors: Strode’s BBQ & Deli & Insta-Insulation
Total Entries: 126
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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (26 Entries)
Noelle Teal Twin 14’s A-Main [Started] 28 laps – NT
1. 71-Brent Begolo[5]; 2. BS39-Brett Stratford[1]; 3. 2M-Steve Murdock[2]; 4. 97-Liam Martin[3]; 5. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[10]; 6. 88-Lance Erskine[9]; 7. 53-Logan Shwedyk[4]; 8. 16X-Keegan Baker[6]; 9. 29W-Tyler Ward[7]; 10. 28T-Cameron Thomson[14]; 11. 777-Cameron Olm[20]; 12. 2-Travis Hofstetter[16]; 13. 24A-AJ Lewis[18]; 14. 14W-Greg Wilson[15]; 15. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[17]; 16. 51-Trevor Young[13]; 17. 3-Devon Bacher[19]; 18. 11W-Josh Robertson[21]; 19. 69K-Ken Hamilton[23]; 20. 27-Niko Hansen[22]; 21. (DNF) 98-Jonah Mutton[11]; 22. (DNF) 72-Tanner Podwinski[12]; 23. (DNF) 20-Johnny Miller[8]; 24. (DNS) 38-Melissa Miller; 25. (DNS) 24K-Kiana Teal; 26. (DNS) 45-Curtis Gartly
Hard Charger – Cameron Olm +9
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. BS39-Brett Stratford[2]; 2. 97-Liam Martin[4]; 3. 53-Logan Shwedyk[7]; 4. 29W-Tyler Ward[6]; 5. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[3]; 6. 51-Trevor Young[9]; 7. 69K-Ken Hamilton[8]; 8. (DNF) 11W-Josh Robertson[1]; 9. (DNF) 27-Niko Hansen[5]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 2M-Steve Murdock[4]; 2. 20-Johnny Miller[6]; 3. 14W-Greg Wilson[3]; 4. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[2]; 5. 88-Lance Erskine[1]; 6. 2-Travis Hofstetter[7]; 7. 45-Curtis Gartly[8]; 8. 3-Devon Bacher[9]; 9. (DNF) 24A-AJ Lewis[5]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 71-Brent Begolo[2]; 2. 16X-Keegan Baker[1]; 3. 98-Jonah Mutton[4]; 4. 72-Tanner Podwinski[8]; 5. 28T-Cameron Thomson[5]; 6. 777-Cameron Olm[6]; 7. 24K-Kiana Teal[3]; 8. 38-Melissa Miller[7]
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (40 Entries)
Brock Leonard Memorial 50 A-Main [Started] 50 laps – NT
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[1]; 2. 26G-Brock Gregory[11]; 3. 32-Mark Fawcett[6]; 4. 19-Kyle Wert[12]; 5. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[15]; 6. 05-Pete Reid[8]; 7. 108-Zach Bleich[2]; 8. 24R-Rodney Rutherford[18]; 9. 93K-Mike Klazinga[24]; 10. 49-Dave Bailey[5]; 11. 97-Ron Loggie[10]; 12. 23-Trevor DeBoer[21]; 13. 28-Jim Lampman[14]; 14. 96T-Todd Shaw[19]; 15. 55-Mike Thorne[13]; 16. 427-Tim Phalen[9]; 17. 14DD-Dustin Duga[16]; 18. 47X-Kyle Pelrine[17]; 19. 69G-Brian General[3]; 20. 17W-Travis Whittal[20]; 21. (DNF) 0-Tyler French[26]; 22. (DNF) 03R-Justin Ramsay[7]; 23. (DNF) 1J-Jason Fontaine[4]; 24. (DNF) 13-Kacey Huffman[23]; 25. (DNF) 37-Robert Hoskins[25]; 26. (DNS) 8-Ryan Dinning
Hard Charger – Mike Klazinga +15
B-Main [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 23-Trevor DeBoer[1]; 2. 8-Ryan Dinning[7]; 3. 13-Kacey Huffman[6]; 4. 93K-Mike Klazinga[18]; 5. 37-Robert Hoskins[5]; 6. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[11]; 7. 07-Scott McPhail[14]; 8. 0-Tyler French[9]; 9. 57-Clinton Nicholls[13]; 10. 43-Kyle Andress[15]; 11. 06-Chris Hackett[19]; 12. 26-Keith Haine[10]; 13. 88-Aidan Nigh[12]; 14. 111-Remington Price[16]; 15. (DNF) 88L-Logan Ferguson[8]; 16. (DNF) 5G-Gord Grant[2]; 17. (DNF) 11-Gofast Teeple[4]; 18. (DNS) 41-Adam Plazek; 19. (DNS) 03-George Grosul; 20. (DNS) 28D-Donny Lampman
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 32-Mark Fawcett[6]; 2. 69G-Brian General[2]; 3. 26G-Brock Gregory[1]; 4. 55-Mike Thorne[4]; 5. 47X-Kyle Pelrine[8]; 6. 23-Trevor DeBoer[10]; 7. 37-Robert Hoskins[9]; 8. 0-Tyler French[7]; 9. 57-Clinton Nicholls[5]; 10. (DNF) 03-George Grosul[3]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 108-Zach Bleich[9]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[2]; 3. 1J-Jason Fontaine[4]; 4. 28-Jim Lampman[7]; 5. 24R-Rodney Rutherford[8]; 6. 5G-Gord Grant[1]; 7. 13-Kacey Huffman[5]; 8. 26-Keith Haine[6]; 9. 07-Scott McPhail[3]; 10. (DNF) 93K-Mike Klazinga[10]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:36.332
1. 49-Dave Bailey[6]; 2. 03R-Justin Ramsay[7]; 3. 97-Ron Loggie[4]; 4. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[8]; 5. 96T-Todd Shaw[3]; 6. 41-Adam Plazek[1]; 7. 8-Ryan Dinning[10]; 8. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[9]; 9. 43-Kyle Andress[5]; 10. 06-Chris Hackett[2]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 05-Pete Reid[5]; 2. 427-Tim Phalen[3]; 3. 19-Kyle Wert[9]; 4. 14DD-Dustin Duga[1]; 5. 17W-Travis Whittal[8]; 6. 11-Gofast Teeple[10]; 7. 88L-Logan Ferguson[4]; 8. 88-Aidan Nigh[6]; 9. (DNF) 111-Remington Price[2]; 10. (DNF) 28D-Donny Lampman[7]
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HRW Automotive Mini Stocks (37 Entries)
Art Hill Memorial 42 A-Main [Started] 42 laps – NT
1. 17-Alex Riley[6]; 2. 7C-Shawn Keus[7]; 3. 32-Gillian Hils[3]; 4. 23-Dusty DeBoer[11]; 5. 9-Tim DeBoer[2]; 6. 01-Tristan DaSilva[19]; 7. 4-Wayde Thorne[22]; 8. 5K-Ken Hair[20]; 9. 14L-John Lubeck[9]; 10. 66X-Martin Schroder[21]; 11. 1-Jason Tolton[12]; 12. X-Jeremy Cooper[13]; 13. 16-Fabio Olivieri[10]; 14. 2-Matt Nuell[16]; 15. 54-Christopher French[23]; 16. 34-Randy Alway[5]; 17. 4A-Mason Anderson[17]; 18. (DNF) 76-Shawn Taylor[1]; 19. (DNF) 32L-Grayden Lyons[24]; 20. (DNF) 6X-Mike Sarantakos[14]; 21. (DNF) 44-Craig Vlasic[15]; 22. (DNF) 1A-Ashton Dickie[8]; 23. (DNF) 2EZ-Evan Curtis[18]; 24. (DNF) 11J-Jeff Elsliger[4]; 25. (DNF) 41-Landon Mutch[26]; 26. (DNF) 64-Nick Erskine[25]
Hard Charger – Wayde Thorne +15
B-Main [Started] 8 laps – 2:50.725
1. 01-Tristan DaSilva[3]; 2. 5K-Ken Hair[6]; 3. 66X-Martin Schroder[7]; 4. 4-Wayde Thorne[17]; 5. 54-Christopher French[5]; 6. 32L-Grayden Lyons[10]; 7. 12-Mark Deagle[9]; 8. 11-Mike Giberson[12]; 9. 91-Oliver Larocque[13]; 10. 20J-Nathan Joyner[2]; 11. 51-Jesse McDonald[8]; 12. 5-Brian Aube[15]; 13. 0-James Marshall[16]; 14. 79-Steve Miller[18]; 15. 41-Landon Mutch[11]; 16. 81D-Crystal Soules[14]; 17. (DNF) 1RJR-Steve Robison[4]; 18. (DNF) 64-Nick Erskine[19]; 19. (DQ) 66-Jon Janssens[1]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 6 laps – 2:12.509
1. 14L-John Lubeck[3]; 2. 76-Shawn Taylor[8]; 3. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[7]; 4. 17-Alex Riley[5]; 5. X-Jeremy Cooper[4]; 6. 2-Matt Nuell[6]; 7. 66-Jon Janssens[12]; 8. 1RJR-Steve Robison[1]; 9. 66X-Martin Schroder[9]; 10. 32L-Grayden Lyons[10]; 11. 91-Oliver Larocque[2]; 12. 0-James Marshall[11]; 13. (DNF) 64-Nick Erskine[13]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 6 laps – NT
1. 16-Fabio Olivieri[1]; 2. 7C-Shawn Keus[11]; 3. 9-Tim DeBoer[12]; 4. 1-Jason Tolton[6]; 5. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[3]; 6. 4A-Mason Anderson[10]; 7. 20J-Nathan Joyner[7]; 8. 54-Christopher French[2]; 9. 51-Jesse McDonald[9]; 10. 41-Landon Mutch[8]; 11. 81D-Crystal Soules[4]; 12. (DNF) 4-Wayde Thorne[5]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 6 laps – 2:08.915
1. 32-Gillian Hils[1]; 2. 1A-Ashton Dickie[4]; 3. 23-Dusty DeBoer[2]; 4. 34-Randy Alway[7]; 5. 44-Craig Vlasic[11]; 6. 2EZ-Evan Curtis[3]; 7. 01-Tristan DaSilva[9]; 8. 5K-Ken Hair[12]; 9. 12-Mark Deagle[6]; 10. 11-Mike Giberson[10]; 11. 5-Brian Aube[8]; 12. 79-Steve Miller[5]
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Mod Lites (23 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 4-Tyler Winger[8]; 2. 10W-Justin Williams[6]; 3. 44-Ryan Anderson[9]; 4. 6Z-Greg Zack[12]; 5. 12JR-Anthony Kelly[11]; 6. 17-Josh Sliter[5]; 7. 71-Leroy Buscumb[14]; 8. 41-Evan Leonard[3]; 9. 427-Francis Laliberte[18]; 10. 32-Cohen Corbett[16]; 11. 26-RJ Pietz[10]; 12. 291-Dave Cornish[1]; 13. 2-Jamie Gilbert[7]; 14. 14-Chance Kotar[20]; 15. 07-Chris Watson[17]; 16. 88-Dan Kviring[23]; 17. 7C-Cole Hardy[15]; 18. 22-Craig Martin[19]; 19. 6S-Ryleigh Sliter[21]; 20. 227-Tyler Colbert[22]; 21. (DNF) 6J-Joe Isabell[2]; 22. (DNF) 27-Sean Iftody[4]; 23. (DNF) 15-Ashton Anderson[13]
Hard Charger – Francis Laliberte +9
Heat Race 1 [Started] 6 laps – 1:50.589
1. 6J-Joe Isabell[5]; 2. 17-Josh Sliter[2]; 3. 27-Sean Iftody[1]; 4. 4-Tyler Winger[10]; 5. 44-Ryan Anderson[9]; 6. 12JR-Anthony Kelly[3]; 7. 15-Ashton Anderson[12]; 8. 7C-Cole Hardy[4]; 9. 07-Chris Watson[11]; 10. 22-Craig Martin[8]; 11. 6S-Ryleigh Sliter[7]; 12. (DNS) 88-Dan Kviring
Heat Race 2 [Started] 6 laps – 1:48.678 NTR
1. 10W-Justin Williams[1]; 2. 2-Jamie Gilbert[3]; 3. 41-Evan Leonard[7]; 4. 291-Dave Cornish[2]; 5. 26-RJ Pietz[9]; 6. 6Z-Greg Zack[4]; 7. 71-Leroy Buscumb[11]; 8. 32-Cohen Corbett[5]; 9. 427-Francis Laliberte[10]; 10. 14-Chance Kotar[8]; 11. 227-Tyler Colbert[6]