Story By: BRENT OTCHERE / OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY – OHSWEKEN, ONT – Nitro 54 Variety, Arrow Express, Sit’n Bull Tire, and Middleport Mechanical presented the Inaugural Northern Thunder Stock Nationals on Thursday night at Ohsweken Speedway; Ryan Beagle took the Thunder Stock A-Main while Cody McPherson took the ROC Sportsman Modifieds victory.
Northern Thunder Stock Nationals
Dave Bailey and Rob Murray brought the 30 car field to the green flag for the 35 lap Middleport Mechanical Northern Thunder Stock Nationals A-Main. Bailey led the first laps, opening up a sizable gap over the field until a caution flag fell on lap three due to fluid on the track. Bailey was able to hold off the pack once more after the restart. The race then came to a halt on lap seven when a red flag came out due to a melee with Carter Rhodes, Ben Cameron, and Kacey Huffman. All three drivers were unharmed in the incident.
2024 Thunder Stock track champion Ryan Beagle began his campaign to the front after the restart. He knifed his way to second place through multiple restarts. With just four laps left to go, Beagle got ahead of Bailey who had led every lap until that point. Beagle used the clean air to his advantage and stayed ahead of Bailey, claiming the prestigious $5,000 win by a margin of 0.552 seconds. Finishing out the top five were Bailey in second, Ron Loggie third, Mark Fawcett fourth, and Justin Ramsay fifth.
Race of Champions Sportsman Modifieds
Adam Leslie started on pole with Matt Sharpe next to him for the 25 lap Sportsman Modified A-Main. Sharpe led the first lap, but an early caution flag allowed Cody McPherson take the lead away on the restart. The racing between the mid-pack was intense as everyone jockeyed for their positions. The hard racing caused a few caution flags and restarts, however McPherson stood tall to the challenge and stayed up front.
A battle for second heated up between Scott Wood and Bill Bleich as the laps ticked off. Their squabbling allowed McPherson to extend his lead and win the race comfortably. Wood got the better of Bleich and scored the runner-up finish. Next to cross the line were Bleich in third, Nigel Pendykoski fourth, and James Michael Friesen fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Nationals Weekend at Ohsweken Speedway continues on Friday, September 13 with the Northern Crate Nationals, and concludes with the 20th Running of the Northern Sprint Car Nationals on Saturday, September 14.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, September 12, 2024
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Inaugural Northern Thunder Stock Nationals
Total Entries: 72
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Northern Thunder Stock Nationals (50 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 35 laps – NT
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[9]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[1]; 3. 97-Ron Loggie[3]; 4. 32-Mark Fawcett[14]; 5. 03-Justin Ramsay[5]; 6. 19-Kyle Wert[22]; 7. 93K-Mike Klazinga[6]; 8. 23-Trevor DeBoer[17]; 9. 21-Spencer Smolders[19]; 10. 1-Shawn Gregory[11]; 11. 1J-Jason Fontaine[13]; 12. 26G-Brock Gregory[10]; 13. 108-Zack Bleich[21]; 14. 81-Nick Cameron[20]; 15. 22C-Chris Crowe[30]; 16. 41-Adam Plazek[18]; 17. 55-Mike Thorne[8]; 18. 43-Kyle Andress[26]; 19. 18-Ben Cameron[24]; 20. 76J-Mike Jones[28]; 21. 99-Rob Murray[2]; 22. 8-Ryan Dinning[16]; 23. 05-Pete Reid[4]; 24. 98-Andrew Mailloux[27]; 25. 0-Tyler French[7]; 26. 427-Tim Phalen[12]; 27. (DNF) 10-Carter Rhodes[15]; 28. (DNF) 13-Kacey Huffman[25]; 29. (DNF) 88L-Logan Ferguson[23]; 30. (DNF) 57-Clinton Nicholls[29]
Hard Charger – Kyle Wert +16
Awards:
-Bill Peer Memorial Best Appearing Car – Ron Loggie ($200 – Corr/Pak Merchandising)
-Long Tow – Justin Ramsay ($200 – Dip-A-Chip)
-Fastest Qualifier – Dave Bailey ($200 – Huffman Restorations)
-Larry Gartly Memorial Hard Charger – Kyle Wert ($200 – Doddey Creek Agri Services)
-Top Gun Award – Dave Bailey ($100 – Ackland Insurance)
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 21-Spencer Smolders[3]; 2. 81-Nick Cameron[1]; 3. 108-Zack Bleich[2]; 4. 19-Kyle Wert[4]; 5. 88L-Logan Ferguson[5]; 6. 18-Ben Cameron[14]; / 7. 13-Kacey Huffman[11]; 8. 93-Calvin Fox[19]; 9. 43-Kyle Andress[8]; 10. 98-Andrew Mailloux[9]; 11. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[16]; 12. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[18]; 13. 76J-Mike Jones[6]; 14. 57-Clinton Nicholls[10]; 15. 17-Ethan Humphry[15]; 16. 92-Paige Lanoue[22]; 17. 17W-Travis Whittal[21]; 18. 09T-Garren Taylor[17]; 19. 5-Gord Grant[20]; 20. (DNF) 22C-Chris Crowe[7]; 21. (DNF) 01-Kyle Gregory[12]; 22. (DNF) 11-Gofast Teeple[13]
Pole Dash [Started] 5 laps – 1:36.431 NTR
1. 49-Dave Bailey[1]; 2. 99-Rob Murray[2]; 3. 97-Ron Loggie[7]; 4. 05-Pete Reid[3]; 5. 03-Justin Ramsay[6]; 6. 93K-Mike Klazinga[4]; 7. 0-Tyler French[5]; 8. 55-Mike Thorne[8]
C-Main [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 93-Calvin Fox[1]; 2. 5-Gord Grant[2]; 3. 17W-Travis Whittal[12]; 4. 92-Paige Lanoue[11]; / 5. 711-Seth Lanoue[3]; 6. H20-Mason Heintz[4]; 7. 77-Carson Thompson[10]; 8. 81B-Brando Greene Styres[13]; 9. 77R-Mitch Petta[5]; 10. 26-Keith Dale[7]; 11. 61-Steve Johnson[14]; 12. 74-Mike Lucas[6]; 13. (DNF) 7K-Kevin Kocarik[8]; 14. (DNF) 76-Jamie Goudge[9]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[4]; 2. 1J-Jason Fontaine[2]; 3. 32-Mark Fawcett[3]; / 4. 108-Zack Bleich[5]; 5. 88L-Logan Ferguson[6]; 6. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[1]; 7. 5-Gord Grant[8]; 8. 77-Carson Thompson[7]; 9. 81B-Brando Greene Styres[9]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:33.992 NTR
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[1]; 2. 03-Justin Ramsay[4]; 3. 23-Trevor DeBoer[2]; / 4. 19-Kyle Wert[3]; 5. 13-Kacey Huffman[5]; 6. 17-Ethan Humphry[6]; 7. 711-Seth Lanoue[7]; 8. 26-Keith Dale[8]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:37.816
1. 99-Rob Murray[4]; 2. 93K-Mike Klazinga[6]; 3. 8-Ryan Dinning[3]; / 4. 21-Spencer Smolders[5]; 5. 11-Gofast Teeple[1]; 6. 98-Andrew Mailloux[8]; 7. 93-Calvin Fox[9]; 8. 92-Paige Lanoue[7]; 9. 61-Steve Johnson[2]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 26G-Brock Gregory[1]; 2. 97-Ron Loggie[4]; 3. 10-Carter Rhodes[3]; / 4. 81-Nick Cameron[6]; 5. 01-Kyle Gregory[2]; 6. 57-Clinton Nicholls[8]; 7. H20-Mason Heintz[7]; 8. (DNF) 17W-Travis Whittal[5]
Heat Race 5 [Started] 8 laps – 2:37.985
1. 05-Pete Reid[4]; 2. 1-Shawn Gregory[3]; 3. 427-Tim Phalen[5]; / 4. 22C-Chris Crowe[2]; 5. 18-Ben Cameron[1]; 6. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[6]; 7. 74-Mike Lucas[7]; 8. 7K-Kevin Kocarik[8]
Heat Race 6 [Started] 8 laps – 2:38.743
1. 0-Tyler French[3]; 2. 55-Mike Thorne[4]; 3. 41-Adam Plazek[1]; / 4. 43-Kyle Andress[2]; 5. 76J-Mike Jones[6]; 6. 09T-Garren Taylor[5]; 7. 77R-Mitch Petta[7]; 8. 76-Jamie Goudge[8]
Qualifications Flight 1
1. 49-Dave Bailey, 00:18.903[6]; 2. 03-Justin Ramsay, 00:19.217[16]; 3. 32-Mark Fawcett, 00:19.395[15]; 4. 19-Kyle Wert, 00:19.397[7]; 5. 1J-Jason Fontaine, 00:19.468[5]; 6. 23-Trevor DeBoer, 00:19.559[9]; 7. 96-Steve Shaw Sr, 00:19.601[4]; 8. 84RK-Ryan Beagle, 00:19.618[11]; / 9. 108-Zack Bleich, 00:19.863[10]; 10. 13-Kacey Huffman, 00:19.890[2]; 11. 88L-Logan Ferguson, 00:20.027[8]; 12. 17-Ethan Humphry, 00:20.096[12]; 13. 77-Carson Thompson, 00:20.294[13]; 14. 711-Seth Lanoue, 00:20.383[3]; 15. 5-Gord Grant, 00:20.519[14]; 16. 26-Keith Dale, 00:21.067[1]; 17. 81B-Brando Greene Styres, 00:21.115[17]
Qualifications Flight 2
1. 99-Rob Murrary, 00:19.116[2]; 2. 97-Ron Loggie, 00:19.289[11]; 3. 8-Ryan Dinning, 00:19.556[13]; 4. 10-Carter Rhodes, 00:19.589[12]; 5. 61-Steve Johnson, 00:19.677[17]; 6. 01-Kyle Gregory, 00:19.703[4]; 7. 11-Gofast Teeple, 00:19.760[7]; 8. 26G-Brock Gregory, 00:19.761[10]; / 9. 21-Spencer Smolders, 00:19.811[9]; 10. 17W-Travis Whittal, 00:19.877[5]; 11. 93K-Mike Klazinga, 00:19.942[8]; 12. 81-Nick Cameron, 00:19.976[1]; 13. 92-Paige Lanoue, 00:20.115[16]; 14. H20-Mason Heintz, 00:20.168[6]; 15. 98-Andrew Mailloux, 00:20.179[3]; 16. 57-Clinton Nicholls, 00:20.179[14]; 17. 93-Calvin Fox, 00:20.179[15]
Qualifications Flight 3
1. 05-Pete Reid, 00:19.186[3]; 2. 55-Mike Thorne, 00:19.404[16]; 3. 1-Shawn Gregory, 00:19.478[5]; 4. 0-Tyler French, 00:19.495[9]; 5. 22C-Chris Crowe, 00:19.762[2]; 6. 43-Kyle Andress, 00:19.848[12]; 7. 18-Ben Cameron, 00:19.857[7]; 8. 41-Adam Plazek, 00:19.916[6]; / 9. 427-Tim Phalen, 00:19.980[15]; 10. 09T-Garren Taylor, 00:20.139[11]; 11. 24-Blake Bomberry Jr, 00:20.228[13]; 12. 76J-Mike Jones, 00:20.404[8]; 13. 74-Mike Lucas, 00:20.666[4]; 14. 77R-Mitch Petta, 00:20.847[1]; 15. 7K-Kevin Kocarik, 00:21.385[10]; 16. 76-Jamie Goudge, 00:22.078[14]
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Race of Champions Sportsman Modifieds (22 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 7-Cody McPherson[6]; 2. 20-Scott Wood[10]; 3. 108-Bill Bleich[12]; 4. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[3]; 5. 72-James Friesen[7]; 6. 108X-Glenn Styres[13]; 7. 15-Adam Leslie[1]; 8. 185-Brad Rouse[5]; 9. 28-Mitch Dumont[15]; 10. 22-Terry Smith[17]; 11. 41-Boyd MacTavish[9]; 12. 99PJR-Matteo Panunte[8]; 13. 3N-Noah Mamo[4]; 14. 25-Chris Hawkins[22]; 15. 91-Kraig Handley[18]; 16. 11-Dan Ferguson[14]; 17. (DNF) 13M-Daniel McKay[16]; 18. (DNF) TEN-Dave Small[19]; 19. (DNF) 5S-Matt Sharpe[2]; 20. (DNF) 12-Jacob Chevalier[11]; 21. (DNF) 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[20]; 22. (DNF) 39-Cory Lambert[21]
Hard Charger – Bill Bleich +9
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 7-Cody McPherson[1]; 2. 20-Scott Wood[3]; 3. 99PJR-Matteo Panunte[2]; 4. 72-James Friesen[4]; 5. 5S-Matt Sharpe[5]; 6. 12-Jacob Chevalier[9]; 7. 108X-Glenn Styres[6]; 8. 28-Mitch Dumont[8]; 9. 22-Terry Smith[7]; 10. TEN-Dave Small[10]; 11. 39-Cory Lambert[11]9C-Brian Nanticoke[1]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[6]; 3. 94-Ryan Fraser[2]; 4. 777-Cameron Olm[3]; 5. 87-Andrew Hennessy[5]; 6. 16X-Keegan Baker[9]; 7. 24K-Kiana Teal[8]; 8. 29W-Tyler Ward[10]; 9. 69K-Ken Hamilton[4]; 10. 27-Niko Hansen[7]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:15.838
1. 185-Brad Rouse[1]; 2. 41-Boyd MacTavish[2]; 3. 3N-Noah Mamo[3]; 4. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[5]; 5. 15-Adam Leslie[4]; 6. 108-Bill Bleich[7]; 7. 11-Dan Ferguson[8]; 8. 13M-Daniel McKay[9]; 9. 91-Kraig Handley[6]; 10. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[10]; 11. 25-Chris Hawkins[11]