MITCH BROWN
GLENN STYRES Ohsweken Corr/Pak Sprints
2015 CHAMPION
JARED ZIMBARDI PST - Canada
Photo by Gary Eves
STEVE POIRIER Empire Super Sprints
SAMMY REAKES IV PST - America
A quick look back on the 2015 Sprint Car Racing scene featuring... ●Ohsweken Speedway’s Corr/Pak and Strickland's GMC 602 Crate Sprints ● Southern Ontario Sprints ● Patriot Sprint Tour ● Empire Super Sprints ● Six Nations Showdown ● Canadian Sprint Car Nationals plus much more including special features saluting competitors who add to the excitement . DYLAN WESTBROOK of this electrifying and colourful sport Ohsweken -Strickland's Crate
A Special Edition of The Official Newsletter of Mitch Brown Racing
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...Congratulations on another successful and colourful season on the Sprint Car racing circuit and for that terrific achievement in capturing the Southern
Ontario Sprints Championship.
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Welcome to Our Annual Edition of
• What a Year -A quick look back on 2015
...a publication covering • Ohsweken Speedway's Season
Sprint Car Racing in Ontario • Styres Wins Fifth Title and neighbouring States • Corr/Pak Challengers
Once again we are pleased to present a recap of the 2015 • Strickland's Crate Sprint Division Sprint Car Racing season featuring events throughout Southern Ontario and neighbouring states along with a salute to a • Wall of Fame handful of competitors who helped generate some of the • Support Division Leaders excitement both here and south of the border through their grit and determination on the 360 Sprint Car circuits . • Southern Ontario Sprints Crown a New Champion
This is our 5th annual year-end tribute to the drivers, events • Rounding Out the Top 20 SOS Competitors and tracks that are a part of a sport that provides unheralded • 2015 Six Nations Showdown excitement and colourful entertainment that many feel is unsurpassed in any form of motorsports. • Northern Summer Nationals
As someone once wrote "Nothing comes closer to the spirit of • Mitch Brown Season in Review North America than a colourful and powerful racing machine • Jake Brown Enjoys Solid Season -He's Moving Up traveling at break-neck speed... guided by the reflexes of a single individual". • MBR Marketing Partners and Teammates
For Mitch Brown and his younger brother Jake, the 2015 season • Steve Poirier... Is There Anyone Better? was a rewarding experience but without the competitors they • Howland Makes History In Canadian Nationals faced in their respective Sprint Car divisions and the tracks and series in which they competed, the effort and results would • 2015 Canadian Sprint Car Nationals Recap mean very little. • Reakes IV Wins Patriot Sprint Tour -America Title And from this Editor's point of view, this publication would not • Zimbardi Retains PST -Canada Title be possible without the track promoters, advertisers, team sponsors, fellow media personnel and photographers who • Late News on the Sprint Car Scene provided some of the valuable contents contained herein.
From Mitch and Jake Brown and the entire crew - Thanks to all for your continuing support.
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A quick look back on the 2015 SPRINT CAR racing scene
Wow...What a season that was!
The 2015 Sprint Car season -some of which is covered in this publication - produced some of the most exhilarating, most colourful and in many instances most surprising racing action witnessed by fans in many years.
There was certainly plenty of excitement wherever one turned be it in the local weekly shows, the yearly summer specials, the Championship points battles and yes even in the qualifiers where just making the A-Main features became more intense.
On the local front, Ohsweken Speedway was the stage for much of the excitement with a tight three-way battle for the Corr/Pak Merchandising trophy; the surprising win by an "outsider" in the World of Outlaws/Arrow Express Six Nations Showdown; and the dramatic ending to the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals to mention but a few.
The Southern Ontario Sprints season was not without its share of upsets with a new champion crowned, a couple of veterans returning to the winners' circle, a driver from another division steeling the thunder; and some new faces adding youth to the mix.
And there were certainly plenty of thrills, spills and chills on the Patriot Sprint Tour and Empire Super Sprints scene were many of the competitors crossed lines to face off against one another.
Both series produced some surprise challengers for the championship while other favourites faded from the chase.
A new champion was greeted in the PST America series while last year's Canada Series Champion successfully defended his title.
A five -time Empire Super Sprints champion became the sanctioning body's six-time champion and some old favourites showed they hadn't lost their touch when challenging for the title.
Perhaps the biggest surprise in these parts came on September 19th when Bryan
Howland of Auburn, NY made history in the most exciting finish in Canadian Sprint Car Nationals history, becoming the first driver to win the CSCN A-Feature after qualifying from a B-Feature. He officially led only laps 33 and 35 to steal the $12,000 prize from Steve Poirier, Parker Price-Miller, and a quickly-closing Mark Smith.
Coming a close second in the 2015 highlight reel had to be the win of full-time Modified driver/ part-time Sprint Car driver Stewart Friesen in the Arrow Express Six Nations Showdown . Originally from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Friesen who now resides in Sprakers, New York with wife Jessica Zemken, was competing in just the fourth World of Outlaws Sprint Car series event of his career and is now the first Canadian to win a World of Outlaws feature on home soil. His win is the first World of Outlaws triumph for a Canadian since Tim Gee went to victory lane at Paragon, Indiana on July 13, 1983.
Adding to the highlight reel have to be the achievements of several regulars who compete on the local scene. These included...
• Mitch Brown for his Championship season in the Southern Ontario Sprints and his three-way battle with Glenn Styres and Todd Hoddick for Ohsweken's title.
•The Turner family for the first feature wins of Jamie and Cory in Sprint Car competition and the "Rookie of the Year" honours for Ryan. Ryan's trophy was also won by dad Jamie in 2010 and Cory last year. • Glenn Styres 50 Feature win in the 360s and his fifth Ohsweken Championship • Charlie Sandercock's first win in a Sprint Car
There were many more that are worthy of recognition and others will certainly arise as Sprint Car racing returns to an oval near you in 2016.
If you're a motorsports fan or someone seeking great value for your entertainment dollars you just have to catch some of the action and excitement of Sprint Car Racing next season.
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Glenn Styres captured his second straight Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Car Championship and fifth Ohsweken Speedway track title in 2015 in a captivating season that saw a three-way battle for the coveted winner's trophy..
He's the King of His Own Domain 5TH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE "OHSWEKEN FLYER"
For the second time in the past two seasons, Glenn Styres came out the winner in a tight three- way battle for the Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Car Championship at Ohsweken Speedway.
It marked the fifth time since the 3/8th-mile oval started running Sprint Cars on a regular basis in 2005 that the Ohsweken track owner has taken home the title.
This past season Styres survived a couple of close calls in his run to the championship with Todd
Hoddick of Cheektowaga, NY and last year's closest rival Mitch Brown of Brantford posing serious threats to dethrone the defending champion, but both faltered late in the final events of the season.
The five-time champion got off to a rather unusual start to the season campaign with two DNFs in the first four events then went on a five straight feature win tear from June 30th through July 24th clearly stating his intentions to be the driver to catch in 2015.
Despite that amazing string he still found himself trailing Hoddick by 2 points and tied with Brown for second place in the standings
A third-place finish at Ohsweken on July 27th combined with an 8th-place run by Hoddick moved the driver of the Ohsweken Speedway; CASE IH Tractors; Rochester Knighthawks; Arrow Express-sponsored Sprinter into the points lead with Brown just 2 points behind and Hoddick 8 more back.
The August 7th race with the combined Corr/Pak Sprints and the Patriot Sprint Tour left the standings unchanged but on August 21 with Hoddick finishing second, Styres finishing third and Brown out with engine problems, Glenn's lead had shrunk to six over Hoddick.
The road to the championship took another twist on August 28th when Hoddick took a wild ride and almost flipped after contact with Styres on lap 14, as both drivers raced with Mitch Brown just inside the top 10. Hoddick restarted and eventually finished 15th. Styres survived the mishap and finished 7th in the race with a 22 point lead over Hoddick with only one night of racing left on the regular schedule.
On September 4th all Styres needed to cement the championship was to finish 9th or better in Glenn Styres reached a milestone with the A-Main and he did what he needed to do despite an anxious moment when he stopped on the 25th Ohsweken Speedway feature the track on lap 16 with a suspected flat tire. win of his career on July 10th. Styres used a slide job to take the lead from Mitch Discovering that his tire wasn’t flat after all, Styres restarted well outside the top 10, and Brown on lap 16, and went on to win by advanced to take the 9th spot with 2 laps remaining. 1.829 seconds.
Meanwhile, Hoddick faded to 6th after being as high as 3rd.
Styres claimed the championship by 16 points over Hoddick with Brown finishing third, 21 points back of leader.
No doubt Glenn will be out to defend his title in 2016 but with the likes of Hoddick, Brown, the Turner boys and a handful of others clawing for recognition he will face some stiff competition in the track's weekly "Friday Night Excitement".
Fifth Track Title for the
"Ohsweken Flyer"
2015 OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY'S "DRIVER OF THE YEAR"
Todd Hoddick has certainly made steady progress in the six years since his defection from the asphalt ovals and late Model racing.
In 2015 the affable Cheektowaga, NY racer started the season with a seventh-place finish in the Corr/Pak Merchandising A-Main then strung together eight straight top-five finishes through July 24th including his first Sprint Car feature win on May 29th.
That run saw him out in front and looking strong in the Championship standings but that lead started to erode with a string of five straight wins by Styres following a DNF by the "Ohsweken Flyer" on June 19th.
With his 9th-place run in the Summer Nationals Todd found himself third in the tight standings 10 points behind Styres and 8 back of Mitch Brown.
A strong second-place run August 21st - one place ahead of Styres -saw the points gap between the two narrow to just 6 points.
Todd's chase to the championship appeared to end on August 29th when he took a wild ride and almost flipped after he and Styres made contact on lap 14. He was able to restart the chase but could only reach 15th place at the finish line leaving him 22 points behind Styres with one night of racing left on the regular schedule. His sixth-place run on September 4th was three spots better than Styres but 16 points shy of the championship. Gary Eves Photo
Congratulations to Todd for not only being voted Ohsweken Speedway's "Driver of The Year" but for earning the "Sportsmanship Award' for his unselfish actions on August 21st in the loaning of an engine to Mitch Brown -his closest rival in the points race.
TITLE RUN FALLS SHORT FOR MITCH BROWN
For most of the 2015 season,Photo Mitch byBrown Gary looked Eves as though he might finally realize his goal of winning the Corr/Pak Championship he had fought so hard to capture.
In 2014 he was in the hunt for the elusive title falling short by
a mere 27 points to Glenn Styres.
This season Mitch started with a 4th-place run on opening night then raced to the feature win one week later.
On May 29th he and Todd Hoddick hooked up in a seesaw battle for the win in the 20-lap A-Main but had to settles for a solid second place finish.
Following two disappointing runs on June 19th and June 30th the 22 year old competitor had a run of five podium finishes in six events including his first ever feature win in the August 7th Corr/Pak vs Empire Super Sprints A-Main.
But that elation came to an abrupt end a week later with engine problems that virtually ended his bid for the championship.
Eighth and fifth-place finishes in Ohsweken Speedway's final two points nights of the season were not good enough to catch the points leaders
despite their problems on August 29th and September 4th.
Gary Eves Photo Depending what happens during the off season he'll be back in 2016 in an even more determined effort to take the Ohsweken crown.
2015 saw a mixture of seasoned veterans, a couple of past champions and a corps of impressive "Rookies" in this year's chase for the Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Title - including these who ended in the top-ten.
4. CORY TURNER, one of three family 4th-Place #19 Cory Turner - members in the series made a giant step Caistor Centre, ON up the points ladder following his "Rookie of the Year" season in 2014. His 13 top-10 finishes -five in the top 5- were highlighted by a second-place finish on August 29th when he chased his dad Jamie to his first Sprint Car feature win.
5. KEITH DEMPSTER can be counted on to 4th-Place #5 Keith Dempster be among the leaders when the final Alton, ON points are tallied. Two DNFs marred his otherwise impressive season which included six top-10s -five in the top-5.
6. JIM HUPPUNEN 2011 and 2013 track champion had two early season DNFs but 6th-Place #14 Jim Huppunen still recorded five top-5s plus 3 more in Fenwick, ON the top-10. He chased Derek Jonathan to the checkered flag to close out the season making it three podium finishes on the year.
7. JAMIE TURNER finally got the first 360 win of his six-year career on August 29th out-racing his son Cory in the 20-lap chase. The 2010 "Rookie" of the Year" suffered 2 7th-Place #11 Jamie Turner DNS's in but still managed six top-10s. Caistor Centre, ON 8. DEREK JONATHAN came on strong late in 2015 winning on August 21st and September 4th but three nights of problems hampered his chances for a higher spot in the standings. 8th-Place #81 Derek Jonathan
Lewiston, NY 9. RYAN TURNER was the top "Rookie" in 2015 with one top-5 finish and three others in the top-10. A combination of mechanical problems and difficulty with the ever-changing track conditions contributed to his missing three feature races. 9th-Place #91 Ryan Turner 10. TYLER HENDRICK moved up the 360 Caistor Centre, ON Sprints this season after apprenticing in the 602 Crate division in 2014. He also ran a limited schedule in the Southern Ontario Sprints series.
Watch for these competitors to again be in 10th-Place #38 Tyler Hendricks the chase next season. Chatham, ON
11th-Place Chris Steele -Vineland, ON 12th-Place Dain Naida - Tecumseh, MI
13th-Place Curtis Gartley -Thamesford, ON 14h-Place Lee Winger -Caledonia, ON 15th-Place Conor Mahoney -Waterdown, ON
16th-Place Dane Lorenc -Depew, NY 17th -Place Shane Ross -Thedford, ON 18th-Place Shawn Slitter -Port Colborne, ON
19th-Place Stan Zanchin -Fort Erie, ON 20th-Place John Burbridge, Jr -St. Williams, ON
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DYLAN WESTBROOK CLAIMS STRICKLAND’S GMC CRATE SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Dylan Westbrook scored 3 A-Main wins in the Strickland's GMC Crate Sprint Car Division in 2015 despite two DNFs but with 6 other top five finishes he had a comfortable lead in the standings heading into the home stretch of the season.
Dylan entered the final points night of the season needing only to start the A-Feature, and that’s all he was able to do, as he crashed in the first turn along with Mark Czuba, Jeremy Hughes and Josh Shantz. The Scotland, ON driver avoided damage to his car, restarted and posted a 14th-place finish.
Westbrook won the championship by 23 points over Jake Brown with 2014 Champion Ryan Hunsinger coming home third in the standings.
Westbrook was also impressive during the 360 Canadian Sprint Car Nationals weekend earning the Nathan Ackland State Farm Insurance Fastest Canadian Qualifier Award but fell to 22nd after a strong early race run. He also recorded a third place finish in A-Feature #1 in The Burger Barn Night Before The Nationals.
This is one youngster who knows his way around the ovals ...and he should.
He's been racing since the age of six and is rapidly Gary Eves Photo becoming a youngster with a great future in the sport.
See his Facebook page for more details.
2nd-Place #1-10 Jake Brown 3rd-Place #7H Ryan Hunsinger
4th-Place Alex Hill (R) -Six Nations, ON 5th-Place Mark Czuba - Burlington, ON
6th-Place Josh Shantz - St. Agatha, ON 7th-Place Mack DeMan (R) Mississauga ON 8th - Place Aaron Turkey Ohsweken, ON
9th-Place Mike Thorne - Caledonia, ON 10th-Place Brad Herron - Waterford, ON 11th - Place Steve Lyons (R) -Carlisle, ON
12th-Place Ed Green (R)- Ohsweken, ON 13th-Place Holly Porter (R) Delhi, ON 14th - Place Eric McGlone (R) Union ON
15th-Place Kyle Durnin -Cambridge ON
The Styres Family, the Southern Ontario Sprints and Mike “Pinball”
Giberson were honoured on Wall of Fame Night when Ohsweken
Speedway celebrated the past and the future during the track’s 20th
season of racing on Friday, July 3rd.
Members of the Southern Ontario Sprints (far left - along with Mike "Pinball" Giberson, Glenn Styres and his mother Vera Styres were honoured at Ohsweken speedway on July 3rd as the inaugural class of inductees for the Ohsweken Speedway Wall of Fame.
The Ohsweken Speedway Wall of Fame is dedicated to celebrating the achievements and contributions of those who have helped Ohsweken Speedway to become a premiere racing facility, and inspired generations to come.
The Styres Family -led by brothers Glenn and Curt, founded and Mike "Pinball" Giberson -is perhaps one of finest examples of built Ohsweken Speedway, officially opening it for business on the spirit of local short track racing. Giberson, who competed June 16, 1996. Along with Glenn, Tina, Curt, and Trish, many at Ohsweken on opening day in 1996, and hasn’t missed a race other members of the Styres family have contributed various since. His dedication to preserving that iron-man streak would resources to the success of the speedway, including their time, be reason enough to be considered for the Wall of Fame, but money, and land use – Anyone who has visited Ohsweken Giberson is also the 1996 Ohsweken Speedway Mini Stock
Speedway as a spectator has been greeted by the warm smile of division champion, and a three time winner of the Art Hill Vera Styres on nearly every race night since the track opened. Memorial Award. He is the only repeat winner of that award, dedicated to the memory of the late Art Hill, and given to the The Southern Ontario Sprints club was also founded in 1996, Mini-Stock competitor who demonstrates sportsmanship, both with the second event in SOS history held on Ohsweken’s on and off the track, strives to maintain the highest level of opening day. Including that first event, the club has sanctioned a competition, and acts as an ambassador for Ohsweken total of 92 events at Ohsweken over the last 19 seasons, and Speedway. played an integral role in the growth of Sprint Car racing at the track and all over Ontario. SOS sanctioned events at Ohsweken The community is invited to submit nominations for induction include all 10 previous editions of the Canadian Sprint Car to the Wall of Fame, and all nominations are given due Nationals, and the 92 total SOS events at the track have consideration. The number of inductees in any given year shall produced 43 different winners be at the discretion of the Wall of Fame committee. The names of inductees for any given year will be announced in early spring, and the official induction ceremony will be held at . Ohsweken Speedway on a selected race night during the subsequent season
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HATS OFF to TEAM TURNER on a terrific season on the Sprint Car circuit in 2015
It was a season of firsts for the racing family with Cory Turner charging to his first career feature win at Brighton Speedway in the Southern Ontario Sprints event on August 8th then dad Jamie racing to his first career Sprint Car victory in the Ohsweken Corr/Pak A-Main on August 29th.
To top the season off Ryan Turner finished 9th in the standings at Ohsweken to take "Rookie of the Year" honours - an award won by Jamie in 2010 and brother Cory in 2014. (Note: Ryan also capped the "Rookie of the Year" award in the Southern Ontario Sprints this season.)
The Turners have a storied past in Dirt Track Racing dating back some 40 plus years when Jamie's father Don Turner competed in modifieds at Ransomville, Merrittville and Humberstone speedways.
Wife/mother Mary-Anne, also comes from a family with racing credentials. Her brother Joe Plazek was one of the prominent drivers Top Photo -Ryan, Mary-Ann, Cory and Jamie celebrate Cory's first feature in the big-block Modified ranks, and win at Brighton Speedway on August 8th obviously the racing genes have been Bottom Photo- The undated team photo shows part of the supporting cast of passed down in the family. "Team Turner".
ALEX HILL -She Likes The Speed Photo from - teamturnerracing.ca/team.htm
She's Fifteen*. She's focussed. And she's fast.
Alex Hill is Ohsweken Speedway`s 2015 `Rookie of the Year` in the Strickland`s 602 Crate Sprint division.
This Ohsweken youngster is a Grade 11 student at Assumption College in Brantford but continues to find time for her favourite sport even in the off-season.
This past season she won two Crate Sprint features and finished 4th in the standings.
Before the local season began, Alex was competing in Ohio in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints division and at mid-season
also made a couple of appearances with the Southern Ontario Sprints.
Alex started racing go karts at the age of nine and graduated to Micro Sprints in 2013 competing in the Carolinas and the Thursday shows on Ohsweken Speedway`s warm-up oval in the track`s pit area.
Watch for this talented teenager to compete in the Corr Pak Sprints next season down the road fulfill her dream of running with the World of Outlaws.
This Third-Generation competitor felt he left something on the table when the 2014 season was over and was determined to up his game even higher in his quest for a
Sprint Car Championship.
Whatever it was that he left on the table last season, he found it in 2015.
Gary Eves Photo
12 RACES, 12 PODIUM FINISHES HIGHLITES OF 2015 SEASON ON THE SOUTHERN ONTARIO SPRINTS CIRCUIT FOR SIXTH YEAR DRIVER
allowed Sandercock to pass the ‘Joyceville Jet’ for the runner-up Twelve races. Twelve podium finishes -three on the top step of the position and begin his trek towards leader Brown. pedestal pretty well sums up Mitch Brown's success on the Southern Ontario Sprints circuit in 2015. The inside line proved to be an advantage for Sandercock as he dove by Brown and began to pull away through lapped traffic. You can't ask for much more from a Sprint Car competitor given the constantly changing conditions of the dirt/clay racing surfaces on Two late race cautions gave both Brown and Wilson one last chance which he competes. to get by the leader. However with lapped traffic restarting between them it allowed Sandercock to pull away for his first sprint car win. During the 2014 season the driver of the Haldex/ Strodes BBQ & Deli/Leitch Performance Engines sprinter had one finish out of the Brown finished second and padded his point lead over Styres, who top ten and admittedly made one bad mistake that led to a DNF finished ninth, while Wilson muscled his car to a third place despite while chasing Glenn Styres to his fifth SOS title. having a brake failure.
But that was in the past and this season he more than made up for it In the Sunday race Wilson and Glenn Styres led the field to the green flag in the 25 lap main event. The long-time rivals raced hard on the with a performance that one individual described as a seemingly flawless. opening lap before Styres overdrove turn four and brought out the first and only caution of the race. In the 2015 season opener on May 16th at Brighton Speedway Mitch was back in winning form adding A-Main win number 4 to his On the restart Styres again had issues in turn four and tagged the record at the Bay of Quinte oval with a hard earned run over outside wall hard. The contact caused the second place driver in the American Parker Price-Miller and local Late Model favourite Charlie standings to struggle to a seventeenth place finish.
Sandercock. Wilson dominated the event using the inside line to perfection. Points He then went on to record 4 third-place finishes at Humberstone leader Mitch Brown challenged briefly and held the lead on lap nine Speedway, South Buxton Raceway, a return visit to Brighton and before Wilson pulled away and led the final fifteen laps of the race. then at his home track, Ohsweken Speedway. The win for Wilson was his first since claiming the opening night of In two of those events defending series champion Glenn Styres the Labour Day Classic Weekend in 2014. Chris Jones tried to muscle came out the winner after a slow start to his season. the runner-up position from Brown, but would have to settle for third. Mitch returned to the winner's circle on July 4th with his first career win at South Buxton leading the entire 25 laps but he had to ward With a pair of second place finishes Brown was able to off Styres in the later stages of the contest before distancing himself mathematically clinch the 2015 Southern Ontario Sprints using lapped traffic. championship with one race remaining.
A week later at Brighton, he and Styres switched roles with the The Southern Ontario Sprints brought the season to a close on "Ohsweken Flyer" collecting his third win of 2015 with Mitch in tow. September 11th with a return to Merrittville Speedway for the first time since 2010. Cory Turner of Caistor Centre romped to victory in his first career Sprint Car feature in the August 8th race at Brighton but again it was Ryan Turner and Glenn Styres led the field to the green flag in the 25
Styres finishing second one spot ahead of Brown in third. lap main event. Styres used the outside line to grab the early lead on the opening lap and pulled away from the field before a caution flag In race #9 at Humberstone on August 9th, Glenn Styres reached a was waved on lap 5. milestone by capturing his 50th career feature win while Brown dropped to third place after a mid-race battle for second with Chris On the restart, Brown began to challenge Turner for the runner-up Steele of St. Catharines. spot and was able to make the pass and set his sights on leader
Styres. The two went back and forth at the front with Brown holding Mitch continued to lead the points standings heading to Brighton the top spot on lap 15 before giving it back to Styres. Speedway for the annual September double header weekend with Styres some 44 points back. But he still needed some strong finishes The scariest moment of the evening came on lap 17 as a crash in to keep Styres at bay with only three events left on the schedule. corner four collected Jim Huppunen and Jamie Turner. Turner’s car
took the worst of the damage and momentarily burst into flames. In the Saturday night opener Mitch Brown drew starting spot #3 for Both drivers were able to walk away. the A-main with Styres back in 9th.
In the closing laps Brown used the inside line to pull back even with Warren Mahoney jumped to the early lead with Brown grabbing Styres and used lapped traffic to his advantage to grab the top spot. second place but a multi-car crash on lap 2 brought out the red flag after a multi-car crash sent Mike Ferrell for a tumble in corner four. He would hold on for his third SOS win of the season and officially Glenn Styres suffered top wing damage in the incident and would claim the 2015 tour title. Styres was second while Chris Steele finished struggle with the car the remainder of the night. third.
Rick Wilson looked like a contender for the win before the brakes on Mission Accomplished for Mitch Brown and his Haldex/Strodes his car went away while attempting a pass for the lead. The troubles BBQ &Deli/Leitch Performance Engines Sprint Car team.
Defending and five-time series champion Glenn Styres got off to a rough start in the 2015 campaign with a 16th-place finish in the season opener at Brighton Speedway on May 16th followed by a 7th-place finish the following night at Humberstone Speedway. Despite eight top-10 runs including 4 feature wins ( 2 at Brighton, 1 at Ohsweken and 1 at Humberstone) over the balance of the schedule, it was not enough to reel in Mitch Brown. Gary Eves Photo Styres currently sits second in SOS all-time feature wins with 29 - 5 back of leader Rick Wilson of Joyceville, ON.
2013 SOS Champion Chris Jones was again in the hunt for this year's title with one win and another 8 top-ten finishes in the 12-race series .
Jones and his team made one of the longer trips to compete at South Buxton, having towed more than five hours from their home in the Picton area. The win was extra special for the veteran campaigner as he returned to victory lane for the first time since an illness left him hospitalized during the offseason.
“(The win) will make the ride home sweet,” Jones said in victory lane. “We’ll have something to talk about! When you lay in the hospital for a week or two, it sure makes getting back in a race car very sweet…getting to victory lane is even better. I’ve got to thank my dad – he slaves on the car all night.”
4th Keith Dempster - Alton, ON 5th Cory Turner -Caistor Centre, ON
6th Ryan Turner -Caistor Centre, ON 7th Jamie Turner Caistor Centre, ON 8th Shawn Sliter - Port Colborne, ON 9th Frank Baranowski, Mount Hope, ON
10th Warren Mahoney Lefroy, ON 11th Mike Ferrell, London, ON 12th Dain Naida -Tecumseh, MI 13th Bob Crawford -Sutton, ON
14th Rick Wilson - Joyceville, ON 15th Alex Hill -Ohsweken, ON 16th Lee Winger- Hamilton, ON 17th Kyle Fraser - White Lake, ON
18th James Thompson, St. Catharines, ON 19th Darren Zumpe - St. Catharines, ON 20th April Wilson, Joyceville, ON
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During a commercial airline flight, an Air Force pilot was seated next to a young mother with a baby in her arms. When the baby began crying during the descent for landing, the mother began nursing the infant as discreetly as possible.
The pilot pretended not to notice and, upon disembarking, he gallantly offered his assistance to help with the various baby-related items.
When the young mother expressed her gratitude, the pilot responded, "You have a beautiful baby...and he sure was hungry!"
Somewhat embarrassed, the mother explained that her pediatrician said that the time spent
on the breast would help alleviate the pressure in the baby's ears.
The Pilot sadly shook his head, and in true pilot fashion exclaimed, "And all these years, I've been chewing gum."
Friesen Scores First Outlaws Win Friesen became just the second ever Canadian-born driver to win an Outlaws event.
After an epic battle at the July 28th Six Nations Showdown at Ohsweken Speedway, Stewart Friesen scored a thrilling first-ever World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory besting Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart and Parker Price-Miller.
He also became just the second ever Canadian to win a World of Outlaws feature.
"It's unreal," Friesen said in victory lane. "What a great race team. This track just came right to us. Jessica did 100 percent, all the right calls. We had the Dash to play with a little bit and adjusted it from there. Wow, it's unreal!"
Friesen, who is perhaps best known for success in a modified, including three Syracuse 200 wins, came into the night subbing for his wife, fellow race car driver Jessica Zemken, who is expecting the couple's first child. Zemken also happens to be the car owner.
The Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario-native, in just his fourth ever Outlaws start, took the initial green flag in the No. 1Z Corr-Pak Merchandising car in the seventh position. Brad Sweet and Schatz started on the front row, with Schatz taking an early lead.
A yellow flew on lap nine, just as Schatz began working his way through As the battle up front continued, Price-Miller, who won the 360 traffic, provided a big opportunity for Schuchart and Friesen. On the feature the night before at Ohsweken, was making steady progress restart, both drivers bobbed and weaved through cars into turn one, as in his No. 67 Townline Variety car from an eighth place starting Friesen tried to take over the third spot from Schuchart. Schuchart held position. He took over sixth on lap nine and fourth on lap 12. As him off and then overtook Sweet. Just a couple of laps later, Schuchart ran Schuchart fell back, Price-Miller was in position, getting around the down Schatz and got around him on the front straight just after the two No. 1S for third with just six laps to go. completed lap 11. Through one more restart, Friesen held off Schatz and took the Schatz held on to second in his No. 15 Bad Boy Buggies car for two win. He joins Tim Gee as the only other Canadian to win a World of more laps before Friesen got around for the second position. As Outlaws Sprint Car Series feature. traffic remained in play, the battle between Schuchart, Friesen and Schatz was tight. Friesen worked to hold off an advancing Schatz as "I really didn't want to see that last caution but I was just glad there were no sliders," Friesen said. Schuchart tried to get breathing room. Lap after lap, the battle continued. the middle lane at his disposal on the dry slick track, "It was just a clean last lap there. I'm so thankful, just thankful to Friesen wasStewart a force. Friesen,Using the whotraffic is to perhaps his advantage best heknown got to forturn success be there." one aheadin of a Schuchart modified, on includilap 22 andng thenthree held Syracuse off the Shark 200 Racingwins, came driver as he tried to slide Friesen through the corner. Schatz took A disappointed Schatz, who won the last Outlaws event at into the night subbing for his wife, fellow race car driverLebanon Valley Speedway, said despite adjustments his team just advantageJessica of the situation Zemken, and who followed is expecting Friesen through, the couple's taking back first child. second on the next lap. can't get the car to do what they want. Zemken also happens to be the car owner
Parker Price-Miller Wins the Northern
Summer Nationals July 27, 2015
Schatz, with 21 wins so far this season and a 366 point lead over Shane Stewart in the race for the 2015 series championship, has finished first or second in 18 consecutive full points Outlaws races and 20 of the last 21.
For the 17-year-old Price-Miller, the weekend was a reminder to everyone that he is one of the sport's fastest rising stars. After a stellar first night that saw him edge Glenn Styres for a win, Price-Miller said he was really happy to have another good run against the Outlaws.
"They're the best of the best," Price-Miller said of his World of Outlaws competitors. "I'm just glad I'm able to race with them, let alone do good. Still a great weekend at Ohsweken. This track - I'm not used to the slick like this. I've never been good but Sam Hafertepe and Daryl (Turford), I can't thank them enough, they had me dialed in and I just drove the thing. Overall a good weekend."
A-FEATURE (30 laps)
Finish. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 1z Stewart Friesen (7)
2. 15 Donny Schatz (2)
3. 67 Parker Price-Miller (8)
4. 1s Logan Schuchart (3)
5. 9 Daryn Pittman (10) Shane Ross got the better of polesitter Parker Price- 6. 7 David Gravel (6) Miller of Kokomo, IN at the start of the 360 Sprint Car 7. 49 Brad Sweet (1) Northern Summer Nationals feature, and led the first 5 8. 41 Jason Johnson (18) laps before Price-Miller made what turned out to be 9. 11k Kraig Kinser (5) the feature-winning move. Mark Smith, Glenn Styres, 10. 2 Shane Stewart (16) and Mitch Brown raced hard for the third position 11. 29 Kerry Madsen (4) before Smith got clear of them and passed Ross for the 12. 35 Jared Zimbardi (19) second position on lap 7. Ross had an issue with his 13. 77 Dain Naida (13) safety equipment and drove through the pit area two 14. 1a Jacob Allen (21) laps later, losing a lap in the process and handing the 15. 5d Dave Dykstra (24) third position to Styres. 16. 7s Jason Sides (14) 17. 51 Paul McMahan (11) Price-Miller and Smith pulled away from the rest of the 18. 19 Paige Polyak (22) field, with Smith occasionally closing the gap as they 19. 71m Joey Saldana (17) worked through slower traffic. Tyler Hendricks brought 20. 98 Joe Trenca (9) DNF. 11 Jamie Turner (20) out the only yellow flag of the race on lap 16 when he DNF. 67c Steve Collins (12) spun off the track in turn 2. Smith wasn’t able to do DNF. 55 Mark Smith (15) make a move on the leader when the race restarted, DNF. 91 Ryan Turner (23) and Price-Miller went on to claim his second Ohsweken DNF. 67c Steve Collins (12) Speedway victory in as many attempts. Smith closed the gap at the end, but settled for the runner-up spot A-Feature Lap Leaders – Brad Sweet (1), Donny Schatz (2-11), Logan by a margin of 0.924 seconds, followed by Styres, Schuchart (12-17, 19-21), Stewart Friesen (18, 22-30) Brown, and Jason Barney. Hard Charger – Jason Johnson (+10) The win was worth $3,000 to Price-Miller, and HEAT RACE #1 1z Stewart Friesen (1), guaranteed a start spot of no worse than 8th in the HEAT RACE #2 67 Parker Price-Miller (1) Canadian Sprint Car Nationals A-Feature in September. HEAT RACE #3) 1. 11k Kraig Kinser (1) Glenn Styres, Mitch Brown and Jason Barney rounded B-FEATURE 35 Jared Zimbardi (3) out the top 5 with Chris Steele Cory Turner Steve DASH 49 Brad Sweet (1), Collins Todd Hoddick and Keith Dempster finishing sixth through tenth.
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STILL SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A pre-season tune-up in the south, steady performances throughout the season and plenty of added competition against some of the best 360 Sprint Car drivers on both sides of the border helped fuel his success in 2015... but so too did his determination.
STRONG EARLY RUNS BOLSTERED MITCH BROWN'S 2015 SUCCESS WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP? In 2015 Mitch Brown got off to his fastest start since jumping into the 700 hp, winged, open- That's the question Mitch Brown must have asked himself wheel machines that perform on the dirt several times following the completion the 2014 racing tracks of Southern Ontario and States of New season. York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
For the first time since he chose motorsports as his In eight events through May 30th, the sixth- primary summer activity, he found himself faced with a year driver garnered seven podium finishes long winter of relative inactivity without a hectic hockey including two feature wins and three of his schedule that had consumed much of his youth since the best ever finishes in the touring age of five. American/Canadian Patriot Sprint Tour.
The long winter months gave him plenty of time to dwell STRONG SEASON AT OHSWEKEN on what he could have done, should have done to gain But Late Season Mechanical Issues Wreck that elusive championship he had been pursuing since His Championship Bid entering Sprint Car racing in 2010. Mitch Brown made an early season statement
He was coming off a racing season that saw him fall just a with seven podium finishes in the track's first few points short for two championships in 2014 - eight events that he would again be in the Ohsweken Speedway's Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint Championship hunt at Ohsweken Speedway. Car title and the Southern Ontario Sprints title. In both He opened with a third place finish in the cases it was Ohsweken's Glenn Styres who reaped the season opener on May 15th then cruised to his rewards first win at the local oval on May 22nd with Although most people would consider the end results of Tecumseh, MI's and Todd Hoddick of 2014 a successful season Mitch still believed he had the Cheektowaga, NY in pursuit. On May 29th, he tools to do better. All that was missing was some added and Hoddick locked up in a see-saw battle with experience. the New Yorker finally threading the needle
through traffic in the closing laps to win his With that in mind, he headed south in February to get his first career Sprint Car feature with Mitch a 2015 season off to an early start with five nights of racing close second. in the Sunshine state- not a bad place to test the refreshed equipment and sharpen the reflexes following 3-1/2 With rainouts on June 5th and 12th, the months of relative inactivity since his 2014 season ended. Sprints were back at Ohsweken on June 19th
with Mitch falling to a an 11th-place finish The February laps Mitch ran in practice and in tough with handling problems on a rough track in the Corr/Pak versus Patriot Sprint competition at Tampa’s East Bay Raceway Park and Ocala’s Tour special. He dropped even further to 15th in a Tuesday night special on Bubba Raceway Park were simply a warm-up for the hectic June 30th when he got caught up in a mid-race accident while running with schedule he had plotted into his Sprint Car racing calendar the leaders and wound up finishing 15th. for 2015.
In July the sixth-year veteran put together an impressive string of one 3rd, That schedule consisted of 40-plus events spread among three 2nds and a 4th-place finishes over the five race schedule but he still seven Southern Ontario tracks and eleven ovals in 5 states found himself battling for second place in the standings with Hoddick as both south of the border - a tough challenge that included 34 competitors were trying to reel in points leader Glenn Styres who had strung counting towards three championships in three series - together an even more impressive record of five straight wins and a second Ohsweken Speedway’s Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint place finish between June 30th and July 27th. Car Division; the Southern Ontario Sprints championship; and the Canadian portion of the US-based Patriot Sprint Each year the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints have made the trek to Tour’s cross-border championship. Ohsweken to battle the track's Corr/Pak regulars and each year the ESS had
returned home with the bragging rights ... until August 7th. Taking the lead The Brantford, Ontario youngster certainly didn't get much on lap 12 Mitch Brown went on to hold off Jason Barney of Brewerton, NY to of a suntan nor did he get to carry a checkered flag and he score his first career win in the travelling series. didn't return from the Sunshine State with a hauler full of American dollars. On August 21st, a week following the track's third rainout of the season, Mitch's chances to continue his battle for the track's points lead with Styres and However, he did acquire what he went south for... more Hoddick went up in smoke with a blown engine during his qualifying heat. experience in the lightning fast sport of Sprint Car Racing. Even with the loan of a spare engine from Hoddick's team, Mitch and his And that experience undoubtedly factored into the results teammates were unable to complete the swap in time to qualify for the A- of his 2015 season. Main and dropping him virtually out of the Championship chase. But even when the 2015 season ended he still felt he had Despite finishes out of the top-5 by both Styres and Hoddick in the track's some unfinished business that needs to be attend to come two regular season events Mitch was unable to close the points gap with his next season. runs of 8th and 5th and settled for third place in the final standings.
MITCH UPPED HIS GAME AGAINST THE PATRIOTS BIG WIN AT INDIANA OVAL AMONG SEASON'S HIGH-LIGHTS
Mitch had run limited events with the Patriot Sprint Tour since 2011 With a break in Ohsweken Speedway's schedule following the and had shown a lot of potential with a dozen top -10 finishes Northern Summer Nationals and Six Nations Showdown of July including a third place run at Mercer Raceway in Pennsylvania last 27th-28th, the team travelled stateside for a couple of NRA Sprint season. Invader events in Ohio and Indiana.
This season he opened his local schedule on April 25th at Merrittville The trip proved fruitful on August 1st at unfamiliar Montpelier Motor Speedway -the first race in the Patriot Sprint Tour's Canadian Speedway (Indiana) where he won the NRA Sprint Invaders versus schedule by recording one of his better career posting by holding off Sprints on Dirt A-Main - his first feature win on American soil. Ohsweken Speedway's Glenn Styres for a third place finish in the 25- Back to back second place runs in the double header weekend at lap A-Main won by Jason Barney of Constantia, NY. Brighton Speedway all but cemented his championship in the On May 25th Mitch celebrated his best ever finish on the Patriot Southern Ontario Sprints series with only the final race of the SOS Sprint Tour to date by chasing Sammy Reakes IV of Palermo, NY to the 2015 series to be run at Merrittville Speedway on September 11th checkered flag at Stateline Speedway (NY) after starting ninth in the SEPTEMBER 11TH - A NIGHT TO REMEMBER 25 -lap A-Main. Mitch only needed to start that final scheduled SOS event to secure A strong start to his third race of the weekend at Eriez Speedway, near the title but he did even better by charging to the lead around Glenn Erie, PA came to an abrupt end when he was knocked out of the A- Styres two laps from the finish to clinch his first Sprint Car Main on the first lap breaking his string of six straight podium finishes Championship. since the opening of his season. Winning the Southern Ontario Sprints Championship was among An 11th place finish in the PST vs Corr/Pak special at Ohsweken on Mitch Brown's goals entering the 2015 season. June 19th (reported earlier) was a big disappointment for Mitch given the whacky incident that knocked him out of contention but it only So too was Ohsweken Speedway's Corr/Pak Championship and the lifted his determination to rebound later in the season. Canadian title in the Patriot Sprint Tour along with a few wins in the PSTS America tour and Empire Super Sprints circuit. Mitch began a six races in six days marathon on Tuesday June 30th that began at Ohsweken Speedway and wrapped up on He scored two of those goals but he knows there is still some July 5th at Eriez Speedway. Jammed in between those dates were unfinished business to attend to. three PST events In New York State at Brewerton Speedway and Canandaigua Motor Sports Park and a trip back to Eriez Speedway
On July 1st at Brewerton Speedway, Mitch qualified for the event by winning the B-Main then settled for a 16th-place finish in the A-Main.
The following night at Canandaigua he worked hard for an 11th-place finish in the A- Main.
At the end of July 5th race at Eriez Speedway, Mitch made a pass on the white flag to gain second place but fell short in catching leader Justin Barger in the 25-lap Patriot Sprint Tour chase.
On July 18th, Mitch and his crew headed east to compete in Patriot
Sprint Tour races at Brockville Ontario Speedway on Saturday before wrapping up his weekend at Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sunday.
At Brockville, an early lap miscue saw Brown slip off the track through turns one and two in an attempt to snare the lead but he rebounded for a ninth-place finish.
Fans at Sunday's PST race at Cornwall saw the Brantford youngster run away with the win in his qualifier then make a strong run in the 25-lap
A-Main to finish fourth behind pole sitter Steve Poirier of St. Mathieu,
QC, Lee Ladouceur of Alexandria, ON and Glenn Styres of Ohsweken
ON. Brown started 6th in the 18-car field. MITCH WINS FIRST EMPIRE SUPER SPRINTS RACE With his results in four PST Canada races through July 19th Mitch sat Perhaps one of the young competitor's most third behind Jared Zimbardi and Jason Barney in the standings but he satisfying wins of 2015 came on August 7th at was forced to sit out the two remaining races on the Canadian Ohsweken Speedway when he raced to his first schedule with the same engine issue that derailed his bid for the career win in ESS competition and his fifth feature Ohsweken championship. win of the season.
After two seasons of apprenticing in the 602 Crate Gary Eves Photo Sprint Cars, Jake Brown is moving up to the 360 Sprint Cars in 2016.
The announcement came shortly after the 2015 wrapped up but was rumoured to be in his plans a few weeks before Ohsweken's regular season ended.
Engine problems with his brother's car prevented his intentions of running a few late season 360 events.
SOLID SEASON FOR JAKE BROWN IN STRICKLAND'S CRATE DIVISION
JAKE BROWN waited until the last points' night of the season to find the winner's circle in 2015 but his overall performance throughout the second season of competing in the Strickland's 602 Crate Division certainly showed his determination in challenging for the championship.
The second year Sprint Car competitor started with a sixth place finish in Ohsweken Speedway's season opener on May 15th but dropped to 8th the following week.
A questionable DQ following a third-place run on June 19th was subsequently overturned but the next race out he fell to 8th in the 15-lap A-Feature.
On July 3rd he was back in form finishing 4th then fired back with a 3rd-place run on July 10th.
The next two weeks he raced to sixth-place finishes but was back on the podium chasing Holly Porter and point's leader Dylan Westbrook to the checkered flag.
Despite his win to wrap up the season his 5th, 7th and 8th-place finishes heading into the final points night weren't enough to challenge Westbrook's lead.
In 2014 Jake ended third in the final points' standings winning two feature events and finishing in the top-five on 10 other occasions at Ohsweken. He also added another A-Main win in a special event at South Buxton Raceway south of Chatham, ON.
Is he ready for the move to 360 Sprint Cars?
"We felt he was ready for a couple of events this year," responded dad Doug, who oversees the team's operations, when posed with the question.
"We were planning to have him run a couple of Southern Ontario Sprints events at the end of this past season and perhaps test his mettle in the wrap events at Ohsweken but Mitch had some engine issues that forced us to forego those plans," added the team's mentor.
Sponsorship will be key to running the Corr/Pak Merchandising schedule at Ohsweken in 2016 but the team is forging ahead with the equipment they have on hand to build some cars for the campaign.
Gary Eves Photo
Gary Eves Photo
Wings and Whips
EDDIE GREEN IS IN THE BUSINESS OF RACING Ohsweken's Ed Green has a passion for horsepower and racing ..quite a combination when you're talking the 300hp-plus type
that power4-wheel race cars or the more graceful one horse power type that pull a 2-wheel sulky.
The self-proclaimed entrepreneur feels comfortable with both but is just now getting his feet wet in the 602 Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Car division at Ohsweken Speedway. This past
season was his 'Rookie" year where he finished 12th in the highly competitive division.
In the Standardbred Racing profession Eddie has enjoyed a great deal of success both as a driver and trainer but sold most of his stable in mid-summer. Gary Eves Photo
When questioned of the decision, he merely shrugged his shoulders explaining that it was a temporary move with the price being right. He has since purchased a few more of the Standardbreds that he plans on training along with his son Keelan.
For the past year he's been busy partnering with Mitch Brown Racing who are building a few cars for Green's 2016 Sprint Car season. Although his best night of racing at Ohsweken Speedway came on May 29th where he ran to a 2nd-place finish in his qualifier then motored to a fine third-place finish in the feature event, he's not disappointed in the results chalking it up to a learning experience that he hopes to resolve come 2016.
Yes Wings and Whips- certainly quite a combination!
Photo by Gary Eves
Gary Eves Photo
Photo by Gary Eves
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Doug Brown
Nick Christensen
Jamie Howe
Gary Leitch
Ted Coombs
Rob Claus
Dave Feely
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Neil Christensen
Ken Spencer
Photo by Gary Eves
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In Canadian Sprint Car circles is there In 2015 Poirier won six events -Lebanon Valley, Can-Am Motorsports Park, Fulton, Mohawk International Raceway, Canandaigua and Le ROM Speedway - and added five other anyone better than the pilot of the #28fm podium finishes- four second-place runs Fonda (2), Utica-Rome - STEVE POIRIER? and Brewerton and a third place finish at Weedsport to
Looking at his career records, especially on the Empire Super outdistance his closest rival Jason Barney of Brewerton, NY,
Sprints circuit one can't help but acknowledge he is among the One of the most dramatic moments of Steve's 2015 season best- if not THE BEST, Sprint Car driver in the Northeast. came on July 6th when he flipped his car in his heat race,
unloaded the backup car and drove it to a ninth-place finish. The St. Mathieu de Beloeil, QC competitor captured his sixth Empire Super Sprints Championship in 2015 moving him into a tie His overall points record during the Empire Super Sprints with Mal Lane of Dundee, NY who captured six straight titles from season also included top spot in the NAPA US Tour standings 1987 through 1992. and second place in the Einstein Canada Tour.
Poirier's claimed his first title in 2007 and has amassed 53 career The Quebec native also competed in the Patriot Sprint Tour in wins in ESS competition just 6 short of record holder Mike 2015 winning two events at Cornwall Speedway and came up Woodring of Hamburg, NY. one spot short of claiming his fourth Canadian Sprint Car **Mike Woodring holds the Championship record of eight earned Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway in September when Bryan in the ten year period from 1993 through 2002. Howland of Auburn, NY snared the lead and win at the finish line of the 35-lap special.
STEVE POIRIER REIGNS AGAIN AS EMPIRE SUPER SPRINTS CHAMPION
JASON BARNEY of Brewerton, NY would pose the most serious threat to Poirier's title bid. The driver of #87 Patriot Tank
Lines/Schneider Packaging Equipment/ E&V Engines/ X1 Race Cars Sprinter finished in the top five only three times during the first half of the season but came on strong with eight top-fives in Jason Barney the second half including wins at Weedsport on August 16th and Brewerton, NY Brewerton on September 4th.
He would end his ESS season with 10 top-fives and 18 top-tens.
His overall season also consisted of first-place points on the Einstein Construction Group Canada Tour and second to Poirier in the NAPA US Tour events.
PAUL KINNEY of Canastota, NY had a strong season despite not enjoying a win in the regular points night of competition. His 9 top-fives/18 top-tens earned him third place in the tour point Paul Kinney standings and fourth overall in the NAPA US tour. He also Canastota, NY finished third in the Einstein Construction Group Canada Tour.
MATT TANNER of Stephentown, NY won at I-88 Speedway on August 25th and placed fifth in the overall Championship standings with a record of 1 win, 6 top- fives and 15 top-ten finishes.
CHUCK HEBING of Ontario NY was the early points leader in the Championship chase winning three times through July 2nd and had raced top five other top-5s through the balance of the schedule but missed events that hampered his chances at the Matt Tanner title. He would go on to finish fifth in the standings. Stephentown, NY
Tommy Wickham of Constantia, NY, Paulie Colagiovanni of Marcellus, NY , Shawn Donath of South Onondaga, NY, Dylan Swiernik of Port Leyton, NY and Dave Axton of Port Byron, NY rounded out the top-10 in the Championship standings.
STEWART FREISEN of Sprakers, NY was the real noisemaker of 2015 charging to four A-Main victories but just missed the top- ten due to his Dirt Modified commitments.
MITCH BROWN ... one of a very select few to beat the Lucas Oil Chuck Hebing ESS touring regulars in full point action ... defended his home Ontario, NY turf -Ohsweken Speedway - on August 7th scoring his career first ESS victory during 2015!
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BryanBryan Howland Howland made made history history in in the the most most exciting exciting finish finish in in Canadian Canadian Sprint Sprint Car Car Nationals Nationals history,history, becomingbecoming the the first first driver driver to to win win the the CSCN CSCN A A--FeatureFeature after after qualifying qualifying from from a a B B--Feature.Feature.
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Howland wins the Canadian Nationals with three wide, final lap pass By T.J. Buffenbarger
Ohsweken, ON – (September 19, 2015) – Bryan Howland did not Barney closed in on Poirier for the lead off turn two. Barney pulled let having to transfer from the B-Main keep him from winning alongside of Poirier using the middle of the track on lap six, but Canada’s biggest sprint car race. Howland led the final lap after Poirier changed his line and maintained the top spot. During that crossing the finish line three wide with Steve Poirier and Parker exchange Price-Miller and Paul Kinney moved past Daggett and Price-Miller to win the 11th Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals started to close on the leaders. by inches. The win was Howland’s first Canadian Nationals victory Poirier started to overtake slower cars and allowed Barney to close in one of the most thrilling finishes in Canadian Nationals history to in again. The traffic did hold up Price-Miller and allowed the lead take home the $12,000 winner’s prize. duo to pull away with 13 laps in. Howland, who started 20th in the main event, made the middle of Price-Miller began to close in on Barney through traffic as Barney the track work on his charge to victory at Ohsweken. was hung up on traffic with 15 laps in. Price Miller was able to “I saw a lot of cars that started in front of me,” Howland remarked close in on Barney on lap 19. Price Miller was able to slide by in victory lane when asked what he saw in front of him. “We put Barney for second on lap 20. Behind them Kinney and Bryan the super tight setup and had a game plan of rolling through the Howland raced for fourth. middle and it worked. I started going on the bottom there, cars Price-Miller then began to close in on Poirier for the lead. Behind them were in the way, so I had to see if I could get around them without Howland started to make a charge. Howland caught Barney and Price- wasting any time. I just kept digging and things just worked out to Miller on traffic to make for a three car race for second. This allowed get this win. This is awesome.” Poirier to pull away to a .797 second advantage. Poirier took the loss of what would have been his fourth Canadian With eight laps to go Price-Miller, Barney, and Howland started to catch Nationals victory in stride. Poirier again for the lead. Howland and Barney raced three wide “Lapped traffic was pretty tough. I thought it helped me at times, through traffic for third while Price-Miller and Poirier pulled away with but I started to get lose 15 laps in. I thought it played good for me six laps to go. because I saw cars sneak inside me. Saw Bryan coming, changed Over the final five laps though is when the race for the lead really my line, pushed my wing back, but came half a lap short of our heated up. fourth win.” On lap 30 Price-Miller pulled a slide job through turns one and two to try Price-Miller did not even realize he finished third until after the and take the lead from Poirier, but could not make the pass. This also feature, not knowing that Howland was also in contention. allowed Howland to close for a three car race for the lead. On lap 32 “I didn’t even know I ran third until 10 seconds ago. I thought Price-Miller go another run on Poirier and pulled a side job off turn two, (Poirier) and I were out there, but (Howland) came out of but Poirier took the lead back Meanwhile Howland closed make a three nowhere,” said Price-Miller. “I’m sure it was fun to watch, but I wide battle for the lead. Over the final two laps Poirier, Price-Miller, and didn’t want to run third. I have to thank the Hills Racing Team for Howland diced for position. Off the final corner Howland got a run off everything they do.” the bottom and was able to slide by both Price-Miller and Poirier for the victory, making slight contact with Poirier just as his crossed the finish Steve Poirier and Jason Barney started on the front row for the 35- line in first by just .112 seconds over Poirier. Price-Miller, Mark Smith, Lap main event. Poirier led the opening lap with Daggett sliding and Kinney rounded out the top five. into second. With Barney and Price-Miller behind them. Only one lap was completed before Yan Bilodeau slowed to a stop to bring Daggett, Poirier, Rob Dietrick, Jason Barney, and Paul Kinney won heat out the caution flag. race events. Bryan Howland, Jared Horstman, and Chuck Hebing won B- Main events. Steve Poirier won the dash. Parker Price-Miller was the Poirier pulled away during the restart while Barney got a run under fastest qualifier 14.136 second lap around the 3/8-mile oval. Dylan Daggett for second on lap two. Daggett then had to contend with Westbrook picked up the honor of being the Fastest Canadian qualifier Price-Miller for third. and fastest in the third flight of group qualifying. Jordan Thomas picked up the best appearing car.
LOYET, HOWLAND, BROWN, STAMBAUGH, WESTBROOK, & BAZUIN TAKE WINS IN THE
BURGER BARN NIGHT BEFORE THE NATIONALS360 SPRINT CARS (52 entries)
Brad Loyet and Bryan Howland earned guaranteed starting positions in the September 19 Canadian Sprint Car Nationals A-Feature with victories in the Night Before the Nationals Twin 15’s on Friday night. Each of them started at the front of the field and led from flag to flag, but had to work hard on a very fast track surface.
Loyet set a new 15 lap 360 Sprint Car track record in the first A-Feature at 3:33.107, while Sam Hafertepe, Jr. moved up and wrestled the runner-up spot away from Dylan Westbrook, who settled for 3rd. Scott Kreutter finished 4th, and 8th starter Mark Smith rounded out the top 5.
Howland built a big lead in the second A-Feature, but twice saw his advantage erased by caution flags for Kris Root. The second restart took place on lap 13, and saw 7th starter Jared Horstman throw a banzai move on Howland in turns 1 and 2. Unfazed by the slide job, Howland drove back around Horstman and on to the win. Horstman held off Jordan Thomas, 12th starter Michael Parent, and Justin Barger to take the runner-up spot.
Mitch Brown claimed the win in the annual Night Before the Nationals all-star race, now called the Dave MacLeod Memorial Shootout, and set a new 12 lap 360 Sprint Car track record at 2:47.351.
Max Stambaugh prevailed over Parker Price-Miller in the 2nd annual Kevin Ward, Jr. Young Stars Challenge. The two exchanged slide jobs several times before Stambaugh drove to the win. The only red flag of the night occurred in the Young Stars Challenge when Joe Trenca appeared to suffer a mechanical failure, and collected Alex Hill. Both drivers walked away from the hard collision.
A-FEATURE #1 (15 laps) DAVE MACLEOD MEMORIAL SHOOTOUT (12 laps) Finish. # Name (Starting Position) Finish. # Name (Starting Position) 1. o5 Brad Loyet (1) 1. 10b Mitch Brown (1) 2. 67 Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (4) 2. 17h Max Stambaugh (3) 3. 47x Dylan Westbrook (3) 3. o5 Brad Loyet (6) 4. 49k Scott Kreutter (5) 4. 51 Bryan Howland (8) 5. 55 Mark Smith (8) 5. 28fm Steve Poirier (10) 6. 97 Parker Price-Miller (11) 6. 17 Jared Horstman (13) 7. 77 Dain Naida (6) 7. 67 Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (11) 8. 17h Max Stambaugh (13) 8. 42w Rick Wilson (2) 9. 89 Robbie Stillwaggon (15) 9. 2m Dustin Daggett (7) 10. 81 Derek Jonathan (10) 10. 11 Jamie Turner (5) 11. 28fm Steve Poirier (14) 11. 49 Todd Hoddick (9) 12. 5 Keith Dempster (12) 12. 0 Glenn Styres (12) DNF. 0 Glenn Styres (2) Brad Loyet DNF. 19 Cory Turner (14) DNF. 10j CJ Jones (9) Imperial, MO DNS. 87 Jason Barney (4) Mitch Brown DNF. 22h Randy Hannagan (7) Time – 2:47.351 NEW TRACK RECORD Brantford, ON Time – 3:33.107 NEW TRACK RECORD Lap Leaders – Mitch Brown (1-12) Lap Leaders – Brad Loyet (1-15)
A-FEATURE #2 (15 laps) KEVIN WARD JR. YOUNG STARS CHALLENGE (13 laps) Finish. # Name (Starting Position) Finish. # Name (Starting Position) 1. 51 Bryan Howland (1) 1. 17h Max Stambaugh (4) 2. 17 Jared Horstman (7) 2. 97 Parker Price-Miller (2) 3. 79 Jordan Thomas (3) 3. 10b Mitch Brown (7) 4. 25 Michael Parent (12) 4. 422 Etienne Girard (3) 5. 5b Justin Barger (2) 5. 123 Yan Bilodeau (8) 6. 2m Dustin Daggett (5) 6. 00 Dane Lorenc (1) 7. 83 Kyle Sauder (8) 7. 48a Alysha Ruggles (5) 8. 10c Paul Colagiovanni, Jr. (14) 8. 47x Dylan Westbrook (9) 9. 19 Cory Turner (10) 9. 10c Paul Colgiovanni, Jr. (6) 10. 48jr Darryl Ruggles (4) 10. 79 Jordan Thomas (11) 11. 77x Alex Hill (13) 11. 7c Dylan Swiernik (12) Max Stambaugh DNF. 69 Kris Root (6) DNF. 98 Joe Trenca (10) Lima OH Bryan Howland DNF. 10 Jeff Cook (15) DNF. 77x Alex Hill (13) Union Springs, NY DNF. 11 Jamie Turner (9) No Time DNS. 98 Joe Trenca (11) Lap Leaders – Parker Price-Miller (1 No Time Max Stambaugh (4-13) Lap Leaders – Bryan Howland (1-15)
The Seventh Different PST America Champion of Patriot Sprint Tour
Entering his fourth season of Sprint Car competition, Sammy Reakes IV of Palermo, NY had decided to expand his racing horizons. He had travelled to four tracks for the first time and two others for the second time, all the while finishing every race in the top 10 and turning heads everywhere he had gone.
During the three month season on the 2015 Patriot Sprint Tour schedule he scored two wins and five podium finishes along the way.
Heading to Black Rock Speedway Reakes IV on August 7th for the final points night of the schedule Reakes held a 61-point advantage over Kyle Drum of Wayland, NY who had been closing in over the last few races. But with Reakes sterling top-10 record, the gap had remained.
On that night it was simply a matter of starting the feature to guarantee “The Honeybadger” his claim to the seventh PST America Championship. He not only started the race but went on to chase defending champion Jared Zimbardi of Bradford, PA to the checkered flag.
“The car was on a rail tonight, Jared was just a little bit better,” noted Reakes after the event. “I felt like in lapped traffic I could run with him and if we stayed in traffic I might have had a shot but to win this championship is just Sammy Reakes IV was officially crowned with his first career PST America Series amazing.” Championship on Saturday November 14th at the Patriot Sprint Tour's Annual
“I didn’t relax until I went across the checkered Banquet. Reakes won two races in his first full season on tour and never finished flag and I knew I could just celebrate tonight. outside of the top 10. When combining all of his monies, “The Honeybadger” It’s a dream come true. This is probably the netted nearly $6000 in cash payout. Reakes also was declared to the have the highest level of racing I will reach so to win a best-appearing car, the Mechanic of the Year (Sam Reakes, father) and even championship at it is pretty special.” recognized for his hard-luck when getting to Little Valley in July.
Reakes had been so focused on winning the championship over ANOTHER FEEL GOOD STORY the last month that he had stated that he felt he wasn’t getting Another feel good story on the night was turned in by Danny the most out of his race car. By starting the feature he was able to Varin of Sharon Springs, NY, who won his heat race and drove race harder and had a huge smile on his face to be able to score up to finish in third. It was Varin’s first race back since a his best finish since May. terrifying incident at Rolling Wheels two weeks earlier where
When the final points were tallied Drum finished 62 points back his car caught on fire and he suffered second degree burns. of Reakes in the PST America standings with Steve Collins the Varin was particularly pleased that he felt his 00 was just a little Primary Care Doctor/Family Practitioner finishing third. off and he was still good enough to get to third.
DRUM ROLL FOR KYLE Kyle Drum finished 2nd in PST America points for the 2nd time in his career, with the last being 2003. On August 7th at Black Rock Speedway, the Wayland, NY competitor celebrated his birthday by putting a cap on a
fine season, coming home in fourth. It was the seventh top five of the season for the driver of the Empire Tractor / J & L Metal Finishing / Bennett Carey Collision competitor who had not planned on running the entire tour at the start of the year. . IMPRESSIVE SEASON FOR THE DOCTOR . Since entering the Patriot Sprint Tour in 2011, Steve Collins has been destined to win a feature.
After countless heartbreaks, he finally got the monkey off his back and claimed his first Patriot
Sprint Tour win on July 10th at Freedom Speedway near Delevan NY.
“Finally, Finally! It’s great to win here in my own back yard,” declared Collins, who lives in Belfast, NY, just 25 miles down the road from Freedom
Motorsports Park, making the ¼- mile the closest stop to home on the Patriot Tour. Collins led all 25 laps of the Casey’s Truck Salvage A-Main, but there were some tenuous moments before the “Flying Physician” could break through for the win.
In addition to his win, Collins also garnered 11 other top-10 finishes (4 of those in the top-5) to finish third in the PST -America Championship points.
Steve Collins is a Primary Care Doctor, Family Practitioner with an office in Belmont, NY.
Dave Just (left) edged
out Scott Just (right) for 4th spot in the tight American Series points battle that saw George Suprick and Jared Zimbardi just a few points back in fifth and sixth place.
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JARED ZIMBARDI EDGES JASON BARNEY FOR 2015 PST CANADA CHAMPIONSHIP
Jared Zimbardi of Bradford PA was the defending PST America and Canadian Series Champion entering the 2015 campaign and was once again looking forward to capturing both titles in 2015.
A combination of events interrupted his bid for the PST America title including some runs in 410 Sprint Car competition and the birth of his first child.
In his first start on the tour's schedule north of the border Zimbardi got off to a surprising slow start with a fifth-place run at Merrittville Speedway on May 25th with arch-rival Jason Barney of Brewerton, NY scoring the win. Following five straight top-4 finishes in the America tour Zimbardi proved that he was rounding into form by refusing to allow adversity throw him off his path. A week after wrecking a chassis that he drove to 11 wins, "The Juice" scored his second Canadian win -third of the year in the combined America/Canada- in the PST- Jared Zimbardi 28, of Bradford, PA, was also highly-acclaimed at the Patriot Sprint Ohsweken Challenge. It marked the second- Tour Awards Banquet On November 14th, as “The Juice” scored his second straight year Zimbardi won this event and the consecutive PST Canada Series title. third time in the last four years. Zimbardi won a series-high five races in 2015, helping him also earn the Patriot Tank In the third event on the Canadian schedule Lines Hard Charger of the Season and the Danny Willmes Enterprises Lap Leader at Brockville Speedway, Jared ran 4th to Titles. All told, Zimbardi earned $5600 cash on the night. winner Michel Parent of Granby, Quebec and
one spot ahead of Barney.
In race #4 at Cornwall it was an all Canadian leaders show with Steve Poirier rebounded in the series final at Cornwall to capture Steve Poirier of St. Mathieu de Beloeil, Quebec, leading all 25 his second A-Main win in the series with Zimbardi moving into laps with fellow Canucks Lee Ladouceur. Glenn Styres, Mitch second spot in the closing laps.
Brown and Justin Martin in tow. Barney and Zimbardi ran to 6th Barney's bid to take the title ended with his 10th-place run at and 8th-place finishes respectively. Cornwall leaving him just 10 points short of dethroning Zimbardi. The wrap-up events of the Canada series returned to Brockville Persistence paid off for Justin Martin of Chatham who finished and Cornwall on the August 23 -24 weekend. third in the final standings with Steve Poirier and Chris Jones of Jason Barney scored his first win on the PST Canada schedule at Picton coming home fourth and fifth respectively.
Brockville with a daring move following a restart that caught Michel Parent, Kyle Fraser, Mitch Brown, Rick Wilson and early leader Poirier by surprise. Zimbardi settled for third behind Devon Caron rounded out the top-ten in the final standings. Poirier.
JASON BARNEY #87 of Brewerton, NY looked as though he had a shot at dethroning Jared Zimbardi from his defence of the Championship title in the PST/Canada portion of the Patriot Sprint Tour as the series headed into its two final races of the season.
A disappointing finish at Cornwall on August 23rd erased that opportunity and left him 10 points short in his bid.
JUSTIN MARTIN #7M from Rodney, ON finished third in this year's Patriot Sprint Tour Canada schedule.
The 2009 Southern Ontario Sprints Champion also spend some time running 410 events and other 360 races at Ohsweken.
STEVE POIRIER #28FM of St. Mathieu de Beloeil, Quebec ran only half of the series races but was totally in charge of the July 19th event at Cornwall leading all of the event's 25-laps.
He was also dominant in the wrap-up events in August running second at Brockville in the Saturday show then winning for a second time on Sunday.
CHRIS JONES #11 of Picton, ON earned fifth-place honours in this season's points race despite missing the June 19th show at Ohsweken.
He ended the season with a fourth-place run at Cornwall. The 2013 Southern Ontario Sprints
Champion also finished third in this season's SOS points championship
• Primary Care Doctor • Family Practitioner • Sprint Car Driver FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR STRICKLAND’S GMC By Tommy Goudge (October 18, 2015) – Ohsweken, Ontario – The second season of weekly racing in Ohsweken Speedway’s Crate Sprint Car division saw close competition and steady improvement in car counts. Track officials and partners are pleased with the results of the GM 602 crate engine program, and look forward to building upon the solid foundation in the seasons to come.
Ohsweken’s race teams have proven the Crate Sprint Car concept over the past two seasons, with several other tracks and organizations now implementing a similar model.
Ohsweken officials are pleased to announce that their Crate Sprint Car program will continue in 2016 with title sponsor Strickland’s GMC, and approved engine conversion/maintenance facilities Leitch Performance Engines and Klotz Auto Repair & Engine Machine Shop again on board.
The Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Car division has seen 11 different A-Feature winners over the first two seasons of competition at Ohsweken, with fields of 15 to 16 cars the norm during the second half of the 2015 season. Several drivers have already used the Crate division as a springboard to success in the Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint Car division, including Tyler Hendricks, Dylan Westbrook, and Alex Hill, while several others are planning to make the jump in 2016. The division has already brought many new drivers to dirt track racing, open wheel racing, and to Ohsweken Speedway, with more interested in joining.
Management from other tracks in the area have expressed interest in hosting the division next season. Stay tuned to www.OhswekenSpeedway.com in the coming weeks for more news regarding the 2016 Ohsweken Speedway season.
SAMMY REAKES IV AND JARED ZIMBARDI CROWNED AS PATRIOT SPRINT TOUR CHAMPIONS
Rich Vleck, ROCHESTER, NY, (November 14, 2015)- A record crowd saw a record-smashing cash point fund distributed on Saturday Night at the Patriot Sprint Tour Awards Banquet.
Sammy Reakes IV, of Palermo, NY, was officially crowned with his first career PST America Series Championship. Reakes won two races in his first full season on tour and never finished outside of the top 10. When combining all of his monies, “The Honeybadger” netted nearly $6000 in cash payout. Reakes also was declared to the have the best-appearing car, the Mechanic of the Year (Sam
Reakes, father) and even recognized for his hard-luck when getting to Little Valley in July.
Jared Zimbardi 28, who resides in Bradford, PA, was also highly-acclaimed on the night, as “The Juice” scored his second consecutive PST Canada Series title. Zimbardi won a series-high five races in 2015, helping him also earn the Patriot Tank Lines Hard Charger of the Season and the Danny Willmes Enterprises Lap Leader Titles. All told, Zimbardi earned $5600 cash on the night.
A host of other drivers were honored on the night as over $44,000 cash was distributed, more than $12,000 more than 2014 or any other year.
Kyle Drum finished 2nd in PST America points for the 2nd time in his career, with the last being 2003. Jason Barney also scored his second runner-up finish in the PST Canada Series.
For the second straight year, Steve Collins, who finished 3rd in PST America Points, was the big give-away winner on the night, as he won the Panther Frameworx Raffle that had been conducted throughout the 2015 season. Collins, along with former PST America Champion Scott Kreutter, tied for the Evingham Site Excavation Four Laps of Fame Dash Series Championship.
Dave Just was declared as having the Worst Luck of the Draw, while his son Scott was given an Award for Sportsmanship. George Suprick was declared the Patriot of the Year for his many miles travelled to ensure perfect attendance. Jake Muench was declared the
Outstanding Newcomer while A-Verdi Storage Containers Marketing Manager Mike Fitzsimmons was recognized for his Dedication to Motorsports.
To conclude the evening, PST Director Mike Emhof looked ahead to what should be a thrilling 2016 season. Emhof was happy to announce that many of the familiar tracks will return and that at least $44,000 will be paid out again next year.
For more information, visit www.PatriotSprintTour.com.
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