OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY -
June 18th, 2004
By Ken Pelkie -
Dustin Daggett of
Portland, Michigan driving the family owned sprint
captured the Sprints On Dirt feature event at
Ohsweken Speedway Friday night. Fourteen SOD
regulars made the long tow to race on the ultra fast
Ohsweken clay prepared to perfection.
As
the field formed to for the feature event, Nick
Mulheim and John Riegling paced the starting grid.
Riegling won the race into turn one and was closely
followed by Mulheim, Glenn Styres, J.R. Stewart and
Darren Long. The first of three cautions flew on lap
three when the 2w of Jerry Whitney lost a left rear
wheel and retired from the event.
On
the restart, Riegling continued to use his
familiarity of the Ohsweken to his advantage as he
blasted away from the field. On lap six, Daggett
moved past Styres for fourth as the caution flew for
J.R. Stewart who stopped on the backstretch. When
the race resumed, Styres made a move for the lead
and took command of the point for the next four
circuits with Daggett in hot pursuit. Daggett found
his opportunity on lap eleven and got by Styres for
the lead. At the halfway point, Daggett was followed
closely by Styres with Keith Dempster now in third,
Mulheim and Doug Stanley rounding out the top five.
Darren
Long began to close in on the leader and when the
caution flew on lap eighteen for the final time for
Mulheim who came to a stop in turn two. Long was in
easy striking distance of Daggett with Doug Stanley
in third.
On
the restart, Daggett set off on a torrid pace until
lap twenty-two when the red flag was displayed for
Jack Pillon in turn two. Pillon emerged from his
mount uninjured but was finished for the night. As
the field reformed to take the green for the final
three laps, Stanley had a front axle break exiting
turn four and resulted in heavy damage to his "Udderly
Smooth" machine.
As
the race resumed for the final time, Daggett took
command and charged under the checkers for his
second win of the season. Darren Long and Cody
Geldart followed Daggett to the checkers however,
post race inspection would find the pair along with
Styres in violation of series rules and relegated to
the back of the finishing order. (All cars must
weigh a minimum of 1500# with driver and
subsequently, only one nozzle per cylinder is
allowed).
Heat
races from the 25 car field were won by Tim
Phillips, John Riegling, and J.R. Stewart.
CHERRY
TOOL SUPPLY Heat Race #1 (8 laps)
1/
21 Tim Phillips Grand Island, NY 2/ 0
Glenn Styres Ohsweken, ON
3/ 7 Darren Long
Elida, OH 4/ 85 Dustin Daggett Portland, MI
5/ 18s Doug Stanley
North Benton, OH 6/ 38k Brad Knab
Delevan, NY
7/ 2 Mike Galajda
Delaware, ON 8/ 9R Len Robison Spring
Arbor, MI
B
& B OVAL TRACK Products Heat Race #2 (8 laps)
1/ 1a John Riegling
Chatham, ON 2/ 52 Mark Broughman
Hillsdale, MI
3/ 5 Keith Dempster
Alton, ON 4/ 54J Dave Fox Augusta, MI
5/ 2w Jerry Whitney
Fenton, MI 6/ 33K Kyle Patrick Tilbury,
ON
7/ 62 Jon Nichoson
Carson City, MI 8/ 25 Warren Mahoney
Lefroy, ON
CRANE
CAMS/LANE AUTOMOTIVE Heat Race #3 (8 laps)
1/ 37s JR Stewart
Bellefontaine, OH 2/ 18J Jack Pillon
Belle River, ON
3/ 6N Dain Naida
Belleville, MI 4/ 38M Nick Mulheim Navarre,
OH
5/ 6 Cody Geldart
Mossley, ON 6/ 49T Gregg Dalman Grand
Ledge, MI
7/ 30 Adam West
Ridgetown, ON 8/ 33 Bill Johnson Linden, MI
OHSWEKEN
SPEEDWAY/KENETIC PHOTOS DASH (4 laps)
1/ 1a John Riegling
2/ 21 Tim Phillips
3/ 52 Mark Broughman
4/ 37s J.R. Stewart
KENETIC
Photos "A" Main (25 laps)
1/ 85 Dustin Daggett
(5) 2/ 33K Kyle Patrick (17)
3/ 49T Gregg Dalman
(18) 4/ 6N Dain Naida (7)
5/ 30 Adam West (21)
6/ 1a John Riegling (2)
7/ 52 Mark Broughman
(11) 8/ 38k Brad Knab (16)
9/ 54J Dave Fox (8)
10/ 25 Warren Mahoney (23)
11/ 2 Mike Galajda
(19) 12/ 9R Len Robison (22)
13/ 33 Bill Johnson
(24) 14/ 21 Tim Phillips (9)
15/ 18s Doug Stanley
(13) 16/ 5 Keith Dempster (6)
17/ 18J Jack Pillon
(12) 18/ 38M Nick Mulheim (1)
19/ 37s - J.R. Stewart
(3) 20/ 62 Jon Nichoson (20)
21/ 2w Jerry Whitney
(14) 22/ 7 Darren Long (10)
23/ 6 Cody Geldart
(15) 24/ 0 Glenn Styres (4)
LAP
LEADERS: 1 - 5 John RIEGLING, 6
- 10 Glenn STYRES, 11 - 25 Dustin DAGGETT
ENGINE
PRO "A" MAIN Winners Jacket Dustin
DAGGETT
HUGGINS CAMS
"A" MAIN Winner Dustin DAGGETT
CRANE CAMS / Lane
Automotive Heat Race Winner J.R. Stewart
PRO SHOCKS - Heat Race
Winner John RIEGLING
AIR FLOW RESEARCH
"Rookie of the Race Len ROBISON
AIR FLOW RESEARCH - Hard
Charger Adam WEST
HIGH VISTA VIDEO
Hard Charger Adam WEST
KEARs SPEED SHOP
Hard Luck Award J.R. STEWART
KEIZER WHEELS Doug
STANLEY
FRANKLAND RACING SUPPLY
Nick MULHEIM
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