Dustin Daggett of Portland, Michigan served notice that he will be one of the ones to beat in the upcoming “Canadian Sprint Car Nationals” as he charged from his twelfth place starting spot to win the Engine Pro, Sprints On Dirt series event presented by Total Seal at Ohsweken Speedway Friday night.

The 22-car starting field was brought to the green by pole sitter Mark Broughman and Warren Mahoney with ALL Star “Rookie of the Year” contender Cody Geldart and Adam West in row two. The initial start did not make a full lap as Geldart looped his car in turn four bringing out the yellow flag and placing the young charger at the rear of the field for the complete restart.

Mahoney used his familiarity with Ohsweken Speedway to his advantage as he drove deep into turn one and come out of two with the lead as the race got underway. On lap three, Bryan Howland charged by both Broughman and Mahoney into the lead as Daggett had moved into fourth. By lap five, Daggett was in second and began to stalk Howland as the duo stormed around the Smooth Ohsweken racing surface with Mahoney keeping them in sight.

Daggett made his move on lap 12 and soon after the second caution of the event waved for Nick Mulheim as his car did a lazy loop in turn four. With Daggett in control, Howland and Kyle Patrick took up the chase with Chuck Hebing riding in fourth. Hebing brought out the final yellow of the event on lap nineteen as he lost the handle in turn two.

The field quickly reformed as the green was displayed for the final time. Daggett opened up a comfortable lead at the finish with Howland and Patrick settling for second and third. A late charge by current SOD point leader Tim Norman in the Joe Gaerte owned machine while Hebing recovered to take fifth.

The “Winged Warriors with an Attitude” moves on to South Buxton Raceway Saturday night for a 25 lap affair as the season enters its final stages with the point battle still being hotly contested. For all of the latest news be sure to log on to the official SOD website at www.sprintsondirt.com.

Contingency Awards

ROSE CITY MOTORS Challenge (not accepted)
ENGINE PRO “A” MAIN Winner’s Jacket Dustin DAGGETT
HUGGINS CAMS – “A” MAIN Winner Dustin DAGGETT
HANK’s Motorsports Mark BROUGHMAN
COMP CAMS / Lane Automotive – Heat Race Winner Dain NAIDA
AIR FLOW RESEARCH “Rookie of the Race Ryan GRUBAUGH
KSE RACING PRODUCTS - Hard Charger Tim NORMAN
B&B OVAL TRACK PRODUCTS -1st non Qualifier Ryan GRUBAUGH
KENETIC Photos – Longest Tow for non-Qualifier Ernie KUEHNEMAN
KEAR’s SPEED SHOP – Hard Luck Award Davey BROWN
FISHER PERFORMANCE Ernie KUEHNEMAN
KEIZER WHEELS Davey BROWN
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS Ryan GRUBAUGH
The BRAKE MAN Louie CARUFEL

Engine Pro/Total Seal Championship Points) 1 Tim NORMAN 3502, 2 Ben RUTAN 3434, 3 Gregg DALMAN 3409, 4 Kyle PATRICK 3369, 5 Louie CARUFEL 3330

JE/SRP Pistons SOD Pass Master Points) 1 Tim NORMAN 106, 2 Louie CARUFEL 61, 3 Ben RUTAN 52, 4 Brett MANN 48, 4 Dustin DAGGETT 48, 4 Kyle PATRICK 48.

OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY Heat 1 (8 laps) 1 Warren Mahoney, Lefroy, 2 Cody Geldart, Mossley, 3 Glenn Styres, Ohsweken, 4 Nick Mulheim, Navarre,OH, 5 Jim Porter, Grand Island,NY, 6 Ryan Grubaugh, St. Johns,MI, 7 Davey Brown, Eaton Rapids,MI, 8 Daryl Turford, Mitchell, 9 Charlie McCann, London, 10 James Whitaker, Lynden

XYZ MACHINING Inc Heat 2 (8 laps) 1 Tom Huppunen, Fenwick, 2 Chris Pyle, Cambridge, 3 Adam West, Ridgetown, 4 Andrew Reaume, Blenheim, 5 Willy Northcott, London, 6 Randy Years, Honeoye Falls,NY, 7 Jeff Daniels, Chatham, 8 Chuck Hebing, Ontario,NY, 9 Louie Carufel, Port Huron,MI

ENGLER MACHINE & TOOL Heat 3 (8 laps) 1 Gregg Dalman, Lyons,MI, 2 Bryan Howland, Auburn,NY, 3 Bill Johnson 33, Linden,MI, 4 Kyle Patrick, Tilbury, 5 Dain Naida, Belleville,MI, 6 Gary Evans, Thorndale, 7 Dick Mahoney, Newmarket, 8 Ben Rutan, Hudson,MI, 9 Tim Norman, Warsaw,IN

COMP Cams/LANE Automotive Heat 4 (8 laps) 1 Dustin Daggett, Portland,MI, 2 Keith Dempster, Alton, 3 Mark Broughman, Hillsdale,MI, 4 Garry Evans, London, 5 Brad Knab, Delavan,NY, 6 Joe Middlemiss, 7 Mark Schulz, Newfane,NY, 8 Ernie Kuehneman, Falmouth,MI, 9 John Riegling, Chatham

ENGINE PRO/TOTAL SEAL B1 (10 laps) 1 Chuck Hebing, 2 Jim Porter. 3 Craig Downie, 4 Ryan Grubaugh 00, 5 Daryl Turford 93, 6 Willy Northcott 12, 7 Charlie McCann 17m, 8 Louie Carufel 47x, 9 Davey Brown 13. DNS Randy Years 2, James Whitaker 83w.

ENGINE PRO/TOTAL SEAL B2 (10 laps) 1 Dain Naida, 2 Brad Knab. DNQ 3 Tim Norman, 4 Joe Middlemiss 11J, 5 Ben Rutan 23, 6 Gary Evans 17, 7 Dick Mahoney 79, 8 Ernie Kuehneman 66, 9 Mark Schulz 18, 10 John Riegling 1a.

ROSE CITY MOTORS A-main (25 laps) 1 Dustin Daggett 85 (12), 2 Bryan Howland 51 (7), 3 Kyle Patrick 33k (15), 4 Tim Norman 3g (21), 5 Chuck Hebing 21c (17), 6 Glenn Styres 0 (9), 7 Nick Mulheim 38m (13), 8 Mark Broughman 52 (1), 9 Ben Rutan 23 (22), 10 Gregg Dalman 49t (10), 11 Adam West 30 (4), 12 Warren Mahoney 25 (2), 13 Jim Porter 22 (19), 14 Brad Knab 38k (20), 15 Garry Evans 69 (16), 16 Tom Huppunen 27 (8), 17 Andrew Reaume 40t (14), 18 Chris Pyle 5c (5), 19 Cody Geldart 6G (3), 20 Bill Johnson 33 (6), 21 Dain Naida 6n (18), 22 Keith Dempster 32 (11)

LAP LEADERS) 1-2 W.MAHONEY, 3-9 HOWLAND, 10-25 DAGGETT