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| SAULT,
Castelein, McPhereson, and Styres Take Opening Night
Victories at Ohsweken |
 by
Tommy Goudge (May 16, 2008) – Clear
skies greeted fans and racers for Opening
Night presented by Corr/Pak Merchandising at
Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night. When all
the races were in the books, 3 familiar faces
and 1 new one had graced Engine Pro Racing/Melling
Performance Pumps/Ferrara Valves Victory Lane.
Glenn Styres won the Corr/Pak Sprint Car
feature, Cody MacPherson took the checkered
flag in the ESSO Thunderstocks, Abel Castelein
was victorious in ESSO Mini-Stocks, and
newcomer Karl Sault took home feature win
honours in the inaugural Fun Stock feature.
32 drivers signed in to compete in the first
ever event for Ohsweken’s new Corr/Pak
Merchandising Sprint Car division on Friday
night. With a very strong field of local
teams, and invaders from New York and Michigan
also on hand, the competition was intense
throughout the evening. Many very fast drivers
found themselves in the B-Main, and only the
top 5 transferred to the big 20 lap feature.
Salamanca, New York’s Jared Zimbardi (Sprint
Car #35) and Ohsweken Speedway co-owner Glenn
Styres (Sprint Car #0) paced the 20 car field
to the green flag, with “the Ohsweken
Flyer” getting ahead of “The Juice” and
setting sail out front. Styres last won a
Sprint Car feature at the Brighton Speedway on
May 6, 2006 and it was obvious he did not want
the winless streak to go any longer. The other
front-runners were never too far behind during
the non-stop affair, and when Styres
encountered lapped traffic, Zimbardi and a
hard charging Fred Cade (Sprint Car #12c)
began to close in slightly on Styres while
they waged a spirited battle for the second
position, but they could not catch the orange
and white #0 car. Cade eventually prevailed
for 2nd, leaving Zimbardi to settle for 3rd in
front of Rob Pietz (Sprint Car #69ez) and
Styres’ team-mate Keith Dempster (Sprint Car
#5).
Dave Dykstra (Sprint Car #5d) took the B-Main
while Styres, Zimbardi, John Reigling (Sprint
Car #1a), and Pietz collected wins in the 4
heat races. Kyle Patrick (Sprint Car #33k)
flipped hard in turn 1 at the start of the 4th
heat race and was checked over by the track
medical staff due to pain in his knee and
ankle. Kyle will recover from his bumps and
bruises, but the same cannot be said of his
once-beautiful sprinter, which suffered a
badly damaged frame in the incident.
The ESSO Thunder-Stock feature was also
closely contested, with 2007 Merrittville
Speedway Thunder-Stock 2nd place points
finisher Cody MacPherson (Thunder Stock #777)
starting on the front row, and Vince Fargnoli
(Thunder Stock #55f) to his outside.
MacPherson took the lead at the start and led
all 15 laps, but defending track champion Brad
Bacher (Thunder Stock #3) had the high groove
working well while moving up from his starting
spot inside row 3 and was in hot pursuit of
MacPherson’s #777 after a caution bunched
the field. Bacher could not track down
MacPherson before the checkered flag flew
however, while Shane Pierce (Thunder-Stock
#88), Fargnoli, and Glen Leinen (Thunder Stock
#9) rounded out the top 5. Heat Race victories
went to MacPherson and Fargnoli.
A fine field of 28 ESSO Mini-Stocks were in
the pits for opening night to contest the
first feature event of 2008 on the Ohsweken
clay. Rick Robinson (Mini-Stock #05) and Chris
Hess (Mini-Stock #7x) brought the field to the
green flag, with Robinson getting the early
lead, but defending Ohsweken and Merrittville
champion Abel Castelein (Mini-Stock #28)
quickly advanced from his starting spot
outside row 3 to contend for the lead.
Castelein and Robinson raced side-by-side for
a number of laps before Castelein finally got
ahead of the #05, which is shared throughout
each season by drivers Robinson and David
Goodacre, with a few laps to go. It was a
special moment in victory lane as Matt
Castelein was there to congratulate Abe. Heat
wins went to Mitchell Brown (Mini-Stock #10)
Mike Evers (Mini-Stock #265), and Jim Swing
(Mini-Stock #40). Kelly Hallett arrived late
to the track and did not contest a heat race,
forcing the #88 to the tail of the feature,
but at the completion of the 15 lap feature
the great-looking black and green machine was
found all the way up in the 7th position.
Rookie Wyatt Van Wart ran steadily in his
first race at Ohsweken, starting 21st and
finishing 16th in his #04 Volkswagen.
3 Fun Stocks showed up for opening night and
ran a 15 lap feature with Karl Sault (Fun
Stock #81), Chris Hils(Fun Stock #818), and
Steven Hils (Fun Stock #5) finishing 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd respectively. The inexpensive entry
level class is expected to grow as the season
moves along.
OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY
FRIDAY NIGHT THUNDER
ROUND 1 RESULTS – MAY 16, 2008
FUN STOCKS A FEATURE (15 laps):
1. 81 Karl Sault, 2. 818 Chris Hils, 3. 5
Steven Hils
ESSO MINI-STOCKS
Heat 1:
1. 10 Mitchell Brown, 2. 7x Chris Hess, 3. 72
Kevin Hilborn, 4. 397 Brent Hill, 5. 55 Rob
Slater, 6. 77x Chris Teal, 7. 777x Steve Hess,
8. 02 Erin Bailey, 9. 04 Wyatt Van Wart
Heat 2:
1. 265 Mike Evers, 2. 05 Rick Robinson, 3. 79
Dan Miller, 4. 11 Mike Giberson, 5. 113 Mark
Thorne, 6. 10s James Small, 7. 39 Jim Pochrane,
8. 31 Dave Bailey, 9. 23 A.J. Castelein
Heat 3:
1. 40 Jim Swing, 2. 28 Abel Castelein, 3. 4p
Mike Peterson, 4. 14x Ron Cosco, 5. 86 Rick
Emberson, 6. 27 Dan Stewart, 7. 14 Kerry
Smith, 8. 49 Nick Ruth, 9. 20 Chris Spencer
MINI-STOCKS A-FEATURE (15 laps):
Position # Name (Starting Position)
1. 28 Abel Castelein (6),
2. 05 Rick Robinson (1),
3. 10 Mitchell Brown (5),
4. 72 Kevin Hilborn (7),
5. 113 Mark Thorne (14),
6. 40 Jim Swing (3),
7. 88 Kelly Hallett (28),
8. 79 Dan Miller (8),
9. 86 Rick Emberson (15),
10. 11 Mike Giberson (11),
11. 27 Dan Stewart (17),
12. 777x Steve Hess (26),
13. 397 Brent Hill (10),
14. 14x Ron Cosco (12),
15. 10s James Small (16),
16. 04 Wyatt Van Wart (21),
17. 14 Kerry Smith (19),
18. 49 Nick Ruth (23),
19. 39 Jim Pochrane (18),
20. 20 Chris Spencer (25),
21. 31 Dave Bailey (20) DNF,
22. 4p Mike Peterson (9) DNF,
23. 23 A.J. Castelein (22) DNF,
24. 55 Rob Slater (13) DNF,
25. 265 Mike Evers (4) DNF,
26. 02 Erin Bailey (27),
27. 77x Chris Teal (24) DNS,
28. 7x Chris Hess (2) DNS
ESSO THUNDER STOCKS
Heat 1:
1. 777 Cody MacPherson, 2. 88, 3. 3 Brad
Bacher, 4. 55 Mike Thorne, 5. 40 Terry Osmond,
6. 11 Michelle Johnson, 7. 13 Mark Saul
Heat 2:
1. 55f Vince Fargnoli, 2. 62 Brian Pescetti,
3. 8 Ryan Dinning, 4. 1 Chris Dickie, 5. 2 Lee
Winger, 6. 9 Glenn Leinen
ESSO THUNDER STOCKS A-FEATURE (15 laps):
Position # Name (Starting Position)
1. 777 Cody MacPherson (1),
2. 3 Brad Bacher (5),
3. 88 Shane Pierce (3),
4. 55f Vince Fargnoli (2),
5. 9 Glenn Leinen (13),
6. 55 Mike Thorne (7),
7. 8 Ryan Dinning (6),
8. 40 Terry Osmond (9),
9. 62 Brian Pescetti (4),
10. 1 Chris Dickie (8),
11. 2 Lee Winger (12),
12. 11 Michelle Johnson (10) DNF,
13. 13 Mark Saul (11) DNF
CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS
BS&B RADIATORS
Heat Race #1:
1. 0 Glenn Styres, 2. 5m Brad Malloy, 3. 11j
Chris Jones, 4. 94 Stan Zanchin, 5. 5d Dave
Dykstra, 6. 71c Chris Hettinger, 7. 20 Jeff
Daniels, 8. 9jr Tim Zack DNS
BEST WESTERN CAIRN
CROFT HOTEL Heat Race #2
1. 35 Jared Zimbardi, 2. 32 Justin Barger, 3.
5 Keith Dempster, 4. 22 Jim Porter, 5. 6n Dain
Naida, 6. 66 Frank Baranowski, 7. 69r Kris
Root DNF, 8. 71jr Jason Pietz DNF
GRISDALE RACING
PRODUCTS Heat Race #3
1. 1a John Reigling, 2. 12c Fred Cade, 3. 19jr
Rob Ledingham, 4. 21x Kevin Job, 5. 71 Craig
Downie, 6. 01jr Barry Beck, 7. 7 Jim Price
DNS, 8. 31 John Burbridge Jr. DNS
AWESOME RACEWEAR Heat
Race #4
1. 69ez Rob Pietz, 2. 21 John Burbridge, Sr.,
3. 10 Bob Crawford, 4. 77x Ryan Hunsinger, 5.
47x Louie Carufel, 6. 33k Kyle Patrick DNF, 7.
81 Derek Jonathon DNS, 8. 01 Mikey Kruchka DNS
B-MAIN
1. 5d Dave Dykstra, 2. 6n Dain Naida, 3. 47x
Louie Carufel, 4. 9jr Tim Zack, 5. 71jr Jason
Pietz, 6. 20 Jeff Daniels 7. 71c Chris
Hettinger, 8. 31 John Burbridge, Jr., 9. 01
Mikey Kruchka, 10. 7 Jim Price, 11. 66 Frank
Baranowski, 12. 01jr Barry Beck, 13. 71 Craig
Downie DNS, 14. 69r Kris Root DNS,
SCRATCHED AFTER HEATS:
81 Derek Jonathon (mechanical), 33k Kyle
Patrick (crash), 21J John Burbridge, Sr.
(mechanical)
CORR/PAK
MERCHANDISING SPRINT CAR A-FEATURE
1. 0 Glenn Styres (2),
2. 12c Fred Cade (6),
3. 35 Jared Zimbardi (1),
4. 69ez Rob Pietz (7),
5. 5 Keith Dempster (4),
6. 5m Brad Malloy (9),
7. 6n Dain Naida (17),
8. 21x Kevin Job (15),
9. 22 Jim Porter (12),
10. 11j Chris Jones (5),
11. 19jr Rob Ledingham (11),
12. 47x Louie Carufel (18),
13. 5d Dave Dykstra (16),
14. 77x Ryan Hunsinger (14),
15. 1a John Reigling (3),
16. 94 Stan Zanchin (13) DNF,
17. 10 Bob Crawford (10) DNF,
18. 32 Justin Barger (8) DNF,
19. 9jr Tim Zack (19) DNF,
20. 71jr Jason Pietz (20) DNF
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