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| Hunsinger,
Klager, Osmond, Evers, and Hils Take Victories at
Ohsweken |
by
Tommy Goudge (May 30, 2008), Ohsweken, Ontario
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Despite cloudy skies and pessimism from the
weather man, as Trailers By Jim Bray Round 3
of Friday Night Thunder at Ohsweken Speedway
was completed in its entirety on Friday night.
Great racing, first time winners, and winners
who lined up on the inside of row 2 were the
order of the evening.
In Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Car action,
Hamilton’s Ryan Hunsinger (Sprint Car #77x)
took home his first career sprint car feature
win after a late race charge saw him pass
race-long leader Rob Pietz (Sprint Car #69)
with just 2 laps left to run in the 20 lap
feature. The race began with Dave Dykstra
(Sprint Car #5d) and Pietz on the front row,
and it was Pietz getting the early lead, which
he would hold for the majority of the race.
Behind Pietz, the action was fast and furious
throughout the pack as Kyle Patrick (Sprint
Car #42), Fred Cade (Sprint Car #12c), Kevin
Job (Sprint Car #21x), and Jared Zimbardi
(Sprint Car #35) all began making moves
towards the top 5. “The Gunslinger”
Hunsinger started in the 3rd spot and jockeyed
for position in the top 5 for the majority of
the race before suddenly coming alive with 5
laps to go, first disposing of Cade in turn 2,
and completing his charge to the front by
passing Pietz coming out of turn 4. Pietz
settled for 2nd, matching his career best at
Ohsweken, while Patrick, Cade, and Job rounded
out the top 5. Zimbardi, who entered Friday as
the points leader in the sprint car divison,
took home a solid 6th place finish, just ahead
of 2nd place point man Keith Dempster (Sprint
Car #5). The race was slowed just once as the
#71 of Craig Downie got pointed the wrong way
coming out of turn 2, with many skilled
evasive manoeuvres performed by his fellow
competitors enabling Downie to continue and
eventually take home a 12th place finish.
Heat race wins went to Glenn Styres (Sprint
Car #0), Cade, and Dempster. The B-Main was
scratched in order to move the show along
under threatening skies. A total of 23 Corr/Pak
Sprinters signed in for action on Friday
night, with 22 making the call to start the
feature. John Burbridge, Jr. (Sprint Car #31)
unfortunately suffered mechanical difficulties
in hot laps and scratched for the evening. His
father John Burbridge, Sr. (Sprint Car #21j)
hopes to be back on the track soon after a
similar problem on opening night. Jamie
Collard (Sprint Car #f37) was seen in the pits
helping various crews and hopes to be in
action later this season.
The Modified Lite Star Championship Tour North
made the first of 2 scheduled stops at
Ohsweken on Friday night with a fine field of
18 of the ultra-fast “mini-modifieds” on
hand. Josh Sliter and Rick Brubacher paced the
field to the green flag to begin the 20 lap
feature, but the yellow flag appeared
repeatedly in the first half of the event. The
second half of the feature went caution free,
and it was the #1 of Paul Klager quickly
asserting himself out front to take a lead he
would never relinquish, while the #53 of Jamie
Gilbert and #28 of Adam Murphy made their way
to 2nd and 3rd place finishes after starting
8th, and 10th respectively, with Shawn Sliter
and Josh Sliter rounding out the top 5.
Entertaining heat race wins went to Josh
Sliter and Brubacher. The Mod-Lites will
return to Ohsweken’s Friday Night Thunder on
August 22.
Another good field of 18 ESSO Thunder-Stocks
entered the pits on Friday night with Kyle
Magrin (Thunder Stock #24k) and Gord Bates
(Thunder Stock #191) making their first
appearances of 2008. Shayne Pierce (Thunder
Stock #88) and Mike Thorne (Thunder Stock #55)
brought the field to green, but all eyes were
on the #777 of Cody McPherson, who quickly
charged into the top 5 after starting 10th on
the grid. Meanwhile, Terry Osmond drove his
#40 into the lead and opened a slight
advantage, but the young lions McPherson and
Pierce kept pace and dogged Osmond for the
entire event. Pierce dove under Osmond in turn
2 on the white flag lap, but couldn’t get
enough traction in the bottom groove to get by
Osmond’s #40, as Terry picked up his first
feature win of 2008, after taking his first
career win last season. Ryan Dinning (Thunder
Stock #8) and Jamie Cox (Thunder Stock #044)
rounded out the top 5. 2nd place points man
Vince Fargnoli (Thunder Stock #55f) salvaged a
last place finish in his heat by charging from
the tail of the feature grid to 7th when the
checkered flag came out. Brad Bacher (Thunder
Stock #3), who entered the night just 2 points
behind Fargnoli, spun while running 6th in the
feature, but managed to come back to finish
10th at the end, minimizing the damage to his
points position. Heat wins went to Bacher and
Pierce.
19 ESSO Mini-Stocks were on hand for round 3,
with Chase Hess (Mini-Stock #7x) and Mike
Peterson (Mini-Stock #4p) on the front row at
the start of the 15 lap feature, but it was
the #265 of Mike Evers who charged into the
lead quickly and never looked back. Behind
him, Mitchell Brown (Mini-Stock #10) and Abe
Castelein (Mini-Stock #28) – 2nd and 1st
respectively in points entering the evening
– were picking their way to the front from
their starting spots in the 6th row. Brown
finished the feature in 2nd followed by Chase
Hess, Dan Stewart (Mini-Stock #27), and
Castelein rounding out the top 5. Heat race
wins went to Chase Hess, Mike Peterson, and
Brent Hill (Mini-Stock #397).
2 more Fun Stocks were in the pits this week,
bringing the total to 6 and doubling the field
that ran the first Fun Stock feature on
opening night. At the end of 25 laps on the
“little O” in Ohsweken’s infield,
newcomer Dave Hils and his #18 were found in
victory lane. He was chased by last week’s
feature winner Lee Hils for much of the event,
but pulled away for a comfortable victory as
the laps waned down. Karl Sault – opening
night feature winner and point leader entering
the evening – did not finish the event.
Friday Night Thunder resumes next Friday, June
6 when Lone Wolf Pit Stop presents another
action packed 4-division event featuring the
Corr/Pak Winged Sprints, ESSO Thunderstocks,
ESSO Mini-Stocks, and Fun Stocks. Friday Night
Thunder at Ohsweken is affordable family
entertainment just a short drive away from
most mid-western Ontario locations. Adult
General Admission is once again $10, Seniors
& Students (ages 13-17) are $8, with kids
12 and under FREE! Please visit HYPERLINK
"http://www.OhswekenSpeedway.com"
for more information. Gates open at 6:00p.m.
with the first race taking the green flag at
7:45p.m. this Friday, June 6!
OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY FRIDAY NIGHT THUNDER
ROUND 3 RESULTS – MAY 30, 2008
EVENT SPONSOR: TRAILERS BY JIM BRAY
CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS
BS&B RADIATOR Heat Race #1:
1. 0 Glenn Styres (Ohsweken), 2. 19jr Rob
Ledingham (Port Colborne), 3. 01 Mikey Kruchka
(Hamilton), 4. 7 Jim Price (Wainfleet), 5. 71
Craig Downie (Burlington), 6. 10 Bob Crawford
(Sutton)
BEST WESTERN CAIRN CROFT HOTEL Heat Race
#2:
1. 12c Fred Cade (Niagara Falls), 2. 35 Jared
Zimbardi (Salamanca, NY), 3. 5d Dave Dykstra
(Port Colborne), 4. 69 Rob Pietz (Port
Colborne), 5. 21x Kevin Job (Campbellville),
6. 22 Jim Porter (Grand Island, NY), 7. 29
Daryl Turford (Guelph), 8. 99c Nick Cupulo
(Thorold)
GRISDALE RACING PRODUCTS Heat Race #3:
1. 5 Keith Dempster (Alton), 2. 77x Ryan
Hunsinger (Hamilton), 3. 42 Kyle Patrick (Tilbury),
4. 94 Stan Zanchin (Fort Erie), 5. 52L Daniel
Lampron (St. Valere, QC), 6. 38 Brad Knab
(Delevan, NY), 7. 81 Derek Jonathon (Lewiston,
NY), 8. 1a John Reigling (Chatham)
SCRATCHED BEFORE HEATS:
31 John Burbridge, Jr. (Simcoe)
CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CAR A-FEATURE
Position # Name (Starting Position)
1. 77x Ryan Hunsinger (3)
2. 69 Rob Pietz (2)
3. 42 Kyle Patrick (8)
4. 12c Fred Cade (7)
5. 21x Kevin Job (14)
6. 35 Jared Zimbardi (10)
7. 5 Keith Dempster (5)
8. 19jr Rob Ledingham (4)
9. 5d Dave Dykstra (1)
10. 7 Jim Price (6)
11. 22 Jim Porter (17)
12. 71 Craig Downie (13)
13. 94 Stan Zanchin (12)
14. 10 Bob Crawford (16)
15. 01 Mikey Kruchka (9)
16. 52L Daniel Lampron (15)
17. 81 Derek Jonathon (20)
18. 0 Glenn Styres (11)
19. 38 Brad Knab (18)
20. 99c Nick Cupulo (21)
21. 29 Daryl Turford (19)
22. 1a John Riegling (22)
MODIFIED LITE STARS CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR NORTH
Heat 1:
1. 17 Josh Sliter (Welland), 2. 1 Paul Klager
(Beamsville), 3. 5c Jordan Curran (Port
Colborne), 4. 18 Andy Tallman (Vineland), 5.
31 Scott Billing (Waterloo), 6. 96 Joel
Szigatti (Welland), 7. 14 Kelly Mason
(Virgil), 8. 37 Wally Billing (Elmira), 9. 33
Kory Howe (St. Catharines)
Heat 2:
1. 67 Rick Brubacher (St. Clements), 2. 71
Shawn Sliter (Port Colborne), 3. 15 Adam
Leslie (Port Colborne), 4. 53 Jamie Gilbert (Welland),
5. 28 Adam Murphy (Niagara Falls), 6. 4e Blair
Young (Niagara Falls), 7. 19 Jason Corless
(Bolton), 8. 116 Bob Bredin (Niagara Falls),
9. 13 Scott Phillips (Hagersville)
MODIFIED LITE STARS CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR NORTH
FEATURE (20 laps)
1. 1 Paul Klager (3)
2. 53 Jamie Gilbert (8)
3. 28 Adam Murphy (10)
4. 71 Shawn Sliter (4)
5. 17 Josh Sliter (1)
6. 33 Kory Howe (17)
7. 4e Blair Young (12)
8. 31 Scott Billing (9)
9. 14 Kelly Mason (13)
10. 37 Wally Billing (15)
11. 116 Bob Bredin (16)
12. 13 Scott Phillips (18)
13. 15 Adam Leslie (6) DNF
14. 5c Jordan Curran (5) DNF
15. 18 Andy Tallman (7) DNF
16. 67 Rick Brubacher (2) DNF
17. 96 Joel Szigatti (11) DNF
18. 19 Jason Corless (14) DQ
ESSO THUNDER STOCKS
Heat 1:
1. 3 Brad Bacher (Townsend), 2. 777 Cody
McPherson (St. Catharines), 3. 044 Jamie Cox
(Cambridge), 4. 55 Mike Thorne (Caledonia), 5.
17 Rob Disher (Grimsby), 6. 191 Gord Bates
(York), 7. 1 Chris Dickie (Brantford), 8. 13
Mark Saul (Hagersville), 9. 38 Terry Martin
(unknown)
Heat 2:
1. 88 Shayne Pierce (Wainfleet), 2. 9 Glen
Leinen (Hannon), 3. 8 Ryan Dinning (Hagersville),
4. 12 Brad Herron (Brantford), 5. 40 Terry
Osmond (Cambridge), 6. 11 Michelle Johnson
(Caledonia), 7. 24k Kyle Magrin (Hamilton), 8.
62 Brian Pescetti (Stoney Creek), 9. 55f Vince
Fargnoli (Niagara Falls)
ESSO THUNDER STOCKS A-FEATURE (15 laps):
Position # Name (Starting Position)
1. 40 Terry Osmond (3)
2. 88 Shayne Pierce (1)
3. 777 Cody McPherson (10)
4. 8 Ryan Dinning (5)
5. 044 Jamie Cox (4)
6. 9 Glenn Leinen (6)
7. 55f Vince Fargnoli (18)
8. 17 Rob Disher (7)
9. 55 Mike Thorne (2)
10. 3 Brad Bacher (9)
11. 13 Mark Saul (15)
12. 11 Michelle Johnson (12)
13. 1 Chris Dickie (13)
14. 24k Kyle Magrin (14)
15. 62 Brian Pescetti (16)
16. 12 Brad Herron (8)
17. 38 Terry Martin (17)
18. 191 Gord Bates (11)
ESSO MINI-STOCKS
Heat 1:
1. 7x Chase Hess (Ohsweken), 2. 265 Mike Evers
(Caledonia), 3. 777x Steve Hess (Ohsweken), 4.
28 Abel Castelein (Cayuga), 5. 88 Marc Hallett
(Brantford), 6. 05 David Goodacre (Brantford),
7. 55 Rob Slater (Dundas)
Heat 2:
1. 4p Mike Peterson (Woodstock), 2. 27 Dan
Stewart (Hamilton), 3. 72 Kevin Hilborn
(Brantford), 4. 40 Jim Swing (Jarvis), 5. 04
Wyatt Van Wart (Cambridge), 6. 11 Mike
Giberson (Caledonia)
Heat 3:
1. 397 Brent Hill (Ohsweken), 2. 86 Rick
Emberson (Paris), 3. 10 Mitchell Brown
(Brantford), 4.113 Mark Thorne (Waterford), 5.
31 Dave Bailey (unknown), 6. 20 Chris Spencer
(Cambridge)
MINI-STOCKS A-FEATURE (15 laps):
Position # Name (Starting Position)
1. 265 Mike Evers (3)
2. 10 Mitchell Brown (11)
3. 7x Chase Hess (1)
4. 27 Dan Stewart (4)
5. 28 Abel Castelein (12)
6. 40 Jim Swing (8)
7. 72 Kevin Hilborn (10)
8. 86 Rick Emberson (7)
9. 113 Mark Thorne (9)
10. 397 Brent Hill (5)
11. 4p Mike Peterson (2)
12. 31 Dave Bailey (15)
13. 11 Mike Giberson (17)
14. 55 Rob Slater (19)
15. 777x Steve Hess (6)
16. 05 David Goodacre (16)
17. 88 Marc Hallett (13)
18. 20 Chris Spencer (18)
19. 04 Wyatt Van Wart (14)
FUN STOCKS A FEATURE (25 laps):
1. 18 Dave Hils (unknown), 2. 181 Lee Hils
(unknown), 3. 72 Evan Ritchie (unknown), 4. 5
Steve Hils (unknown), 5. 818 Chris Hils
(unknown), 6. 81 Karl Sault (Dundas) |
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